Security Control Panel Imaging for Sensor-Free Alarm Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional security/automation systems are limited by their reliance on physical control panels and dedicated sensors, which restrict their scalability, flexibility, and ability to integrate diverse security and automation features seamlessly, especially in terms of event detection and response.
Innovation Solution
A deconstructed security/automation system that moves application intelligence to the cloud, utilizing a control panel with built-in microphones and cameras to detect events and communicate directly with a cloud system, enabling AI-driven analysis and response, and integrating with various IoT devices for comprehensive security and automation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional security systems use physical control panels and dedicated sensors, then event detection capability is provided, but system scalability and flexibility are restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into independent functional modules: control panel, cloud platform, and various sensors/devices. Each module operates independently but communicates through standardized protocols, allowing individual components to be added, removed, or upgraded without affecting the entire system. This modular architecture enables scalable deployment from single-location to multi-location installations.
Solution Approach 2:
The control panel is designed as a universal device that can detect multiple event types (motion, glass break, smoke, carbon monoxide) using integrated sensors and communicate with diverse devices (cameras, sirens, access control systems). The cloud platform provides a unified interface for managing heterogeneous devices across multiple locations, eliminating the need for location-specific customizations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional systems rely on dedicated sensors for each event type, then event detection accuracy is maintained, but system flexibility and integration capability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple sensor types (motion sensors, glass break detectors, smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors) are integrated into a single control panel unit. This consolidation maintains comprehensive event detection capability while simplifying system installation and improving flexibility. The control panel processes inputs from all sensors through a unified event detection algorithm.
Solution Approach 2:
The cloud platform serves as an intermediary between the control panel and various IoT devices. It receives event data from the control panel, processes it through AI-driven analysis, and triggers appropriate responses from connected devices (cameras, sirens, access control systems). This mediator layer enables flexible integration of diverse devices while maintaining reliable event response capabilities.
3Loss of information
If the system uses built-in cameras for event imaging, then event documentation capability is enhanced, but device complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The control panel includes built-in cameras positioned to capture images of approaching individuals before events occur. The system proactively documents potential security situations by taking preliminary images when motion is detected or when individuals approach the control panel, ensuring event documentation is already available when incidents occur without requiring complex post-event imaging systems.
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AI summary
Example implementations include a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium comprising determining, by a processor of a control panel, that a security event has happened; and capturing still images or videos by a camera in the control panel subsequent to determining that the security event has happened. In some implementations, the camera is a forward-facing camera. In some implementations, determining that the security event has happened comprises detecting a motion using the camera in the control panel. In some implementations, determining that the security event has happened comprises receiving a signal indicative of activation of a door switch of a door located next to the control panel. In some implementations, the security event is associated with one or more Bluetooth devices being in range, and determining that the security event has happened comprises using a Bluetooth radio in the control panel to detect the Bluetooth devices.