US 2023/0186748 A1 · BUILDING LOCKDOWN SYSTEM

Abstract

A lockdown system for use in a building including multiple rooms with doors providing access to the rooms, the lockdown system including: at least one room lockdown component provided in each of a plurality of the rooms, the room lockdown components comprising door-securing devices that are external of the doors and, in a deployed condition of the room lockdown components, are manually positioned inside said rooms to oppose inward movement of the doors and thereby block or secure the doors, the room lockdown components further characterized by a non-deployed condition in which the door-securing devices are positioned at storage locations inside the rooms, and wherein further each room lockdown component is operative to automatically signal initiation of a lockdown event when its door-securing device has been moved from its storage location; and at least one communication device operative to receive the signaled initiation of a lockdown event when any one or more of the door-securing devices have been moved from their storage locations, and to provide an alert notification of the initiation of the lockdown event.

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A lockdown system for use in a building including at least one room with a door providing access to the at least one room, the lockdown system comprising:

room lockdown components positionable in the at least one room, the room lockdown components comprising a door-securing device and a storage device for storing the door-securing device in a non-deployed condition of the door-securing device, wherein the door-securing device is manually deployable to a deployed condition in which the door-securing device is manually positioned to prevent opening of the door providing access to the at least one room, and wherein initiation of a lockdown event is signaled when the door-securing device is moved from its non-deployed condition and/or when the door-securing device is deployed to its deployed condition;
and
smart light fixtures positionable inside the building, the smart light fixtures operative to:
selectively provide illumination in one or more colors;
(ii) receive the signaled initiation of a lockdown event, via a wireless communication network, when the door-securing device is moved from its non-deployed condition and/or when the door-securing device is deployed to its deployed condition, and in response thereto provide illumination in one of the one or more colors that has been predesignated to notify persons in the building that a lockdown event has been initiated (“the notification color”);
and
(iii) receive, via the wireless communication network, the signaled initiation of a lockdown event in response to manual input via at least one communication device, and in response thereto provide illumination in the notification color.

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