System, device, and method for smoke discrimination and identification of fire source

A device for smoke discrimination and identification of fire source, the device comprising:

• one or more first sensor operable to detect one or more gas present in smoke generated by a burning material;
• one or more second sensor operable to capture temporal characteristics of fire caused by the burning material;
• and
• a control unit operatively coupled to the one or more first sensor and the one or more second sensors, the control unit comprising a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions executable by the processor and configured to:
• receive data pertaining to the one or more detected gas;
• receive data pertaining to the captured temporal characteristics;
• match the one or more detected gas with a database comprising a set of known gases associated with smoke caused by a plurality of known burning materials;
• match the captured temporal characteristics with the database comprising a set of known temporal characteristics associated with fire caused by the plurality of known burning materials;
• identify and classify the burning material as one of the known burning materials based on the matching of the one or more detected gas and the captured temporal characteristics with the database;
• match the identified burning material with the database comprising a set of known safe burning materials and a set of known unsafe burning materials, and
• discriminate the identified burning material as any of a safe category and an alarming category based on the matching;
• and
• trigger a fire event based on the identified burning material.

A method for smoke discrimination and identification of fire source, the method comprising:

• capturing data pertaining to one or more gas present in smoke caused by a burning material;
• capturing data pertaining to temporal characteristics of fire caused by the burning material;
• matching the one or more detected gas with a database comprising a set of known gases associated with smoke caused by a plurality of known burning materials;
• matching the captured temporal characteristics with the database comprising a set of known temporal characteristics associated with fire caused by the plurality of known burning materials;
• identifying and classifying the burning material as one of the known burning materials based on matching of the one or more detected gas and the captured temporal characteristics with the database;
• matching the identified burning material with the database comprising a set of known safe burning materials and a set of known unsafe burning materials, and discriminating the identified burning material into any of the safe category and the alarming category based on the matching;
• and
• triggering a fire event based on the identified burning material.