Security system

• US 8,902,064 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2011
• Issued: 12/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nixon Security System Limited
• Original Assignee: Nixon Security System Limited
• Inventors: Chan, Wing Kee
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Daniel
• Assistant Examiner(s): LITTLEJOHN JR, MANCIL H
• Application Number:
  US13/328,583
• Publication Number:
  US 20120154150A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,082 Days
• Field of Search: 340/506, 340/517, 340/518, 340/519, 340/520, 340/523, 340/524, 340/3.7, 340/541, 340/572.1, 340/539, 340/540, 340/531, 340/539.17, 340/3.1, 340/521, 340/870.01, 340/870.03, 340/870.07, 340/870.08, 340/870.16, 340/870.17, 709/219, 709/223, 709/224, 709/202, 709/213, 709/225, 709/220
• US Class Current: 340/541
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A security system comprises a plurality of alarm points distributed at a plurality of positions in a building; signal processing module for receiving alarm signals from at least an alarm point when alarm occurs at the at least an alarm point, transmitting the alarm signals to a server; a database for storing several sets of user information, map data, several sets of alarm point information; the server for receiving user requests from a plurality of clients, responding to the user requests according to the user information, the data map and the alarm point information, and then reverting responses to clients; the clients for sending the user request to the server and receiving and output responses. The present security system is of the advantage that it could be fully computerized and could satisfy the requirements of usage at the same time at several different sites by a plurality of different users.

Claims

1. A security system comprising:

a plurality of alarm points distributed at a plurality of positions in a building;

signal processing module for receiving alarm signals from at least an alarm point when alarm occurs at said at least an alarm point, and transmitting said alarm signals to a server, and said alarm signals include identifications of the alarm points;

a database for storing several sets of user information, map data, several sets of alarm point information, and each set of alarm point information includes an identification of an associated one of the alarm points and a position and a type of equipment of the associated one of the alarm points with the identification;

the server for receiving user requests from a plurality of clients, responding to the user requests according to the user information, a data map and the alarm point information, and then reverting responses to the clients; and

the plurality of clients for sending the user requests to the server and receiving and outputting the responses;

wherein the user requests include user authentication requests, requests for operation of alarm point groups, requests for operation of the alarm points without an occurrence of an alarm, and requests for operation of the alarm points during the occurrence of the alarm,

wherein requests for each of the user authentication requests, for the operation of each of alarm point groups, for each of the alarm points, for each of the occurrences of the alarm requests, and for each of the alarm points during the occurrences of the alarms, to be provided of reports; and

wherein each of the user requests is a request for operation of one of the alarm point groups, and each of user requests for operation of the alarm point groups includes a display mode of a position pre-requisite and a display mode of an equipment pre-requisite; and

when a user chooses the display mode of the position pre-requisite, the server first divides the plurality of the alarm points into several first position subgroups according to the positions of the alarm points, and then divides each of the first position subgroup into several second equipment subgroups according to the types of the equipment of the alarm points, and finally transmits a thumbnail concerning the first position subgroups, the second equipment subgroups, and the positions, to each of the clients that is relevant; and

when the user chooses the display mode of the equipment pre-requisite, the server first divides the plurality of the alarm points into several of the first equipment subgroups according to the types of the equipment of the alarm points and then divides each of the first equipment subgroups into the several second position subgroups according to the positions of the alarm points, and finally transmits the thumbnail concerning the first equipment subgroups, the second position subgroups, and the types of the equipment, to the relevant clients; and

the clients are used to receive and to display the thumbnail concerning the first position subgroups, the second position subgroups, and the positions, or to receive and to display the thumbnail concerning the first equipment subgroups, the second position subgroups, and the types of the equipment.

2. The security system according to claim 1, wherein full-duplex communication is established between the signal processing module and the server by virtue of an RS485 bus, an RS232 bus, or an RS422 bus.

3. The security system according to claim 1, wherein signals are transmitted between the server and the clients by mean of an Ethernet.

4. The security control system according to claim 1, wherein the alarm points are fluxgate sensors.

5. The security system according to claim 1, wherein each of the user requests is one of the user authentication requests, and

each of the user authentication requests includes:

a user account and a user password, and the server determines whether the user account and user password match relevant user information stored in the database; and

if affirmative, the user authentication succeeds and the result of the authentication is returned to the client to enable the user to login;

otherwise, the user authentication fails, and the result of the authentication is returned to the client to prevent the login of the user.

