WO2014097019A1 - Intelligent evacuation route device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an intelligent evacuation route device comprising: one or more indication and sensor modules (1); and one or more intelligent route modules (2), in which the indication and sensor module (1) wirelessly transmits information to the intelligent route modules (2) so that it can be processed and returned to the indication and sensor modules (1).

Description

 SMART EVACUATION ROUTE DEVICE

TECHNOLOGICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to an intelligent evacuation route device, adaptable to the needs of each of the structures (preferably Buildings with 2 or more emergency exits, basements and parking lots, among others). The intelligent device consisting of a processing unit and a network of peripheral sensors which can be, sensors for smoke, gas, movement (speed - acceleration), temperature, water, occupation of people, structural integrity sensors, explosive gases, Poisonous gases, and volatile gases, an alarm system, all of these autonomous in terms of the energy system since they have been designed through the use of alternative energies, such as photovoltaic energy and with the backup of rechargeable batteries.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Evacuation route systems are known in the state of the art as disclosed in Japanese patent JP 8249556 which reports a fire alarm device that allows for easy guided evacuation. A part of sensors is installed in a place and is activated when it detects the presence of a fire (when the fire is generated) and the corresponding data of the fire generation is sent to an input port of a control system by means of the operation of a switch element, where said control system discriminates the fire generation data entered, recognizes that the fire was generated and sends the information and position to the sensor part by means of an input / output control part to a DTMF tone generating means.

Said DTMF generation means converts the received data into a tone frequency and sends it over a telephone line so that the control system reads the voice data corresponding to the fire information entered and converts it into synthesized voice signals and signals. and analog outputs that are emitted by a loudspeaker so that personnel at the fire site can hear the alarm signal.

For its part, JP 8297794, mentions a system for disaster prevention in order to carry out an optimal evacuation based on a current dynamic state, where the system is equipped with a disaster prevention sensor to detect the occurrence of it, a number of people sensor, a local terminal to display evacuation route information, a disaster prevention monitoring device and a main computer to control the local terminal.

The computer is equipped with a means of calculating the degree of security that calculates the level of security of the respective evacuation route in all areas of the site by using the monitoring data in the disaster prevention monitoring device, and a means of evacuation route display that selects the evacuation route with the highest degree of safety in an area in which the local terminal is installed.

The system also has a means of sequential updating which instructs and shows the evacuation route with the highest degree of safety, which through the use of new monitoring data calculates at a predetermined time interval after the sensor emits an alarm in the local terminal. For its part, WO0104853 discloses a device for projecting an escape path in order to direct the evacuation in the presence of a fire, which includes a plurality of laser diode projectors secured within a cover and which are intended to project rays or continuous images along a predetermined escape path. The images may comprise arrow indicators, graphics, or alphanumeric indicators.

These laser diodes are activated by means of an alarm condition, such as that produced by a smoke detector, infrared detector, or the like, or secondary performance in response to the audible alarm signal of a main fire alarm, where all These signals are controlled by a microprocessor that is programmed to filter and digitally process the signal and thus the presence of a main alarm signal is determined and the activation of the laser diodes is carried out with the evacuation path.

Document CN201441760 is related to a dynamic exhaust guide system that is an intelligent system and has a structure that has a smoke, fire and people sensor, which are installed in an area, where a visualization control circuit and a dynamic display are mounted in the evacuation step.

According to the signal detected by the fire sensor, the people sensor and the three-dimensional coordinate signals stored in the spatial database of the place where the system is installed, a central processing unit can emit an alarm signal afterwards of calculating and making a judgment. The instructions can be displayed through the Dynamic visualizer in such a way that people can have an efficient escape path in different directions with several numbers that can be guided dynamically, in order to avoid crowding of people and blockages of certain evacuation routes.

Finally, document TW 201209763 refers to an intelligent system to help people escape safely from a disaster and to provide an efficient and effective maintenance mechanism, where additionally the system serves as an intelligent energy-saving lighting device.

The system comprises a system server, intelligent devices to direct to the exit, disaster sensors, a message delivery server and a cell phone, where these parts communicate with each other through wireless signals and the Internet.

Such disaster sensors are used to detect the location of the catastrophe when it occurs, and this information is then transmitted to the server, which uses this information to send optimal evacuation addresses to all exit address devices.

