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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2001
Applicants:
Ian Frederick Moore, Surrey, GB;
Edward Grellier Colby, Cambridge, GB;
Michael John Black, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Ian Frederick Moore, Surrey, GB;
Edward Grellier Colby, Cambridge, GB;
Michael John Black, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
VSD Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 17/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of operating a computer for smoke and flame detection comprising the steps of: receiving digitised images of the region to be monitored; comparing pixels of one of said images with pixels of another said image according to two predetermined procedures to produce a flame present decision and a smoke present decision; and providing a fire detected signal according to said smoke present and flame present decisions.