METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DISARMING A SECURITY SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A security system configured to monitor at least one door, comprising:
- a system control panel configured to arm and disarm the security system, at least a portion of the security system set to an Armed Stay Mode, the security system comprising at least one Armed Mode and a Disarmed Mode;
a motion detector configured to detect motion that is within a perimeter around an area to be monitored by the security system and proximate to a door; and
a door sensing unit mounted proximate to the door, the door sensing unit configured to detect open and closed positions of the door, the door sensing unit further configured to send a signal to the system control panel when the motion that is within the perimeter and proximate to the door is detected at substantially the same time as the open position of the door is detected, the system control panel further configured to set the at least a portion of the security system to the Disarmed Mode based on the signal.
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Abstract
A security system comprises a system control panel for arming and disarming the security system. A door sensing unit comprises a first radio frequency (RF) transceiver interconnected with the system control panel over a network. The first RF transceiver is mounted proximate to a door that defines at least a portion of a perimeter around an area to be monitored by the security system. The first RF transceiver has an RF detection field proximate to the door. A disarm device comprises a second RF transceiver that automatically transmits a disarm device packet. The first RF transceiver receives the disarm device packet when the second RF transceiver is within the RF detection field. The first RF transceiver sends a disarm message to the system control panel over the network to disarm the security system based on at least the disarm device packet.
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16 Claims
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1. A security system configured to monitor at least one door, comprising:
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a system control panel configured to arm and disarm the security system, at least a portion of the security system set to an Armed Stay Mode, the security system comprising at least one Armed Mode and a Disarmed Mode; a motion detector configured to detect motion that is within a perimeter around an area to be monitored by the security system and proximate to a door; and a door sensing unit mounted proximate to the door, the door sensing unit configured to detect open and closed positions of the door, the door sensing unit further configured to send a signal to the system control panel when the motion that is within the perimeter and proximate to the door is detected at substantially the same time as the open position of the door is detected, the system control panel further configured to set the at least a portion of the security system to the Disarmed Mode based on the signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for monitoring at least one door of a security system, comprising:
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setting at least a portion of the security system to an Armed Stay Mode, the security system comprising at least one Armed Mode and a Disarmed Mode; detecting, with a motion detector, motion that is within a perimeter around an area to be monitored by the security system and proximate to a door and; detecting open and closed positions of the door with a door sensing unit; sending a signal to a system control panel of the security system when the motion is detected at substantially the same time as the open position of the door is detected; and setting at least a portion of the security system to the Disarmed Mode based on the signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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