# US 2023/0326313 A1 · Lockdown apparatus for initiation of lockdown procedures at a facility during an emergency

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- Number: US 2023/0326313 A1
- Document ID: US20230326313A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/327,887
- Filed: 2023-06-01
- Published: 2023-10-12
- Earliest claimed: 2014-05-23
- Assignees: Emergency Alert Solutions Group, LLC
- Applicants: Emergency Alert Solutions Group, LLC
- Inventors: Brian M. Lyman; Kevin G. Cherven
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230326313A1

## CPC

- G08B 17/02: Mechanical actuation of the alarm, e.g. by the breaking of a wire
- G06F 1/1632: {External expansion units, e.g. docking stations}
- G07C 9/00: Individual registration on entry or exit
- G07C 9/00182: {operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks}
- G08B 3/10: using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
- G08B 5/38: using flashing light
- G08B 7/06: using electric transmission {, e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources}
- G08B 19/005: {combined burglary and fire alarm systems}
- G08B 25/001: {Alarm cancelling procedures or alarm forwarding decisions, e.g. based on absence of alarm confirmation}
- G08B 25/008: {Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system}
- G08B 25/10: using wireless transmission systems {(G08B25/009 takes precedence)}
- 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}
- G09B 5/04: with audible presentation of the material to be studied (sound recording or reproducing G11B)
- H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
- H04M 1/0202: {Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets (constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03)}
- H04W 4/90: Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
- G07C 2009/00269: {opening and locking of all locks at the same time}
- H04W 4/14: Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

Some embodiments are directed to a lockdown apparatus for facilitating initiation of lockdown procedures at a facility that includes multiple doors and is configured for occupation by facility occupants. A lockdown actuator is disposed at the facility and configured to initiate transmission of a lockdown initiation signal upon being actuated, the lockdown actuator being configured to be recognizably distinguishable from the fire alarm actuator. A lockdown communicator is configured to produce a lockdown initiation communication for communicating initiation of lockdown procedures to the facility occupants and individuals not disposed proximate the facility upon transmission of the lockdown initiation signal, the lockdown initiation communication being recognizably distinguishable from the fire alarm communication. A display is configured to indicate status of each of the multiple doors of the facility upon transmission of the lockdown initiation signal, the status including at least one of open versus closed, and locked versus unlocked.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A processor based lockdown controller for use with a lockdown system configured to facilitate implementation of lockdown procedures at a facility that includes multiple doors and is configured for occupation by facility occupants and that includes a fire alarm, the fire alarm including a fire alarm actuator and a fire alarm communicator configured to produce a fire alarm communication for communicating actuation of the fire alarm actuator, the lockdown system including a lockdown actuator disposed at the facility and configured to initiate transmission of a lockdown initiation signal upon being actuated, the lockdown actuator being configured to be recognizably distinguishable from the fire alarm actuator, the lockdown system also including a lockdown communicator configured to produce a lockdown initiation communication for communicating initiation of lockdown procedures to the facility occupants and individuals not disposed proximate the facility upon transmission of the lockdown initiation signal, the lockdown initiation communication being recognizably distinguishable from the fire alarm communication, the lockdown communicator including an annunciator that communicates an audible lockdown initiation annunciation to facility occupants upon transmission of the lockdown initiation signal so as to instruct facility occupants to adopt the lockdown procedures, the lockdown communicator including a visual indicator that communicates a visual indication to facility occupants upon transmission of the lockdown initiation signal so as to inform the facility occupants of the initiation of the lockdown procedures, the lockdown controller also being usable with a display that is configured to provide an electronic rending of at least a part of the facility including the multiple doors, the lockdown controller being operated by software so as to be capable of performing the following operations:
receiving the lockdown initiation signal transmitted by the lockdown actuator;
upon receipt of the lockdown initiation signal, instructing the annunciator to communicate the audible lockdown initiation annunciation, and instructing the visual indicator to communicate the visual indication; and
upon receipt of the lockdown initiation signal, instructing the display to indicate status of each of the doors upon transmission of the lockdown initiation signal, the status including at least one of open versus closed, and locked versus unlocked.