PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15998138
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["340", "628000"]

Abstract:
A method of steps and a system of components which detects and responds to smoke, CO, and/or fire hazard emergency alarm signals (loud audio noise and/or bright strobe lights) and then provides a shut-off of electrical power and/or fuel gas (e.g. natural gas or propane) as well as other types of power and energy for safety's sake. The present invention is improved over the current product offerings and state of the art through increasing the reliability of alarm signal detection by utilizing redundancy and providing primary and backup sensor functionality for both of the possible commonly intended alarm signal outputs instead of monitoring for just one. This invention also includes a method of steps and a system which further improves reliability by adding additional redundancy and backups through detecting and responding to the unobvious but real by-product alarm signals which are: 1. the vibration of the audible alarm mechanism and 2. the electricity flowing in or to the activated alarm.

Claim (Index 9):
A method of stopping the propagation of a fire hazard or fire related dangerous condition and preventing the supply of fuel, utility power, or energy with the capability to propagate and contribute to a fire, wherein a fire or smoke hazard alarm signal device is in the process of outputting two or more intended and obvious alarm signals, the method comprising the steps:\n a) detecting and identifying both of the intended alarm signal outputs in a redundant configuration for increased reliability in signal identification; b) processing these alarm signal detections automatically; c) and activating predetermined utility power disconnect devices, fuel supply disconnect devices, energy disconnect devices, and power transmission disconnect devices according to the automatic processing parameters.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.57798
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14552929', '12284827', '12130523', '14482627', '15045695']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6648910566965655
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4760383409375021
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6460057851206592
- Mean Citation Score: 160.46507200000005
- Max Citation Score: 167.73573000000005
- Similarity Product: 128.30738331963124

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test