Interactive wireless home security detectors

• US 6,762,686 B1
• Filed: 05/20/2002
• Issued: 07/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Joseph A. Tabe
• Inventors: Tabe, Joseph A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Toan
• Application Number:
  US10/150,155
• Time in Patent Office: 785 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573.1, 340/541, 340/545.3, 340/565, 340/628, 340/629, 379/37, 379/40, 379/43, 379/44
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence

Abstract

The wireless home security detector monitors fire, smoke, and home security to protect the home. The wireless home security detector dials the proper authorities in the event of an emergency. An alarm will come on in seconds after the smoke or fire is detected. When the fire alarm is activated, it will emit a special code that will activate the passive infrared motion detector that will check for any body heat inside the home. If body heat is detected, the infrared motion detector will activate an alarm responsive to detecting the location of a person; and include a human voice response. This alarm will keep sounding if body heat is detected and it will also monitor the body heat location as the person moves from one room to the other. The motion detector will stay on in the occupied room as an indication that a person has been located inside the room, to aid authorities in an emergency. A programmable microprocessor is used for receiving, storing and processing data from the interactive detectors, the interactive alarms and the human body sensors, and a reporter is used to transmit sensed alarm activities to selected proper authorities in the presence of an emergency.

Claims

1. An interactive wireless home security detector apparatus, comprising:

a) a first set of interactive detectors, each of the first set of interactive detectors being selected to detect at least one of smoke, fire, head, and freezing temperature, and a second set of interactive detectors, each of the second set of interactive detectors being selected to detect at least one of selected sounds, motion, and unauthorized entry;

b) at least one human body sensor for detecting the location of a human body within a home, each human body sensor having a transmitting and receiving means for enabling networking and wireless communication signals with the first set and the second set of interactive detectors;

c) at least one alarm, for signaling actuation of at least one of the first set and the second set of interactive detectors, and for signaling actuation of at least one human body sensor for indicating the presence of a human body within the home upon actuation of at least one of the first set and second set of interactive detectors;

d) at least one transmitter for transmitting a coded signal from at least one of the first set and second set of interactive detectors;

e) at least one receiver, for receiving the coded signal from the transmitter;

f) a programmable microprocessor for receiving, storing and processing data from the receiver; and

g) a programmable reporter for inputting programming from the programmable microprocessor to the first set and second set of interactive detectors, and for selectively reporting sensed alarm activities to selected proper authorities in the presence of an emergency detected by at least one of the first set and the second set of interactive detectors, to initiate a rescue.

2. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one human body sensor is a temperature sensing means, each human body sensor located in selected areas within a home, for monitoring the location of a human body in a home in the presence of an emergency, and for tracking movement of a human body within the home, and for continuously signaling the location of the human body with the home in the presence of the emergency.

3. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one alarm is a plurality of alarms, each alarm located in selected areas within a home, for signaling the presence and location of the emergency, and said alarms adapted to emit coded signals readable by a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors being in wireless communication with the first set and the second set of interactive detectors, and the human body sensors.

4. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second set of interactive detectors includes at least one image recorder to record and store the image of the human body within the home, in the presence of an alarm signal.

5. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 1, wherein the programmable reporter selectively reports sensed alarm activities to selected proper authorities by at least one of:

wireless communication and existing telephone lines, and the proper authorities are selected from at least one of a police department, a fire department, and a remote home security monitoring station.

6. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 5, wherein the wireless communication is transmitted by at least one of:

radio waves, microwaves and ultrasonic waves.

7. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 1, wherein the coded signals from the first set and the second set of interactive detectors are unique to each interactive detector, and the programmable microprocessor stores the location and type of detector relating to each unique coded signal, and reports the location and type of detector to the reporter upon actuation of at least one alarm signal in the presence of an emergency.

8. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 7, wherein the coded signal is modulated prior to transmission, and further includes a human voice message responsive to the address of the home, the nature of the alarm signal, and the presence of a human body with the home during the emergency.

9. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first set of interactive detectors include at least one of:

a heat detector, an ionization smoke detector and a photoelectric smoke detector.

10. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 1, wherein an antenna is used to transmit coded signals to a remote location, and the antenna is one of a redundant antenna and a diverse antenna, to reduce the likelihood of a false signal.

11. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 1 wherein transistors are incorporated into the interactive detectors to amplify signals from the interactive detectors to a desired frequency suitable for transmission, which provides no warm up, cool operation, low operational voltage and small physical size.

