Portable motion detector and alarm system and method

• US 7,554,445 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2004
• Issued: 06/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Script Security Solutions LLC (Empire IP LLC)
• Original Assignee: Henry J. Script, Michael H. Script
• Inventors: Script, Henry J., Script, Michael H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mullen; Thomas J
• Application Number:
  US10/563,185
• Publication Number:
  US 20070126576A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,824 Days
• Field of Search: 340/541, 340/545.1, 340/545.4, 340/545.5, 340/546, 340/547, 340/566, 340/531, 340/539.1, 735/140.1, 310/311, 200/61.45 R
• US Class Current: 340/545.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 13/00 Indicating or recording presence, absence, or direction, of movement electric switches H01H; counting moving objects G06M7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/08 by opening, e.g. of door, of window, of drawer, of shutter, of curtain, of blind
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1436 with motion detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19697 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 19/005 combined burglary and fire alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence

Abstract

A portable security alarm system including a movement detecting and signal transmitting member for mounting on or proximate to the object whose movement is to be detected, a signal receiving and alarm generating member for receiving a signal from the movement detecting and signal transmitting member and producing a security response, a remote control for actuating and deactuating the signal receiving and alarm generating member, an environmental monitoring member for sensing an environmental condition and providing a signal to the signal receiving and alarm generating member, a visual information gathering member for gathering visual information and providing a signal to the signal receiving and alarm generating member, an audio output member for receiving a signal from the signal receiving and alarm generating member and generating an audio output, and components for delivering a security notification to remote recipients. A security network that includes the alarm system is also disclosed. An inertial sensor for alarm system or for activating or deactivating a device is additionally disclosed.

Claims

1. A movement detecting device comprising an inertial sensor and adapted to sense multidirectional movement, and control circuitry for distinguishing between opposing directions of movement sensed by said sensor along a single axis of motion, said control circuitry comprising a first circuit adapted for sensing movement in a first direction and a second circuit adapted for sensing movement in a second direction, said first and second circuits respectively comprising positive and negative displacement threshold circuits adapted to produce an output when said sensor detects a specified level of movement, said positive and negative displacement threshold circuits having either the same or different displacement thresholds.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said sensor comprises a gyroscope sensor.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein said sensor comprises a MEMS accelerometer sensor.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein said sensor comprises a piezo film accelerometer sensor.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein said sensor comprises a piezoelectric transducer having a piezoelectric element and a mass operatively attached to flex said piezoelectric element.

6. The device of claim 5 wherein said mass is one of a quantity of adhesive, a quantity of solder, or a solid object bonded to said piezoelectric element or to a substrate associated therewith.

7. The device of claim 1 wherein said sensor comprises a piezoelectric element disposed within a partial vacuum environment.

8. The device of claim 7 wherein said partial vacuum environment is provided by an airtight compartment.

9. The device of claim 1 further comprising a magnetic field sensor.

10. The device of claim 1 wherein said device control circuitry is activated or deactivated by said sensor detecting inertial movement.

11. The device of claim 1 wherein said device is adapted to generate an output in response to said sensor detecting inertial movement.

12. The device of claim 1 wherein said device is adapted to transmit a wireless radio frequency signal in response to said sensor detecting inertial movement.

13. The device of claim 1 wherein said device is disposed in a portable security system adapted to forward a security alert to a telephone number, an email address or other endpoint in response to said sensor detecting inertial movement.