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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2005
Applicants:
Jeffrey W. Shrode, Louisville, KY (US);
Robert H. Brockelsby, Louisville, KY (US);
Gregory P. Lindauer, Louisville, KY (US);
Mark A. Butler, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey W. Shrode, Louisville, KY (US);
Robert H. Brockelsby, Louisville, KY (US);
Gregory P. Lindauer, Louisville, KY (US);
Mark A. Butler, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of supervising a plurality of displaced devices includes having each device emit a supervisory signal that is detectable by a designated unit. Indicia can be included indicative that an intervening message has been sent from a respective device. The designated unit can respond to missing, expected supervisory signals as well as unreceived messages.