Security system providing a localized humanly-perceivable alert for identifying a facility to emergency personnel
First Claim
1. A security and automation system comprising:
- a sensor, at a premises, configured to generate alarm condition messages in response to alarm conditions;
a control unit, at the premises, communicatively coupled to the sensor and one or more indicators, the control unit configured to;
receive an alarm condition message from the sensor based on the sensor detecting an alarm condition;
send a dispatch request to emergency personnel upon receiving the alarm condition message;
determine a location of the alarm condition within the premises based at least in part on the alarm condition message;
receive a dispatch notification indicating that the emergency personnel are dispatched to the premises in response to sending the dispatch request;
identify a time of day in relation to receiving the alarm condition message from the sensor;
upon receiving both the alarm condition message and the dispatch notification and determining the time of day indicates a time within predetermined daylight hours, activate both a visual alert and an audible alert in at least one premises location indicator or at least one interior location indicator, or at least one of each; and
upon determining the time of day indicates a time within predetermined night time hours, activate the visual alert and bypass activating the audible alert in at least one premises location indicator or the at least one interior location indicator, or at least one of each.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for guiding emergency personnel to a location in a facility proximate to an alarm that has been generated. In one aspect, a method may include detecting an alarm condition at a facility protected by a security system and determining a location at the facility of the alarm condition. The method may further include causing at least one indicator at the facility, which is proximate to the determined location of the alarm condition, to generate an identifying alert that is humanly perceivable from an exterior of the facility such that emergency personnel can identify the facility based at least in part on the identifying alert. In some aspects, the method may also include notifying a security representative of the alarm condition, and receiving a notification from the security representative indicating that emergency personnel are dispatched to the facility.
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20 Claims
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1. A security and automation system comprising:
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a sensor, at a premises, configured to generate alarm condition messages in response to alarm conditions; a control unit, at the premises, communicatively coupled to the sensor and one or more indicators, the control unit configured to; receive an alarm condition message from the sensor based on the sensor detecting an alarm condition; send a dispatch request to emergency personnel upon receiving the alarm condition message; determine a location of the alarm condition within the premises based at least in part on the alarm condition message; receive a dispatch notification indicating that the emergency personnel are dispatched to the premises in response to sending the dispatch request; identify a time of day in relation to receiving the alarm condition message from the sensor; upon receiving both the alarm condition message and the dispatch notification and determining the time of day indicates a time within predetermined daylight hours, activate both a visual alert and an audible alert in at least one premises location indicator or at least one interior location indicator, or at least one of each; and upon determining the time of day indicates a time within predetermined night time hours, activate the visual alert and bypass activating the audible alert in at least one premises location indicator or the at least one interior location indicator, or at least one of each. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform the instructions, the instructions comprising:
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receive an alarm condition message from the sensor based on the sensor detecting an alarm condition; send a dispatch request to emergency personnel upon receiving the alarm condition message; determine a location of the alarm condition within the premises based at least in part on the alarm condition message; receive a dispatch notification indicating that the emergency personnel are dispatched to the premises in response to sending the dispatch request; identify a time of day in relation to receiving the alarm condition message from the sensor; upon receiving both the alarm condition message and the dispatch notification and determining the time of day indicates a time within predetermined daylight hours, activate both a visual alert and an audible alert in at least one premises location indicator or at least one interior location indicator, or at least one of each; and upon determining the time of day indicates a time within predetermined night time hours, activate the visual alert and bypass activating the audible alert in at least one premises location indicator or the at least one interior location indicator, or at least one of each. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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receiving an alarm condition message from the sensor based on the sensor detecting an alarm condition; sending a dispatch request to emergency personnel upon receiving the alarm condition message; determining a location of the alarm condition within the premises based at least in part on the alarm condition message; receiving a dispatch notification indicating that the emergency personnel are dispatched to the premises in response to sending the dispatch request; identifying a time of day in relation to receiving the alarm condition message from the sensor; upon receiving both the alarm condition message and the dispatch notification and determining the time of day indicates a time within predetermined daylight hours, activating both a visual alert and an audible alert in at least one premises location indicator or at least one interior location indicator, or at least one of each; and upon determining the time of day indicates a time within predetermined night time hours, activating the visual alert and bypass activating the audible alert in at least one premises location indicator or the at least one interior location indicator, or at least one of each.
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