Method and system for monitoring of friend and foe in a security incident

• US 9,159,210 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2012
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nettalon Security Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nettalon Security Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Nosair, Hussein Mohammed, Dubois, Ronald, Jones, Donald R Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Natnael, Paulos M
• Application Number:
  US13/682,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20140139681A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,056 Days
• Field of Search: 348143-159, 340/506, 340/511, 340/525, 340/539.16, 340/541
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19645 Multiple cameras, each having view on one of a plurality of scenes, e.g. multiple cameras for multi-room surveillance or for tracking an object by view hand-over
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19682 Graphic User Interface [GUI] presenting system data to the user, e.g. information on a screen helping a user interacting with an alarm system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves
• 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 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/001 Signalling to an emergency team, e.g. firemen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

The present invention is directed to providing a method and system that enables a first responder security officer to take command and control of a building having a security incident. Using the method and system herein, the security officer is able to clearly distinguish the positions of his building entry teams in the building relative to the position of a suspect through a graphic display of friend and foe designation whereupon he can precisely direct a maneuver to close with the suspect. A group of motion sensors are mounted throughout the building to monitor various hallways for movement and collocated RFID readers are interrogated by the security alarm panel software to provide the intelligence for the security alarm control panel to distinguish a police building entry team (Friend) from the suspect (Foe).

Claims

1. A method for monitoring persons during a security incident comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of emergency activation transmitters, a plurality of security sensors adapted to receive signals from the emergency activation transmitters, a plurality of video cameras, and a security alarm panel;

operatively linking the security sensors and video cameras to the security alarm panel;

installing the security sensors and video cameras in rooms in a building;

upon activation of an emergency activation transmitter, detecting by a security sensor the activation and sending an alarm to the security alarm panel;

displaying on the security alarm panel the location of the emergency activation on a building floor plan;

selecting a video camera proximate the location of the emergency activation and displaying the video feed from the selected camera on the security alarm panel;

using the video feed from the video camera, identifying a suspect;

using one or more of the plurality of video cameras to track the location of the suspect and displaying with indicia the suspect location on the building floor plan;

providing a security officer transmitter adapted to communicate with the security sensors;

displaying with indicia on the security alarm panel the location in the building of a security officer;

wherein the indicia display of a suspect is visually different from the indicia display of a security officer.

2. A method for monitoring persons during a security incident as described in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

providing an outside security computer operatively linked to the security alarm panel and displaying all of the information from the security alarm panel also on the outside security computer;

whereby outside security personnel have a visual map of a building floor plan in responding to a security incident.

3. A method for monitoring persons during a security incident as described in claim 1,

wherein the security alarm panel is located in the building.

4. A method for monitoring persons during a security incident as described in claim 1,

wherein the security alarm panel is located outside of the building.

5. A method for monitoring persons during a security incident as described in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

using one or more of the plurality of video cameras to track the location of a possible victim in the building.

6. A method for monitoring persons during a security incident as described in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

providing one or more tactical computers operatively linked to the security alarm panel and adapted to display the building floor plan and location of the suspect;

the tactical computers further comprising a transmitter that is adapted to send signals to the building security sensors so that anyone monitoring the floor plan will also visually see the location of the tactical computer.

7. A method for monitoring persons during a security incident as described in claim 6,

wherein the tactical tablet is carried by a security officer and comprises the security officer transmitter;

and

further comprising the step of identifying the suspect and the security officer by location in the building with separate indicia displays on the floor plan, wherein the indicia display representing the suspect is visually different than the indicia display representing the security officer carrying the tactical tablet.

8. A method for monitoring persons during a security incident as described in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of motion detectors;

operatively linking the motion detectors to the security alarm panel;

installing the motion detectors in rooms in the building; and

using one or more of the plurality of motion detectors to track the location of persons in the building.

9. A method for monitoring persons during a security incident as described in claim 8, further comprising the step of using one or more of the plurality of motion detectors to track the location of a possible victim in the building.

10. A system to monitor persons in a building during a security incident comprising:

a plurality of emergency activation transmitters, and a plurality of security sensors adapted to receive signals from the emergency activation transmitters;

a plurality of video cameras;

a security alarm panel, wherein the security sensors and video cameras are all operatively linked to the security alarm panel;

wherein the security sensors and video cameras are all adapted to be installed in rooms in a building;

further wherein the security alarm panel is adapted to display a building floor plan including different indicia that designate the relative location of the security sensors and video cameras and further a status of each;

and further comprising a security officer transmitter adapted to communicate with the security sensors;

and the signal from the security officer transmitter is adapted to be displayed on the building floor plan displayed on the security alarm panel; and

wherein the building floor plan comprises indicia adapted to represent a suspect and a security officer, and the indicia for each is visually different from the other.

11. A system to monitor persons in a building during a security incident as described in claim 10,

further comprising an outside security computer operatively linked to the security alarm panel and adapted to also display all of the information from the security alarm panel.

12. A system to monitor persons in a building during a security incident as described in claim 10,

wherein the security alarm panel is adapted to be located in the building.

13. A system to monitor persons in a building during a security incident as described in claim 10,

wherein the security alarm panel is adapted to be located outside of the building.

14. A system to monitor persons in a building during a security incident as described in claim 10,

further comprising one or more tactical computers adapted to be operatively linked to the security alarm panel and further adapted to display the building floor plan,

the tactical computer further comprising a transmitter that is adapted to send signals to the building security sensors, whereby the location of the tactical computer is adapted to be shown on the display of the building floor plan.

15. A system to monitor persons in a building during a security incident as described in claim 10,

wherein the emergency activation transmitter is a radio frequency identification transmitter.

16. A system to monitor persons in a building during a security incident as described in claim 10,

wherein the emergency activation transmitter is adapted to be positioned in a fixed location in the building.

17. A system to monitor persons in a building during a security incident as described in claim 10,

wherein the emergency activation transmitter is a portable device.

18. A system to monitor persons in a building during a security incident as described in claim 10, further comprising:

a plurality of motion detectors operatively linked to the security alarm panel and adapted to be installed in rooms in the building, and

further wherein the security alarm panel is adapted to display the building floor plan including different indicia that designate the location of the motion sensors and a status of each.