A Security System

• US 20080030329A1
• Filed: 08/03/2006
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Christine D. Blacker, Kevin L. Whaley
• Original Assignee: Christine D. Blacker, Kevin L. Whaley
• Inventors: Whaley, Kevin L., Blacker, Christine D.
• Application Number:
  US11/462,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20080030329A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/568.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/14 by lifting or attempted removal of hand-portable articles
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0216 Alarm cancellation after generation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0261 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect trespassing over a fixed physical boundary, e.g. the end of a garden
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0269 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0288 Attachment of child unit to child/article
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms

Abstract

A security system for tracking lost or stolen items as they breach a perimeter. There is: a response unit module, coupleable to an object to be tracked, and configured to provide a response to a signal; an activation module, in communication with the response unit module, and configured to activate a response of the response unit module by monitoring the location of the response unit module and sending a signal to the response unit module when the response unit module breaches a perimeter; and a tracking module, in communication with the activation module and the response unit module, and configured to track a location of the response unit module when the response unit breaches the perimeter.

Claims

1. A security system for tracking lost or stolen items as they breach a perimeter, comprising:

a response unit module, coupleable to an object to be tracked, and configured to provide a response to a signal;

an activation module, in communication with the response unit module, and configured to activate a response of the response unit module by monitoring the location of the response unit module and sending a signal to the response unit module when the response unit module breaches a perimeter; and

a tracking module, in communication with the activation module and the response unit module, and configured to track a location of the response unit module when the response unit breaches the perimeter.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the tracking module is a global positioning system.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the response unit module is an alarm.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the alarm is an audio alarm.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising a control unit module, in connection with the activation module, configured to control activation of the activation module.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the response unit module includes:

a response unit housing, configured to house the response unit, and having a hole; and

a connector, coupled to the response unit module, sized smaller than the hole, enabling the connector to pass through the hole, and configured to connect the response unit to the object to be tracked.

7. A security system for tracking lost or stolen items as they breach a perimeter, consisting essentially of:

a response unit module, coupleable to an object to be tracked, and configured to provide a response to a signal;

an activation module, in communication with the response unit module, and configured to activate a response of the response unit module by monitoring the location of the response unit module and sending a signal to the response unit module when the response unit module breaches a perimeter;

a tracking module, in communication with the activation module and the response unit module, and configured to track a location of the response unit module when the response unit breaches the perimeter; and

a control unit module, in connection with the activation module, configured to control activation of the activation module.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the tracking module is a global positioning system.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the response unit module is an alarm.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the alarm is an audio alarm.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the response unit module includes:

a response unit housing, configured to house the response unit, and having a hole; and

a connector, coupled to the response unit module, sized smaller than the hole, enabling the connector to pass through the hole, and configured to connect the response unit to the object to be tracked.