Security system

• US 8,819,979 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2013
• Issued: 09/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sensor Systems, LLC (Electromotive Solutions Group)
• Original Assignee: Sensor Systems, LLC (Electromotive Solutions Group)
• Inventors: Kelly, Jason L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tillman, Jr., Reginald
• Application Number:
  US13/898,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20130318847A1
• Time in Patent Office: 469 Days
• Field of Search: 42/710.1, 42/700.6, 42/700.7, 42/701.1
• US Class Current: 42/70.07
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 17/06 Electric or electromechanical safeties F41A17/04, F41A17/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 17/46 Trigger safeties, i.e. means for preventing trigger movement F41A17/02 - F41A17/40 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 17/54 Protecting-caps for trigger guards; Trigger locking pieces mounted on, or within, the trigger guard

Abstract

A remote valuable and/or gun monitoring system and method are disclosed. A module incorporating a motion sensor is interconnected to a valuable or gun. The motion sensor generates a motion signal if movement is detected. The motion signal can be passed to a communication device associated with the valuable or gun owner by a network. Remote locking/unlocking of a trigger lock provided as part of the module interconnected to a gun can also be supported.

Claims

1. A security device for a gun, comprising:

a module capable of being affixed to the gun and covering a trigger guard of the gun, the module including;

a motion sensor, wherein the motion sensor generates a motion signal in response to movement of the motion sensor;

a controller, wherein the controller generates a motion detected message in response to the motion signal generated by the motion sensor, and wherein the controller generates and sends a lock command in response to the motion signal generated by the motion sensor;

a trigger lock, wherein the trigger lock unlocks in response to an unlock command, and wherein the trigger lock locks in response to the lock command; and

a signal transceiver, wherein the signal transceiver is interconnected to the controller, and wherein the signal transceiver sends the motion detected message to a communication device.

2. The security device of claim 1,

wherein the controller is operable to generate and send an unlock command.

3. The security device of claim 2, wherein:

the controller is operable to detect a proximity of a registered communication device to the module and generates and sends the unlock command in response to detecting that the registered communication device is in a vicinity of the module.

4. The security device of claim 2, wherein:

a registered communication device is operable to transmit a lock message and an unlock message to at least one of the transceiver and a system server;

the transceiver is operable to receive the lock message and the unlock message;

the controller generates and sends the lock command in response to the lock message; and

the controller generates and sends the unlock command in response to the unlock message.

5. The security device of claim 4, wherein:

the controller generates an unlocked trigger message whenever the trigger lock is unlocked; and

the signal transceiver sends the unlocked trigger message to a primary communication device.

6. The security device of claim 1, wherein:

the module is operable to detect when the module is removed from the gun;

the module is operable to generate a module removed signal in response to being removed from the gun;

the controller is operable to generate a module removed message in response to the module removed signal; and

the signal transceiver sends the module removed message to at least one of the communication device and a system server.

7. The security device of claim 1, further comprising:

a position module interconnected to the controller,

wherein the position module is operable to determine a position of the module,

wherein the controller is operable to generate a position message with at least the position of the module, and

wherein the signal transceiver is operable to send the position message to at least one of the communication device and a system server.

8. The security device of claim 1, wherein:

a system server is operable to transmit a status update request to the module randomly or on a schedule set by a registered user;

the module is operable to transmit a status update response to the system server; and

the system server is operable to transmit a no-response message to the communication device if no status update response is received from the module.

9. The security device of claim 2, wherein:

the controller is operable to generate a status update message randomly or on a schedule set by a registered user;

the signal transceiver is operable to send the status update message to at least one of the communication device and a system server;

the system server and the communication device are operable to transmit an update received message to the controller; and

the controller generates a lock command if;

no update received message is received from at least one of the communication device and the system server, or

an improper update received message is received from at least one of the communication device and the system server.

10. A method of securing a gun, comprising:

interconnecting a module to the gun, the module covering a trigger guard of the gun, the module including a motion sensor, a controller, a trigger lock, and a transceiver,

detecting, by the motion sensor, that the gun has been moved,

generating, by the controller, a lock command and an alert message indicating that the gun has been moved,

locking, by the trigger lock, in response to receiving the lock command, and

outputting, by the transceiver, the alert message.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

interconnecting a position module to the module, wherein the position module is operable to determine a position of the module, and wherein the alert message includes the position of the module.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

detecting a proximity of a registered communication device to the gun; and

in response to detecting that the registered communication device is in a vicinity of the gun, generating a signal to unlock the trigger lock.

13. A security system, comprising:

a security module adapted to be attached to a gun and to cover a trigger guard of the gun, including;

a motion sensor, wherein the motion sensor generates a motion signal in response to movement of the motion sensor;

a controller, wherein the controller generates a motion detected message in response to the motion signal generated by the motion sensor, and wherein the controller generates and sends a lock command in response to the motion signal;

a trigger lock, wherein the trigger lock locks in response to the lock command; and

a signal transceiver, wherein the signal transceiver is interconnected to the controller, and wherein the signal transceiver sends the motion detected message to at least one of a communication device and a system server.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a position module interconnected to the controller, wherein the position module is operable to determine a position of the security module, wherein the controller is operable to generate a position message with at least the position of the security module, and wherein the signal transceiver is operable to send the position message to at least one of the communication device and the system server.

15. The system of claim 14,

wherein the controller is operable to generate and send an unlock command to the trigger lock, and

wherein the trigger lock is operable to unlock in response to the unlock command.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein:

the controller is operable to detect a proximity of a registered communication device to the security module and send the unlock command in response to detecting that the registered communication device is in a vicinity of the security module.