Each output address device also serves as an intelligent lighting device, using a photo sensor and infrared sensors to maintain a constant level of lighting. It is based on the characteristic of the sound signal to indicate to the staff the evacuation route, that is, not based solely on a light or visual signal.

Although different types of systems are mentioned in the state of the art that allow the evaluation of potential evacuation routes, it is clear the need for an autonomous intelligent device that can not only detect fire, but other conditions of potential danger such as gas leaks, earthquakes , integrity and stability of the support structure and that is able to make a real-time analysis of the conditions presented at the site at the time of the emergency in order to be able to guide people through the safe evacuation routes. Current evacuation systems indicate that you should evacuate or not, warning of the emergency, this evacuation is indicated by turning on or off the luminous lamps that are commonly located on the walls in static places. However, none of these lamps, analyzes if where the evacuation is indicating the exit is obstructed, there is fire, congregation of people, toxic gases, among others. In general, these systems do not dynamically analyze the emergency conditions presented, always indicating the same evacuation exit. That is why it is necessary to develop an intelligent system that allows to analyze in real time and dynamically the emergency conditions presented in each of the possible evacuation routes, so that once analyzed, people are indicated by where they must evacuate with the certainty that this route is available.

 Additionally, it is necessary to create a device where the control system that uses a computer or a cell phone is decentralized and make a stand-alone system independent of electric current energy or telecommunications networks such as cell phones that are the most likely to fail in a moment of disaster.

An additional advantage of the device of the present invention is the fact that if one of its parts is rendered useless, it does not imply that the device ceases to function and cannot continue to function in order to provide the proper evacuation route since the device of the The invention uses neural networks makes it an autonomous and intelligent device and does not depend on the breakdown of one of its parts. Another technical advantage is that in the sensing and indication module (1) according to the present invention, the integration and processing circuit (1-D) is independent in terms of power line, since it has its own source of energy or battery (1 1 1) and which, does not depend on the energy that feeds the other sensors that measure the parameters of the environment, making said circuit (1-D) not vulnerable to the failure that may occur Several sensors In addition to allowing n sensors to be placed on the side walls of the sensing and indication module.

Thus, the objects of the present invention are the intelligent evacuation route device and the use of a section of structural integrity within the sensing and indication module and consisting of an accelerometer sensor and a microprocessor.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

The invention can be understood in a better way by means of the figures, where each of the elements that make up the intelligent remote control system to be protected is shown. In addition, the figures indicate the reference numbers assigned to the elements that make up said apparatus.

Figure 1 corresponds to a distribution scheme of the intelligent evacuation route device according to the present invention, which details a possible configuration of the modules comprising the device, which are: one or more sensing modules and indication (1) represented in the figure as black rhombuses, one or more Intelligent route modules (2) represented in the figure with black circles, according to the possible evacuation routes illustrated in Figure 1 as a row of five-pointed stars or four-pointed stars or four-pointed stars inscribed in a circle.

Figure 2 corresponds to the front view of the sensing and indication module (1), the intelligent evacuation route device, where the cover of the device (1-A) supporting a photovoltaic cell (1 -Α "'is illustrated ), the indicator lights (1 -A ") and a horn (1 -Α ^' ), Figure 2A, shows the internal view of the sensing and indication module (l) of the intelligent evacuation route device, where It illustrates the communication system and structural integrity sensor (1 -B), energy regulator circuit (1 -C) and an integration and processing circuit (1 -D). Figure 2B shows the system sensors (1 -E).

 Figure 3 corresponds to a front view of the Intelligent route module (2) of the intelligent evacuation route device, Figure 3.A, shows the internal view of the route Intelligent module (2).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention is to provide an intelligent evacuation route device, which basically consists of:

 • One module or more sensing and indication modules (1), one or more intelligent route modules (2).

• The sensing and indication module (1), comprises five sections: front cover (1 -A), structural integrity sensor (1 -B), control circuit energy (1-C), integration and processing circuit (1-D) and finally the sensors (1 -E).

 The section of the front cover (1 -A), is composed of the speaker (1 -Α '), flow direction indicators of light type (1 -A ") and solar panel (1 - A-).

 The structural integrity section (1-B) consists of an accelerometer sensor (14) and a microprocessor (13).

