METHODS AND SYSTEM OF INCIDENT BASED CAMERA DEVICE ACTIVATION IN A FIREFIGHTER AIR REPLENISHMENT SYSTEM HAVING BREATHABLE AIR SUPPLIED THEREIN

Disclosed are methods and/or a system of incident based camera device activation in a safety system of a structure having a fixed piping system implemented therein to supply breathable air thereacross. In accordance therewith, one or more sensor(s) associated with one or more component(s) of the safety system is integrated with a computing platform executing on a data processing device. Based on the integration of the one or more sensor(s) with the computing platform, one or more environmental parameter(s) of the one or more component(s) of the safety system is sensed. One or more camera device(s) in a vicinity of and/or on the one or more component(s) of the safety system is automatically activated based on determining, from the sensing, occurrence of an incident.

FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY

This disclosure relates generally to emergency systems and, more particularly, to methods and/or a system of incident based camera device activation in a safety system of a structure having breathable air supplied therein.

BACKGROUND

A structure (e.g., a vertical building, a horizontal building, a tunnel, marine craft) may have a Firefighter Air Replenishment System (FARS) implemented therein. The FARS may have an emergency air fill station therein to enable firefighters and/or emergency personnel access breathable air therethrough. The FARS may have other components relevant to critical functioning thereof. An incident (e.g., a fire, smoke/air pollution) occurring in the structure in a vicinity of one or more components of the FARS may endanger lives of the emergency personnel and/or people within the structure. Reducing chances of occurrence of the incident may warrant repeated monitoring of the FARS. Despite the careful monitoring, the incident may recur. Even if occurrence of the incident is controlled through painstaking design of the FARS based on the careful monitoring, another emergency situation resulting in casualties and/or damage to the structure may occur.

SUMMARY

Disclosed are methods and/or a system of incident based camera device activation in a safety system of a structure having breathable air supplied therein.

In one aspect, a method of a safety system of a structure having a fixed piping system implemented therein to supply breathable air thereacross is disclosed. The method includes integrating one or more sensor(s) associated with one or more component(s) of the safety system with a computing platform executing on a data processing device. The one or more component(s) relates to access of the breathable air within the safety system. The method also includes, in accordance with the integration of the one or more sensor(s) with the computing platform, sensing one or more environmental parameter(s) of the one or more component(s) of the safety system, and automatically activating one or more camera device(s) in a vicinity of and/or on the one or more component(s) of the safety system based on determining, from the sensing of the one or more environmental parameter(s), occurrence of an incident.

In another aspect, a safety system of a structure having a fixed piping system implemented therein to supply breathable air thereacross is disclosed. The safety system includes one or more component(s) related to access of the breathable air within the safety system. one or more sensor(s) associated with the one or more component(s), and a data processing device executing a computing platform thereon to integrate the one or more sensor(s) with the computing platform. In accordance with the integration of the one or more sensor(s) with the computing platform, the one or more sensor(s) senses one or more environmental parameter(s) of the one or more component(s), and a processor associated with the one or more sensor(s) automatically activates one or more camera device(s) in a vicinity of and/or on the one or more component(s) based on determining, from the sensing of the one or more environmental parameter(s), occurrence of an incident.

In yet another aspect, a method of a safety system of a structure having a fixed piping system implemented therein to supply breathable air thereacross is disclosed. The method includes integrating one or more sensor(s) associated with one or more component(s) of the safety system with a computing platform executing on a data processing device. The one or more component(s) relates to access of the breathable air within the safety system. The method also includes, in accordance with the integration of the one or more sensor(s) with the computing platform, sensing one or more environmental parameter(s) of the one or more component(s) of the safety system, and automatically activating one or more camera device(s) in a vicinity of and/or on the one or more component(s) of the safety system based on determining, from the sensing of the one or more environmental parameter(s), occurrence of an incident. Further, the method includes, in accordance with the automatic activation of the one or more camera device(s), capturing visual data and/or audio data of the incident.

