Patent ID: 11869243
Assignee: ARAANI NV
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A system suitable for detecting heating activity in a material, wherein the heating activity is due to self-combustion within the material, the system comprising:
(i) first sensors for inputting video data, of a monitored field of view, covering the environment of the material comprising a plurality of image frames containing thermal data; and
(ii) a computing device, coupled to the first sensors and being adapted for:
(b) determining by model fitting, from the thermal data in the plurality of image frames, parameters related to change of temperature within the material over time; and
(c) comparing the parameters determined in (b) as related to change of temperature within the material over time with expected parameters for the heating activity due to self-combustion within the material over time, to determine based on a physics-based model representative of underlying heating phenomena within the material whether the parameters determined in (b) related to change of temperature within the material over time relate to the heating activity due to self-combustion within the material, then generating a first detection signal related to heating activity in the material, the generation of the first detection signal being based on the determination whether the parameters determined in (b) relate to the heating activity.