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US 12,702,994 B2Granted
Remote deployment safety system and deterrent devices
OwnerChristopher Cochraninventor
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Abstract
A deterrent device including a front surface having plurality of openings, a cap unit including a spray nozzle inserted into at least one opening, a camera position at the center of the front surface, at least one speaker on the front surface, at least one microphone on the front surface, and a control unit that monitors the camera and provides an audible sound when motion is detected and sprays fluid from at least one nozzle if motion is detected after the audible tone is made.
Claims18
A deterrent device comprising:
- a device body comprising a front surface and a plurality of openings extending through the front surface;
- a plurality of caps, wherein each cap of the plurality of caps is configured to be inserted into a corresponding opening of the plurality of openings, and wherein each cap of the plurality of caps comprises a spray nozzle and a valve;
- a camera located at a center of the front surface, wherein the camera has a field of view;
- at least one speaker located on the front surface;
- at least one microphone located on the front surface;
- and
- a control unit in communication with the valve of each cap of the plurality of caps, the camera, the at least one speaker, and the at least one microphone,
- wherein:
- the number of caps in the plurality of caps is equal to the number of openings in the plurality of openings,
- the control unit is configured to monitor the camera to detect motion within the field of view of the camera,
- the control unit is configured to play an audible sound when motion is detected,
- each cap of the at least one cap is in fluid communication with a canister containing a pressurized liquid, and
- the control unit is configured to open at least one valve of the plurality of caps to spray the pressurized liquid from the corresponding spray nozzle after the audible sound is played when motion is detected.
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A method of performing a deterrent action using a deterrent device, the method comprising:
- providing the deterrent device comprising a device body having a front surface, a plurality of caps with each cap comprising a spray nozzle and a valve, a camera having a field of view, at least one speaker, at least one microphone, and a control unit, wherein the control unit is in communication with the camera, the at least one speaker, the at least one microphone, and each valve of the plurality of caps:
- monitoring, via the control unit, for motion within the field of view of the camera, wherein the camera is located at a center of to the front surface;
- playing, via the control unit, an audible sound from the at least one speaker when motion is detected within the field of view of the camera;
- capturing, via the control unit, sound detected by the at least one microphone;
- spraying a pressurized fluid from at least one spray nozzle of the plurality of caps, wherein each cap of the at least one cap is in fluid communication with a canister containing the pressurized liquid, and wherein the control unit is configured to open at least one valve of the plurality of caps to spray the pressurized liquid from the corresponding spray nozzle after the audible sound is played when motion is detected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.