Security devices and related features
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a presence sensor configured and arranged to sense the presence of an individual and a distance between the individual and the presence sensor;
an image sensor configured and arranged to capture an image of the individual in response to the presence sensor sensing the presence of the individual, and to provide the captured image as image data;
a user authorization circuit configured and arranged to identify the individual as being authorized or unauthorized based upon the provided image data and stored image data for authorized individuals;
a warning circuit configured and arranged with the presence sensor to generate audible sound by generating a warning to the individual in response to;
the user authorization circuit identifying the individual as being unauthorized, and the sensed distance decreasing to a first threshold; and
an electromechanical device configured and arranged with the user authorization circuit to deploy at least one tangible deterrent in the vicinity of the individual, in response to the user authorization circuit identifying the individual as being unauthorized and the sensed distance decreasing to a second threshold that is a shorter distance than the first threshold.
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to security-based apparatuses and methods. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus includes a presence sensor that senses the presence of an individual, and an image sensor that captures an image of the individual in response to the sensed presence, and that provides the captured image as image data. A user authorization circuit identifies the individual as being authorized or unauthorized based upon the provided image data and stored image data for authorized individuals. An electromechanical device operates with the user authorization circuit to deploy one or more deterrents in the vicinity of the individual, in response to the user authorization circuit identifying the individual as being unauthorized.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a presence sensor configured and arranged to sense the presence of an individual and a distance between the individual and the presence sensor; an image sensor configured and arranged to capture an image of the individual in response to the presence sensor sensing the presence of the individual, and to provide the captured image as image data; a user authorization circuit configured and arranged to identify the individual as being authorized or unauthorized based upon the provided image data and stored image data for authorized individuals; a warning circuit configured and arranged with the presence sensor to generate audible sound by generating a warning to the individual in response to;
the user authorization circuit identifying the individual as being unauthorized, and the sensed distance decreasing to a first threshold; andan electromechanical device configured and arranged with the user authorization circuit to deploy at least one tangible deterrent in the vicinity of the individual, in response to the user authorization circuit identifying the individual as being unauthorized and the sensed distance decreasing to a second threshold that is a shorter distance than the first threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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sensing the presence of an individual; capturing an image of the individual in response to sensing the presence of the individual; providing the captured image as image data; sensing a distance between the individual and a presence sensor that senses the presence of the individual; in a user authorization circuit that receives the image data, identifying the individual as being authorized based upon the provided image data and stored image data for authorized individuals; generating an audible sound warning in the vicinity of the individual in response to;
the user authorization circuit identifying the individual as being unauthorized, and the sensed distance decreasing to a first threshold;transmitting the image data over a network in response to identifying the individual as being unauthorized; and automatically deploying at least one tangible deterrent via an electromechanical device in the vicinity of the individual, in response to the user authorization circuit identifying the individual as being unauthorized and a deterrent deployment instruction received over the network. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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