# US 2014/0152831 A1 · System and Method of Visual Communication Using Touch Screen > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0152831 A1 - Document ID: US20140152831A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/693,993 - Filed: 2012-12-04 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-04 - Assignees: Honeywell International Inc. - Applicants: Honeywell International Inc. - Inventors: XiuKuan YANG; ZhongWei Ding; YanChao Zhu; ChunFeng Wei - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152831A1 ## CPC - H04N 7/186: {Video door telephones} - G08B 25/12: Manually actuated calamity alarm transmitting arrangements {emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm, activators, e.g. details of alarm push buttons mounted on an infrastructure} - G08B 25/10: using wireless transmission systems {(G08B25/009 takes precedence)} - G08B 25/14: Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS ## Abstract An apparatus is provided including a security system, an IP video door phone coupled to the security system, the IP video door phone further carries an interactive display, a gesture file that stores a two-dimensional sequence of positions, a comparison processor that detects contact by a human user with the interactive display, that compares a sequence of positions made by the contact on the interactive display with the positions of the gesture file and that detects a match; and an alarm processor that sends an alarm message to the security system upon detecting the match. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: a security system; an IP video door phone coupled to the security system; an interactive display carried by the IP video door phone; a gesture file that stores a two-dimensional sequence of positions; a comparison processor that detects contact by a human user with the interactive display, that compares a sequence of positions made by the contact on the interactive display with the positions of the gesture file and that detects a match; and an alarm processor that sends an alarm message to the security system upon detecting the match. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the alarm message further comprises an ambush alarm. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the alarm message to the security system further comprises an alarm message to a central monitoring station. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the contact detected by the comparison processor further comprises a single point of contact with the interactive display defined by a single finger of the human user. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the comparison processor detects a plurality of contacts with the interactive display defined by a corresponding number of fingers of the human user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus as in claim 5 wherein the gesture file further comprises a two-dimensional sequence of positions for each of the plurality of contacts. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus as in claim 6 wherein the gesture file further comprises a predetermined spacing that separates the plurality of contacts. ### Claim 8 An apparatus comprising: an IP video door phone having an interactive display; a gesture file within a non-transient computer readable medium that stores a two-dimensional sequence of positions; a comparison processor that detects a moving contact caused by contact by a human user with the interactive display, that compares a sequence of positions made by the moving contact on the interactive display with the positions of the gesture file and that detects a match; and an alarm processor that transmits an alarm message upon detecting the match. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus as in claim 8 further comprising a security system. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The apparatus as in claim 9 wherein the security system further comprises the alarm processor and wherein the alarm processor transmits the alarm message to a central monitoring station. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The apparatus as in claim 8 wherein the gesture file further comprises a predetermined respective time period between successive positions of the two-dimensional sequence of positions. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The apparatus as in claim 8 wherein the moving contact further comprises a single moving contact. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The apparatus as in claim 8 wherein the moving contact further comprises a plurality of moving contacts. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus as in claim 13 wherein the gesture file further comprises a plurality of sequences of positions with each of the plurality of sequences of positions corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of moving contacts. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus as in claim 14 wherein the gesture file further comprises a respective predetermined distance that separates each of the plurality of moving contacts. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The apparatus as in claim 8 wherein the sequence of positions of the gesture file further comprises a predetermined alphanumeric character. ### Claim 17 An apparatus comprising: a security system coupled to a central monitoring station; an IP video door phone of the security system, the IP video door phone having an interactive display; and a processor, the processor detects a moving contact established by a human user with the interactive display, compares a sequence of positions made by the moving contact on the interactive display with a predetermined sequence of positions in memory to detect a match; and wherein the security system receives notification of the match from the processor and transmits an alarm message to the central monitoring station. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus as in claim 17 wherein the moving contact further comprises a single point of contact between one finger of the human user and the interactive display. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The apparatus as in claim 17 wherein the moving contact further comprises a plurality of contacts, each detected between a respective finger of a plurality of fingers of the human user and the interactive display. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The apparatus as in claim 17 wherein the predetermined sequence of positions in memory further comprises an alphanumeric character.