Onboard fire detection in refuse collection vehicles
OwnerBrian Huston Ham, David C. Gentry +2inventors
InventorsBrian Huston Ham, David C. Gentry, Joseph Henry Mills, Phillip A. Kendrick
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Abstract
A system includes a refuse collection vehicle and at least one detector device coupled to a portion of the refuse collection vehicle. The refuse collection vehicle includes a chassis, a cab coupled to a front portion of the chassis, and a storage body coupled to the chassis rearward of the cab. The at least one detector device is configured to detect one or more phenomena resulting from a fire in the refuse collection vehicle.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a refuse collection vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a cab coupled to a front portion of the chassis;
- a storage body coupled to the chassis rearward of the cab;
- and
- at least one detector device coupled to a portion of the refuse collection vehicle, the at least one detector device configured to detect one or more phenomena resulting from a fire in the storage body of the refuse collection vehicle.
A method of detecting one or more phenomena resulting from a fire in a refuse collection vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting, using at least one detector device coupled to the refuse collection vehicle, the one or more phenomena resulting from the fire;
- transmitting, from the at least one detector device to a computing device, a signal indicating the one or more phenomena resulting from the fire has been detected by the at least one detector device;
- and
- in response to receiving the signal, triggering, using the computing device, one or more actions comprising at least one of:
- i) extinguishing the fire in the refuse collection vehicle, or ii) alerting an operator of the refuse collection vehicle of the detected at one or more phenomena.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.