Security Alarm System Secondary Sensor Data Utilization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional security alarm systems fail to effectively utilize data from condition sensors, such as radiation, insect, earthquake, water level, and rain sensors, for purposes beyond immediate notification, like planning, disaster relief, and early warning, despite advancements in sensors and control modules.
Innovation Solution
The system includes computer-readable media and methods that analyze data from secondary sensors, determine the need for repair or inspection, and send notifications to appropriate service providers, as well as harvest and transmit data to service providers capable of utilizing it for broader purposes like disaster response and planning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional alarm systems only provide immediate notification, then the system complexity remains low, but the utility and value of sensor data for planning, disaster relief, and early warning is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The alarm system is enhanced to perform multiple functions beyond immediate security notification. The control module now analyzes sensor data for various purposes including disaster detection, early warning, planning, and relay information to multiple entities (homeowner, monitoring station, emergency services, research institutions), transforming a single-function security system into a multi-functional information hub that maximizes the utility of collected sensor data
Solution Approach 2:
A central monitoring station acts as an intermediary between the alarm system and multiple external entities. The monitoring station receives analyzed data from the alarm system's control module and distributes it to appropriate recipients including emergency services, research institutions, and the homeowner, enabling complex data utilization without requiring the alarm system itself to manage all communication channels directly
2Productivity
If alarm systems collect and analyze sensor data for multiple purposes, then the value and utility of the system increases, but the processing time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The control module continuously collects and pre-analyzes sensor data in the background even when no immediate alarm condition exists. This preliminary processing prepares the data for rapid dissemination when needed, so that when a significant event is detected, the information is already analyzed and ready for immediate relay to the monitoring station and relevant entities, reducing the effective response time
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous feedback loops where sensor data is constantly monitored, analyzed, and compared against thresholds. The control module receives feedback from multiple sensors (temperature, humidity, motion, environmental conditions) and automatically adjusts its analysis and notification strategies based on the cumulative data pattern, enabling efficient real-time processing without manual intervention
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AI summary
A security alarm system having a plurality of features. Among other features, the security alarm system includes a plurality of secondary sensors, which refers to sensors that sense conditions outside of the location. These sensors can provide data pertaining to conditions outside of the location, and may include radiation sensors, insect sensors, earthquake sensors, water level sensors, rain sensors and the like. Data can be obtained from a network of such sensors at various remote locations for purposes of forecasting, analyzing, planning, warning and the like.