Determination and notification of a location of a building safety system event

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11798387-B2
Application number	US-202217718595-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2022
Priority date	Apr 15, 2021
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for determination and notification of a location of a building safety system event are described herein. One embodiment includes a method for notifying a user of a fire system event, comprising detecting an event in a building through an event detection device and transmitting information about at least one of the event or the event detection device to a remote server and to a first computing device. The first computing device may include a memory wherein floorplans of each floor of the building are stored. The method may further comprise determining, based on the information and through the first computing device, a floor of the building on which the first event was detected; transmitting a particular floorplan of that floor to the remote server; determining a specific location within the floor at which the first event was detected; generating a visual floor representation, including an indication of the specific location, based on the particular floorplan and the specific location; and transmitting the visual floor representation to a software application comprised of executable instructions stored in the memory of a second computing device to present the visual floor representation to a user.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A method for notifying a user of a fire system event, comprising:
detecting a first event in a building through a first event detection device;
transmitting information about at least one of the first event or the first event detection device to a remote server and to a first computing device, wherein the first computing device includes a memory wherein a floorplan of each floor of the building is stored;
determining, based on the information and through the first computing device, a floor of the building on which the first event was detected;
transmitting a particular floorplan of the floor of the building on which the first event was detected to the remote server;
determining, based on the information, a specific location within the floor at which the first event was detected;
generating a first visual floor representation, including an indication of the specific location, based on the particular floorplan and the specific location; and
transmitting the first visual floor representation to a software application comprised of instructions executable by a processor and stored in memory to present the visual floor representation to a user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular floorplan is transmitted to the remote server from the first computing device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first computing device is at least one of:
a mobile device; or
a personal computer.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information includes an identifier of the first event detection device which is unique from identifiers of other event detection devices within the building.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information is transmitted to the remote server and to the first computing device through a gateway device.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising detecting a second event in a building through a second event detection device.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising, if the second event detection device is located on the particular floor, updating the first visual floor representation to include an indication of the specific location within the particular floor at which the second event was detected.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising, if the second detection device is located on a floor different from the particular floor:
generating a second visual floor representation, including an indication of the specific location of the second event; and
presenting the second visual floor representation to a user through the application, via a user interface;
generating a first window via the application, wherein the first visual floor representation is displayed to the user on the user interface; and
generating a second window behind the first window via the user device application, wherein the second visual floor representation is displayed to the user on the user interface.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising detecting a resolution of the first event with the first event detection device or receiving notification of a resolution of the first event and updating the first visual floor representation with the first event detection device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the specific location is determined by the remote server or the first computing device based on a location of the first event detection device stored in the memory of the first computing device and a range of the first event detection device stored in the memory of the first computing device.

11. A system for notifying a user of a fire system event, comprising:
an event detection device configured to detect an event within a building; and
a fire panel configured to receive information about the event or event detection device and transmit the information to a remote server and to a computing device;
wherein the computing device is configured to:
determine, based on the information, a floor of the building on which the event was detected; and
transmit a floorplan, corresponding to the floor of the building on which the event was detected, to the remote server; and

wherein the remote server is configured to:
generate, based on the information received from the fire panel and the floorplan received from the computing device, a visual floor representation indicating the specific location within the floor of the event; and
transmit the visual floor representation to a first software application comprising executable instructions stored on the remote server to present the first visual floor representation to a user through a display device.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the visual floor representation also includes at least one of the following:
a type of event;
a time at which the event was detected;
one or more indicators of one or more additional event detection devices on the floor; or
operational statuses of one or more event detection devices on the floor.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first software application also includes a real-time display of the event and any other events which have not been resolved and corresponding floors for each event.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the computing device includes a memory wherein floorplans of each floor of the building are stored.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the computing device is further configured to access floorplans of each floor of the building through a second software application comprising executable instructions stored on the remote server.

16. A method for notifying a user of a fire system event, comprising:
detecting an event in a building through an event detection device;
transmitting information about at least one of the event or the event detection device to a remote server and to a first computing device, wherein the first computing device includes a memory wherein floorplans of each floor of the building are stored;
determining, based on the information and through the first computing device, a floor of the building on which the event was detected;
transmitting a particular floorplan of the floor of the building on which the event was detected to the remote server;
determining, based on the information, a specific location within the floor at which the event was detected;
generating a visual floor representation, including an indication of the specific location, based on the particular floorplan and the specific location; and
transmitting an electronic mail notification including the visual floor representation to an electronic mail inbox of a pre-determined user.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the event is at a detection of at least one of the following:
smoke;
a fire alarm trigger;
a fault in one or more devices of the fire safety system on the floor; or
a breach of security.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising transmitting the visual floor representation to a software application comprised of executable instructions stored in the memory of a second computing device to transmit the electronic mail notification to the pre-determined user.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein:
the software application comprises a graphical user interface; and
the visual floor representation is transmitted to the pre-determined user without displaying the visual floor representation on the graphical user interface.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the electronic mail notification also includes a text description of at least one of the following:
a time and date of the detection of the event;
an identification number corresponding to

Assignees

• Honeywell Int Inc

Inventors

• P Ranjith Kumar
• Ganesh K

Classifications

• G08B17/00 Primary

  Fire alarms; Alarms responsive to explosion · CPC title

• G06F30/13

  Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads · CPC title

• G08B5/226

  with alphanumeric or graphic display means · CPC title

• G08B25/00

  Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems · CPC title

• G08B25/10

  using wireless transmission systems {(G08B25/009 takes precedence)} · CPC title