Community Security System Using Intelligent Information Sharing

• US 20170243472A1
• Filed: 07/14/2015
• Published: 08/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Outsmart Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Overview Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Davies, Christopher Paul, Rhodes, Scott Anthony
• Granted Patent: US 10,380,877 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/196 using television cameras
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1963 Arrangements allowing camera rotation to change view, e.g. pivoting camera, pan-tilt and zoom [PTZ]
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19669 Event triggers storage or change of storage policy
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19671 Addition of non-video data, i.e. metadata, to video stream
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19697 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/00 Identifying, scaring or incapacitating burglars, thieves or intruders, e.g. by explosives
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/005 Alarm destination chosen according to a hierarchy of available destinations, e.g. if hospital does not answer send to police station
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/00 Alarm systems in which the alarm condition is signalled from a central station to a plurality of substations
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/003 Signalling to neighbouring houses
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/18 Prevention or correction of operating errors G08B29/02, G08B29/12 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/185 Signal analysis techniques for reducing or preventing false alarms or for enhancing the reliability of the system
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 : Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/69 : Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 : Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 : Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 : for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 : Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

The present invention relates to a community security system capable of monitoring multiple, generally adjacent, consecutive private security areas to confirm human activity and engage sensory alerts. The community security system includes at least two private security areas having the capability of being networked together to enable information sharing. Each private security area is monitored by a private security system and contains one or more detection devices for monitoring and detecting activity occurring within the boundaries of the private security area. Information detected by detection devices within the private security areas can then communicate with other detection devices within the private security area or with the community security system to confirm activity, track activity across adjacent boundaries, engage sensory alerts and notify community members or authorities, as needed.

Claims

1. A security system for monitoring a private security area having group members permitted to be in the security area without restriction, the security system comprising:

at least two detection devices for detecting human movement in a first detection zone;

the at least two detection devices being in network communication with each other; and

at least one of the at least two detection devices being in network communication with at least one personal mobile device of a group member to alert the group member of the personal mobile device of movement detected by one of the at least two detection devices.

2. The security system of claim 1, where the private security area has a second detection zone where the second detection zone has at least two detection devices for detecting human movement in the second detection zone and where at least one of the at least two detection devices in the second detection zone is in network communication with at least one of the at least two detection devices in the first detection zone.

3. The security system of claim 2, where the group member is not alerted of the movement detection until the movement is detected by detection devices located in both the first and second detection zones.

4. The security system of claim 1 where the security system is capable of being disarmed by the geo-location of one or more group members'"'"' mobile devices being within the private security area.

5. The security system of claim 1 where the security system is capable of being armed by the geo-location of one or more group members'"'"' mobile devices being outside the private security area.

6. The security system of claim 1 further including a server, where the at least two detection devices and at least one mobile device is in network communication with the server.

7. The security system of claim 6 further including sensory alerts in network communication with the server, where the sensory alerts may be triggered upon activation of a panic function on the at least one mobile device.

8. The security system of claim 6 where the detection devices have geo-location tags and where the server stores the associated geo-location tag of each of the at least two detection devices to register the location of any movement detected by either of the at least two detection devices.

9. The security system of claim 1 further including a camera in network communication with the server where the server is able to control the movement of the camera in response to movement detected by one of the at least two detection devices.

10. A security system for monitoring a predetermined detection zone having certain members permitted to be in the zoned area without restriction, the security system comprising:

at least two detection devices for detecting human movement, the at least two detection devices being in network communication with each other;

a server being in network communication with at least one of the at least two detection devices and with at least one personal mobile device of a member;

at least one of the at least two detection devices generating an alert notification when unauthorized human movement is detected and communicating the alert notification to the server; and

the server communicating any received alert notifications from the at least two detection devices to the at least one personal mobile device of a member to alert the member of the personal mobile device of movement detected by any one of the at least two detection devices.

11. The security system of claim 10, where the predetermined zone is a first monitored zone within a private security area having more than one monitored zones and where the more than one monitored zones also includes a second monitored zone having at least two detection devices for detecting human movement in the second monitored zone and where the at least one of the at least two detection devices in the first predetermined zone and second predetermined zones are able to share detecting information with each other via the server.

12. The security system of claim 10 further including a camera in network communication with the server and where the server is able to control the camera in response to alert notifications received from the at least one of the at least two detection devices generating an alert notifications.

13. The security system of claim 10 where the at least two detection devices have associated geo-coordinates and where the server stores the geo-coordinates of the at least two detection devices.

14. The security system of claim 13 further including a camera in network communication with the server, where the camera has associated geo-coordinates stored on the server and where the server controls the camera view in response to alert notifications received from the at least one of the at least two detection devices generating an alert notification based upon the geo-coordinate of the camera relative to the geo-coordinates of the least one of the at least two detection devices generating an alert notification.

15. The security system of claim 10 where the mobile devices of the members are in network communication with the server and where the security system includes sensory alerts that may be activated by the mobile devices in response to the activation of a panic response on the mobile devices.

16. A community security system for monitoring intruders having at least two private security areas each monitored by individual security systems and a server in network communication with each individual security system, where the server facilitates the exchange of information between the security systems about intruders such that a user of one security system can be alerted of intruders detected on another security system.

17. The community security system of claim 16 where the users of the individual security systems of the private security areas interface with the server via an application accessible via the user mobile device, whereby the user is able to receive notifications of intruder activities occurring in the community system via the user'"'"'s mobile device.

18. The community security system of claim 16 where the servers provides information to at least one of the two private security areas about security breaches occurring in other areas upon request from the at least one of the two private security areas.