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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2005
Applicant:
Shin-juh Chen, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Inventor:
Shin-Juh Chen, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Assignee:
Southwest Sciences Incorporated, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for and method of detecting fires comprising detecting (with one or more detectors) levels of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and smoke in an ambient environment, computing (using a processor) over time rates of increase of each of the levels, and generating an alarm if one or more of the rates of increase exceed predetermined threshold rates of increase.