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US 11,696,107 B2Granted
Heads up mass notification
AssigneeJohnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
InventorsJohn B. Stowell, Alan John Boguslawski
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatus, and systems for mass notification including receiving the message from an alarm notification device via a link and causing the projector to project the message on a surface using the light patterns.
Claims18
A notification system in an infrastructure, comprising:
- a panel;
- a hazard detector configured to detect a hazard and transmit an indication of said hazard to the panel;
- and
- a notification device mounted on a surface and communicatively coupled with the panel via a retrofitted link and a terminal block of an alarm notification device;
- wherein the panel is configured to:
- receive the indication,
- generate, based on the indication of the hazard, a message including a warning of the hazard,
- transmit the message to the notification device;
- and
- wherein the notification device is configured to:
- receive the message from the panel, and
- project an image including at least a portion of the message onto the surface.
9 more elements
An emergency notification device configured for mounting on a surface, comprising:
- a retrofitted link configured to provide a communication channel between a terminal block of an alarm notification device and a projection control module (PCM);
- a projector configured to project light patterns on the surface;
- and
- the PCM communicatively coupled with the projector and the retrofitted link, wherein the PCM is configured to:
- receive, from a panel via the terminal block and the retrofitted link, a message including a warning of a hazard;
- and
- cause the projector to project the message on the surface using the light patterns.
4 more elements
A notification system in an infrastructure, comprising:
- a panel configured to:
- receive an indication of a hazard from a hazard detector,
- determine the hazard based on the indication of the hazard,
- generate, based on the hazard, a message including a warning of the hazard, and
- transmit a message to a notification device;
- and
- the notification device configured to:
- receive the message from the panel via a retrofitted link and a terminal block of an alarm notification device, and
- project the message on a surface.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.