Other features will be apparent from the accompanying drawings and from the detailed description that follows.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Example embodiments, as described below, may be used to provide methods and/or a system of incident based camera device activation in a safety system of a structure having breathable air supplied therein. Although the present embodiments have been described with reference to specific example embodiments, it will be evident that various modifications and changes may be made to these embodiments without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the various embodiments.

FIG.1shows a safety system100associated with a structure102, according to one or more embodiments. In one or more embodiments, safety system100may be a Firefighter Air Replenishment System (FARS) to enable firefighters entering structure102in times of fire-related emergencies to gain access to breathable (e.g., human breathable) air (e.g., breathable air103) in-house without the need of bringing in air bottles/cylinders to be transported up several flights of stairs of structure102or deep thereinto, or to refill depleted air bottles/cylinders that are brought into structure102. In one or more embodiments, safety system100may supply breathable air provided from a supply of air tanks (to be discussed) stored in structure102. When a fire department vehicle arrives at structure102during an emergency, breathable air supply typically may be provided through a source of air connected to said vehicle. In one or more embodiments, safety system100may enable firefighters to refill air bottles/cylinders thereof at emergency air fill stations (to be discussed) located throughout structure102. Specifically, in some embodiments, firefighters may be able to fill air bottles/cylinders thereof at emergency air fill stations within structure102under full respiration in less than one to two minutes.

In one or more embodiments, structure102may encompass vertical building structures, horizontal building structures (e.g., shopping malls, hypermarts, extended shopping, storage and/or warehousing related structures), tunnels, marine craft (e.g., large marine vessels such as cruise ships, cargo ships, submarines and large naval craft, which may be “floating” versions of buildings and horizontal structures) and mines. Other structures are within the scope of the exemplary embodiments discussed herein. In one or more embodiments, safety system100may include a fixed piping system104permanently installed within structure102serving as a constant source of replenishment of breathable air103. Fixed piping system104may be regarded as being analogous to a water piping system within structure102or another structure analogous thereto for the sake of imaginative convenience.

As shown inFIG.1, fixed piping system104may distribute breathable air103across floors/levels of structure102. For the aforementioned purpose, fixed piping system104may distribute breathable air103from an air storage system106(e.g., within structure102) including a number of air storage tanks1081-N that serve as sources of pressurized/compressed air (e.g., breathable air103). Additionally, in one or more embodiments, fixed piping system104may interconnect with a mobile air unit110(e.g., a fire vehicle) through an External Mobile Air Connection (EMAC) panel112.

In one or more embodiments, EMAC panel112may be a boxed structure (e.g., exterior to structure102) to enable the interconnection between mobile air unit110and safety system100. For example, mobile air unit110may include an on-board air compressor to store and replenish pressurized/compressed air (e.g., breathable air analogous to breathable air103) in air bottles/cylinders (e.g., utilizable with Self-Contained Breathing Apparatuses (SCBAs) carried by firefighters). Mobile air unit110may also include other pieces of air supply/distribution equipment (e.g., piping and/or air cylinders/bottles) that may be able to leverage the sources of breathable air103within safety system100through EMAC panel112. Firefighters, for example, may be able to fill breathable air (e.g., breathable air103, breathable air analogous to breathable air103) into air bottles/cylinders (e.g., spare bottles, bottles requiring replenishment of breathable air) carried on mobile air unit110through safety system100.

InFIG.1, EMAC panel112is shown at two locations merely for the sake of illustrative convenience. In one or more embodiments, an air monitoring system150may be installed as part of safety system100to automatically track and monitor a parameter (e.g., pressure) and/or a quality (e.g., indicated by moisture levels, carbon monoxide levels) of breathable air103within safety system100.FIG.1shows air monitoring system150as communicatively coupled to air storage system106and EMAC panel112merely for the sake of example. It should be noted that EMAC panel112may be at a remote location associated with (e.g., internal to, external to) structure102. In one or more embodiments, for monitoring the parameters and/or the quality of breathable air within safety system100, air monitoring system150include appropriate sensors and circuitries therein. For example, a pressure sensor (to be discussed) within air monitoring system150may automatically sense and record a pressure of breathable air103of safety system100. Said pressure sensor may communicate with an alarm system that is triggered when the sensed pressure is outside a safety range. Also, in one or more embodiments, air monitoring system150may automatically trigger a shutdown of breathable air distribution through safety system100in case of impurity/contaminant (e.g., carbon monoxide) detection therethrough yielding levels above a safety/predetermined threshold.

