KR-102964843-B1 - Thermal imaging activity detection device, system and method

KR102964843B1KR 102964843 B1KR102964843 B1KR 102964843B1KR-102964843-B1

Abstract

A sensor device, system, and method can generate a profile of one or more detected substances in an environment, receive monitoring data from one or more sensor groups, and evaluate whether an event of heat-not-burn device activity has been detected. In various embodiments, the sensor device includes a particle detection sensor and a gas detection sensor, and the profile for heat-not-burn device activity is set to a threshold of detected particles and/or gas. In various embodiments, the profile for heat-not-burn activity is set to a threshold of gas that is not met or exceeded to generate a positive heat-not-burn detection.

Inventors

안타, 데이빗
자코비노, 프랑크 엘.
갤버트, 폴
플런켓, 존 비.

Assignees

할로 스마트 솔루션즈, 인크.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260513
Application Date: 20220316
Priority Date: 20210922

Claims (20)

As a device, A group of sensors including a carbon monoxide detection sensor, a carbon dioxide sensor, a particle detection sensor, and a volatile organic compound sensor; processor; and It includes memory for storing instructions, and when the instructions are executed by the processor, the processor, Establish a profile for heat-not-burn device activity - said profile includes thresholds for measurements from one or more of said sensor groups, and the thresholds for measurements from one or more of said sensor groups include a first threshold for particle detection sensor measurements and a second threshold for carbon monoxide measurements -; Receives monitoring data from each sensor of the above sensor group; and A device that generates an event communication detected for a hit-not-burn device activity when it is determined that at least part of the received monitoring data indicates an exceeded threshold for one or more sensors in the sensor group from a profile for hit-not-burn device activity—the exceeded threshold including that a first threshold and a second threshold have been exceeded.
A device according to claim 1, wherein when determining that at least a portion of the monitoring data indicates an excess of a threshold, the instruction for generating a detected event communication further comprises, when executed by the processor, an instruction for the processor to determine that the monitoring data of the first sensor among the sensor group exceeds a preset threshold for the first sensor among the sensor group at a specific time.
A device according to claim 1, wherein when determining that at least a portion of the monitoring data indicates an exceedance of a threshold, the instruction for generating a detected event communication further comprises, when executed by the processor, an instruction for the processor to determine that the monitoring data of each subgroup of the sensor group exceeds each respective threshold set for each subgroup of the sensor group at a specific time.
In paragraph 3, the device comprises a subgroup of the sensor group including a particle detection sensor and a carbon monoxide sensor.
In paragraph 1, the above instruction causes the processor, when executed by the processor: A command for receiving monitoring data from a first sensor among the sensor group at a first value at a first time and at a second value at a second time later than the first time; and A device further comprising a command for determining that the first value and the second value exceed a threshold of the profile and that the second value is greater than or equal to the first value.
In paragraph 5, the device wherein the first sensor among the sensor group is a particle detection sensor or a carbon monoxide sensor.
In paragraph 5, the device, wherein the second time is within a defined period after the first time.
In paragraph 1, when the above instruction is executed by the processor, the processor: A command for receiving monitoring data from a first sensor among the sensor group at a first value at a first time and at a second value at a second time later than the first time; A command for receiving monitoring data from the second sensor among the sensor group, with a third value at the first time and a fourth value at the second time: Instructions for determining whether the second value satisfies or exceeds the first value; and A device further comprising a command for determining whether the above-mentioned fourth value satisfies or exceeds the above-mentioned third value.
A device according to claim 8, wherein the first sensor among the sensor group is a particle detection sensor and the second sensor among the sensor group is a carbon monoxide sensor.
In claim 8, the device further comprises an instruction to cause a processor to receive monitoring data from a first sensor among the sensor group at a third value at a third time between the first time and the second time, wherein the third value is less than a threshold value of the profile.
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A device according to claim 1, wherein the threshold for measurements from one or more of the sensor groups includes a third threshold for measurements of carbon dioxide or carbon dioxide equivalents, and the instruction includes an instruction for the processor to additionally generate an event communication detected for a hit-not-burn device activity when it is determined that at least some of the received monitoring data has not exceeded the third threshold.
A device according to claim 1, wherein the threshold for measurements from one or more of the sensor groups includes a third threshold for volatile organic compound measurements, and the instruction further includes an instruction for the processor to generate an event communication detected for a hit-not-burn device activity when it is determined that at least some of the received monitoring data has not exceeded the third threshold.
A device according to claim 1, further comprising a camera, wherein the detected event communication includes video recording from the camera, and the instruction includes a command to the processor to additionally transmit the video recording to display on a user interface when the detected event communication is generated.
As a system: A video monitoring device comprising at least one video camera configured to record video of a building under surveillance; The monitoring device includes a monitoring device that communicates with the above video monitoring device, and the monitoring device: Housing; A sensor group fixed within the above housing - said sensor group includes a carbon monoxide detection sensor, a carbon dioxide sensor, a particle detection sensor, and a volatile organic compound sensor; and The apparatus includes a processor and memory for storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor: Establish a profile for heat-not-burn device activity - said profile includes thresholds for measurements from one or more of said sensor groups, and the thresholds for measurements from one or more of said sensor groups include a first threshold for particle detection sensor measurements and a second threshold for carbon monoxide measurements -; Receives monitoring data from each sensor of the above sensor group; and A system that transmits a communication to a video monitoring device to initiate video recording of a monitored building when it is determined that at least part of the received monitoring data indicates an exceeded threshold for one or more sensors in the sensor group from a profile of hit-not-burn device activity—the exceeded threshold including that a first threshold and a second threshold have been exceeded.
A system according to claim 15, further comprising a user interface portal for displaying a video recording initiated based on communication with the video monitoring device.
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As a method: A step of generating a profile for heat-not-burn device activity—the heat-not-burn device activity includes threshold values for measurements from one or more of a group of gas sensors including a carbon monoxide detection sensor, a carbon dioxide sensor, and a volatile organic compound sensor, and the profile of the heat-not-burn device activity further specifies threshold concentrations of particles from a particle detection sensor; A step of generating a vaping profile for a person's electronic cigarette exhalation activity - said vaping profile is different from the profile of the Heat-Not-Burn device activity; A step of receiving monitoring data from at least one of the sensors from the gas sensor group and the particle detection sensor; If at least a portion of the received monitoring data determines that the threshold for measurements from one or more of the gas sensor groups and the threshold concentration of particles from the heat-not-burn device activity have been exceeded, a step of generating a detected heat-not-burn event communication; and A method comprising the step of generating a detected vaping event communication when it is determined that at least a portion of the received monitoring data indicates that a threshold concentration from the above vaping profile has been exceeded.
In claim 18, the step of determining that at least part of the monitoring data indicates a threshold exceedance includes the step of determining that a threshold for carbon monoxide measurement has been exceeded during a time window, wherein the time window includes the time during which a threshold for particle concentration in a profile for a hit-not-burn device activity has been exceeded.
A method according to claim 19, further comprising the step of determining that at least a portion of the received monitoring data indicates a threshold for carbon dioxide or volatile organic compounds that is not exceeded.

