Security Alarm Controller Verification via Dual Path Bandwidth
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Solution Overview
Problem
Security systems often generate false alarms, leading to unnecessary resource allocation for emergency services, and existing technologies lack efficient verification mechanisms to differentiate between genuine and false alarms before dispatching services.
Innovation Solution
A security system that includes an alarm controller connected to a central monitoring station via a private data network, utilizing two-way interactive voice capabilities and video data verification to confirm alarm legitimacy before summoning emergency services, employing a client-server environment with packetized and encrypted alarm messages and video data transmission over wireless and wireline broadband connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If security systems trigger alarms immediately upon detecting potential threats, then emergency response time is reduced, but false alarms increase leading to resource waste
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary verification actions before triggering the alarm. When a sensor detects a potential threat, the system first attempts to contact occupants through multiple communication channels (visual, audio, wireless) to verify the alarm condition. Only after verification fails does the system activate the emergency alarm, ensuring that genuine threats are responded to quickly while false alarms are filtered out through preliminary checking.
2Loss of energy
If security systems implement verification procedures before alerting emergency services, then false alarms are reduced, but response time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic verification attempts at predetermined intervals rather than continuous monitoring during the verification phase. The controller attempts to contact occupants at specific time intervals using different communication methods. This periodic approach reduces resource consumption compared to continuous verification while still maintaining relatively quick response times for genuine emergencies.
3Measurement precision
If security systems use multiple communication channels for verification, then verification accuracy improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs multiple communication channels (visual indicators, audio warnings, wireless communications) that can serve both as verification tools and as alarm notification methods. This multi-functionality allows the system to verify alarm conditions and notify occupants or emergency services using the same infrastructure, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high verification accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and products notify of alarms in security systems. Two separate communications paths are established from an alarm controller. Bandwidths available from each communications path are measured. When an alarm condition is detected, an alarm message is sent from the alarm controller over a communications path having a greater bandwidth.