METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING GPS BASED EXTENDED CHIME AND SPECIAL ESCORT MODE IN SECURITY PANEL

• US 20160379454A1
• Filed: 06/23/2015
• Published: 12/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Divakara, Manjunatha, Ganesan, Balamurugan
• Granted Patent: US 9,852,593 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 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 21/0283 via a telephone network, e.g. cellular GSM
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/207 with respect to certain areas, e.g. forbidden or allowed areas with possible alerting when inside or outside boundaries
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72424 with manual activation of emergency-service functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

A system including a security system that protect a secured geographic area, a geographic location outside of the secured area of an authorized human user of the security system saved in a memory of the security system and a processor of the security system that tracks activity of the authorized user by geographic location outside of the secured area and generates an alert upon detecting that a difference between the tracked geographic location of the authorized user and saved location exceeds a threshold value.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a security system that protect a secured geographic area;

a geographic location outside of the secured area of an authorized human user of the security system saved in a memory of the security system; and

a processor of the security system that tracks activity of the authorized user by geographic location outside of the secured area and generates an alert upon detecting that a difference between the tracked geographic location of the authorized user and saved location exceeds a threshold value.

2. The apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising a portable wireless device carried by the authorized user that periodically reports the user'"'"'s geographic location to the security system.

3. The apparatus as in claim 2 wherein the portable wireless device further comprises one of a wearable device and a smartphone.

4. The apparatus as in claim 2 further comprising a processor that monitors the portable wireless device for local geographic activity and issues an alert upon failing to detect any significant activity for a predetermined time period.

5. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the tracked activity further comprises an estimated time of entry into an area of the saved location and an estimated time of departure from the saved location.

6. The apparatus as in claim 5 wherein the saved geographic location further comprises a travel corridor defined by a point of origin and a destination.

7. The apparatus as in claim 6 wherein the threshold further comprises a predetermined lateral distance from a center of the travel corridor or a predetermined radial distance from the origin or destination outside of the travel corridor.

8. The apparatus as in claim 7 wherein the saved location further comprises a geographic portion of the travel corridor that changes with time based upon an estimated speed of travel from the origin to the destination.

9. The apparatus as in claim 8 further comprising a processor that logs a geographic location of the authorized user over a period of time and plots the logged location on a map over a time period as a travel route.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a security system that protect a secured geographic area;

a portable wireless device carried by an authorized user of the secured area that periodically reports the user'"'"'s geographic location to the security system;

a geographic location of the user outside of the secured area saved in a memory of the security system; and

a processor of the security system that tracks the geographic activity and location of the user outside of the secured area and generates an alert upon detecting that a difference between the tracked geographic location and saved location exceeds a threshold value.

11. The apparatus as in claim 10 further comprising a user input of the security system that receives coordinates of the saved geographic location from an authorized user of the security system.

12. The apparatus as in claim 10 wherein the alert further comprises an audible chime generated by the user input of the security system.

13. The apparatus as in claim 10 wherein the portable wireless device further comprises one of a wearable device and a smartphone.

14. The apparatus as in claim 10 further comprising a processor that monitors the portable wireless device for local geographic activity and issues an alert upon failing to detect any significant activity for a predetermined time period.

15. The apparatus as in claim 10 further comprises a processor that activates the tracking processor at an estimated time of entry into an area of the saved location and deactivates the tracking processor after an estimated time of departure from the saved location.

16. The apparatus as in claim 15 wherein the saved geographic location further comprises a travel corridor defined by a point of origin and a destination.

17. The apparatus as in claim 16 wherein the saved location further comprises a geographic portion of the travel corridor that changes with time based upon an estimated speed of travel of the authorized user from the origin to the destination.

18. The apparatus as in claim 17 further comprising a processor that logs a geographic location of the authorized user over a period of time and plots the logged location on a map over a time period as a travel route.

19. The apparatus as in claim 18 further comprising a processor of the security system that shows the travel route on a display of the user interface along with the alert.

20. An apparatus comprising:

a security system having a plurality of threat sensors that protect a secured geographic area;

a portable wireless device carried by an authorized user of the secured area having a global positioning device that periodically reports the user'"'"'s geographic location to the security system;

a set of geographic coordinates saved in a memory of the security system that defines a predefined area of the user outside of the secured area; and

a processor of the security system that tracks the geographic location of the user outside of the secured area and that generates an audible alert through a control panel of the security system upon detecting the portable device outside the predefined area.