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US 9,741,223 B2Granted
Automated security system for schools and other structures
AssigneeAG Shield Ltd.
InventorPatrick Craig Dodson
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for security systems for schools and similar structures. Various security devices may be monitored in a structure, such as a school, where at least one of the security devices includes a wall-mounted duress alarm, an electronic keypad, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, a card access reader, a decibel meter, a smoke detector, or a mobile computing device. In response to a signal from one of the security devices being indicative of a breach having occurred in the structure, a predetermined breach policy may be automatically implemented that may include, for example, compartmentalizing a region of the structure by performing an automated closing of a door that separates the region of the structure from another region of the structure.
Claims20
A school security system, comprising:
- a plurality of security devices in communication through a network implemented in a structure;
- wherein at least a first one of the plurality of security devices comprises one of:
- a wall-mounted duress alarm, an electronic keypad, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, a card access reader, a decibel meter, a smoke detector, a wearable security device, and a mobile computing device;
- wherein a second one of the plurality of security devices comprises processing circuitry configured to:
- identify a signal from the first one of the plurality of security devices indicative that a breach has occurred in a region of the structure;
- and
- in response to the signal from the first one of the plurality of security devices indicative that the breach has occurred being identified, automatically implement a predetermined breach policy comprising at least one of:
- compartmentalizing the region of the structure by performing an automated closing or an automated locking of a door that separates the region of the structure from another region of the structure;
- causing a light emitting device to emit a pulsating light;
- causing a noise emitting device to emit a noise at a predefined decibel range;
- and
- notifying emergency personnel over an emergency channel;
- identify a signal from a third one of the plurality of security devices indicative that the structure is safe;
- and
- in response to the signal from the third one of the plurality of security devices being indicative that the structure is safe, stop implementation of the predetermined breach policy by at least de-compartmentalizing the region of the structure using the door.
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A method, comprising:
- monitoring, by a computing device comprising processing circuitry, a plurality of security devices over a network implemented in a structure, wherein at least a first one of the plurality of security devices comprises one of:
- a wall-mounted duress alarm, an electronic keypad, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, a card access reader, a decibel meter, a smoke detector, a wearable security device, and a mobile computing device;
- identifying, by the computing device, a signal from the first one of the plurality of security devices indicative that a breach has occurred in a region of the structure;
- and
- in response to the signal from the first one of the plurality of security devices being identified, automatically implementing, by the computing device, a predetermined breach policy comprising at least one of:
- compartmentalizing the region of the structure by performing an automated closing or an automated locking of a door that separates the region of the structure from another region of the structure;
- causing a light emitting device to emit a pulsating light;
- causing a noise emitting device to emit a noise at a predefined decibel range;
- and
- notifying emergency personnel over an emergency channel;
- identifying, by the computing device, a signal from a third one of the plurality of security devices indicative that the structure is safe;
- and
- in response to the signal from the third one of the plurality of security devices being indicative that the structure is safe, stopping, by the computing device, an implementation of the predetermined breach policy by at least de-compartmentalizing the region of the structure using the door.
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A security system for a structure, comprising:
- a first security device, wherein the first security device is configured to generate a signal in response to a physical manipulation being performed on the first security device, the physical manipulation comprising one of:
- pressing a wall-mounted duress alarm, pressing a sequence on an electronic keypad, swiping a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader with an RFID tag, swiping a card access reader with a card, pressing a button on a wireless key fob security device, and providing user input on a mobile computing device;
- a second security device in communication with the first security device, wherein the second security device is configured to:
- identify the signal generated by the first security device;
- and
- in response to the signal generated by the first security device being identified, implement a predetermined breach policy comprising at least one of:
- compartmentalizing a region of the structure by performing an automated locking of a door that separates the region of the structure from another region of the structure;
- causing a light emitting device to emit a pulsating light;
- causing a noise emitting device to emit a noise at a predefined decibel range;
- and
- notifying emergency personnel over an emergency channel;
- identify a signal from a third security device indicative that the structure is safe;
- and
- in response to the signal from the third security device indicative that the structure is safe being identified, stop implementation of the predetermined breach policy by at least de-compartmentalizing the region of the structure by unlocking the door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.