12. An interactive wireless home security detector apparatus, comprising:

a) a first plurality of interactive detectors, each of the first plurality of interactive detectors being selected to detect at least one of smoke, fire, heat, and freezing temperatures, and a second plurality of interactive detectors, each of the second plurality of interactive detectors being selected to detect at least one of selected sounds, motion, and unauthorized entry;

b) a plurality of human body temperatures sensors, each human body temperature sensor having a transmitting and receiving means for enabling networking and wireless communication signals with the first and second plurality of interactive detectors, each human body temperature sensor for monitoring the presence and location of a human body in a home in the presence of an emergency, and for continuously signaling the location of the human body within the home in the presence of the emergency;

c) a plurality of alarms, each said alarm emits a coded signal readable by a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors being in wireless communication with the first and second plurality of interactive detectors, each alarm being positioned within a selected area of the home, for signaling actuation of at least one of the first plurality of interactive detectors and for signaling actuation of at least one of the second plurality of interactive detectors, and for signaling actuation of at least one human body temperature sensor in the presence of an alarm, and for indicating the location and presence of a human body within the home;

d) a plurality of transmitters, each transmitter for transmitting a coded signal from one of the first and second plurality of interactive detectors;

e) at least one receiver for receiving the coded signal from at least one of the first and second plurality of transmitter;

f) at least one microprocessor for receiving, storing and processing data from the receiver; and

g) at least one reporter for inputting programming from the microprocessor to the plurality of interactive detectors, and for selectively reporting a sensed alarm condition to at least one of the police department and the fire department in the presence of an emergency, said reporting of a sensed alarm sent by at least one of;

wireless communication and existing telephone lines, to initiate a rescue.

13. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 12, wherein the wireless communication is transmitted by at least one of:

radio waves, microwaves and ultrasonic waves.

14. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 12, wherein the coded signals from the interactive detectors are unique to each interactive detector, and the programmable microprocessor stores the location and type of interactive detector relating to each unique coded signal, and reports the location and type of the interactive detector to the reporter upon actuation of the interactive detector in the presence of an emergency.

15. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 12, wherein the second set of interactive detectors includes at least one image recorder to record and store the image of the human body within the home, and to transmit the recorded image to the proper authorities, in the presence of an alarm signal.

16. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 12, wherein the interactive detectors include at least one of:

a heat detector, an ionization smoke detector and a photoelectric smoke detector.

17. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 12, wherein an antenna is one of:

a redundant antenna and a diverse antenna, and said antenna is used to transmit coded signals to a remote location.

18. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 12, wherein the encoded signal is modulated prior to transmission, and further includes a human voice message responsive to the location of the home, the nature of the alarm signal, and the presence or absence of a human body within the home at the time of the emergency.

19. An interactive wireless home security detector apparatus, comprising:

a) a first plurality of interactive detectors, each of the first plurality of interactive detectors being selected to detect at least one of smoke, fire, heat, smoke, and freezing temperatures, and a second plurality of interactive detectors being selected to detect at least one of selected sounds, motion, and unauthorized entry, a coded signal from each of the first interactive detectors and the second interactive detectors being unique to each interactive detector, and a programmable microprocessor for storing the location and type of interactive detector relating to each unique coded signal, and reporting the location and type of interactive detector to a reporter upon actuation of one or more of the interactive detectors in the presence of an emergency;

b) a plurality of human body temperature sensors, each human body temperatures sensor having a transmitting and receiving means for enabling networking and wireless communication signals with a plurality of interactive detectors, each human body temperature sensor for monitoring the presence and location of a human body in a home in the presence of an emergency, and for continuously signaling the location of the human body within the home in the presence of the emergency;

c) a plurality of alarms, each said alarm emitting a coded signal readable by a plurality of sensors, said plurality of sensors being in wireless communication with the first and second plurality of interactive detectors, each alarm being positioned within a selected area of the home, for signaling actuation of at least one interactive detector, and for signaling actuation of at least one human body temperature sensor for indicating the location and presence of a human body within the home;

d) at least one image recorder to record and store the image of the human body within the home, in the presence of an alarm signal;

e) a plurality of transmitters, each transmitter for transmitting a coded signal from one of the plurality of interactive detectors;

f) at least one receiver for receiving the coded signal from one of the plurality of transmitters;

g) at least one microprocessor for receiving, storing and processing data from the receiver;

h) at least one reporter for inputting programming from the microprocessor to the first and second plurality of interactive detectors, and for selectively reporting a sensed alarm condition to a least one of;

the police department and the fire department in the presence of an emergency, said reporting of a sensed alarm sent by wireless communication selected from at least one of;

radio waves, microwaves and ultrasonic waves, to initiate a rescue; and

i) an antenna is used to transmit coded signals to a remote location.

20. The interactive wireless home security detector apparatus of claim 19, wherein the encoded signal is modulated prior to transmission, and further includes a human voice message responsive to the location o the home, the natures of the alarm signal, and the presence or absence of a human body within the home during the emergency.