Sensor event assessor training and integration

• US 10,165,228 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2011
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mis Security, LLC.
• Original Assignee: Mis Security, LLC.
• Inventors: Stephanson, Cory J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mung, On S
• Application Number:
  US13/335,434
• Publication Number:
  US 20130162813A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,560 Days
• Field of Search: 348135, 348187
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 18/00 Testing or calibrating apparatus or arrangements provided for in groups G01D1/00 - G01D15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

A sensor event assessor trainer and integrator is disclosed. In one embodiment, a sensor event assessor assesses any event detected by at least two sensors and provides assessment information about the event. A different event detection system provides an input regarding an event. A collaborator combines the assessment information with the different event detection system input to generate a user recognizable output for presenting the integrated event information.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for training a sensor event assessor, the method comprising:

utilizing a plurality of sensors to monitor an area for an event, each of the plurality of sensors having a separate communication channel assigned thereto to enable independent two-way communication with each of the plurality of sensors,

a first plurality of the plurality of sensors being a magnetic sensor and representative of a first event detection system, and

a second plurality of the plurality of sensors being a sensor different from a magnetic sensor and representative of a second event detection system;

generating a single output electronic signal for each of the first and second event detection systems and representing the event as detected by each of the plurality of sensors for each of first and second event detection systems within a respective input/output controller for each of the respective first and second event detection systems by processing therein to generate the respective single output electronic signal;

receiving within a sensor event assessor the respective single output electronic signal generated at the respective input/output controller and processing within the sensor event assessor each, of the electronic signals to generate training information that provides a description of the event;

acquiring an image of a location of the event detected by the plurality of sensors at a time the event was detected;

storing the image within a database associated with the sensor event assessor with the training information description of the event overlaid on the image in conjunction with the electronic signals representing the event; and

repeating the receiving and storing of training information description of the event overlaid on the image and generating further training information for a plurality of different events to develop a database of previously trained information.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving training information that provides a description of the event selected from the group consisting of;

size, position, direction and vector.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors are selected from a group of sensor types consisting of:

a passive, an active and a user selectable sensor.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

acquiring geo-spatial assessment information about the plurality of sensors and the event; and

storing the geo-spatial assessment information with the training information describing the event in conjunction with the electronic signals in the database of previously trained information.

5. A sensor event assessor integrator comprising:

at least one sensor input/output controller that provides two-way communication with a plurality of sensors that monitor an area for an event;

a sensor event assessor connected to the at least one sensor input/output controller and configured to receive electronic signals from the plurality of sensors to assess any event detected by the plurality of sensors and provide assessment information about the event, each of the plurality of sensors having a separate communication channel assigned thereto to enable independent two-way communication between the at least one input/output controller and each of the plurality of sensors, the sensor event assessor configured to obtain the assessment information about the event from a database of previously trained information, the database comprising a description of the event in conjunction with an electronic signal representing an event for a plurality of different events,

a first plurality of the plurality of sensors being a magnetic field monitor and representative of a first event detection system, and

a second plurality of the plurality of sensors being a sensor different from a magnetic sensor and representative of a second event detection system;

first and second event detection system input receivers to receive an input regarding the event wherein the first event detection system input receiver receives a single output electronic signal from the input/output controller representative of the first plurality of sensors of the first event detection system, and the second event detection system input receives a single output electronic signal from the input/output controller representative of the second plurality of sensors of the second event detection system;

a collaborator to combine the assessment information with the inputs representative of the first and second event detection systems;

an image receiver to receive an image of a location of the event at a time the event was detected; and

a user recognizable output generator for presenting the assessment information overlaid on the image of the location in a user recognizable format.

6. The sensor event assessor system of claim 5, wherein the sensor event assessor comprises:

an event detection receiver to receive an electronic signal related to an event detected by the sensors;

a filter module to compare the electronic signal with a predetermined event detection threshold;

an electronic signal assessor which receives the electronic signal from the filter module if the electronic signal is greater than or equal to the predetermined event detection threshold, the electronic signal assessor to provide assessment information about the event; and

a user recognizable output generator for presenting the assessment information about the event in a user recognizable format to a pre-existing security system.

7. The sensor event assessor system of claim 5, wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is a self-calibrating magnetic field monitor.

8. The sensor event assessor system of claim 5, wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is a passive monitor.

9. The sensor event assessor system of claim 5, wherein the user recognizable output generator transmits the assessment information to a remote receiver.

10. The sensor event assessor system of claim 9, wherein the assessment information is wirelessly transmitted to the remote receiver by a communication technology selected from a group consisting of AM, FM, PCM, GPS, RS232, RS485, USB, firewire, infrared and fiber optic communication technologies.

11. The sensor event assessor system of claim 5, wherein the assessment information is selected from the group consisting of:

size, position, direction and vector.

12. The sensor event assessor system of claim 6, wherein the filter module filters the electronic signal based on a predetermined location, wherein the electronic signal is filtered out if the event is located outside an area of interest.

13. The sensor event assessor system of claim 5, wherein the electronic signal provides geo-spatial information about the event.