Description

Thermal imaging activity detection device, system and method The present disclosure relates to sensors, and more specifically to sensor devices, methods, and systems for detecting emissions from heated tobacco products (HTP) or heat-not-burn (HNB) tobacco products. Individual sensors exist to detect fire, smoke, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, etc. These devices are typically manufactured as single-purpose modules designed for life safety applications and to fit into existing low-voltage wired burglary alarm system topologies. These devices are designed for a very narrow range and respond only to a single threshold where the monitored gas or condition passes a known life safety threshold. If that threshold is exceeded, a simple electrical circuit or an audible alarm may be triggered. Buildings inhabited by humans, particularly institutional buildings such as schools or commercial environments, and even residential structures, face environmental conditions where chemicals or particles are released into the air at levels indicating a type of activity or occurrence that, while not toxic to humans in themselves, can become problematic for other reasons or lead to situations where actual toxicity occurs. These conditions are often caused by human behaviors such as smoking, vaping, adhesive solvent fumes, alcohol consumption, and the use of various cleaning products, which may occur in ways unintended by the manufacturer. While none of these contaminants have established life-safety levels sufficient to justify an immediate alert, their presence may indicate an overall situation requiring intervention for health, safety, policy, or other reasons. Furthermore, restricting video recording in private spaces can impair the ability to identify potential perpetrators or determine the cause of detected incidents. Moreover, video monitoring of buildings to visually detect relevant incidents is highly likely to fail due to human error, fatigue, visual obstruction, and other factors. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a sensor device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a top view of a main computing board located within the perimeter of a case according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an exemplary schematic diagram of an electronic control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a shield member fixed to a case member according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is an exemplary schematic diagram of an audio system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 6 is an exemplary schematic diagram of a particle sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is an exemplary architecture diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 8 through 16 are exemplary screenshots according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 17 illustrates an exemplary partial circuit diagram including a set of pull-up resistors for an I2C bus. FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of an auditory warning component according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 19 is a drawing illustrating an embodiment of the system of the present disclosure having a distributed architecture. FIG. 20 is a drawing illustrating an acoustic microphone array according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 21 is a diagram showing phase array ultrasonic object detection according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 22 is an exemplary screenshot according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 23 is an exemplary plot of the sensor response for a hit-not-burn device. The subject matter of the present disclosure will now be described more fully below with reference to the accompanying drawings, where some, but not all, of the subject matter of the present disclosure is illustrated. Similar numbers indicate elements that are similar in whole. The subject matter of the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be interpreted as being limited to the embodiments described herein. Rather, such embodiments are provided to satisfy applicable legal requirements of the present disclosure. In fact, many modifications and other embodiments of the subject matter of the present disclosure disclosed herein will come to mind to those skilled in the art to which the subject matter of the present disclosure pertains, taking advantage of the teachings presented in the foregoing description and the associated drawings. Accordingly, it should be understood that the subject matter of the present disclosure is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed, and that variations and other embodiments are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims. It will be understood that references to "a," "an," or other indefinite articles in this disclosure include one or more of the described elements. Thus, for example, a reference to a pro