System and method for automatically disarming an intrusion detection system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10672256-B2
Application number	US-201815986036-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2018
Priority date	May 30, 2017
Publication date	Jun 2, 2020
Grant date	Jun 2, 2020

Abstract

A system for automatically disarming an intrusion detection system protecting a premises and having at least an armed state of operation and a disarmed state of operation, the system for automatically disarming the intrusion detection system including an intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer operable for receiving an indication of activation of an armed state of operation of the intrusion detection system; and a registered mobile communicator proximity detector communicating with the intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer and operable, responsive to receiving the indication of activation of the armed state of operation by the intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer for ascertaining at least a subset of a multiplicity of registered mobile communicators which are located in a vicinity of the premises during an activation time of the armed state of operation and for deactivating the subset of the multiplicity of registered mobile communicators.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for automatically disarming an intrusion detection system protecting a premises and having at least an armed state of operation and a disarmed state of operation, comprising:
an intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer operable, for receiving at least an indication of activation of said armed state of operation of said intrusion detection system;
an intrusion detection indication receiver operable for receiving an indication of detection of an intrusion to said premises;
a registered mobile communicator proximity detector communicating with said intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer and with said intrusion detection indication receiver and operable, responsive to said receiving said indication of said activation of said armed state of operation of said intrusion detection system, for initially deactivating all of a multiplicity of registered mobile communicators and then reactivating one or more registered mobile communicators which are not located in a vicinity of said premises during an activation time of said armed state of operation;
said registered mobile communicator proximity detector also being operable, responsive to said receiving said indication of said activation of said armed state of operation of said intrusion detection system and to said receiving said indication of said detection of said intrusion to said premises, for ascertaining whether at least one of said one or more registered mobile communicators is in said vicinity of said premises; and
an automatic intrusion detection system disarmer communicating with said registered mobile communicator proximity detector and operable, responsive to said ascertaining that said at least one of said one or more registered mobile communicators is in said vicinity of said premises, for automatically disarming said intrusion detection system.

2. The system for automatically disarming said intrusion detection system according to claim 1 and wherein
said registered mobile communicator proximity detector is further operable, responsive to said receiving said indication of said activation of said armed state of operation of said intrusion detection system by said intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer:
for ascertaining at least a subset of the multiplicity of registered mobile communicators are located in the vicinity of said premises during said activation time of said armed state of operation; and
for deactivating said subset of said multiplicity of registered mobile communicators.

3. The system for automatically disarming said intrusion detection system according to claim 2
and wherein said registered mobile communicator proximity detector is also operable, responsive to said receiving said indication of said activation of said armed state of operation of said intrusion detection system by said intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer and to said receiving said indication of said detection of said intrusion to said premises by said intrusion detection indication receiver, for ascertaining whether at least one of said multiplicity of registered mobile communicators which is not a member of said subset of said multiplicity of registered mobile communicators is in the vicinity of said premises.

4. The system for automatically disarming said intrusion detection system according to claim 3 and wherein said automatic intrusion detection system disarmer communicating with said registered mobile communicator proximity detector is further operable, responsive:
to said receiving said indication of said activation of said armed state of operation of said intrusion detection system by said intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer;
to said receiving said indication of said detection of said intrusion to said premises by said intrusion detection indication receiver; and
to said ascertaining that said at least one of said multiplicity of registered mobile communicators which is not said member of said subset of said multiplicity of registered mobile communicators is in said vicinity of said premises;
for automatically disarming said intrusion detection system.

5. The system for automatically disarming said intrusion detection system according to claim 2 and wherein said activation time of said armed state of operation comprises a finite activation period of time starting at said receiving of said indication of said activation of said armed state of operation of said intrusion detection system.

6. The system for automatically disarming said intrusion detection system according to claim 2 and wherein said registered mobile communicator proximity detector is further operable:
for continuously ascertaining, during said activation time, for each deactivated mobile communicator, whether said deactivated mobile communicator is in said vicinity of said premises; and
responsive to ascertaining that said deactivated mobile communicator is not in said vicinity of said premises during at least part of said activation time, for reactivating said deactivated mobile communicator.

7. The system for automatically disarming said intrusion detection system according to claim 2 and also comprising a deactivated mobile communicator ascertainer operable:
for querying, at an end of said activation time, an operator of each deactivated mobile communicator of said subset of said multiplicity of registered mobile communicators, whether to reactivate said deactivated mobile communicator; and
responsive to receiving confirmation from said operator of said deactivated mobile communicator, for reactivating said deactivated mobile communicator.

8. The system for automatically disarming said intrusion detection system according to claim 3 and wherein said registered mobile communicator proximity detector is also operable, responsive to receiving said indication of detection of said intrusion to said premises from said intrusion detection system in said armed state of operation and responsive to ascertaining that none of said multiplicity of registered mobile communicators which are not members of said subset of said plurality of registered mobile communicators are in said vicinity of said premises, for generating an intrusion indication indicative of said intrusion.

9. The system for automatically disarming said intrusion detection system according to claim 3 and wherein said receiving, by said intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer from said intrusion detection system, said indication of activation of said armed state of operation of said intrusion detection system comprises communicating between said intrusion detection system and said intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer over the PowerG communication protocol.

10. The system for automatically disarming said intrusion detection system according to claim 2 and wherein:
said multiplicity of registered mobile communicators are registered with said registered mobile communicator proximity detector for automatically disarming said intrusion detection system via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) bonding; and
said ascertaining, by said registered mobile communicator proximity detector, said at least said subset of said multiplicity of registered mobile communicators which are located in said vicinity of said premises during said activation time of said armed state of operation comprises employing, by said registered mobile communicator proximity detector, the BLE communication protocol to scan said vicinity of said premises for said multiplicity of registered mobile communicators.

11. The system for automatically disarming said intrusion detection system according

Assignees

• Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh

Inventors

• Lifshitz Shai
• Rettig Daniel

Classifications

• G08B13/26

  by proximity of an intruder causing variation in capacitance or inductance of a circuit · CPC title

• G08B25/008 Primary

  Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system · CPC title

• G08B25/001

  Alarm cancelling procedures or alarm forwarding decisions, e.g. based on absence of alarm confirmation · CPC title

• G08B26/007

  Wireless interrogation · CPC title