Lock-Triggered Surveillance Alerts for Efficient Security Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Surveillance systems often require excessive resources to monitor multiple locks and securing means, leading to inefficiencies and ineffectiveness in detecting security threats.
Innovation Solution
A security system with automated notification and surveillance integration, where locks trigger communication signals to devices like smartphones or cameras, capturing images of lock states and surrounding areas, and incorporating sound sensing and image swiveling mechanisms to enhance monitoring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple cameras and security personnel are used to monitor all locks and securing means, then security coverage is improved, but system cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple security functions (lock monitoring, surveillance, notification) into an integrated system where a single lock device communicates with multiple other devices (cameras, smartphones, tablets) through a unified communication protocol, reducing the need for separate monitoring systems for each lock
Solution Approach 2:
The lock device is designed with multi-functionality, serving not only as a securing mechanism but also as a notification device that can trigger cameras, send alerts to multiple remote devices, and provide real-time status updates, eliminating the need for dedicated monitoring equipment at each lock location
2Reliability
If multiple cameras are deployed to capture images of all locks, then surveillance capability is improved, but resource consumption and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of placing cameras at each lock location to monitor them, the patent inverts the approach by making the lock itself the active notification device that triggers surveillance only when needed (when locked or unlocked), eliminating the need for continuous camera deployment at every lock
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses event-triggered periodic surveillance where cameras are activated only at specific moments (when a lock state change occurs) rather than operating continuously, reducing resource consumption while maintaining effective surveillance capability
3Reliability
If security personnel continuously monitor video displays, then threat detection is improved, but labor requirements and operational cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements automated feedback loops where lock status changes automatically trigger notifications to remote devices and activate surveillance, providing continuous threat detection without requiring constant human monitoring of video displays
Solution Approach 2:
The security system performs self-monitoring through automated notification devices that detect and respond to lock state changes independently, eliminating the need for security personnel to continuously watch multiple video displays while maintaining effective threat detection
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
Enhances security monitoring efficiency by reducing the need for multiple cameras and personnel, providing real-time image capture and alerting mechanisms for potential threats.
Implementation Method 1
a sound frequency detector configured to be triggered when at least one predetermined sound frequency is detected
Implementation Method 2
an image capturing device configured to capture one or more images of the lock/device that has been locked or unlocked and the surrounding area
Data Source
AI summary
A security system including automated notification and surveillance integration is provided. In the security system of the present disclosure, when any of the devices are locked, unlocked, interacted with, alarmed or triggered, a notification or communication signal is sent to at least one other device. The at least one other device may be a receiver, camera, smart phone, smart watch, laptop, desktop, and/or an Internet connected or Internet of Things (IoT) device. Additionally, a system is provided including at least one alarm module that generates an audible sound when an alarm condition is detected; at least one sensor that detects the audible sound and determines if the audible sound is within a predetermined frequency range and an interface that receives at least one first communication signal from the at least one sensor upon detecting an alarm and transmits at least one second communication signal to at least one device.