In one or more embodiments, fixed piping system104may include pipes (e.g., constituted out of stainless steel tubing) that distribute breathable air103to a number of emergency air fill stations1201-Pwithin structure102. In one example implementation, each emergency air fill station1201-Pmay be located at a specific level of structure102. If structure102is regarded as a vertical building structure, an emergency air fill station1201-Pmay be located at each of a basement level, a first floor level, a second floor level and so on. For example, emergency air fill station1201-Pmay be located at the end of the flight of stairs that emergency fighting personnel (e.g., firefighting personnel) need to climb to reach a specific floor level within the vertical building structure.

In one or more embodiments, an emergency air fill station1201-Pmay be a static location within a level of structure102that provides emergency personnel122(e.g., firefighters, emergency responders) with the ability to rapidly fill air bottles/cylinders (e.g., SCBA cylinders) with breathable air103. In one or more embodiments, emergency air fill station1201-Pmay be an emergency air fill panel or a rupture containment air fill station. In one or more embodiments, proximate each emergency air fill station1201-P, safety system100may include an isolation valve1601-Pto isolate a corresponding emergency air fill station1201-Pfrom a rest of safety system100. For example, said isolation may be achieved through the manual turning of isolation valve1601-Pproximate the corresponding emergency air fill station1201-Por remotely (e.g., based on automatic turning) from air monitoring system150. In one example implementation, air monitoring system150may maintain breathable air supply to a subset of emergency air fill stations1201-Pvia fixed piping system104through control of a corresponding subset of isolation valves1601-Pand may isolate the other emergency air fill stations1201-Pfrom the breathable air supply. It should be noted that configurations and components of safety system100may vary from the example safety system100ofFIG.1.

FIG.2shows safety system100with elements thereof integrated therewithin in detail, according to one or more embodiments. In one or more embodiments, safety system100may include air monitoring system150discussed above communicatively coupled to fixed piping system104, to which emergency air fill stations1201-Pare also coupled. In one or more embodiments, as seen above, the source of breathable air103may be air storage system106. In one or more embodiments, safety system100may also include an isolation and bypass control system202that is constituted by a set of electrical, mechanical and/or electronic components working together to automatically include and/or bypass one or more emergency air fill station(s)1201-P. For the aforementioned purpose, in one or more embodiments, isolation valve(s)1601-Passociated with the aforementioned emergency air fill stations1201-Pmay be controlled (e.g., by opening or closing one or more of said isolation valves1601-P) by isolation and bypass control system202.

Further, in one or more embodiments, safety system100may include a backup power unit204(e.g., an electrical power system with electronic integration) to ensure uninterrupted power to components of safety system100during emergencies (e.g., a power cut, a mains power issue, a fire accident effected power issue). For the aforementioned purpose, in one or more embodiments, backup power unit204may be switched on in the case of a power related emergency with respect to a main power unit206(e.g., Alternating Current (AC) mains power, Direct Current (DC) power) associated with safety system100.

In one or more embodiments, one or more or all of the abovementioned components of safety system100may be integrated with sensor(s) to detect environmental conditions thereof. In one or more embodiments, based on the detection of the environmental conditions thereof, camera devices (e.g., video and/or audio; to be discussed below) may be automatically turned on to capture visuals and/or audio data of environments associated with the one or more components of safety system100. In one or more embodiments, the one or more components may be communicatively coupled through a computer network208(e.g., a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a cloud computing network, a short-range communication network based on Bluetooth®, WiFi® and the like) to a remote server210(e.g., a network of servers, a single server, a distributed network of servers, a command room server associated with safety system100and so on). As will be discussed below, in one or more embodiments, server210may obtain data from the sensor(s), camera devices and other data from safety system100, perform analyses (e.g., predictive, non-predictive) thereof and provide recommendations (e.g., situational awareness based) based on the analyses.

