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• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
  • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
  • E06B7/00—Special arrangements or measures in connection with doors or windows
  • E06B7/28—Other arrangements on doors or windows, e.g. door-plates, windows adapted to carry plants, hooks for window cleaners
  • E06B7/30—Peep-holes; Devices for speaking through; Doors having windows
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G08—SIGNALLING
  • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
  • G08B21/00—Alarms responsive to a single specified undesired or abnormal condition and not otherwise provided for
  • G08B21/02—Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
  • G08B21/12—Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons responsive to undesired emission of substances, e.g. pollution alarms
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
  • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
  • H04W4/02—Services making use of location information
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G08—SIGNALLING
  • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
  • G08B29/00—Checking or monitoring of signalling or alarm systems; Prevention or correction of operating errors, e.g. preventing unauthorised operation
  • G08B29/18—Prevention or correction of operating errors
  • G08B29/181—Prevention or correction of operating errors due to failing power supply
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G08—SIGNALLING
  • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
  • G08B7/00—Signalling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00; Personal calling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00
  • G08B7/06—Signalling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00; Personal calling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00 using electric transmission, e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources

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• Air cleaning devices may be used to clean the air in the home after coming in through the window, but there is no mechanism for informing the user about the air quality outside, for example whether it is better or worse than inside.
• Global city information may be available giving air quality indications, but a user may not want to be troubled by having to access and then interpret this information.
• the system may further comprise an input for receiving at least one of the following parameters:
• the weather, noise and lighting information enables a judgment to be made as to whether the door or window should be closed for reasons other than the air quality.
• the light level may influence the decision based on the fact that insects may be attracted.
• the air quality indications from other sensors enable dynamic changes in the local environment to be monitored, for example.
• the processor may be adapted to transmit data to the remote terminal in dependence on the distance to the remote terminal.
• the system may further comprise an indoor air treatment device, wherein the processor is further adapted to control the indoor air treatment device.
• a closure sensor may be used for determining if the door or window is open or closed, wherein the closure sensor information is provided to the processor.
• An aspect of the invention also provides an air quality alert method, comprising:
• the method may also comprise receiving a second air quality indication in respect of a second area and providing an output based on a difference between the first and second air quality indications.
• the method may in addition comprise wirelessly transmitting data to a remote terminal, wherein the data transmitted to the remote terminal is selected in dependence on the distance to the remote terminal.
• Figure 3 shows a door handle which can incorporate touch sensing
• Figure 7 shows how systems can share sensor data.
• the alert can be based on the user's presence and distance to the window or door. It can be based on the air quality outside, or on difference between outside and inside air quality. In this case, instead of outputting an indication of absolute air quality (e.g.
• an output can be provided which is representative of the relative air quality, i.e. the difference between indoor and outdoor air quality, making it easier for user to decide when it is a good moment to open or close the window.
• Figure 1 shows a first example of an air quality alert system.
• the system has a processor 10.
• the processor has an input for receiving an indication of outdoor air quality for an outdoor area 12. It may receive this information from a remote source, but the example in Figure 1 shows an outdoor air quality sensor 14 as part of the system.
• step 60 optionally other information is taken into account, such as: the outdoor weather conditions, for example it may be too windy to open the window;
• a camera possibly linked to face recognition software
• a touch sensor in window handle for instance a capacitive sensor
• a controller may however be implemented with or without employing a microprocessor, and also may be implemented as a combination of dedicated hardware to perform some functions and a processor (e.g., one or more programmed microprocessors and associated circuitry) to perform other functions.
• software e.g., microcode
• a controller may however be implemented with or without employing a microprocessor, and also may be implemented as a combination of dedicated hardware to perform some functions and a processor (e.g., one or more programmed microprocessors and associated circuitry) to perform other functions.

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