Optical flame detector
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorNathaniel Paul Barcelos
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Abstract
Embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for optically detecting a flame. A system may comprise an optical flame detector, wherein the optical flame detector comprises a magnetometer, an accelerometer, and a gyroscope; and an information handling system, wherein the information handling system is configured to obtain orientation data from the magnetometer, the accelerometer, and the gyroscope; wherein the orientation data comprises movement and/or vibration data; angular velocity data; and direction data.
Claims12
An information handling system for optically detecting a flame, the information handling system comprising:
- an optical flame detector, wherein the optical flame detector comprises a magnetometer, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a memory device, and a processor,
- the memory device configured to store one or more instructions;
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- the processor coupled to the memory device, wherein the processor is configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
- obtain a first orientation data from the magnetometer, the accelerometer, and the gyroscope, positioned within a housing in the optical flame detector, wherein the first orientation data comprises movement and/or vibration data, angular velocity data, and direction data;
- obtain a reference orientation data from at least one of fire detectors, the magnetometer, the accelerometer or the gyroscope, installed on a same platform as the optical flame detector, wherein the fire detectors are different from the optical flame detector, and wherein the reference orientation data comprises movement and/or vibration data, angular velocity data, and direction data;
- determine a deviation between the first orientation data and the reference orientation data based at least on a comparison between the reference orientation data and the first orientation data;
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- determine whether one or more of the fire detectors or the optical flame detector has moved with respect to periodically monitored reference measurements.
A method for optically detecting a flame, the method comprising:
- positioning an optical flame detector, wherein the optical flame detector comprises a magnetometer, an accelerometer, and a gyroscope;
- obtaining, with an information handling system, initial orientation data, corresponding to the optical flame detector, from the magnetometer, the accelerometer, and the gyroscope, wherein the initial orientation data comprises movement and/or vibration data;
- angular velocity data;
- and direction data;
- obtaining a first orientation data from the optical flame detector, wherein the first orientation data is measured by the magnetometer, the accelerometer, and the gyroscope, positioned within a housing, in the optical flame detector;
- obtaining a reference orientation data from fire detectors installed on a same platform as the optical flame detector, wherein the fire detectors are different from the optical flame detector;
- determining a deviation between the first orientation data and the reference orientation data based at least on a comparison between the reference orientation data and the first orientation data;
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- determining whether one or more of the fire detectors or the optical flame detector has moved with respect to periodically monitored reference measurements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.