Protection system of a work station by network-centralised management

• US 7,557,700 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2006
• Issued: 07/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: SAAA SAS - Systèmes d'Automatismes d'Alarmes Automatiques
• Original Assignee: SAAA SAS - Systèmes d'Automatismes d'Alarmes Automatiques
• Inventors: Gresset, Eric, Billiard, Jean-Pierre
• Primary Examiner(s): Crosland; Donnie L
• Application Number:
  US11/499,773
• Publication Number:
  US 20070030142A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,065 Days
• Field of Search: 340/506, 340/5.81
• US Class Current: 340/506
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/88 Detecting or preventing theft or loss
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1427 with transmitter-receiver for distance detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0275 Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS] tag technology used for parent or child unit, e.g. same transmission technology, magnetic tag, RF tag, RFID
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/00 Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/002 Generating a prealarm to the central station

Abstract

A telesurveillance system of objects whose presence is monitored remotely by a computerised control station over a computer network. At least one master central station has a unique identifier connected to the network, at least one detector having statuses in relation to the presence or not of an object, the control station being informed of the changes in status via the network, and the user may have a personal identification elements readable by a reader of the master central station, the letter including elements to wait, in a surveillance state, for the changes in status and reading the identification element, to switch to a state of alert to a change in status and to switch to a neutralised state during a determined neutralisation time by reading the personal identification element.

Claims

1. A telesurveillance system by master central station of objects (12,13) of a user in a basic location, the presence of the objects in this basic location being monitored remotely by a computerised control station (2) over a computer network, characterised in that the telesurveillance takes place through communication via said computer network between the control station and the master central station, and in that at least one master central station (5) having a unique identifier is connected to the network and at least one detector (9) in relation to an object, a separation of the detector from the object or placing it in relation thereto causing changes in status of the detector transmitted to the master central station, the control station being informed of said changes in status by communication via the network, and in that the user has a personal identification means readable by a reader (7) from the master central station and in that said master central station comprises means:

to wait, in a surveillance state, for the changes in status of the detectors and reading the personal identification means,

to switch to an alert state upon the change in status of the detector corresponding to at least the separation,

the master central station including a transmission means so that in the state of alert said master central station transmits an audible alert sound signal and/or a visible alert visual signal,

to switch to a neutralised state during a determined neutralisation time when the user causes the master central station to read his personal identification means, the identification read corresponding to an identification authorised by the system, said neutralised state avoiding a master central station in a surveillance state to switch to a state of alert or the surveillance state a master central station which was in a state of alert,

to inform by communication via the network, the control station of at least a separation alarm when the state of alert has been maintained for a time period greater than a determined pre-alarm time period.

2. A system according to claim 1, characterised in that the master central station includes the transmission means so that, when the master central station has informed the control station of an alarm, said master central station transmits for a determined alarm duration, or until acknowledgement by the control station (2), a audible alarm sound signal and/or a visible alarm visual signal, the neutralised state preventing/stopping said alarm sound and/or visual emission.

3. A system according to claim 1, characterised in that the master central station includes a switching means to switch to a state of alert upon any change in status of the detector and to inform the control station of an alarm of said change in status when the state of alert has been maintained for a time period greater than a determined pre-alarm time period.

4. A system according to claim 1, characterised in that at least one identification of authorised user is stored locally in the master central station or in a detector connected to the master central station, the master central station or the detector including a non-volatile storage memory of at least one identification of authorised user.

5. A system according to claim 4, characterised in that the identification of authorised user stored in the master central station or the corresponding detector comes from the control station via the network or has been stored directly locally by connection to the master central station or the detector of a local programming module.

6. A system according to claim 1, characterised in that each detector has a unique detector identifier for a given master central station and that the information of change in status of a detector sent to the control station is accompanied by the identifier of the master central station and of the detector affected.

7. A system according to claim 6 characterised in that the master central station includes a switching means so that switching to the neutralised state is efficient only if the identification read corresponds to an authorised user identification for the corresponding master central station and the corresponding detector.

8. A system according to claim 1, characterised in that the control station comprises means enabling to check periodically whether each master central station remains connected to the network, and in that when a master central station is not connected any longer, a disconnection alarm is triggered in the control station.

9. A system according to claim 1, characterised in that the network is wire-like and each master central station is power supplied by the network.

10. A system according to claim 1, characterised in that certain of said objects are moved temporarily from said basic location for use in another location and in that the control station comprises means,

for counting the time period elapsed since reception by the control station of the information of change in status corresponding to the separation of the detector and,

warning when said time period has exceeded a determined authorisation duration, the reception of information of change in status corresponding to a relation cancelling the counting of said period.

11. A master central station (5) characterised in that it is adapted to function in the telesurveillance system (1) over a computer network of claim 1 and that it has a unique identifier, that it is connected to the computer network and at least the one detector (9) in relation to an object, the separation of the detector from the object or placing it in relation thereto causing changes in status of the detector transmitted to the master central station, a control station being informed of said changes in status via the computer network, and in that a user has a personal identification means readable by a reader (7) of the master central station and in that said master central station comprises means:

to wait, in a surveillance state, for the changes in status of the detectors and reading the personal identification means,

to switch to a state of alert upon the change in status of the detector corresponding to at least the separation,

the master central station including the transmission means so that in the state of alert said master central station transmits an audible alert sound signal and/or a visible alert visual signal,

to switch to a neutralised state during a determined neutralisation time when the user causes the master central station to read his personal identification means, the identification corresponding to an identification authorised by the system, said state avoiding a master central station in the surveillance state to switch to a state of alert or the surveillance state a master central station which was in a state of alert,

to inform the control station of at least a separation alarm when the state of alert has been maintained for a time period greater than a determined pre-alarm time period.

12. A system according to claim 2, characterised in that the master central station includes a switching means to switch to a state of alert upon any change in status of the detector and to inform the control station of an alarm of said change in status when the state of alert has been maintained for a time period greater than a determined pre-alarm time period.

13. A system according to claim 2, characterised in that at least one identification of authorised user is stored locally in the master central station or in a detector connected to the master central station, the master central station or the detector including a non-volatile storage memory of at least one identification of authorised user.

14. A system according to claim 2, characterised in that each detector has a unique detector identifier for a given master central station and that the information of change in status of a detector sent to the control station is accompanied by the identifier of the master central station and of the detector affected.

15. A system according to claim 2, characterised in that the control station comprises means enabling to check periodically whether each master central station remains connected to the network, and in that when a master central station is not connected any longer, a disconnection alarm is triggered in the control station.