In addition, in one or more embodiments, safety system100may include a data processing device212(e.g., a mobile phone, a tablet, an iPad®, a laptop, a desktop) also communicatively coupled to one or more components or each component of safety system100and server210through computer network208. Thus, in one or more embodiments, one or more components or each component of safety system100may have interfaces (not explicitly shown) for wireless communication through computer network208. Also, as will be discussed below, in one or more embodiments, wherever possible, elements (e.g., handheld Thermal Imaging Cameras (TICs), portable TICs, aerial TICs, camera devices, audio devices, light devices, one or more or all sensors discussed herein) may be Internet of Things (IoT) devices capable of collecting and feeding data to server210through computer network208. In one or more embodiments, IoT devices (or IoT enabled devices) may be devices and/or components with programmable hardware that can transmit data over computer networks (e.g., computer network208such as the Internet and/or other networks); said IoT devices may include or be associated with edge devices (not shown) to control data flow at the boundaries to computer network208.

FIG.3shows an emergency air fill station1201-P, according to one or more embodiments. Again, in one or more embodiments, emergency air fill station1201-Pmay include one or more environment sensors3021-Bintegrated therewith configured to sense environmental parameters304(e.g., temperature, audio alarm detection (e.g., a person screaming “fire!”), pressure, smoke, motion, ambient light) associated with an environment (e.g., external environment350) in an immediate vicinity of emergency air fill station1201-P. In one or more embodiments, environment sensors3021-Bmay also sense access (e.g., access parameters306that are part of environmental parameters304inFIG.3) of and attempts to access emergency air fill station1201-Pby emergency personnel122(e.g., maintenance personnel, firefighters, emergency responders) and/or unauthorized personnel (e.g., example access by unauthorized personnel may involve tampering of one or more element(s) of emergency air fill station1201-P). In one or more embodiments, emergency air fill station1201-Pmay have one or more camera devices308integrated therewith or external (e.g., in external environment350) thereto. In some embodiments, camera devices308may be considered as encompassing one or more environment sensors3021-B(e.g., motion detection sensors);FIG.3shows camera devices308as distinct from environment sensors3021-Bmerely for example purposes.

In one or more embodiments, emergency air fill station1201-Pmay include a processor372(e.g., a microcontroller, a processor core, a single processor) communicatively coupled to a memory374(e.g., a volatile and/or a non-volatile memory). In one or more embodiments, environment sensors3021-Bmay be interfaced with processor372and all of the abovementioned data/parameters (e.g., environmental parameters304) may be stored in memory374, as shown inFIG.3.FIG.3also shows TICs310as part of safety system100and in external environment350of emergency air fill station1201-P, according to one or more embodiments. In one or more embodiments, TICs310may be infrared cameras that sense infrared energy of objects to render images/video frames thereof corresponding to surface temperatures of said objects. In one or more embodiments, emergency personnel122may employ said TICs310to detect obstacles on the paths to/around emergency air fill stations1201-Punder low visibility; this may enable emergency personnel122perform rescue operations efficiently. As discussed and implied above, TICs310may be integrated with IoT capabilities to transmit data to server210through computer network208. Said data may be part of access parameters306or separate data transmitted to server210.

It should be noted that the sensing, detection and/or transmission of data to server210discussed above with regard to emergency air fill station1201-Pmay also be performed at a device external to emergency air fill station1201-P. In such implementations, the external device itself may obviously be a component of safety system100with IoT/wireless communication capabilities. WhileFIG.3has been discussed with regard to an emergency air fill station1201-P, concepts discussed herein may be applicable across other components of safety system100such as air monitoring system150, air storage system106, isolation and bypass control system202and even backup power unit204.

FIG.4shows a computing platform400relevant to the FARS of safety system100implemented through server210, according to one or more embodiments. In one or more embodiments, server210may be a distributed (e.g., across a cloud) network of servers, a cluster of servers or a standalone server. As discussed above, in some embodiments, server210may be implemented as part of a fire command room within safety system100; additionally or alternatively, server210may be implemented external to safety system100. As shown inFIG.4, server210may include a processor402(e.g., a processor core, a network of processors, a single processor), communicatively coupled to a memory404(e.g., a volatile and/or a non-volatile memory). In one or more embodiments, memory404may include a safety engine406associated with the FARS stored therein and executable through processor402; safety engine406may integrate with environment sensors3021-B(and all other sensors within safety system100) based on execution thereof through processor402.

