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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Danny G Snider, Channel Islands, CA (US);
Robert J Cinzori, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Santa Barbara Research Center, Goleta, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ; G01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250342 ; 340578 ; 340587 ;
Abstract
A fire detection system discriminates between a HEAT round that does not initiate a secondary fire and a HEAT round which does initiate a secondary fire. The system of the invention measures the peck intensity of a penetrating HEAT round in order to determine a secondary threshold level which is subsequently utilized to detect a resulting hydrocarbon fire. Also, the system performs a statistical analysis of the slope of the round thermal signature to determine if a secondary fire may be occurring.