Remote dynamic ingress/egress inventory security system
First Claim
1. A system for providing an inventory of a plurality of first class objects and a plurality of second class objects, such pluralities of objects being distributed in a first defined location and in a second defined location;
- such first defined location and such second defined location being accessible to each other via a common connecting pathway;
said system comprising;
motion sensing means for producing a detection signal when the presence or motion of an object being either a first class object or a second class object is detected when present or moving through such common connecting pathway;
universal signal transmitting means being responsive to said detection signal when received from said motion sensing means for transmitting a universal signal;
unique identity signal detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of a unique identity signal from such detected object;
each first class object and each second class object comprising means for transmitting a unique identity signal in response to said universal signal; and
information storage means being responsive to said unique identity signal detecting means and being capable of storing information corresponding to the presence or absence of a unique identity signal from such detected object.
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Abstract
A system provides an inventory of first and second class objects which are distributed in first and second defined locations. The first and second locations are accessible to each other via a common pathway. The system comprises: a motion sensor for producing a detection signal when the presence or motion of an object is detected while present or moving through the pathway; a universal signal transmitter which is responsive to the detection signal for transmitting a universal signal; and a unique identity signal detector for detecting the presence or absence of a unique identity signal from the detected object. Each first and second class object is capable of transmitting a unique identity signal in response to the universal signal. An information storage device is responsive to the unique identity signal detector and is capable of storing information corresponding to the presence or absence of an identity signal from the detected object.
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86 Claims
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1. A system for providing an inventory of a plurality of first class objects and a plurality of second class objects, such pluralities of objects being distributed in a first defined location and in a second defined location;
- such first defined location and such second defined location being accessible to each other via a common connecting pathway;
said system comprising;motion sensing means for producing a detection signal when the presence or motion of an object being either a first class object or a second class object is detected when present or moving through such common connecting pathway; universal signal transmitting means being responsive to said detection signal when received from said motion sensing means for transmitting a universal signal; unique identity signal detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of a unique identity signal from such detected object;
each first class object and each second class object comprising means for transmitting a unique identity signal in response to said universal signal; andinformation storage means being responsive to said unique identity signal detecting means and being capable of storing information corresponding to the presence or absence of a unique identity signal from such detected object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- such first defined location and such second defined location being accessible to each other via a common connecting pathway;
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21. A system for providing an inventory of a plurality of first class objects and a plurality of second class objects;
- such pluralities of objects being distributed in a first defined location and in a second defined location;
such first defined location and such second defined location being accessible to each other via a connecting pathway;
said system comprising;motion sensing means being located at such connecting opening for producing a first detection signal when the presence or motion of a first class object is detected or for producing a second detection signal when the presence or motion of a second class object is detected when present or moving through such connecting opening; universal signal transmitting means being located at such connecting opening and being responsive to said detection signal when received from said motion sensing means for transmitting a universal common low-power signal; object signal receiving means being located on such detected object and being responsive to said universal common low-power signal when received from said universal signal transmitting means; object unique identity signal transmitting means being located on such detected object and being responsive to said object signal receiving means for transmitting a unique identity low-power signal corresponding to the identity of such detected object; unique identity signal receiving means being located at such connecting opening and being responsive to said unique identity signal when received from said object identity signal transmitting means; and information storage means being responsive to said unique identity signal receiving means and being capable of storing information corresponding to the identity of such detected object, the time when such object was detected, and the location of such connecting opening. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
- such pluralities of objects being distributed in a first defined location and in a second defined location;
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42. A system for providing inventory and location information for a plurality of objects, said system comprising:
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motion sensing means being located on the first lateral side of an opening for producing a detection signal when the motion or presence of an object is detected;
such opening also having a second lateral side;
the width of such opening between such lateral sides being less than the height of such opening;universal common low-power signal transmitting means being located on such first lateral side and being responsive to said detection signal when received from said motion sensing means for transmitting a universal common low-power signal; object signal receiving means being located on such detected object and being responsive to said universal common low-power signal when received from said universal common low-power signal transmitting means; object signal transmitting means being located on such detected object and being responsive to said object signal receiving means for transmitting a unique low-power identity signal corresponding to the identity of such detected object; unique identity signal receiving means being located on such first lateral side and being responsive to said unique identity signal when received from said object signal transmitting means; and information storage means being responsive to said unique identity signal receiving means and being capable of storing information corresponding to the identity of such detected object, the time when such object was detected, and the identity of such opening. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A system for providing inventory and location information for a plurality of objects, said system comprising:
