Corner security detection device

• US 10,242,561 B1
• Filed: 02/13/2018
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Outsmart Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Overview Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Davies, Christopher Paul, Rhodes, Scott Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, An T
• Application Number:
  US15/895,966
• Time in Patent Office: 406 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19 using infrared-radiation detection systems G08B13/194 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/00 Identifying, scaring or incapacitating burglars, thieves or intruders, e.g. by explosives
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/185 Signal analysis techniques for reducing or preventing false alarms or for enhancing the reliability of the system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/188 Data fusion; cooperative systems, e.g. voting among different detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/06 using electric transmission , e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources

Abstract

A security detection device and system for reducing false triggers is provided. The security detection device is a corner mount devices that may be mounted on the outside corners of building and structures. The security detection device may further communicate via a communications data network with other security detection devices to a community server to create a shared community alarm system.

Claims

1. A security detection device for mounting on a corner of a structure where first and second adjacent walls extend from the corner of the structure, the security detection device having a central axis and two halves extending from the central axis where each half has a front side and a rear side and where the rear sides of the two halves are positioned in spaced angled relationship towards one another such that the rear side of one half of the security detection device abuts the first wall of the structure and the rear side of the other half of the security detection device abuts the second wall of the structure and where each half of the security detection device includes passive infrared sensors and where the security detection device further includes a microcontroller and a power source;

and wherein the two halves are pivotally connected to one another along the central axis and may be moved in angled relationship to one another.

2. The security detection device of claim 1, where the security detection device may be mounted on an internal or external corner of a structure.

3. The security detection device of claim 1, where the security detection device is wireless.

4. The security detection device of claim 1, where the security detection device further includes solar panels for providing solar power to the power source.

5. The security detection device of claim 1, where the security detection device is Wi-Fi enabled such that it can be controlled from a mobile device through the Internet.

6. The security detection device of claim 1, where the security detection device further includes visual and audible deterrent devices.

7. The security detection device of claim 1, where the microcontroller communicates with a community server via a self-propagating data communications network.

8. The security detection device of claim 1, where the passive infrared sensors on each half form separate detection planes that do not overlap.

9. The security detection device of claim 1, where the security detection device is tagged with geo-coordinate equipment.

10. A method for reducing false security alarm triggers, the method comprising the step of providing a security detection device for placement on or along the corner of a structure, the security detection device having two halves directly abutted along a central axis where each half has a front side and a rear side and where the rear sides of the two halves are positioned in an open spaced angled relationship towards one another about the central axis and where each half includes at least two passive infrared sensors, where the at least two passive infrared sensors on each half form separate detection planes that do not overlap, and where the detection planes on each half must be tripped concurrently to trigger a security alarm;

and wherein the two halves are pivotally connected to one another along the central axis and may be moved in angled relationship to one another.

11. The method of claim 10, where the detection planes on each half must be tripped within one second of each other to trigger the security alarm.

12. The method of claim 11, where the security alarm comprises of an audible or visual deterrent.

13. The method of claim 11, where the detection planes on each half will not trigger the security alarm if not tripped within one second of each other.

16. The method of claim 10 further including the step of providing a plurality of security detection devices each having a communication device for communicating with a communication server for a community security alarm system via a communications data network, where the communications data network allows the plurality of security detection devices to communicate with the community server via a master device either directly or indirectly through at least one other of the plurality of security detections.

17. The method of claim 16, where the triggering of an alarm on at least one of the security detection devices notifies the community server via the communications data network.

18. The method of claim 16 further including the step of providing audible or visual deterrent alerts on the plurality of security detection devices and activating all audio or visual deterrent alerts on the plurality of security detection devices if a security alarm has been triggered by at least one other of the plurality of security detection devices.

19. The method claim 16, where all of the plurality of security detection devices are tagged with geo-coordinate equipment that allows each of the plurality of security detection device to be recorded on the community server so that alarm triggers can be shared.

14. A security detection device having two halves directly abutted along a central axis where each half has a front side and a rear side and where the rear sides of the two halves are positioned in an open spaced angled relationship towards one another about the central axis such that the rear sides of each half of the security detection device may be affixed in or on the corner of a structure and where each half includes at least two passive infrared sensors, where the at least two passive infrared sensors on each half form separate detection planes that do not overlap, and where the detection planes on each half must be tripped concurrently to trigger a security alarm;

and wherein the two halves are pivotally connected to one another along the central axis and may be moved in angled relationship to one another.

15. The security detection device of claim 14 where the two halves are positioned at a right angle relative to one another.