Perimeter security system with non-lethal detainment response
AssigneeWrap Technologies, Inc.
InventorElwood Norris
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Abstract
A method is provided of remotely detaining a subject with a temporary restraint. The method includes monitoring at least a portion of a perimeter of an area, and receiving an event signal generated as a result of remote movement or presence of a subject. A projectile is be remotely launched from a launcher a toward the subject, the projectile including a pair of pellets and a tether connecting the pellets. The projectile is capable of at least temporarily detaining the subject when wrapped about the subject.
Claims16
A method of remotely monitoring a perimeter of an area and detaining a subject at the perimeter with a temporary restraint, comprising:
- monitoring at least a portion of a perimeter of an area;
- receiving an event signal generated as a result of remote movement or presence of a subject at the perimeter of the area;
- and
- remotely launching from at least one of a plurality of launchers positioned at the perimeter of the area a projectile toward the subject, the projectile including a pair of pellets and a tether connecting the pellets, the projectile being capable of at least temporarily detaining the subject when wrapped about the subject.
A system of remotely detaining a subject with a temporary restraint, comprising:
- a sensor system operable to monitor a perimeter of an area;
- an event signal generator operable to generate an event signal if movement or presence of a subject is detected by the sensor system at the perimeter of the area;
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- a plurality of launchers positioned along the perimeter of the area, each of the plurality of launchers carrying a projectile, each of the plurality of launchers being operable to remotely launch a respective projectile toward the subject as the subject crosses the perimeter, each of the projectiles including a pair of pellets and a tether connecting the pellets, each of the projectiles being capable of at least temporarily detaining the subject when wrapped about the subject.
A method of remotely monitoring a perimeter of an area and detaining a subject at the perimeter with a temporary restraint, comprising:
- monitoring at least a portion of a perimeter of an area;
- receiving an event signal generated as a result of remote movement or presence of a subject at the perimeter of the area;
- remotely launching from at least one of a plurality of launchers positioned at the perimeter of the area a projectile toward the subject, the projectile including a pair of pellets and a tether connecting the pellets, the projectile being capable of at least temporarily detaining the subject when wrapped about the subject;
- transmitting identifying data associated with the at least one of the plurality of launchers, the identifying data including at least a location of the launcher along the perimeter of the area;
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- dispatching personnel to the location of the launch along the perimeter of the area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.