Intelligent security assessment system
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- m sensors, m being a positive integer, each for detecting intrusion into an area and each having an output, each said output having an on state and an off state;
computing means connected to said outputs of each of said m sensors for determining whether or not each of said outputs is in said on state, for assigning a weighting factor to each said output that is in said on state, for calculating the sum of all said weighting factors, for comparing said sum to a reference and for providing an output when said sum exceeds said reference;
n sensors, n being an integer, having an on state and an off state, for detecting intrusion into said area, operably coupled to said computing means for receiving said computing means output and being activated to said on state thereby.
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Abstract
An intelligent security assessment system includes a multiplicity of sens for detecting intrusion into an area. Each of the sensors operates on a different principle to detect intrusion. For example, sound, vibration, infrared, microwave and light level sensors are used. A computing system receives the outputs of each of the sensors and is programmed to provide an output based upon an algorithm that minimizes the likelihood of a false indication of intrusion by the intrusion sensors. Each sensor has an on and an off state and the computing system assigns a weighting factor for each sensor that is in the on state. The computing system sums the weighting factors and compares this sum to a reference and then provides a further output when the sum exceeds the reference. This computing system output is utilized to activate an additional intrusion detector such as an ultrasonic detection system and also to activate a video surveillance camera for observance of the area where the intrusion is indicated.
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1. A system comprising:
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m sensors, m being a positive integer, each for detecting intrusion into an area and each having an output, each said output having an on state and an off state; computing means connected to said outputs of each of said m sensors for determining whether or not each of said outputs is in said on state, for assigning a weighting factor to each said output that is in said on state, for calculating the sum of all said weighting factors, for comparing said sum to a reference and for providing an output when said sum exceeds said reference; n sensors, n being an integer, having an on state and an off state, for detecting intrusion into said area, operably coupled to said computing means for receiving said computing means output and being activated to said on state thereby. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In an intrusion detection system having a plurality of different types of sensors for detecting intrusion into an area, each of said sensors having an output, the improvement comprising:
computing means connected to said outputs of each of said plurality of sensors for minimizing the likelihood of a false indication of intrusion into said area, the outputs of each of said sensors having an on state and an off state; and
further wherein said computing means is for determining whether or not each of said outputs is in said on state, assigning a weighting factor to each said ouput that is in said on state, calculating the sum of all said weighting factors, comparing said sum to a reference and providing an output when said sum exceeds said reference.- View Dependent Claims (14)
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