Security material and fasteners therefor
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1. A security material for protecting an article from tampering comprising:
- a cloth woven of a plurality of threads, one or more of the plurality of threads comprising a conducting wire, the conducting wire carrying an electrical current and/or voltage;
an integrated circuit electrically connected to each of the one or more conducting wires for monitoring the conducting wires, the integrated circuit containing logic for determining whether tampering is occurring and activating one of a plurality of pre-programmed alerts, the integrated circuit logic being programmable to prevent false alarms; and
a plurality of accelerometers embedded in the cloth and electrically connected to the integrated circuit;
wherein tampering with the article causes a break in one or more of the conducting wires resulting in a loss of current and/or voltage therein or causes accelerations detected by the plurality of accelerometers and thereby causing the integrated circuit logic to activate at least one of the plurality of pre-programmed alerts.
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Abstract
Security material such as cloth, either normal strength or armored, or fragile webbing into which electronic micro-devices are woven to detect and react to tampering of the monitored article at the scene or via a network. Also disclosed are fasteners that permit reuse of the cloth and webbing. Facilitates the monitoring of high value articles and facilities and automatically records or responds to tampering attempts to increase the level of security for personal and organizational uses.
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1. A security material for protecting an article from tampering comprising:
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a cloth woven of a plurality of threads, one or more of the plurality of threads comprising a conducting wire, the conducting wire carrying an electrical current and/or voltage; an integrated circuit electrically connected to each of the one or more conducting wires for monitoring the conducting wires, the integrated circuit containing logic for determining whether tampering is occurring and activating one of a plurality of pre-programmed alerts, the integrated circuit logic being programmable to prevent false alarms; and a plurality of accelerometers embedded in the cloth and electrically connected to the integrated circuit; wherein tampering with the article causes a break in one or more of the conducting wires resulting in a loss of current and/or voltage therein or causes accelerations detected by the plurality of accelerometers and thereby causing the integrated circuit logic to activate at least one of the plurality of pre-programmed alerts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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