FIG.4shows memory404as including data (e.g., detected, sensed; environmental parameters304) from one or more components of safety system100; the limited amount of data shown must not be considered as limiting the scope of the exemplary embodiments discussed herein. In one or more embodiments, safety engine406may have one or more predictive and/or non-predictive algorithms (e.g., predictive and/or non-predictive algorithms408) including Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) based algorithms stored therein and executable through processor402.

In one or more embodiments, execution of predictive and/or non-predictive algorithms408through processor402may involve taking the abovementioned data and providing analyses and/or recommendations, as discussed above. It should be noted that each of the aforementioned data (e.g., environmental parameters304) may be real-time data from elements/components of safety system100. In one or more embodiments, analyses of the data and recommendations may result in increased situational awareness during emergencies/maintenance situations and improved efficiency with regard to safety system100and safety/security thereof.

In one or more implementations, the components (e.g., emergency air fill station1201-P, air storage system106, air monitoring system150) of safety system100may automatically transmit data (e.g., environmental parameters304) thereof to server210; server210may transmit trigger signals (e.g., trigger signal410) therefor.FIG.5shows data processing device212(e.g., a mobi8le phone, a tablet, a smart device, a laptop) in detail, according to one or more embodiments. In one or more embodiments, again, data processing device212may include a processor502(e.g., a single processor, a processor core) communicatively coupled to a memory504(e.g., a volatile and/or a non-volatile memory). In one or more embodiments, memory504may include a component506of safety engine406stored therein and enabled/provided through processor402of server210.FIG.5shows component506as a fire safety application550merely for example purposes. Again, in one or more embodiments, access to the data of one or more components of safety system100may be available to data processing device212via component506(e.g., through computer network208via safety engine406of server210).FIG.5also shows capabilities to control components of safety system100through data processing device212via trigger signals;FIG.5specifically shows a trigger signal508to initiate collection of data from air monitoring system150merely for example purposes. Again, in some implementations, data may be automatically communicated to data processing device212and in some others, data processing device212may trigger (e.g., through trigger signal508) collection thereof.

Referring back toFIG.3, each camera device308may be a programmable device to capture and record visual incidents and/or audio communications in external environment350. In some implementations, camera devices308may be integrated with TICs310; in some other implementations, camera devices308may be distinct from TICs310; further, in some other implementations, camera devices308may be the same as TICs310. In some embodiments, one or more camera devices308may include motion sensor(s) (e.g., example environment sensors3021-B) and/or facial recognition algorithms programmed therein to detect visual incidents such as tampering of emergency air fill station1201-P(and, analogously, other components of safety system100).

FIG.3illustrates a fire as an example emergency event370. In this context, a temperature of external environment350may exceed a threshold value thereof. The ambient temperature of external environment350may be detected by one or more environment sensors3021-B. As part of determining/detecting emergency event370, processor372may determine that the temperature sensed through the one or more environment sensors3021-Bexceeds the threshold value thereof to automatically activate one or more camera devices308to capture visual incidents and/or audio communication in external environment350associated with emergency event370.FIG.3shows visual incident data312(e.g., images and/or video frames, a video sequence) and audio communication data314(e.g., audio accompanying visual incident data312, separate audio data) being stored in memory374based on the capturing thereof through the one or more camera devices308. It should be noted that memory374and/or processor372may even be part of the one or more camera devices308.

In another scenario, environment sensors3021-Bmay include an audio level sensor to detect an ambient decibel level of audio/sound in external environment350. Here, emergency event370may involve emergency personnel122or a potential victim screaming “Fire!” The aforementioned scream may cause a decibel level of the ambient sound to exceed a threshold value thereof; processor372may determine that the ambient decibel level is in excess of the threshold value thereof to automatically activate the one or more camera devices308(and/or TICs310) discussed above to capture visual incident data312and audio communication data314. In more sophisticated implementations, processor372may execute algorithms to glean emergency event370from an interpretation of audio communication data314in real-time; alternatively or additionally, audio communication data314and/or visual incident data312may be transmitted to server210and server210may glean emergency event370based on executing safety engine406to remotely activate the one or more camera devices308discussed above. It should be noted that the same remote operation may be performed through data processing device212based on executing component506.

