Manual call point device with sensor
AssigneeElectronic Modular Services Ltd.
InventorEdward Saunders
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Abstract
A manual call point (MCP) (130) is provided and includes a housing (210), a frangible element (220) disposed on the housing (210) to be accessible to and operable by a user and a control system (120). The control system (120) is disposed within the housing (210). The control system (120) includes a detector (232) configured to detect frangible element (220) operations, a sensor (233) configured to measure forces applied to the frangible element (220) and a processing unit (234) configured to initiate an alarm responsive to the detector (232) detecting a frangible element (220) operation, to determine whether the measured forces are indicative of an event and to generate a report in accordance with determination results.
Claims13
A manual call point (MCP), comprising:
- a housing;
- a frangible element disposed on the housing to be accessible to and operable by a user;
- and
- a control system disposed within the housing and comprising:
- a detector configured to detect frangible element operations;
- a sensor configured to measure forces applied to the frangible element;
- and
- a processing unit configured to initiate an alarm responsive to the detector detecting a frangible element operation, to determine whether the measured forces are indicative of an event and to generate a report in accordance with determination results.
A manual call point (MCP) operational method, comprising:
- detecting an operation of a frangible element;
- measuring forces applied to the frangible element during the operation;
- determining whether the measured forces are indicative of an event;
- and
- generating a report in accordance with results of the determining.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.