Fire alarm manual station with digital fingerprint image processing
AssigneeRSG/Aames Security, Inc.
InventorAndrea Furia
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Abstract
A fire alarm manual station includes an image capture device for capturing an image of a fingerprint and processing of the captured image. The image may be stored locally and be downloaded to a lap top computer or other storage device, or the image may be transmitted to a central station. The image may further be processed to validate that the image is an actual fingerprint image, and a fire alarm activated only for an actual fingerprint image. The image may also be compared to a list of authorized fingerprint images, and the image may be compared to a list of prohibited fingerprint images.
Claims18
A fire alarm manual station comprising:
- a manual station body;
- a fingerprint scanner residing on an exposed surface of the manual station body, the fingerprint scanner including electronics for electronically capturing a fingerprint image;
- and
- manual station electronics for processing the captured fingerprint image.
A method for reducing manual station prank false alarms, the method comprising:
- capturing a digital fingerprint image of an alarm setter at a manual station;
- storing the digital fingerprint image in memory residing in the manual station;
- and
- using the digital fingerprint image to reduce prank false alarms.
A method for reducing manual station prank false alarms, the method comprising:
- capturing a digital fingerprint image of an alarm setter at a manual station;
- storing the digital fingerprint image in memory residing in the manual station;
- connecting a portable device to the manual station;
- downloading the digital fingerprint image to the portable device;
- and
- compiling a data base of digital fingerprints associated with false alarms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.