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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Bruce Warmack, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Dennis A. Wolf, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Steven Shane Frank, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 17/00 (2006.01); G08B 17/10 (2006.01); G08B 17/117 (2006.01); G08B 29/22 (2006.01); G08B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 17/10 (2013.01); G08B 17/117 (2013.01); G08B 29/22 (2013.01); G08B 3/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for smoke detection are disclosed. In one embodiment, a smoke detector uses linear discriminant analysis (LDA) to determine whether observed conditions indicate that an alarm is warranted.