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 signal to a central security panel.
Claims13
A barrier alarm device, comprising:
- a barrier status detection device for indicating that a barrier monitored by the barrier alarm device has been opened;
- a human detection device for indicating that a human being is inside a premises in proximity to the barrier;
- a transmitter for transmitting a predetermined signal to a receiver associated with a security panel;
- 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:
- respond to the barrier status detection device indicating that the barrier has been opened by determining whether the human detection device indicates that the human being is inside the premises in proximity to the barrier;
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- transmit, via the transmitter, the predetermined signal to the receiver only when it is determined that the human detection device indicates that the human being is inside the premises in proximity to the barrier.
A method, comprising:
- in response to a barrier status detection device associated with a barrier alarm device indicating that a barrier being monitored by the barrier alarm device has been opened, determining whether a human detection device associated with the barrier alarm device indicates that a human being is inside a premises monitored by a central security panel in proximity to the barrier;
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- transmitting by the barrier alarm device a predetermined signal to the central security panel only when it is determined that the human detection device indicates that the human being is in inside the premises and in proximity to the barrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.