US 12,183,172 B2Granted

Smart barrier alarm device

AssigneeEcolink Intelligent Technology, Inc.

InventorGeorge Seelman

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Abstract

A barrier alarm device for reducing the number of false alarms that may occur in a home or business security system. In one embodiment, a barrier alarm device, such as a door or window sensor, determines whether a barrier, such as a door or a window, has been opened, and determines whether a human being is inside a premises in proximity to the door or window. If a human being is inside the monitored premises when the door or window is opened, it indicates that the human being is authorized to be inside the monitored premises, and the barrier alarm device transmits a timed alarm signal to a central security panel, causing a security response to be generated by the central security panel if a predetermined time period elapses without a user canceling the security response.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A barrier alarm device for monitoring a barrier of a monitored premises, comprising:

a barrier status detection device for detecting when the barrier has been moved;
a human detection device for determining when a human being is in proximity to the barrier;
a transmitter for transmitting wireless signals to a receiver;
a non-transitory memory for storing processor-executable instructions, a first identification code of the barrier alarm device, and a second identification code of the barrier alarm device;
and
a processor coupled to the barrier status detection device, the human detection device, the transmitter, and the memory, for executing the processor-executable instructions that causes the processor to:
determine that the barrier has been moved;
determine whether a human being is inside the premises and in proximity to the barrier;
in response to determining that the barrier has been moved and that a human being is not inside the premises and in proximity to the barrier, cause an alarm signal to be transmitted by the transmitter;
and
in response to determining that the barrier has been moved and that a human being is inside the premises and in proximity to the barrier, refrain from transmitting the alarm signal.

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Application: 18/393,015Filed 21 Dec 2023 · division
Priority: 23 Feb 2015
Published: US 2024/0119814 A111 Apr 2024
Granted: 31 Dec 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G08B 13/08
Mechanical actuation: by opening, e.g. of door, of window, of drawer, of shutter, of curtain, of blind
G08B 13/1618
Using active vibration detection systems: using ultrasonic detection means
G08B 21/0415
Based on behaviour analysis: detecting absence of activity per se
G08B 21/0469
Sensor means for detecting: presence detectors to detect unsafe condition, e.g. infrared sensor, microphone

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Application14/629,370Parent of this division · filed 23 Feb 2015
Application15/946,511Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 5 Apr 2018
US 9,940,797 B2Parent of this division · filed 10 Apr 2018
Application16/200,172Parent of this division · filed 26 Nov 2018
US 10,497,230 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 3 Dec 2019
Application16/902,402Parent of this division · filed 16 Jun 2020
US 10,692,340 B2Parent of this division · filed 23 Jun 2020
US 2024/0119814 A1Pre-grant publication · published 11 Apr 2024
US 11,887,446 B2Parent of this division
Application16/200,172Parent of this continuation-in-part
Application15/946,511Parent of this division
US 2016/0247370 A1Published application
US 2018/0225937 A1Published application
US 2019/0096202 A1Published application
US 2020/0312104 A1Published application
US 12,183,172 B2This patent

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