6. The security system according claim 1, wherein each of the user requests is one of the requests for operation of the alarm points without the occurrence of the alarm, and

the request for operation of the alarm points without the occurrence of the alarm is a request for a status of the alarm points or a request for displaying a map of the alarm points, in and the status of each of the alarm point is a normal status, an off-line status, or an overlook status;

and

when each of the user requests is the request for the status of the alarm points, the server sets configurations of the alarm points according the status of the alarm points selected by the user, and then transmits the configurations as set to the relevant clients, while the client displays the configurations of the alarm points as set accordingly; and

when each of the user requests is the request for displaying the map of the alarm points, the server integrates the alarm points with map data according to the positions of the alarm points, and then transmits integrated map data to the relevant clients, while each of the clients displays the integrated map data of the alarm points.

7. The security system according to claim 6, wherein each of the user requests is one of the requests for operation of the alarm points upon the occurrence of the alarm, and the one of the requests for operation of the alarm points upon the occurrence of the alarm includes a request for acknowledgement and a request for a reset;

and

when an alarm occurs at a specific one of the alarm points, the server records the specific alarm point where the alarm occurs, and a time of the alarm, and then sends a first command to the relevant clients, while each of the relevant clients emits a sound warning according to the first command, and displays a number of the alarm points where alarm occurs, identifications of associated ones of the alarm points and the duration of the alarm; and

when each of the user requests is the request for acknowledgement, the server records the acknowledged alarm points, and a time of acknowledgement; and

when each of the user requests is the request for the reset, the server records the reset alarm points, and a time of the reset, and then sends a second command to the relevant clients, while each of the relevant clients stops the sound warning and stops displaying the number of the alarm points where the alarm occurs, the identifications of the associated ones of the alarm points, and the duration of the alarm according to the second command.

8. The security system according to claim 7, wherein each of the user requests is a record for operation on a report, and one of the requests for operation on the report includes filter requirements, and the server selects the alarm points where the alarm occurs, the time of the alarm, the acknowledged alarm points, the time of acknowledgement, the reset alarm points, the time of the reset according the filter requirements, and generates a second report for selected results, and transmits the second report to each of the relevant clients.

9. The security system according to claim 2, wherein each of the user authentication requests and each of the user authentication requests includes a user account and a user password, and the server determines whether the user account and user password match relevant user information stored in the database;

and

if affirmative, the user authentication succeeds and the result of the authentication is returned to the client to enable the user to login;

otherwise, the user authentication fails, and the result of the authentication is returned to the client to prevent the login of the user.

10. The security system according to claim 2, wherein each of the user requests is one of the requests for operation of the alarm points without the occurrence of the alarm, and the one of the requests for operation of the alarm points without the occurrence of the alarm is a request for a status of the alarm points or a request for displaying a map of the alarm points, and the status of each of the alarm point is a normal status, an off-line status, or an overlook status;

and

when each of the user requests is the request for the status of the alarm points, the server sets configurations of the alarm points according the status of the alarm points selected by the user, and then transmits the configurations as set to each of the relevant clients, while each of the client displays the configurations of the alarm points as set accordingly; and

when each of the user requests is the request for displaying the map of the alarm points, the server integrates the alarm points with map data according to the positions of the alarm points, and then transmits integrated map data to the relevant clients, while each of the clients displays the integrated map data of the alarm points.

11. The security system according to claim 10, wherein each of the user requests is the one of the requests for operation of the alarm points upon the occurrence of the alarm, and the one of the requests for operation of the alarm points upon the occurrence of the alarm includes a request for acknowledgement and a request for reset;

and

when an alarm occurs at a specific one of the alarm points, server records the specific alarm point where the alarm occurs, and a time of the alarm, and then sends a first command to the relevant clients, while each of the relevant clients emits a sound warning according to the first command, and displays a number of the alarm points where alarm occurs, identifications of associated ones of the alarm points, and the duration of the alarm; and

when each of the user requests is the request for acknowledgement, the server records the acknowledged alarm points, and a time of acknowledgement; and

when each of the user requests is a request for the reset, the server records reset alarm points, and a time of the reset, and then sends a second command to the relevant clients, while each of the relevant clients stops the sound warning and stops displaying the number of the alarm points where the alarm occurs, the identifications of the associated alarm points and the duration of the alarm according to the second command.

12. The security system according to claim 11, wherein each of the user requests is a record for operation on a report, and the request one of the requests for operation on the report includes filter requirements, and the server selects the alarm points where alarm occurs, the time of the alarm, the acknowledged alarm points, the time of acknowledgement, the reset alarm points, and the time of the reset according the filter requirements, and then generates a second report for selected results, and transmits the second report to each of the relevant clients.