Emergency automated gunshot lockdown system
AssigneeSecurity USA Services, LLC
InventorsBoaz Raz, Jennifer E. Russell
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Abstract
The Emergency Automatic Gunshot Lockdown System (EAGL) detects gunfire, and executes at least one predetermined lockdown scenario, such as notifying law enforcement of an active shooter, locking down soft target areas, and alerting building occupants of an active shooter situation. Once a firearm is discharged, the gunshot detection sensors send “real time” data to building officials, law enforcement, and building occupants notifying them of an active shooter situation. Simultaneously, predetermined commands are sent to perimeter, office, classroom, and other soft target areas to lockdown and stay secure, to keep the shooter from entering these soft target areas, and to prevent shooter from entering other buildings.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- providing a plurality of predetermined sequences of security measures for differing scenarios of an active shooter event;
- detecting a gunshot;
- automatically activating at least one predetermined security measure upon detection of the gunshot and a location of the detected gunshot, wherein the predetermined security measures comprise locking a predetermined number of doors.
A non-transitory computer-executable storage medium comprising program instructions which are computer-executable to implement an automatic lockdown system comprising:
- program instructions that cause entry of a plurality predetermined sequences of security measures for differing scenarios of an active shooter event;
- program instructions that cause a detection of a gunshot;
- program instructions that cause an automatic activation of at least one predetermined security measure upon detection of the gunshot and a location of the detected gunshot, wherein the predetermined security measures comprise locking a predetermined number of doors.
A system for locking down a facility, comprising;
- one or more Central Processing Units (CPU's) configured to enter and store a plurality of predetermined door locking scenarios;
- one or more gunshot detecting units;
- one or more system control units couple to the one or more CPUs and the one or more gunshot detecting units configured to automatically initiate a predetermined scenario from the plurality of scenarios in response to signals generated by the one or more gunshot detecting units;
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- one or more door locking units configured to automatically lock one or more predetermined door locks based on signals from the one or more system control units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.