Wearable security apparatus

• US 10,373,413 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2017
• Issued: 08/06/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Inventors: Campbell, Julie, Johnson, Christopher Soames, Clark, Jimmie R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Vernal U
• Application Number:
  US15/633,881
• Publication Number:
  US 20180005469A1
• Time in Patent Office: 770 Days
• Field of Search: 340 1042, 340 561
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/22 in combination with an identity check of the pass holder
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/25 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/26 using a biometric sensor integrated in the pass
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/27 with central registration

Abstract

A security system comprises a wearable security apparatus having an electronic display and a storage device that stores data regarding a wearer and a receiver for receiving emergency information; a security scanner at a facility that communicates with the wearable device to receive and decode the stored data to determine a status of the wearer and whether the wearer may enter or leave the facility; and an associate registry that includes registration information regarding the wearer. The security scanner compares the stored data on the wearable device and the registration information in the associate registry to determine whether the status of the wearer is that the wearer is registered.

Claims

1. A security system, comprising:

a wearable security apparatus having an electronic display, a storage device that stores data regarding a wearer, an association device that associates the wearer and the apparatus with each other, a transmitter that outputs a signal that accesses a combination of data regarding identification, authentication, location, and access status of the wearer, and a receiver for receiving emergency information;

a security scanner at a facility that communicates with the wearable security apparatus to receive and decode the stored data to determine both a status of the wearer and whether the wearer may enter or leave the facility;

an associate registry that includes registration information regarding the wearer, wherein the security scanner compares the stored data on the wearable security apparatus and the registration information in the associate registry to determine whether the status of the wearer is that the wearer is registered; and

an active wearable database that includes employee contact data, wherein the wearer receives the emergency information in response to an emergency code detection, and wherein the active wearable device stores identification data regarding available wearable security apparatuses that are active.

2. The security system of claim 1, wherein the wearable security apparatus is worn about the wearer'"'"'s wrist.

3. The security system of claim 1, further comprising a check-in database that stores registration status information, wherein the security scanner compares the stored data on the wearable security apparatus and the registration status information in the check-in database to determine whether another person has used the wearable security apparatus to enter the facility.

4. The security system of claim 3, wherein the check-in database is used by the security scanner to confirm from the transmitter data that the wearer checked in so that security scanner can determine whether the wearer is authorized to leave the facility.

5. The security system of claim 1, wherein the wearable security apparatus receives a color coded signal corresponding with the emergency.

6. The security system of claim 1, wherein the color coded signal establishes a level of access or entry by the wearer depending on the emergency.

7. The security system of claim 1, wherein the system relies on security information to notify the wearer of emergencies.

8. The security system of claim 1, wherein the display of the wearable security apparatus displays one or more colors upon detecting an activity.

9. The security system of claim 1, wherein the electronic display includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit one or more different colors that coordinate with predetermined codes corresponding to various security-related events.

10. The security system of claim 1, wherein the wearable security apparatus includes a locator that provides a location in the event of an emergency or pre-authentication of the wearer.

11. The security system of claim 1, wherein the wearable security apparatus includes an access control device to determine when the wearer enters or leaves the facility.

12. The security system of claim 1, wherein the wearable security apparatus prevents wearer from scanning other employees when forgetting their badge.

13. The security system of claim 1, wherein the system ensures that another person representing the wearer is not registered using the wearable security apparatus of the wearer.

14. The security system of claim 1, wherein the wearable security apparatus is used to track time while in the facility.

15. The security system of claim 1, further comprising a notification engine that includes a database of emergency codes, which are accessed to communicate a code to the wearable security apparatus.

16. The security system of claim 1, wherein the associate registry stores an occupant record that includes a link to a wearable security apparatus identifier.

17. A security system, comprising:

a wearable security apparatus having an electronic display, a storage device that stores data regarding a wearer, an association device that associates the wearer and the apparatus with each other, a transmitter that outputs a signal that accesses a combination of data regarding identification, authentication, location, and access status of the wearer, and a receiver for receiving emergency information;

a security scanner at a facility that communicates with the wearable security apparatus to receive and decode the stored data to determine both a status of the wearer and whether the wearer may enter or leave the facility; and

an associate registry that includes registration information regarding the wearer, wherein the security scanner compares the stored data on the wearable security apparatus and the registration information in the associate registry to determine whether the status of the wearer is that the wearer is registered, wherein the electronic display includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit one or more different colors that coordinate with predetermined codes corresponding to various security-related events.

18. A security system, comprising:

a wearable security apparatus having an electronic display, a storage device that stores data regarding a wearer, an association device that associates the wearer and the apparatus with each other, a transmitter that outputs a signal that accesses a combination of data regarding identification, authentication, location, and access status of the wearer, and a receiver for receiving emergency information;

a security scanner at a facility that communicates with the wearable security apparatus to receive and decode the stored data to determine both a status of the wearer and whether the wearer may enter or leave the facility;

an associate registry that includes registration information regarding the wearer, wherein the security scanner compares the stored data on the wearable security apparatus and the registration information in the associate registry to determine whether the status of the wearer is that the wearer is registered; and

a notification engine that includes a database of emergency codes, which are accessed to communicate a code to the wearable security apparatus.