Photoelectric smoke detector with drift compensation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9396637
APP PUB NO 20140015680A1
SERIAL NO

13898773

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A smoke detector is disclosed that comprises a smoke detection chamber comprising: a light source operable to provide radiation to an interior space of the smoke detection chamber, and a light detector operable to receive radiation scattered by one or more radiation scatting particles in the interior of the smoke detection chamber; an alarm control module, in communication with the smoke detection chamber and a processor, operable to produce an alarm indicating a presence of a predetermined threshold of the one or more radiation scattering particles; a computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the detector to perform an alarm compensation threshold method comprising: comparing a calibrated clear air voltage measurement with an average clear air voltage measurement; adjusting an alarm threshold sensitivity, based at least in part, on the comparison of the calibrated clear air voltage measurement and the average clear air voltage measurement.

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WALTER KIDDE PORTABLE EQUIPMENT INC1016 CORPORATE PARK DRIVE MEBANE NC 27302

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bush, Dave Wheatland, US 4 75
Chandler, Bill Colorado Springs, US 6 116
Ratzlaff, Larry R Elgin, US 8 105

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