In one or more embodiments, emergency event370may include but is not limited to a fire hazard, an explosion, a smoke situation, a terrorist attack, tampering of one or more components of safety system100, air pollution in external environment350, increased hazardous components in breathable air103, and reduced pressure of breathable air103. In some implementations, emergency event370may even be a maintenance event or a simulated event (e.g., part of a demonstration of safety system100and/or one or more components thereof) based on triggering (e.g., through server210, data processing device212) environment sensors3021-Bto detect anomalous environmental parameters304and/or processor372appropriately. Thus, environment sensors3021-Bmay also encompass internal pressure sensors configured to sense pressure of breathable air103and air component level sensors configured to sense levels of hazardous components of breathable air103.FIG.3shows threshold values380used by processor372to determine emergency event370based on comparison of environmental parameters304with threshold values380; based on the determination, processor372may automatically activate (e.g., based on transmitting a control signal382to the one or more camera devices308) the one or more camera devices308discussed above.

In one or more embodiments, camera devices308(and TICs310) may employ advanced night vision to capture visual incident data312during conditions of low visibility. In some implementations, one or more camera devices308may employ 360 degree pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) features to enable emergency personnel122at server210and/or data processing device212to remotely control a movement and/or positioning (movement and/or positioning are merely two example camera device parameters) of the one or more camera devices308based on control signals therefor. Additionally, in one or more embodiments, the one or more camera devices308may transmit alert notifications (e.g., alert notifications384stored in memory374) to server210and/or data processing device212related to alerting server210and/or data processing device212(e.g., through component506) of emergency event370.

Referring back toFIG.4, server210may also store visual incident data312and audio communication data314in memory404for analyses thereof (to be discussed herein). For the aforementioned purpose, server210may also leverage cloud storage through computer network208. In one or more implementations, environment sensors3021-Bmay be configured to detect environmental parameters304at all times and the one or more camera devices308discussed above may be activated solely during emergency event370to provide situational context to emergency personnel122at server210and/or data processing device212and/or personnel (e.g., authorized, unauthorized) within structure100in external environment350. In one or more embodiments, predictive and/or non-predictive algorithms408executing as part of safety engine406on server210may even take visual incident data312and/or audio communication data314to generate a transcript (e.g., transcript data422) thereof. Alternatively, transcript data422may be created based on leveraging cloud capabilities/services by server210. In some implementations, processor372may itself generate transcript data422.

As discussed above, in one or more embodiments, environmental parameters304may also be transmitted to server210and/or data processing device212for analysis thereat. In some implementations, predictive and/or non-predictive algorithms408executing on server210may analyze environmental parameters304and other sensor data386(inFIG.3; e.g., data collected by environment sensors3021-B) to provide device renderable recommendations (e.g., device renderable recommendation data412shown stored in memory404of server210). Recommendation data412may be associated with but may not be limited to preventive measures to control the fire discussed above as emergency event370, optimizing resources, directing emergency personnel122via data processing device212(or one or more audio/video devices (e.g., a public speaker system) within safety system100) across safety system100and generating an emergency map for effective evacuation of victims. Recommendation data412and/or transcript data422, in some implementations, may be generated at data processing device212based on execution of component506thereon.

FIG.6shows an example command room600implementation of server210. Here, server210may have a number of display units602associated therewith to view visual incident data312captured by the one or more camera devices308in real-time. In addition, one or more display units602may include audio rendering devices (not shown) thereon to render audio communication data314in real-time. Further, the one or more display units602may display transcript data422and/or recommendation data412discussed above. Referring back toFIG.3, during emergency event370, the one or more camera devices308, in conjunction with processor372and/or remote communication from server210/data processing device212, may activate an audio alarm device388(e.g., rendering pre-recorded sound, rendering an audio message) to apprise emergency personnel122/other personnel within structure102, at server210, at data processing device212and/or within command room600of emergency event370. In one or more embodiments, the one or more camera devices308discussed above may have a backup battery power source390associated therewith to supply interrupted power thereto during emergency event370(e.g., associated with power interruption).

