Security system for identifying disturbances in a building
First Claim
1. A security system for identifying a disturbance in a room of a school building, the system comprising:
- a camera and monitor in each room of the building that is to be occupied by individuals, with the camera operatively configured to normally be inactive even when individuals are present in the room, with the camera positioned and located to record and transmit viewing of a substantial portion or all of the room when the camera is activated, with the camera able to record both sights and sounds occurring in the room only when activated by an authorized person who is present in the room, and with the monitor engageable to receive transmissions from one or more cameras of other occupied rooms only when the cameras in the other rooms are activated;
a storage compartment for a weapon located in one, a plurality or all of the occupied rooms, the storage compartment in electronic association with at least two manual activation mechanisms, a first one associated with activation of the system for a non-emergency situation and a second one associated with activation of the system for an emergency situation, wherein each manual activation mechanism is physically present in the same room as the storage compartment; and
a computer that is in electronic association with the cameras, monitors, storage compartment and activation mechanisms to facilitate operation of the system, including;
automatically activating the camera in the room where the first activation mechanism is located that mechanism is manually activated by an authorized individual who is present in the room to indicate a non-emergency disturbance and to record events occurring in the room during the disturbance without simultaneous transmission to other rooms; and
automatically and simultaneously activating the camera, opening the storage compartment to provide access to the weapon therein and generating an alarm that indicates that an emergency situation exists in the room when the second activation mechanism is manually activated by the authorized individual who is present in the room to indicate an emergency situation in the room, with the camera, only when activated by the second activation mechanism, allowing video and audio of the events in the room to be simultaneously recorded and transmitted to the monitors of at least adjacent or nearby rooms or to all rooms to provide the occupants of those rooms information regarding the emergency situation and the room in which the emergency situation is occurring.
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Abstract
A security system that includes a camera, a monitor, and a storage compartment for a defensive instrument installed in a room in a building. The storage compartment is associated with a camera that can record video and audio of occurrences or happenings in the room. The storage compartment includes at least two activation mechanisms: one that is activated for non-emergency situations, and another that is active for emergency situations. In both cases the camera is direct to record video and audio of the situation, but in the emergency situation, the camera also transmit the video and audio to other parts of the building to provide individuals located therein with real time information regarding the emergency situation. The second activation mechanism further provides access to a defensive instrument that is located in the storage compartment.
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20 Claims
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1. A security system for identifying a disturbance in a room of a school building, the system comprising:
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a camera and monitor in each room of the building that is to be occupied by individuals, with the camera operatively configured to normally be inactive even when individuals are present in the room, with the camera positioned and located to record and transmit viewing of a substantial portion or all of the room when the camera is activated, with the camera able to record both sights and sounds occurring in the room only when activated by an authorized person who is present in the room, and with the monitor engageable to receive transmissions from one or more cameras of other occupied rooms only when the cameras in the other rooms are activated; a storage compartment for a weapon located in one, a plurality or all of the occupied rooms, the storage compartment in electronic association with at least two manual activation mechanisms, a first one associated with activation of the system for a non-emergency situation and a second one associated with activation of the system for an emergency situation, wherein each manual activation mechanism is physically present in the same room as the storage compartment; and a computer that is in electronic association with the cameras, monitors, storage compartment and activation mechanisms to facilitate operation of the system, including; automatically activating the camera in the room where the first activation mechanism is located that mechanism is manually activated by an authorized individual who is present in the room to indicate a non-emergency disturbance and to record events occurring in the room during the disturbance without simultaneous transmission to other rooms; and automatically and simultaneously activating the camera, opening the storage compartment to provide access to the weapon therein and generating an alarm that indicates that an emergency situation exists in the room when the second activation mechanism is manually activated by the authorized individual who is present in the room to indicate an emergency situation in the room, with the camera, only when activated by the second activation mechanism, allowing video and audio of the events in the room to be simultaneously recorded and transmitted to the monitors of at least adjacent or nearby rooms or to all rooms to provide the occupants of those rooms information regarding the emergency situation and the room in which the emergency situation is occurring. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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