Patent 11238711 was granted and assigned to Carrier Corporation on February, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method of directing individuals to an evacuation point during a fire including: determining a location of one or more fire detection device and one or more fire suppression devices within a building; detecting a fire using the one or more fire detection devices; determining a location of the fire in response to the location of the one or more fire detection devices; determining a safe evacuation route between an individual and an evacuation point in response to the location of the fire within the building; and directing an individual towards the evacuation point along the safe evacuation route.