METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING CONTROL PANEL ATTACKS IN A SECURITY SYSTEM

• US 20120133511A1
• Filed: 11/29/2010
• Published: 05/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Blum, William R., Orlando, Robert J., Hope, Gordon G., Lizza, Alfred M.
• Application Number:
  US12/955,189
• Publication Number:
  US 20120133511A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/541
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/06 by tampering with fastening
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1436 with motion detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1472 with force or weight detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system

Abstract

A method and apparatus for detecting intruders. The method includes the steps of a control panel of a security system detecting an intrusion of a secured area, the control panel entering a delay period before reporting the intrusion in order to allow entry of a disarm code through a control panel disposed on a structural surface proximate an entrance to the secured area, a sensor monitoring the control panel for movement and the control panel reporting the intrusion before expiration of the delay period upon detecting movement.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

a control panel of a security system detecting an intrusion of a secured area;

the control panel entering a delay period before reporting the intrusion to a central monitoring station in order to allow entry of a disarm code through a control panel where the control panel is disposed on a structural surface proximate an entrance to the secured area;

a sensor monitoring the control panel for movement; and

the control panel reporting the intrusion before expiration of the delay period upon detecting movement.

2. The method as in claim 1 further comprising defining the sensor as a vibration sensor.

3. The method as in claim 2 further comprising measuring the vibration of the control panel.

4. The method as in claim 3 further comprising comparing the measured vibration with threshold value.

5. The method as in claim 1 further comprising defining the sensor as a shock sensor.

6. The method as in claim 1 further comprising periodically monitoring the control panel any time the security system is in an armed mode.

7. The method as in claim 6 further comprising and reporting an alarm anytime the control panel is armed and the detector detects movement.

8. An apparatus comprising:

means within a control panel of a security system for detecting an intrusion of a secured area;

means within the control panel for entering a delay period before reporting the intrusion in order to allow entry of a disarm code through a control panel proximate an entrance to the secured area;

means within the control panel for monitoring the control panel for movement; and

means within the control panel for reporting the intrusion before expiration of the delay period upon detecting movement.

9. The apparatus as in claim 8 wherein the means for monitoring for movement further comprises a shock sensor.

10. The apparatus as in claim 9 wherein the means for monitoring for movement further comprises an accelerometer that measures acceleration of the control panel.

11. The apparatus as in claim 10 further comprising a programmed processor that compares the measured acceleration with threshold value.

12. The apparatus as in claim 8 wherein the means for monitoring movement further comprises a shock sensor.

13. The apparatus as in claim 8 further comprising a programmed processor that periodically monitors the control panel for movement any time the security system is in an armed mode.

14. The apparatus as in claim 13 further comprising a programmed processor that reports an alarm anytime the control panel is armed and the means for detecting movement detects movement.

15. An apparatus comprising:

a control panel of a security system that detects an intrusion within a secured area and where the control panel enters a delay period before reporting the intrusion in order to allow entry of a disarm code through a control panel;

a sensor that monitors the control panel for movement; and

a programmed processor within the control panel that reports the intrusion before expiration of the delay period upon detecting movement via the sensor.

16. The apparatus as in claim 15 wherein the sensor further comprises a shock sensor.

17. The apparatus as in claim 15 wherein the sensor further comprises an accelerometer.

18. The apparatus as in claim 17 further comprising a programmed processor that comparing the measured vibration with a threshold value.

19. The apparatus as in claim 15 further comprising a programmed processor that periodically monitors the control panel for movement any time the security system is in an armed mode.

20. The apparatus as in claim 19 further comprising a programmed processor that reports an alarm anytime the control panel is armed and the detector detects movement.