Human guard enhancing multiple site security system

• US 8,174,378 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2005
• Issued: 05/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Richman Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Richman Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Richman, Lawrence, Vacaru, Anca, Zatusevschi, Olga A.
• Primary Examiner(s): CROSLAND, DONNIE L
• Application Number:
  US12/067,271
• Publication Number:
  US 20100238019A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,608 Days
• Field of Search: 340/521
• US Class Current: 340/521
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1966 Wireless systems, other than telephone systems, used to communicate with a camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19697 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/007 Details of data content structure of message packets; data protocols
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence

Abstract

Provided is a human guard enhancing multiple site security system comprising one or more human guards, peripheral equipment positioned at one or more sites, said peripheral equipment comprising one or more of a plurality of sensors, video cameras, positioning systems, and mobile communication and data processing equipment, said peripheral equipment being further capable of collecting and transmitting event-related and environmental data, one or more checkpoint systems capable of receiving, processing into a standardized protocol, and further relaying the data received from said peripheral equipment, and of providing said one or more guards with information based on the data, and one or more stations capable of logging, processing, and reporting the data relayed from said one or more checkpoint systems to provide a security system status and to facilitate human supervision, situation analysis, decision making, and intervention. The system includes a computer implemented communications protocol, which is an XML based communications protocol for real time security alert monitoring purposes. The XML based communications protocol consists of numerous modules which receive and convert data messages from varying security devices and sensors, standardize, translate and send converted messages, and encrypt and decrypt said data messages.

Claims

1. A security system, comprising:

a checkpoint system configured for receiving, processing, and relaying data received from peripheral equipment comprising at least one of a plurality of sensors, video cameras, positioning systems, and mobile communication and data processing equipment, and providing a human with information based on the data; and

a base station configured for logging, processing, and reporting the data relayed from the checkpoint system to provide a security system status and to facilitate human supervision, situation analysis, decision making, and intervention; and

a computer-implemented communication system that translates security alerts associated with the data to a local dialect or language and directs the alerts to the human by way of the checkpoint system.

2. The security system of claim 1, wherein the checkpoint system comprises at least one of a mobile computer, a personal digital assistant, and a cellular telephone in direct communication with the base station.

3. The security system of claim 2, wherein the checkpoint system further comprises an optical code reader.

4. The security system of claim 1, wherein said information is an alert, a message, or a set of instructions.

5. The security system of claim 1, further comprising:

a headquarters station;

wherein the base station receives the data from the checkpoint system, stores the data in a database, provides human access to the data, generates alerts if prompted by a base station software program, and communicates with said headquarters station; and

wherein said headquarters station comprises a database memory unit and a back-up database memory unit, said headquarters station facilitating human guard supervision of environmental and event-related activities, human guard situation analysis, human intervention, and activation of security countermeasures, including preventing, deterring, and mitigating criminal acts, responding to terrorist threats and attacks, war acts, riots, civil unrest, political events, structural failures, power failures, electronic failures, adverse weather, fire hazards, seismic events, variations in temperature and light conditions, and hazardous conditions requiring situation assessment and countermeasures.

6. The security system of claim 5, wherein the base station and the headquarters station are situated in different geographical areas, the base station being situated in the proximity of said peripheral equipment, and said headquarters station being situated in a location remote from the base station.

7. The security system of claim 5, wherein the base station is integrated with the headquarters station.

8. The security system of claim 1, wherein the communication system operates with XML language in a compressed format.

9. The security system of claim 2, wherein the checkpoint system further comprises a global positioning system receiver.

10. The security system of claim 1, wherein the communication system is configured to translate the alerts in accordance with local laws and regulations.

11. The security system of claim 1, wherein the communication system is configured to translate the alerts using local alphabets.

12. The security system of claim 1, wherein the checkpoint system is further configured for processing data received from peripheral equipment into a standardized protocol.

13. The security system of claim 1, wherein the checkpoint system is integrated with a mobile computer.

14. The security system of claim 13, wherein mobile computer is integrated with at least one of a mobile computer, a personal digital assistant, and a cellular phone.

15. The security system of claim 1, wherein the computer-implemented communication system is integrated with the base station.

16. A method of using a security system, comprising:

receiving data by a checkpoint system from peripheral equipment comprising at least one of a plurality of sensors, video cameras, positioning systems and mobile communication and data processing equipment,

processing the data,

relaying information based on the data received from said peripheral equipment to a base station,

providing a human guard with information based on the data;

filtering the information from the checkpoint system based on comparison to context data comprising recent historical data;

logging the information from the checkpoint system,

processing the information from the checkpoint system,

reporting the information from the checkpoint system at the base station to provide a security system status and facilitate human supervision, situation analysis, decision making, and intervention.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

generating alerts associated with the information from the checkpoint system, if prompted by a base station software program; and

transmitting the information from the base station to a headquarters station, where human supervision of environmental and event-related activities, human situation analysis, human intervention, and activation of security countermeasures are enabled, including preventions, deterrents, and mitigation of criminal acts, terrorist acts, war acts, riots, civil unrest, political events, structural failures, electronic failures, adverse weather, fire hazards, seismic events, variations in temperature and light conditions, and hazardous conditions requiring situation assessment and countermeasures.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising exchanging the information within the security system using a communication system with XML language using a compressed XML format.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising providing the data received from the peripheral equipment to a message concentrator.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising directing the information to a message queue.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising sorting of the information in the message queue into more than one specific queues corresponding a source of the information.

22. A security system for interactive training of a human guard, comprising:

a checkpoint system configured for receiving, processing, and relaying data received from peripheral equipment comprising at least one of a plurality of sensors, video cameras, positioning systems, and mobile communication and data processing equipment, and providing a human guard with information based on the data; and

a base station configured for logging, processing, and reporting the data relayed from the checkpoint system to provide a security system status and to facilitate human supervision, situation analysis, decision making, and intervention, and

wherein the security system provides the human guard with data for interactive training of the human guard, whereby the security system enhances the performance of the security system by improving the education and training of the human guard with respect to the security system.

23. The security system of claim 22, wherein the interactive training of the human guard comprises event drills.

24. The security system of claim 22, wherein the data for the interactive training of the human guard comprises operating instructions.

25. The security system of claim 22, wherein the interactive training of the human guard comprises interactive testing of skills of the human guard related to components of the security system, including software, hardware, and communication links.

26. A security system, comprising:

a checkpoint system configured for receiving, processing, and relaying data received from peripheral equipment comprising at least one of a plurality of sensors, video cameras, positioning systems, and mobile communication and data processing equipment, and providing a human with information based on the data; and

a combined base station/headquarters station comprising a database memory unit and a back-up database memory unit, wherein said combined station receives the data from the checkpoint system, stores the data in a database, provides human access to the data, generates alerts if prompted by the station software program, and facilitates human supervision, situation analysis, decision making, and intervention.