Intrusion detection
AssigneeInternational Electronic Machines Corp.
InventorsBruce McKenney, Marc R. Pearlman, Joshua Johnson, Anuj R. Nadig, Zahid F. Mian
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Abstract
A solution for detecting and alerting to intrusions or obstacles in an area. One or more sensing devices can be used in combination with computer processing capabilities to monitor an area for intrusions or obstacles. An illustrative area is part of a railyard or railroad track, which can be monitored for intrusions by foot, vehicle, or even by inanimate objects such as falling rocks from a track cut. The sensing, computing, and/or alerting systems can be redundant to ensure operation at all times.
Claims20
A system for detecting intruding objects in a monitored area, the system comprising:
- at least one intrusion detection sensing node including:
- at least one sensor for acquiring sensor data for a monitored area;
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- a computing device configured to process the sensor data and generate intrusion detection data, wherein the at least one sensor provides the sensor data for processing by the computing device using at least two redundant sensor communications links;
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- a base station configured to receive intrusion detection data from the at least one intrusion detection sensing node via one of a plurality of node communications links, wherein the plurality of node communications links include a primary node communications link by which communications are first attempted and at least one backup node communications link for enabling communications when the primary communications link fails.
A system for detecting intruding objects in an area including a railroad, the system comprising:
- a plurality of intrusion detection sensing nodes, each intrusion detection sensing node including:
- at least one sensor for acquiring sensor data for a monitored area;
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- a computing device configured to process the sensor data and generate intrusion detection data, wherein the at least one sensor provides the sensor data for processing by the computing device using at least two redundant sensor communications links;
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- a base station configured to receive intrusion detection data from each of the plurality of intrusion detection sensing nodes via one of a plurality of node communications links and process the intrusion detection data to generate analysis results relating to an intrusion of the area, wherein the plurality of node communications links include a primary node communications link by which communications are first attempted and at least one backup node communications link for enabling communications when the primary communications link fails.
A method of detecting intruding objects in a monitored area, the method comprising:
- acquiring, on a computing device for an intrusion detection sensing node, sensor data for the monitored area from at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor provides the sensor data for processing by the computing device using at least two redundant sensor communications links;
- processing, with the computing device for the intrusion detection sensing node, the sensor data to generate intrusion detection data;
- providing, for processing on a base station, the intrusion detection data via one of a plurality of node communications links, wherein the plurality of node communications links include a primary node communications link by which communications are first attempted and at least one backup node communications link for enabling communications when the primary communications link fails.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.