Perimeter containment system and method of use thereof

• US 7,315,243 B1
• Filed: 08/03/2005
• Issued: 01/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: STI Co., Ltd. (Outsourcing Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: STI Co., Ltd. (Outsourcing Incorporated)
• Inventors: Turner, Glen F., Mikles, Lester W., Speakman, Warner E., Sexton, Frederick D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): TRIEU, VAN THANH
• Application Number:
  US11/195,980
• Time in Patent Office: 881 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.1, 340/539.11, 340/539.13, 340/539.15, 340/539.16, 340/539.17, 340/539.22, 340/564, 340/573.1, 455/419, 455/421, 455/456.1, 705/5, 706/60
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/22 Electrical actuation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements

Abstract

The present invention is a perimeter containment system and method of use thereof having a control center, perimeter contact units, and a perimeter structure. The invention is designed to reduce human error and misinformation during emergency situations. The invention includes a method of monitoring a perimeter such that upon a breach of the perimeter immediate notice is provided to perimeter units so that at least one of the perimeter units may secure the breach. The invention allows a control center to monitor the location of the perimeter units by use of GPS data.

Claims

1. A perimeter containment system, comprising:

a control center, the control center having a radio communication module capable of receiving GPS data, a processing unit operationally connected to the radio communication module, and an interface operationally connected to the processing unit;

a perimeter contact unit operationally connected to the control center, the perimeter contact unit having a multiplex board, a radio communication module operationally connected to the multiplex board, a screen operationally connected to the multiplex board, and a GPS device operationally connected to the multiplex board; and

a perimeter structure operationally connected to the processing unit.

2. The perimeter containment system of claim 1, further comprising an antenna operationally connected to the radio communication module.

3. The perimeter containment system of claim 1, further comprising an antenna operationally connected to the GPS device.

4. The perimeter containment system of claim 1, wherein the perimeter structure is a fence.

5. The perimeter containment system of claim 1, wherein the perimeter structure is a property boundary.

6. A method of containing a perimeter, comprising:

predetermining a plurality of zones located outside of a perimeter structure;

monitoring the perimeter structure;

monitoring through GPS data the position of a perimeter contact unit;

communicating through a radio communication module, wherein communicating further comprises two way communication;

communicating an alarm to a control center from a perimeter structure;

communicating from the control center to each of the perimeter contact units the alarm;

communicating GPS data from the perimeter contact units to the control center;

acknowledging by the control center that the perimeter contact unit is present in a zone of the perimeter structure breach;

determining that the perimeter structure breach is secure by the perimeter contact unit in the zone of the breach;

communicating that the perimeter structure breach is secure from the perimeter contact unit in the zone of the breach to the control center;

resetting the alarm.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising identifying which of the plurality of zones is adjacent to the site of the breach.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising moving the perimeter contact unit into the zone adjacent to the breach.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein resetting the alarm further comprises resetting the alarm from the control center.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein resetting the alarm further comprises resetting the alarm from the perimeter contact unit.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein communicating through a radio communication module further comprises manipulating the perimeter structure.

12. A method of monitoring a perimeter, comprising:

predetermining a location of a plurality of zones located adjacent to a perimeter structure;

communicating an alarm from a control center to a plurality of perimeter contact units, wherein the alarm indicates a breach of the perimeter structure and which of the plurality of zones is closest to the breach;

communicating GPS data from each of the plurality of perimeter contact units to the control center;

recording GPS data by a processing unit of the control center;

moving at least one of the plurality of perimeter contact units into the zone closest to the breach;

acknowledging by the control center the presence of at least one of the plurality of perimeter contact units in the zone closest to the breach;

communicating from one of the plurality of the perimeter contact units to the control center that the breach is secure; and

resetting the alarm.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising inputting GPS data into each multiplex board of each of the plurality of the perimeter contact units from a GPS device.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising communicating a switch status from each of the plurality of perimeter contact units to the control center.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising silencing the alarm from the control center.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein communicating further comprises communicating by use of a radio communication module.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising silencing the alarm from any of the perimeter contact units.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising silencing the alarm from the perimeter contact unit in the zone closest to the breach.