HUMAN GUARD ENHANCING MULTIPLE SITE SECURITY SYSTEM

• US 20100238019A1
• Filed: 03/18/2005
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Richman Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Richman Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Vacaru, Anca, Zatusevschi, Olga A., Richman, Lawrence
• Granted Patent: US 8,174,378 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/521
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1966 Wireless systems, other than telephone systems, used to communicate with a camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19697 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/007 Details of data content structure of message packets; data protocols
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence

Abstract

Provided is a human guard enhancing multiple site security system comprising one or more human guards, peripheral equipment positioned at one or more sites, said peripheral equipment comprising one or more of a plurality of sensors, video cameras, positioning systems, and mobile communication and data processing equipment, said peripheral equipment being further capable of collecting and transmitting event-related and environmental data, one or more checkpoint systems capable of receiving, processing into a standardized protocol, and further relaying the data received from said peripheral equipment, and of providing said one or more guards with information based on the data, and one or more stations capable of logging, processing, and reporting the data relayed from said one or more checkpoint systems to provide a security system status and to facilitate human supervision, situation analysis, decision making, and intervention. The system includes a computer implemented communications protocol, which is an XML based communications protocol for real time security alert monitoring purposes. The XML based communications protocol consists of numerous modules which receive and convert data messages from varying security devices and sensors, standardize, translate and send converted messages, and encrypt and decrypt said data messages.

Claims

1. A human guard enhancing multiple site security system comprising:

(a) one or more human guards;

(b) peripheral equipment positioned at one or more sites, said peripheral equipment comprising one or more of a plurality of sensors, video cameras, positioning systems, and mobile communication and data processing equipment, said peripheral equipment being further capable of collecting and transmitting event-related and environmental data;

(c) one or more checkpoint systems capable of receiving, processing into a standardized protocol, and further relaying the data received from said peripheral equipment, and of providing said one or more guards with information based on the data; and

(d) one or more stations capable of logging, processing, and reporting the data relayed from said one or more checkpoint systems to provide a security system status and to facilitate human supervision, situation analysis, decision making, and intervention.

2. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 1, wherein said collecting of event-related and environmental data is triggered by changes in site control and warning subsystems detecting events adverse to the safety and security of persons and things, including unauthorized human entry and movement.

3. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 1, wherein said one or more checkpoint systems are a stationary computer, a mobile computer, a personal digital assistant, or a cellular telephone.

4. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 3, wherein said one or more checkpoint systems further comprise auxiliary equipment for data collection and processing.

5. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 4, wherein said auxiliary equipment is a barcode reader or a global positioning system receiver.

6. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 1, wherein said information is an alert, a message, or a set of instructions.

7. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 1, wherein,

said one or more stations comprise one or more base stations and a headquarter station;

said one or more base stations receive the data relayed from said one or more checkpoint systems, store the data in a database, provide human access to the data, generate alerts if prompted by a base station software program, and communicate with said headquarter station; and

said headquarter station comprises a database memory unit and a back-up database memory unit, said headquarter station providing human guard supervision of environmental and event-related activities, human guard situation analysis, human intervention, and activation of security countermeasures, including preventing, deterring, and mitigating criminal acts, responding to terrorist threats and attacks, war acts, riots, civil unrest, political events, structural failures, power failures, electronic failures, adverse weather, fire hazards, seismic events, variations in temperature and light conditions, and hazardous conditions requiring situation assessment and countermeasures.

8. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 7, wherein said one or more stations are situated in different geographical areas, said one or more base stations being situated in the proximity of said peripheral equipment, and said headquarter station being situated in a location remote from said one or more base stations.

9. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 7, wherein the functions of said one or more base stations are integrated within the functions of said headquarter station.

10. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 7, wherein said one or more checkpoint systems, said one or more base stations, and said headquarter station have the capability of exchanging real and simulated data suitable for an interactive training of said guards.

11. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 10, wherein said interactive training of said human guards includes drills, operating instructions, and interactive testing of guard skills related to system components, software, hardware, and communication links.

12. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 7, wherein said one or more human guards, said peripheral equipment, said one or more checkpoint systems, said one or more base stations, and said headquarter station all exchange data through a coordinated communication system, wherein said coordinated communication system is point-to-point, node-based, or a combination thereof.

13. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 12, wherein said node-based communication system is a local area network, a wireless network, a cellular network, internet-based, or satellite-based communication.

14. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 12, further comprising the capability of disseminating information throughout said coordinated communication system on a real time basis regarding event-related and environmental data, the related security threats, and remedial countermeasures.

15. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 14, further comprising the capability of disseminating real time information throughout said coordinated communication system in different formats reflecting local languages and idioms, local alphabets, local cultural conditions, and local laws and regulations.

16. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 12, wherein said coordinated communication system operates with XML language.

17. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 16, wherein said coordinated communication system operates with XML language in an extended format.

18. The human guard enhancing multiple site security system of claim 16, wherein said coordinated communication system operates with XML language in a compressed format.

19. A method for enhancing human guards in a multiple site security system comprising the steps of:

(a) providing one or more guards;

(b) positioning peripheral equipment at one or more sites, said peripheral equipment comprising one or more of a plurality of sensors, video cameras, positioning systems and mobile communication and data processing equipment, said peripheral equipment being further capable of collecting and transmitting one or more of event-related and environmental data;

(c) using one or more checkpoint systems to receive, process into a standardized protocol, and relay information based on the data received from said peripheral equipment, and to provide said one or more guards with information based on the data; and

(d) logging, processing, and reporting the data relayed from said one or more checkpoint systems at one or more stations to provide a security system status and facilitate human supervision, situation analysis, decision making, and intervention.

20. The method for enhancing human guards in a multiple site security system of claim 19, wherein said step of logging, processing, and reporting the data relayed from said one or more checkpoint systems at one or more stations further comprises:

providing the data relayed from said one or more checkpoint systems to one or more base stations, where the data is stored, human access to the data is provided, and alerts are generated if prompted by a base station software program; and

transmitting data from said one or more base stations to a headquarter station, where human supervision of environmental and event-related activities, human situation analysis, human intervention, and activation of security countermeasures are enabled, including preventions, deterrents, and mitigation of criminal acts, terrorist acts, war acts, riots, civil unrest, political events, structural failures, electronic failures, adverse weather, fire hazards, seismic events, variations in temperature and light conditions, and hazardous conditions requiring situation assessment and countermeasures.

21. The method for enhancing human guards in a multiple site security system of claim 19, further comprising said step of exchanging data throughout the multiple site security system using a coordinated communication systems, wherein said coordinated communication system is point-to-point, node-based, or a combination thereof.

22. The method for enhancing human guards in a multiple site security system of claim 21, wherein said step of exchanging data throughout the multiple site security system using a

23. The method for enhancing human guards in a multiple site security system of claim 22, wherein said step of operating said coordinated communication system with XML language further includes the step of using an extended XML format.

24. The method for enhancing human guards in a multiple site security system of claim 22, wherein said step of operating said coordinated communication system with XML language further includes the step of using a compressed XML format.