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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2018
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Jie Xi, Shanghai, CN;
Jie Xi, Shanghai, CN;
Michael J. Birnkrant, Wethersfield, CT (US);
Alan Matthew Finn, Hebron, CT (US);
Jennifer M. Alexander, Glastonbury, CT (US);
David L. Lincoln, Cromwell, CT (US);
Jun Hou, Shanghai, CN;
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
According to another embodiment, a method of detecting the occurrence of a condition using a detection system located within a predetermined area includes transmitting light from at least one node of a plurality of nodes into an ambient atmosphere adjacent the at least one node, receiving scattered light from the ambient atmosphere at the at least one node, communicating the received scattered light to a control system operably coupled to the at least one node, analyzing the scattered light at the control system to determine a condition of the ambient atmosphere adjacent each at least one node, and adjusting a sensitivity of the at least one node of the plurality of nodes.