Method and apparatus for remotely monitoring a site
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring a space, comprising:
- a security panel located at the space, said security panel in communication with a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to monitor a parameter;
wherein the security panel is configured to receive information from the sensor regarding a value of the parameter;
wherein the security panel is configured to identify an alarm state from the group consisting of a high alarm state when the value of the parameter exceeds a predetermined high-end threshold, a low alarm state when the value of the parameter is less than a predetermined low-end threshold; and
a rate-of-change alarm state when changes in the value of the parameter exceed a predetermined rate-of-change threshold; and
wherein the security panel is configured to automatically transmit to a monitoring station information responsive to the alarm state.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to providing systems and methods for remotely monitoring sites to provide real time information which can readily permit distinguishing false alarms, and which can identify and track the precise location of an alarm. In embodiments, monitoring capabilities such as intrusion/fire detection and tracking capabilities, can be implemented through the use of multistate indicators in a novel interface which permits information to be transmitted using standard network protocols from a remote site to a monitoring station in real-time. In embodiments, communications can be handed from the centrally located host monitoring station to a mobile monitoring station (for example, a laptop computer in a responding vehicle, such as a police or fire vehicle). Additional embodiments include high, low, and rate-of-change alarms; chromagraphic representation of the value of an environmental or other parameter measured in a space; and detection and location of portable interface devices in a space.
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31 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring a space, comprising:
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a security panel located at the space, said security panel in communication with a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to monitor a parameter;
wherein the security panel is configured to receive information from the sensor regarding a value of the parameter;
wherein the security panel is configured to identify an alarm state from the group consisting of a high alarm state when the value of the parameter exceeds a predetermined high-end threshold, a low alarm state when the value of the parameter is less than a predetermined low-end threshold; and
a rate-of-change alarm state when changes in the value of the parameter exceed a predetermined rate-of-change threshold; and
wherein the security panel is configured to automatically transmit to a monitoring station information responsive to the alarm state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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4. A system for monitoring a space having a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors located at a predetermined monitoring location comprising:
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a monitoring system configured to receive a real time self initiated notification signal indicating a change of a value of a parameter measured by one of the plurality of sensors; and
a graphic interface configured to display information in real time responsive to the signal, wherein the graphic interface chromagraphically displays the value of the parameter measured by each of the plurality of sensors. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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5. A system for monitoring a space having a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors located at a predetermined monitoring location comprising:
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a monitoring system configured to receive a real time self initiated notification signal indicating a change of a value of a parameter at one of the plurality of sensors; and
a graphic interface configured to display information in real time responsive to the signal, wherein the graphic interface chromagraphically displays changes in the value of the parameter measured by each of the plurality of sensors.
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15. An apparatus for monitoring a space, wherein the space comprises a first subspace and a second subspace, comprising:
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a security panel located at the space; and
a detection system, in communication with the security panel, configured to detect the movement of a portable interface device from the first subspace to the second subspace;
wherein the security panel provides a real time self initiated notification signal to a monitoring system responsive to the detection by the detection system of the movement of the portable interface device from the first subspace to the second subspace. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus for monitoring a space comprising:
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a security panel located at the space; and
a detection system, in communication with the security panel, configured to detect the movement of a portable interface device from outside the space to inside the space and from inside the space to outside the space;
wherein the security panel provides a first real time self initiated notification signal to a monitoring system responsive to detection by the detection system of the movement of the portable interface device from outside the space to inside the space and a second real time self initiated notification to the monitoring system responsive to the detection by the detection system of the movement of the portable interface device from inside the space to outside the space. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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