Patent ID: 11928954
Assignee: FORGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A hazard detector system comprising:
a hazard detector having one or more sensors and the ability to detect a hazard,
the one or more sensors, including a sensor able to detect the appearance of a flame in a monitored area,
the hazard detector including the ability to detect a human presence in a pre-set vicinity of the detected flame within the monitored area,
the hazard detector including an ability to determine whether a human was present when the flame was created,
the hazard detector including an ability to monitor for a human presence in relation to the flame over the lifetime of the flame,
wherein the hazard detector is adapted to:
measure a flame intensity,
monitor the flame intensity over time for the life of the flame,
measure a rate of rise and a rate of fall in the detected flame,

wherein the hazard detector is configured and arranged to determine whether the detected flame is a friendly flame or a hostile flame based upon:
determination of human absence when the flame was detected,
determination of human absence over the life of the flame,
determination of a change in intensity of the flame,
determination of a change in the rate of rise of the flame, and/or
determination of the location of the flame,

an alarm that is activated when the flame is determined to be hostile.