Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pro-active building protection system
- Patent Title (中): 积极的建筑保护体系
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Application No.: US14985068Application Date: 2015-12-30
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Publication No.: US09382747B1Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: Evelyn R. Anderson , Michael Bender , Rhonda L. Childress
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Weitzman Law Offices, LLC
- Main IPC: G01W1/00
- IPC: G01W1/00 ; E05F15/71 ; G08B25/00 ; H04L12/28

Abstract:
An automated system for pro-active protection of a building from damage due to weather conditions includes multiple sensors establishing a perimeter about the building, a weather alert receiver, a master controller, storage including multiple automated protocols, and multiple actuators. The master controller will, when a weather alert is received indicating a particular weather condition will be occurring within an area encompassing the perimeter, without any human intervention: automatically execute a specific protocol to thereby cause at least some of the multiple actuators to change at least one protective device from a non-protective to a protective position until a signal is received that the weather alert is no longer in effect, or that the particular weather condition is no longer a potential danger to the building, at which time the master controller will automatically signal the actuators to return to the non-protective position.
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