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motion sensing means being located on the upper side of an opening for producing a detection signal when the presence or motion of an object is detected;
such opening also having a lower side;
the height of such opening between its upper and lower sides being less than the width of such opening;universal common low-power signal transmitting means being located on such upper side and being responsive to said detection signal when received from said motion sensing means for transmitting a universal common low-power signal; object signal receiving means being located on such detected object and being responsive to said universal common low-power signal when received from said universal common low-power signal transmitting means; object signal transmitting means being located on such detected object and being responsive to said object signal receiving means for transmitting a unique low-power identity signal corresponding to the identity of such detected object; unique identity signal receiving means being located on such upper side and being responsive to said unique identity signal when received from said object signal transmitting means; and information storage means being responsive to said unique identity signal receiving means being capable of storing information corresponding to the identity of such detected object, the time when such object was detected, and the identity of such opening. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A system for providing inventory and location information for a plurality of objects, said system comprising:
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a plurality of motion sensing means being uniformly linearly distributed along the upper side of an opening for producing at least one detection signal when the presence or motion of an object is detected;
such opening also having a lower side;
the height of such opening between such upper and lower sides being much less than the width of such opening;a plurality of universal common low-power signal transmitting means also being uniformly linearly distributed along the upper side of such opening;
each particular universal common low-power signal transmitting means being associated with only one particular motion sensing means;
each particular universal common low-power signal transmitting means being placed in close proximity to its particular motion sensing means;
at least one particular universal common low-power signal transmitting means being responsive to the detection signal when produced from its associated particular motion sensing means for transmitting a universal common low-power signal;object signal receiving means being located on such detected object and being responsive to at least one universal common low-power signal when received from at least one particular universal common low-power signal transmitting means; object signal transmitting means being located on such detected object and being responsive to said object signal receiving means for transmitting at least one unique low-power identity signal corresponding to the identity of such detected object; a plurality of unique identity signal receiving means also being uniformly linearly distributed along the upper side of such opening;
each particular unique identity signal receiving means being associated with only one particular motion sensing means and with only one particular universal common low-power signal transmitting means;
each particular unique identity signal receiving means being placed in close proximity to its particular motion sensing means and to its particular universal common low-power signal transmitting means;
at least one particular unique identity signal receiving means being responsive to at least one unique identity signal when received from said object signal transmitting means; andinformation storage means being responsive to each particular unique identity signal receiving means and being capable of storing information corresponding to the identity of such detected object, the time when such object was detected, and the identity of such opening. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A system for providing inventory and location information for a plurality of objects, said system comprising:
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motion sensing means being located on the first vertical lateral side of an opening for producing a detection signal when the presence or motion of an object is detected;
such opening also having a second vertical lateral side;
the width of such opening between such lateral sides being less than the height of such opening;said motion sensing means further comprising directed light source means being located at the first end of such first vertical lateral side, a first linear light reflective strip running from the first end to the second end of such first vertical lateral side, a second linear light reflective strip running from the first end to the second end of such second vertical lateral side, and a light detecting means being located at the second end of such first vertical lateral side;
wherein the light beam emanating from said directed light source means takes a reflective path to said light detecting means; and
wherein said motion sensing means responds to the interruption of said light beam path when an object is present or moving within such opening for producing said detection signal indicating such light path interruption;universal common low-power signal transmitting means being located on such first lateral side and being responsive to said detection signal when received from said motion sensing means for transmitting a universal common low-power signal; object signal receiving means being located on such detected object and being responsive to said universal common low-power signal when received from said universal common low-power signal transmitting means; object signal transmitting means being located on such detected object and being responsive to said object signal receiving means for transmitting a unique low-power identity signal corresponding to the identity of such detected object; unique identity signal receiving means being located on such first lateral side and being responsive to said unique identity signal when received from said object signal transmitting means; and information storage means being responsive to said unique identity signal receiving means and being capable of storing information corresponding to the identity of such detected object, the time when such object was detected, and the identity of such opening. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. A method for providing an inventory of a plurality of first class objects and a plurality of second class objects, such pluralities of objects being distributed in a first defined location and in a second defined location;