 The section of the power regulator circuit (1 -C) is composed of a power regulation circuit (1 10) and a battery (19).

The section of the integration and processing circuit (1-D) delivered by the sensors, is composed of a microprocessor (12), an information sending system (1 1) and a battery (1 1 1).

 The section of the sensors (l -E) that can be located in any lateral part of the sensing and indication module (1), is composed for example of a smoke sensor (15), a gas sensor (16), a temperature sensor (18) and a people occupation and movement sensor (17).

In this regard, those skilled in the art will understand that the device of the invention can withstand a high number of sensors (in theory 2 ¹⁶ ) and that its location will depend on the space and design with which the sensors are manufactured and the sizing of the sensor module and indication box (1).

• The Intelligent Route module (2), is composed of three sections: front cover (2-A), power regulator circuit (2-C) and integration circuit and sending signals delivered by the sensors (2-D ' ). The cross section of the front cover (2-A), of the intelligent route module (2), is composed of the housing (2-A ") and solar panel (2-Α ').

The section of the power regulator circuit (2-C) is composed of a power regulation circuit (23) and a battery (24).

The intelligent processing circuit section (2-D ^' ) is composed of a microprocessor (21) and an information sending system (22), where the microprocessor (21) is responsible for receiving the information delivered by the or the sensing and identification modules (1), processes said information supported by a neural network that is comprised of an input layer that has n possible inputs depending on the number of sensing and indication modules 1 and where the information is received , a hidden layer and an output layer that has n exits and that correspond to possible evacuation solutions.

Once the microprocessor (21) has done the entire intelligent process in real time, it sends the result or decision to an information sending system (22) and this in turn sends the information to the sensing and indication module (1 ), specifically to the information sending system (1 1) which translates the information that the microprocessor (21) has sent to you in actions such as turning on the exit arrow on the right and not the one on the left or warning by talking.

For example, if the device of the invention is installed in a laboratory that handles acids and other toxic substances, the device, thanks to its toxic gas sensors, may indicate to operators or personnel that a mask should be used for the exit and actions What should they take?

Claims

one . An intelligent evacuation route device, characterized in that it comprises:  a sensing and indication module (1) and an intelligent route module (2) where the sensing and indication module (1) and the intelligent route module are connected via wireless;  The sensing and indication module (1) includes:  a front cover (1 -A), a structural integrity section (1 -B), an energy regulator circuit (1 -C), an integration and processing circuit (1 -D) and a sensor section (1 - AND);  the Intelligent route module (2) comprises:  a front cover (2-A), an energy regulator circuit (2-C) and an integration and processing circuit (2-D ');  where the section of the front cover (1 -A) of the sensing and indication module (1) comprises a speaker (1-) '), luminous type flow direction indicators (1 -A ") and a solar panel (1 -TO'");  where the cross section of the front cover (2-A) of the intelligent route module (2) comprises a housing (2-A ") and a solar panel (2-A ');  where the sensor section (1-E) of the sensing and indication module (1) comprises electronic sensors for measuring environmental parameters that can be a smoke sensor (15), a gas sensor (16), a temperature sensor (18), a sensor of occupation of people and movement (17); and where the integration and processing circuit (1-D) of the sensing and indication module (1) has a power source independent of the power source that feeds the sensor section (1 -E). 2. The intelligent evacuation route device according to claim 1, characterized in that the structural integrity section (1 -B) The sensing and indication module (1) comprises an accelerometer sensor (14) and a microprocessor (13). 3. The intelligent evacuation route device according to claim 1, characterized in that the power regulator circuit (1-C) of the sensing and indication module (1) comprises an energy regulation circuit (1 10) and a battery (19). The intelligent evacuation route device according to claim 1, characterized in that the processing integration circuit (1-D) of the sensing and indication module (1) comprises a microprocessor (12), an information sending system (1 1) and a battery (1 1 1). The intelligent evacuation route device according to claim 1, characterized in that the integration and processing circuit (2-D ') of the Intelligent route module (2) comprises a microprocessor (21) and a delivery system for information (22). The intelligent evacuation route device according to claim 1, characterized in that the energy regulator circuit (2-C) of the intelligent route module (2) comprises an energy regulator circuit (23) and a battery (24 ).