Wearable security apparatus
AssigneeWal-Mart Stores, Inc.
InventorsJulie Campbell, Christopher Soames Johnson, Jimmie R. Clark
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Abstract
A security system comprises a wearable security apparatus having an electronic display and a storage device that stores data regarding a wearer and a receiver for receiving emergency information; a security scanner at a facility that communicates with the wearable device to receive and decode the stored data to determine a status of the wearer and whether the wearer may enter or leave the facility; and an associate registry that includes registration information regarding the wearer. The security scanner compares the stored data on the wearable device and the registration information in the associate registry to determine whether the status of the wearer is that the wearer is registered.
Claims21
A security system, comprising:
- a wearable security apparatus having an electronic display, a storage device that stores data regarding a wearer, an association device that associates the wearer and the apparatus with each other, a transmitter that outputs a signal that accesses a combination of data regarding identification, authentication, location, and access status of the wearer, and a receiver for receiving emergency information;
- a security scanner at a facility that communicates with the wearable security apparatus to receive and decode the stored data to determine both a status of the wearer and whether the wearer may enter or leave the facility;
- and
- an associate registry that includes registration information regarding the wearer, wherein the security scanner compares the stored data on the wearable security apparatus and the registration information in the associate registry to determine whether the status of the wearer is that the wearer is registered.
A wearable security device, comprising:
- a display;
- a storage device that stores data regarding a wearer;
- an association device that associates the wearer and the wearable security device with each other;
- a transmitter that outputs a signal that accesses a combination of data regarding identification, authentication, location, and access status of the wearer;
- a receiver for receiving emergency information;
- and
- a location device for providing a location in the event of a security situation such as an emergency or illicit access.
A security method, comprising;
- activating a wearable security apparatus that is part of a security system of a facility;
- associating a wearer and the wearable security apparatus with each other;
- entering or leaving a facility with the wearable security apparatus;
- determining by a security scanner whether the wearer of the wearable security apparatus is authorized to enter or leave the facility;
- and
- verifying that another person has not used the wearable security apparatus to enter the facility.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.