FIG.7shows examples of environment sensors3021-B. As seen inFIG.7, environment sensors3021-Bmay include but are not limited to motion sensors702, a temperature sensor704, air flow sensors706, smoke sensors708, gas detection sensors710, hazardous substance detection sensors712, power sensors714and anomaly sensors716(e.g., sensing malfunctioning of equipment).FIG.8shows visual incident data312and audio communication data314being rendered via component506(e.g., fire safety application550) executing on data processing device212. Again, transcript data422and/or recommendation data412may be rendered via a user interface800of component506. Emergency personnel122may control (e.g., through control video camera tab802) the one or more camera devices308discussed above and transcribe (e.g., using audio transcription tab804) audio communication data314via another user interface850of component506.

Thus, exemplary embodiments discussed herein may serve as an advance surveillance system implemented as part of safety system100. The capabilities discussed herein may enable safety system100to provide better situational awareness to emergency personnel122at server210, control room600, data processing device122and/or other personnel within structure102. Further, in one or more embodiments, safety system100discussed herein may provide for efficient contextual monitoring of safety system100and transmitting actionable recommendations viewable, hearable and/or readable by emergency personnel122/other personnel within structure102. It should be noted that all operations and/or functionalities discussed herein may be performed through one or processors (e.g., processor372, processor402, processor502) of one or more data processing devices (e.g., emergency air fill station1201-P, server210, data processing device212) of safety system100discussed above in conjunction with one or more other elements (e.g., environment sensors3021-B).

Also, it should be noted that both component506and safety engine406may be regarded as a computing platform analogous to computing platform400based on capabilities (e.g., including integration capabilities) provided thereto. Further, it should be noted that environment sensors3021-Bmay not only sense parameters relevant to external environment350but also sense internal parameters relevant to emergency air fill station1201-P. The same discussion may analogously be applicable to other components of safety system100(e.g., air monitoring system150, air storage system106, isolation and bypass control system202, backup power unit204). Last but not the least, emergency event370discussed above may be generalized to detection of any incident (e.g., a real-time incident determined based on environmental parameters304). All reasonable variations are within the scope of the exemplary embodiments discussed herein.

FIG.9shows a process flow diagram detailing the operations involved in incident based camera device activation in a safety system (e.g., safety system100) of a structure (e.g., structure102) having breathable air (e.g., breathable air103) supplied therein via a fixed piping system (e.g., fixed piping system104), according to one or more embodiments. In one or more embodiments, operation902may involve integrating one or more sensor(s) (e.g., environment sensors3021-B) associated with one or more component(s) (e.g., emergency air fill station1201-P, air monitoring system150, air storage system106, isolation and bypass control system202) of the safety system with a computing platform (e.g., safety engine406, component506) executing on a data processing device (e.g., server210, data processing device212). In one or more embodiments, the one or more component(s) may relate to access of the breathable air within the safety system.

In one or more embodiments, operation904may then involve, in accordance with the integration of the one or more sensor(s) with the computing platform, sensing one or more environmental parameter(s) (e.g., environmental parameters304) of the one or more component(s) of the safety system, and automatically activating one or more camera device(s) (e.g., camera devices308) in a vicinity (e.g., in external environment350) of and/or on the one or more component(s) of the safety system based on determining, from the sensing of the one or more environmental parameter(s), occurrence of an incident (e.g., emergency event370).

Although the present embodiments have been described with reference to specific example embodiments, it will be evident that various modifications and changes may be made to these embodiments without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the various embodiments.

The structures and modules in the figures may be shown as distinct and communicating with only a few specific structures and not others. The structures may be merged with each other, may perform overlapping functions, and may communicate with other structures not shown to be connected in the figures. Accordingly, the specification and/or drawings may be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense.