US 10,309,865 B2 · Integrated building monitoring system

Abstract

An integrated building monitoring system including a conductive grid having a plurality of rows, where each row has a plurality of interwoven positive and negative electrodes forming a hexagon pattern, and the conductive grid is integrated within a wall. The system also includes a plurality of signal nodes, where a signal node is coupled to a respective row and each of the rows is insulated from one another. A controller is coupled to the plurality of signal nodes and has a current sensing circuit. In addition, the current sensing circuit is configured to measure the current for each of the rows of the conductive grid to sense when an electrical signal from a row of the conductive grid indicates that moisture is present within the wall when a voltage is applied.

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Dependent claims

An integrated building monitoring system, the system comprising:

a conductive grid having a plurality of rows, wherein each row having a plurality of interwoven electrodes forming a pattern;
a plurality of signal nodes, where a signal node is coupled to a respective row and each of the rows is insulated from one another;
a controller coupled to the plurality of signal nodes and having a current sensing circuit, wherein the current sensing circuit is configured to measure the current for each of the rows of the conductive grid to sense when an electrical current from a row of the conductive grid indicates that moisture is present when a voltage is applied, to transmit an alarm signal to the controller when the electrical current is detected, and to generate predictive trending analysis alarms;
and
a remote receiver configured to receive the alarm signal and generate an alarm.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Integrated building monitoring system

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Abstract

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