ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,209, issued on May 27.
"Non destructive fire sprinkler system" was invented by Simon Siu-Chi Yu (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An artificial intelligence guided, flame tracking fire suppression liquid spray nozzle on a pan tilt turret base is recessed into a ceiling with a decorative hinged panel. A built-in smoke detector flush with the ceiling, senses for smoke and in an event fire breaks out, the ceiling panel flips down and drops the pan tilt turret base to search and lock on and track the flame. The spray nozzle splashes the flame with fire suppressant from its limited volume ceiling suppressant tank via a high ...