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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2010
Paul Richardson, Austell, GA (US);
David G. Koch, Mableton, GA (US);
Paul Richardson, Austell, GA (US);
David G. Koch, Mableton, GA (US);
Prosensor Technology, LLC, Mableton, GA (US);
Abstract
A building roof monitoring system that includes a fiber optic filament positioned between a water barrier layer (e.g., roof membrane) and a roof substrate layer of the building roof. The fiber optic filament may be part of a sensing layer that includes the fiber optic filament carried by a water transport layer configured to draw water coming into contact with the water transport layer into contact with the fiber optic filament. An optical analyzer injects laser light into the fiber optic filament and detects changes in propagation of the laser light through the fiber optic filament indicative of water coming in contact with the fiber optic filament to detect a roof leak. A response system including a controller, alarm or remote communication unit operatively connected to the optical analyzer responds to the roof leak detected by the optical analyzer.