Alarm Routing In Integrated Security System Based On Security Guards Real-Time Location Information In The Premises For Faster Alarm Response

• US 20160217668A1
• Filed: 01/27/2015
• Published: 07/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: GOPINATH, Vivek, MANOHARAN, Sivarajan, MEGANATHAN, Deepak Sundar
• Granted Patent: US 9,582,975 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/00 Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2491 Intrusion detection systems, i.e. where the body of an intruder causes the interference with the electromagnetic field
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

An apparatus including a plurality of Bluetooth low energy devices (BLEs) embodied as stand-alone devices or incorporated into a respective security sensor, each at known locations within a secure geographic area, a plurality of portable wireless devices within the secured area each receiving location information via signals from a nearby one or more of the plurality of BLEs and a security system of the secured area that receives location information from the plurality of portable wireless devices, detects a security breach within the secured area, sends notification to each of the plurality of wireless devices and assigns a user of one of the plurality of portable wireless devices to investigate the breach based upon proximity of the one portable device to the breach.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a plurality of Bluetooth low energy devices (BLEs) embodied as stand-alone devices or incorporated into a respective security sensor, each at known locations within a secure geographic area;

a plurality of portable wireless devices within the secured area each receiving location information via signals from a nearby one or more of the plurality of BLEs; and

a security system of the secured area that receives location information from the plurality of portable wireless devices, detects a security breach within the secured area, sends notification to each of the plurality of wireless devices and assigns a user of one of the plurality of portable wireless devices to investigate the breach based upon proximity of the one portable device to the breach.

2. The apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising a cloud database that saves the location information received by each of the plurality of portable devices.

3. The apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of security sensors each embodied either with an incorporated BLE of the plurality of BLEs or as stand-alone devices and where each of the plurality of security sensors detect breaches of security within the secured area.

4. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the location information transmitted by the BLEs further comprises geographic coordinates.

5. The apparatus as in claim 3 wherein the location information transmitted by the BLEs further comprises an identifier of one of the plurality of sensors.

6. The apparatus as in claim 3 further comprising a processor that identifies the one portable device by determining a relative distance between each of the portable devices and an activated sensor of the plurality of sensors.

7. The apparatus as in claim 3 further comprising a processor that sends details of the breach including an identifier of an activated sensor and location to the user of the one portable device.

8. The apparatus as in claim 3 wherein some of the plurality of security sensors further comprises intrusion sensors.

9. The apparatus as in claim 3 wherein some of the plurality of security sensors further comprise fire sensors.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a plurality of sensors, each at a known location within a secured geographic area;

a plurality of Bluetooth low energy devices (BLEs) each at a known location within the secured geographic area with respect to a respective sensor of the plurality of sensors;

a plurality of portable wireless devices within the secured area each receiving location information via signals from one or more of the plurality of BLEs; and

a security system of the secured area that detects a security breach via activation of one of the plurality of sensors, receives location information from the plurality of portable devices, identifies one of the plurality of portable devices relatively closest the activated sensor and sends instructions to a user of the one portable device to investigate the activated sensor.

11. The apparatus as in claim 10 further comprising a BLE of the plurality of BLEs incorporated into a sensor of the plurality of sensors.

12. The apparatus as in claim 10 further comprising a processor of the security system that sends notification of the breach and a location to each of the plurality of portable devices.

13. The apparatus as in claim 10 further comprising a display on the one portable device that shows notice of the breach, an identifier and location of the sensor.

14. The apparatus as in claim 10 further comprising a cloud database that saves the received location information of each of the plurality of portable devices.

15. The apparatus as in claim 14 further comprising a processor of the security system that downloads location information of each of the plurality of portable devices.

16. The apparatus as in claim 15 further comprising a processor that compares the location information of each of the plurality of portable devices with a location of the activated sensor.

17. The apparatus as in claim 10 wherein the location information further comprises an identifier of a proximate sensor of the plurality of sensors.

18. The apparatus as in claim 10 wherein the location information further comprises geographic coordinates.

19. An apparatus comprising:

a security system that protects a secured area;

a plurality of sensors of the security system, each at a known location within the secured geographic area;

a plurality of Bluetooth low energy devices (BLEs) each at a known location within the secured geographic area;

a plurality of portable wireless devices within the secured area each receiving location information via signals from one or more of the plurality of BLEs; and

a processor of the security system of the secured area that detects a security breach via activation of one of the plurality of sensors, receives location information from the plurality of portable devices, identifies one of the plurality of portable devices relatively closest the activated sensor and sends instructions to a user of the one portable device to investigate the activated sensor.

20. The apparatus as in claim 19 further comprising a processor of the security system that sends notification of the breach and a location of the activated sensor to each of the plurality of portable devices.

21. The apparatus as in claim 19 wherein the BLEs further comprise other location sensing devices including RF sensors with location coordinates.

22. The apparatus as in claim 19 wherein the user further comprises a guard carrying the one of the plurality of portable wireless device and where once the guard takes one or more actions to attend or address the breach during the investigation, the guard acknowledges and reports the actions directly from the one portable device to a cloud application or security server in the cloud and a corresponding file is updated in the cloud or cloud server.

23. The apparatus as in claim 22 further comprising program features of the one portable device that saves an alarm acknowledgement along with alarm location or coordinates.

24. The apparatus as in claim 19 further comprising program features of a cloud server that retain the instructions of a notification sent to the user in order to ensure that the breach is addressed within a predetermined time period by a guard in a correct location at a correct time and in case of any delay in receiving a response from an assigned user, the program features automatically reassigns the breach to a next available user.

25. The apparatus as in claim 19 further comprising program features that track any designated person within the secured area so long as the person is carrying a portable devices that receives, processes and reports BLE signals.

26. The apparatus as in claim 19 further comprising program features that track the user outside of any building within the secured area.

27. The apparatus as in claim 19 further comprising program features that once the breach is assigned to the user carrying the one portable device, a cloud server