Aug. 12– The biggest risk after an earthquake is not knowing whether a house building is safe to re-enter, and millions of houses and buildings are constantly affected by large and small shocks year after year. Recently, a U.S. technology company was awarded a patent for a system that uses AI to monitor and analyze the condition of houses to determine risk levels within minutes so users can stay informed about their safety.
Once a major earthquake occurs, the aftershock sequence will produce more earthquakes of all sizes over several months. The first order of business after a natural disaster is to get people back to their homes and workplaces as quickly and safely as possible. The Seismocon system developed by the company determines the risk level in just a few minutes, compared to the weeks or months it takes for engineers to inspect and analyze structures. Users are alerted immediately after an earthquake, and the AI analysis system analyzes the home based on real-time building data recorded and processed by the system’s sensor units.
“Inspection by engineers is still important, but now they have a tool that can really understand what’s going on inside the structure.” says the technician involved. As a result, Seismocon has also been compared to a “black box” that records details and analyzes events during seismic accidents.
