Intrusion detection system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10083585-B2
Application number	US-201615210580-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2016
Priority date	Jul 15, 2015
Publication date	Sep 25, 2018
Grant date	Sep 25, 2018

Abstract

An intrusion detection system controller, including a restriction designator operable for pre-designating an individual for whom access to a portion of the premises is prohibited and, for each individual, pre-designating an individual-specific restricted portion of the premises to which access is prohibited; a designated individual presence ascertainer operable for ascertaining presence of a designated individual on the premises; an intrusion detector element communicator operable for communicating with detection elements, for receiving indications of detection of intrusions and, responsive thereto, for ascertaining an intruded portion of the premises and providing an output indicating detection of the intrusion in the intruded portion of the premises; and a restricted mode enforcer operable, responsive to ascertaining presence of the pre-designated individual and to receiving output indicating detection of the intrusion in the intruded portion, for ascertaining whether the intruded portion corresponds to the individual-specific restricted portion to which access of pre-designated individual is prohibited.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An intrusion detection system controller having at least a restricted mode of operation, said controller comprising:
a restriction designator operable:
for facilitating pre-designating at least one designated individual for whom access to at least one portion of a premises is prohibited; and
for facilitating, for each of said at least one designated individual, pre-designating at least one individual-specific restricted portion of said premises to which access of said pre-designated individual is prohibited;

a designated individual presence ascertainer operable for ascertaining a presence of at least one of said at least one designated individual on said premises;
an intrusion detector element communicator operable:
for continuously communicating with intrusion detection elements associated with an intrusion detection system arranged for detecting intrusions to said premises, and for receiving indications of detection of intrusions from said intrusion detection elements;
responsive to said receiving, from at least one of said intrusion detection elements, an indication of detection of at least one intrusion, for providing an output indicating detection of said at least one intrusion to an intruded portion of said premises;

a restricted mode enforcer communicating with said restriction designator, said designated individual presence ascertainer and said intrusion detector element communicator, and operable, in said restricted mode of operation of said controller, responsive to said ascertaining, by said individual presence ascertainer, said presence of said at least one pre-designated individual on said premises and responsive to receiving, from said intrusion detector element communicator, said output indicating detection of said at least one intrusion to said intruded portion of said premises:
for ascertaining whether said intruded portion of said premises corresponds to said at least one individual-specific restricted portion of said premises to which access of said pre-designated individual is prohibited;
responsive to ascertaining that said intruded portion of said premises corresponds to said at least one individual-specific restricted portion of said premises to which access of said pre-designated individual is prohibited, for responding to said output; and
responsive to ascertaining that said intruded portion of said premises does not correspond to said at least one individual-specific restricted portion of said premises to which access of said pre-designated individual is prohibited, for ignoring said output; and

a perimeter-armed mode enforcer communicating with said intrusion detector element communicator and operable, in a perimeter-armed mode of operation of said controller, responsive to receiving, from said intrusion detector element communicator, said output indicating detection of said at least one intrusion in said, intruded portion of said premises:
for ascertaining whether said intruded portion of said premises corresponds to a perimeter of said premises;
responsive to ascertaining that said intruded portion of said premises corresponds to a perimeter of said premises, for responding to said output; and
responsive to ascertaining that said intruded portion of said premises does not correspond to a perimeter of said premises, for ignoring said output.

2. An intrusion detection system controller according to claim 1 and wherein said controller is operable to be configured to operate in said restricted mode of operation by an administrator of said intrusion detection system.

3. An intrusion detection system controller according to claim 1 and wherein said presence of said at least one designated individual on said premises is ascertained by said designated individual presence ascertainer in response to entering of a unique access code to said intrusion detection system by said at least one pre-designated individual, said unique access code being pre-assigned to said at least one designated individual.

4. An intrusion detection system controller according to claim 1 and wherein said intrusion detection elements comprise at least one of a motion detector, a door\window contact element and a camera.

5. An intrusion detection system controller according to claim 1 and also comprising an intrusion notifier communicating with said restricted mode enforcer and operable, responsive to said responding to said output, for notifying an administrator of said intrusion detection system of said at least one intrusion in said intruded portion of said premises via a mobile device associated with said administrator of said intrusion detection system.

6. An intrusion detection system controller according to claim 5 and wherein said intrusion notifier is operative to notify said administrator by at least one of a textual notification and an image of a site of each of said intrusions.

7. An intrusion detection system controller according to claim 1 and also comprising an intrusion detection element remote controller communicating with said intrusion detection elements and operable for facilitating remote control of said intrusion detection elements via a mobile device associated with said administrator of said intrusion detection system.

8. An intrusion detection system controller according to claim 1 and also comprising a disarmed mode enforcer communicating with said intrusion detector element communicator and operable, in a disarmed mode of operation of said controller, for ignoring said indications of said intrusions to any portion of said premises.

9. An intrusion detection system controller according to claim 1 and wherein said perimeter-armed mode enforcer is also operable, responsive to said responding to said output, for instructing said intrusion detection system to sound an alarm.

10. An intrusion detection system controller according to claim 1 and also comprising a fully-armed mode enforcer communicating with said intrusion detector element communicator and operable, in a fully-armed mode of operation of said controller, responsive to receiving, from said intrusion detector element communicator, said output indicating detection of said at least one intrusion in said intruded portion of said premises, for responding to said output.

11. An intrusion detection system controller according to claim 10 and wherein said fully-armed mode enforcer is also operable, responsive to said responding to said output, to instruct said intrusion detection system to sound an alarm.

12. A method for detecting intrusions to a premises, said method comprising:
pre-designating at least one pre-designated individual for whom access to at least one portion of said premises is prohibited;
for each of said at least one pre-designated individual, pre-designating at least one individual-specific restricted portion of said premises to which access of said pre-designated individual is prohibited;
ascertaining a presence of at least one of said at least one pre-designated individual on said premises;
continuously communicating with intrusion detection elements associated with an intrusion detection system arranged for detecting intrusions to said premises, and receiving indications of detection of intrusions to intruded portions of said premises from said intrusion detection elements;
responsive to said receiving, from at least one of said intrusion detection elements, an indication of detection of at least one intrusion, providing an output indicating detection of said at least one intrusion to an intruded portion of said premises;
responsive to said ascertaining said presence of said at least one pre-designated individual on said premises and res

Assignees

• Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh

Inventors

• Greenberg Zeev
• Rettig Daniel A

Classifications

• G08B25/08

  using communication transmission lines {(G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence)} · CPC title

• G08B13/19697 Primary

  Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves · CPC title

• G08B13/08

  by opening, e.g. of door, of window, of drawer, of shutter, of curtain, of blind · CPC title

• H04N7/188

  Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position (signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253) · CPC title

• G08B13/00 Primary

  Burglar, theft or intruder alarms · CPC title