Process for operating a security system for the protection of persons and belongings

• US 7,030,751 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2004
• Issued: 04/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Atral
• Original Assignee: Atral
• Inventors: Morey, Gilles, Malot, Jean, Villeroy, Jean-Pierre
• Primary Examiner(s): TWEEL JR, JOHN ALEXANDER
• Application Number:
  US10/801,535
• Publication Number:
  US 20040212491A1
• Time in Patent Office: 762 Days
• Field of Search: 340/528, 340/527, 340/521, 340/541, 340/506, 340/523, 340/545.1, 340/430
• US Class Current: 340/528
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/00 Fire alarms; Alarms responsive to explosion
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/06 Electric actuation of the alarm, e.g. using a thermally-operated switch
• 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 3/1016 using wireless transmission calling systems using transmission by inductive loop H04B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/1075 Paging racks
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/00 Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied

Abstract

Process for operating a security system, for the protection of persons and belongings, comprising a warning device (2) triggerable by a control unit (3), a unit (11) for activating a signalling device (7) and a means (6) of unlocking an electrically controlled lock (5), this process consisting:—in activating a timeout unit when the control unit is invoked so as to engage a timeout interval (T1),—in activating the element for unlocking the lock when the said activation unit is invoked during the timeout interval (T1), and in disabling the signalling device during the aforesaid timeout interval (T1) so that this signalling device can be activated only if the said activation unit is invoked outside of the timeout interval (T1).

Claims

1. Process for operating a security system comprising a warning device (2) triggerable by a control unit (3), a unit (11) for activating a signalling device (7) and a means (6) of unlocking an electrically controlled lock (5), characterized in that it consists:

in activating a timeout unit when the control unit is invoked so as to engage a timeout interval (T1),

in activating the means of unlocking the lock when the said activation unit is invoked during the timeout interval (T1),

and in disabling the signalling device during the aforesaid timeout interval (T1) so that this signalling device can be activated only if the said activation unit is invoked outside of the timeout interval (T1).

2. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that a new timeout interval (T1) cannot be engaged until after the elapsing of a security interval (T3) subsequent either to an earlier timeout interval (T1) previously engaged when the said activation unit has not been invoked during the timeout interval (T1), or upon the activation of the means for unlocking the lock when the said activation unit has been invoked during the timeout interval (T1).

3. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that it consists in prolonging the disabling of the signalling device during a protection interval (T2) subsequent either to an earlier timeout interval previously engaged (T1) when the said activation unit has not been invoked during the timeout interval (T1), or upon the activation of the means for unlocking the lock when the said activation unit has been invoked during the timeout interval (T1).

4. Process according to claim 2, characterized in that the aforesaid protection interval (T2) is less than the aforesaid security interval (T3).

5. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that it consists in activating the said warning device (2) according to a different mode of operation and/or in activating the said unlocking means (6) when a supplementary control unit (28) is invoked.

6. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the signalling device (7) is able to activate the said unlocking means (5) after having been invoked.

7. Process according to claim 3, characterized in that the aforesaid protection interval (T2) is less than the aforesaid security interval (T3).