US 6,040,771 AGranted

Intelligent safe system

OwnerJitae Kiminventor

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Abstract

An intelligent safe system. The safe system includes a safe including a housing and lockable door thereto, a central processing unit for controlling access to the safe by operating the lockable door, a card reader for reading access codes from an access card to control the lockable door, a sensor for detecting security violations, a modem for transmitting alarm signals from the CPU to indicate a security violation and for receiving external control data to lock or open the lockable door, and an audio alarm device for indicating security violations. The central processing unit may further includes a memory for storing the card numbers. A sensor may be coupled to the housing for detecting the locking an opening of the lockable door. A display may also be coupled to the housing for displaying acceptance of access codes. Further, the safe system also includes a sensor. The sensor may include a horizontal detection sensor for detecting horizontal movement of the housing, a shock-detection sensor for detecting shock inflicted to the safe, and a thermo-detection sensor for detecting thermo-conditions being inflicted to the safe.

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Dependent claims

An intelligent safe system, comprising:

a safe door locking means (208);
a central processing unit (220) for operating said door locking means to the door-unlocked condition;
a memory (204) coupled to said central processing unit, said memory comprising stored activation codes for activating said central processing unit, and a stored deactivation code for cancelling the action of the stored activating codes;
a data entry device (202) coupled to said central processing unit for delivering user-generated actuation codes to said central processing unit;
said central processing unit having a code-comparing capability for delivering an operating signal to said door-locking means when a user-generated activation code is the same as a stored activation code;
a remotely-accessed data transmission telephone means comprising a modem (226) coupled to said central processing unit for delivering an owner-generated deactivation code from a remote area to said central processing unit;
said telephone means comprising a telephone transmitter and means for inputting a DTMF tone deactivation code to said telephone transmitter for delivery to said modem;
said central processing unit having a code-comparing capability for comparing the owner-generated deactivation code with the stored deactivation code, to produce an override signal when the owner-generated deactivation code and the stored deactivation code are the same;
said central processing unit being responsive to said override signal to cancel any operating signal that might otherwise produce a door-unlocking action.

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