Automatic control system for security apparatus based on the presence of a user

• US 6,331,816 B1
• Filed: 11/06/2000
• Issued: 12/18/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ist International Security Technology Oy
• Original Assignee: Ist International Security Technology Oy
• Inventors: Myllymäki, Matti
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHUNG
• Application Number:
  US09/647,968
• Time in Patent Office: 407 Days
• Field of Search: 340/540, 340/541, 340/539, 340/545.1, 340/545.3, 340/565, 340/566, 340/573.4, 340/825.49
• US Class Current: 340/540
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0423 detecting deviation from an expected pattern of behaviour or schedule
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system

Abstract

An automatic control system for a security apparatus based on the presence of the user and having a portable transmitter for security based information, a receiver for that information and a control unit. The transmitter provides the receiver and control unit with information on the presence of a person. The receiver and control unit is provided with a detector which detects the opening of a door. A processor uses that presence information and the indication of a door being opened to compile information about whether the user is going out or coming in. The receiver and control unit automatically switches on a burglar monitor placed in a monitored space when the receiver and control unit determine that the user has left the monitored space.

Claims

1. An automatic control system for a security apparatus, comprising a portable transmitter unit and a receiver and control unit to be placed in a monitored space or target and provided with a processor for processing the received data and with control outputs for connecting the security apparatus in a data transmission contact with communication and/or alarm equipment, characterized in that the transmitter unit supplies the receiver and control unit with messages indicating the presence of a user, that the receiver and control unit is provided with a detector which detects the opening of a door, and that the processor has a software which uses said presence message and the indication of a door being opened to compile information about whether the user is going out or coming in, and that the receiver and control unit automatically switches on a burglar monitor placed in a monitored space, as the receiver and control unit has verified that the user has left the monitored space.

2. A control system as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that the detector is an infrasound detector which detects a low frequency sound created by the opening of a door.

3. A control system as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that the messages from the transmitter unit include a device-specific identification code and the transmitter unit is provided with a message concealing unit.

4. A control system as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that the receiver and control unit is connectable to a mobile phone by using an interface constituted by terminal points in the follow-up memory of batteries.

5. A control system as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that the transmitter unit comprises a device held around the wrist of a user and including an alarm button, a skin contact sensor, a microprocessor, a concealing unit, and a radio transmitter.

6. A control system as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that the receiver and control unit includes a radio receiver for receiving messages from the transmitter unit, a radio transmitter for sending alarm or control messages, an infrasound detector, a microprocessor along with its software, and several control outputs.

7. A control system as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that the transmission gap between messages from the transmitter unit is controlled by a random time.

8. A control system as set forth in claim 3, characterized in that:

the receiver and control unit is connectable to a mobile phone by using an interface constituted by terminal points in the follow-up memory of batteries;

the transmitter unit comprises a device held around the wrist of a user and including an alarm button, a skin contact sensor, a microprocessor, a concealing unit, and a radio transmitter;

the receiver and control unit includes a radio receiver for receiving messages from the transmitter unit, a radio transmitter for sending alarm or control messages, an infrasound detector, a microprocessor along with its software, and several control outputs; and

the transmission gap between messages from the transmitter unit is controlled by a random time.