Central Escape Route Control for Emergency Button State Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing security systems for securing escape routes lack a user-friendly method for deactivating emergency buttons, making it difficult to manage their activation and deactivation efficiently.
Innovation Solution
A security system with a central escape route control that allows remote activation and deactivation of triggering elements, such as emergency buttons, using a guard room-based control system, enabling easy operation by an operator while maintaining user accessibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the emergency button is deactivated to secure the escape route during normal operation, then security management is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates because the deactivation method is not user-friendly
Solution Approach 1:
A central escape route control unit is introduced as an intermediary between the emergency button and the door lock. This control unit receives signals from the emergency button and can remotely switch the triggering element between activated and deactivated states, providing user-friendly remote control while maintaining proper security management
Solution Approach 2:
The security system is divided into separate functional components: the triggering element (emergency button), the central escape route control unit, and the door lock with locking mechanism. This segmentation allows the central control unit to independently manage the activation state of the emergency button without requiring physical access to the button itself
2Ease of operation
If the triggering element is always activated to ensure immediate escape, then ease of operation is improved, but security management deteriorates because the escape route cannot be secured during normal operation
Solution Approach 1:
The triggering element's state is made dynamic rather than fixed. The central escape route control unit can switch the triggering element between activated and deactivated states based on operational requirements, allowing the system to adapt to different security needs while maintaining ease of operation through remote control
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates simple and user-friendly deactivation and activation of emergency buttons, enhancing security management and ensuring that escape routes can be efficiently secured or released as needed.
Implementation Method 1
The locking mechanism includes z. B. at least one coil. Activation of the locking mechanism for locking or unlocking can be implemented in particular by switching an electrical power supply on or off. The electrical power supply can be used to supply the coil with electrical current.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a safety system (1), in particular for securing escape routes, with at least one release element (10), in particular an emergency button (10), wherein the release element (10) can be switched to a deactivated state, wherein in the deactivated state, actuation of the release element (10) does not trigger a locking mechanism (205) for unlocking, and wherein the release element (10) can be switched to an activated state, wherein in the activated state, actuation of the release element (10) triggers the locking mechanism (205) for unlocking. According to the invention, the safety system (1) comprises a central escape route control unit (300), and the release element (10) can be switched to the activated state and/or the deactivated state by the central escape route control unit (300).