- such first defined location and such second defined location being accessible to each other via a common connecting pathway;
said method comprising the steps of;detecting the presence or motion of an object being either a first class object or a second class object when present or passing through such common connecting pathway and producing a detection signal in response thereto; transmitting a universal common low-power signal in response to said detection signal; detecting the presence or absence of a unique identity signal from such detected object;
each first class object and each second class object being capable of transmitting its own unique identity signal in response to said universal signal; andstoring information corresponding to the presence or absence of a unique identity signal from such detected object. - View Dependent Claims (74)
- such first defined location and such second defined location being accessible to each other via a common connecting pathway;
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75. A method for providing an inventory of a plurality of first class objects and a plurality of second class objects;
- such pluralities of objects being distributed in a first defined location and in a second defined location;
such first defined location and such second defined location being accessible to each other via a connecting pathway;
said method comprising the steps of;detecting the presence or motion of a first class object or a second class object while passing through such connecting pathway and producing a detection signal in response thereto; transmitting a universal common low-power signal in response to said detection signal; said detected object receiving said universal common low-power signal and producing an internal signal in response thereto; said detected object transmitting its own unique identity low-power signal corresponding to the identity of said detected object in response to said internal signal; receiving said unique identity signal from said detected object; and storing information corresponding to the identity of said detected object, the time when said object was detected, and the location of such connecting pathway. - View Dependent Claims (76)
- such pluralities of objects being distributed in a first defined location and in a second defined location;
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77. A system for providing inventory and location information for a plurality of objects being located in a plurality of defined locations, each defined location having at least one common pathway with at least one other defined location, said system comprising:
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a plurality of motion sensing means each being associated with a respective pathway for producing a detection signal when the motion or presence of an object is detected; a plurality of universal common low-power signal transmitting means each being associated with only one particular motion sensing means;
each associated universal common low-power signal transmitting means being located in close proximity to its associated common pathway;
each universal common low-power signal transmitting means being responsive to the detection signal when received from its associated motion sensing means for transmitting a universal common low-power signal;object signal receiving means being located on such detected object and being responsive to the universal common low-power signal when received from said universal common low-power signal transmitting means; object signal transmitting means being located on such detected object and being responsive to said object signal receiving means for transmitting its own unique low-power identity signal corresponding to the identity of such detected object; a plurality of unique identity signal receiving means each being associated with one motion sensing means and with one universal common low-power signal transmitting means;
each unique identity signal receiving means being placed in close proximity to its associated common pathway;
said associated unique identity signal receiving means being responsive to the unique identity signal received from said object signal transmitting means; andinformation storage means being responsive to said unique identity signal receiving means and being capable of storing information corresponding to the identity of such detected object, the time when such object was detected, and the identity of such common pathway. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79)
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80. A system for providing inventory and location information for a plurality of objects, said system comprising:
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motion sensing means being located on the upper horizontal side of an opening for producing a detection signal when the presence or motion of an object is detected;
such opening also having a lower horizontal side;
the height of such opening between such horizontal sides being less than the width of such opening;said motion sensing means further comprising directed light source means being located at the first end of such upper horizontal side, a first linear light reflective strip running from the first end to the second end of such upper horizontal side, a second linear light reflective strip running from the first end to the second end of such lower horizontal side, and a light detecting means being located at the second end of such upper horizontal side;
wherein said light beam emanating from said directed light source means takes a reflective path to said light detecting means; and
wherein said motion sensing means responds to the interruption of said light beam path when an object is present or moving within such opening for producing said detection signal indicating such light path interruption;universal common low-power signal transmitting means being located on such upper horizontal side and being responsive to said detection signal when received from said motion sensing means for transmitting a universal common low-power signal; object signal receiving means being located on such detected object and being responsive to said universal common low-power signal when received from said universal common low-power signal transmitting means; object signal transmitting means being located on such detected object and being responsive to said object signal receiving means for transmitting a unique low-power identity signal corresponding to the identity of such detected object; unique identity signal receiving means being located on such upper horizontal side and being responsive to said unique identity signal when received from said object signal transmitting means; and information storage means being responsive to said unique identity signal receiving means and being capable of storing information corresponding to the identity of such detected object, the time when such object was detected, and the identity of such opening. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)
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