Smart barrier alarm device
AssigneeEcolink Intelligent Technology, Inc.
InventorGeorge Seelman
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Abstract
A barrier alarm device for reducing the number of false alarms that may occur in a home or business security system. In one embodiment, a barrier alarm device, such as a door or window sensor, determines whether a barrier, such as a door or a window, has been opened, and determines whether a human being is inside a premises in proximity to the door or window. If a human being is inside the monitored premises when the door or window is opened, it indicates that the human being is authorized to be inside the monitored premises, and the barrier alarm device transmits a timed alarm signal to a central security panel, causing a security response to be generated by the central security panel if a predetermined time period elapses without a user canceling the security response.
Claims20
A barrier alarm device, comprising:
- a barrier status detection device for detecting when a barrier monitored by the barrier alarm device has been opened;
- a human detection device for determining when a human being is inside a premises in proximity to the barrier;
- a transmitter for transmitting a timed alarm signal to a receiver, the timed alarm signal for initiating a timer;
- a memory having processor-executable instructions stored thereon;
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- a processor coupled to the barrier status detection device, the human detection device, the transmitter, and the memory, for executing the processor-executable instructions that cause the barrier alarm device to:
- determine, by the processor via the barrier status detection device, that the barrier has been opened;
- determine, by the processor via the human detection device, that a human being is inside the premises in proximity to the barrier;
- and
- transmit, by the processor via the transmitter, the timed alarm signal to the receiver when the barrier has been opened and when a human being is inside the premises in proximity to the barrier.
A central security panel, comprising:
- a communication interface for receiving signals from a barrier alarm device;
- a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;
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- a processor coupled to the communication interface and the memory, for processing the processor-executable instructions that causes the central security panel to:
- receive a first alarm signal from a barrier alarm device that monitors a barrier of a premises, the first alarm signal indicative of the barrier being opened and that a human being is inside the monitored premises and in proximity to the barrier;
- in response to receiving the first alarm signal, begin monitoring an elapsed time from when the first alarm signal was received;
- determine, by the processor, that the elapsed time has exceeded a predetermined time;
- in response to determining that the elapsed time has exceeded the predetermined time, generate a security response;
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- provide the security response to a receiver via the communication interface.
A method performed by a barrier status detection device, comprising:
- determining when a barrier monitored by the barrier status detection device has been opened;
- determining when a human being is inside a premises monitored by a central security panel and inside the premises;
- and
- transmitting a timed alarm signal to a local receiver, the timed alarm signal for initiating a timer, when the barrier has been opened and a human being is in inside the premises and in proximity to the barrier.
A method performed by a central security panel, comprising:
- receiving a first alarm signal from a barrier alarm device that monitors a barrier of a premises, the first alarm signal indicative of the barrier being opened and that a human being is inside the premises in proximity to the barrier;
- in response to receiving the first alarm signal, starting a countdown timer;
- determining that the countdown timer has expired;
- in response to determining that the countdown timer has expired, generate a security response;
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- providing the security response to a receiver via a communication interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.