Moveable Sensor for Louver Window Security Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional home security systems are inadequate for structures with multiple moveable components, such as jalousie or louver windows, as they fail to detect unauthorized openings or tampering due to the stationary positioning of sensors, allowing potential breaches without triggering alarms.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of sensor devices affixed to moveable components like slats or panes, which determine their position, state, and orientation, communicating this information to a computing device to assess the structure's state and trigger alarms if a breach or tampering is detected, using protocols like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or proprietary communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional door and window sensors with magnets are used, then the circuit closes when aligned and opens when misaligned to trigger alarms, but the system fails to detect unauthorized openings in structures with multiple moveable components because sensors remain stationary while components can be removed or manipulated
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor device is made moveable by coupling it to a moveable component of the structure. This allows the sensor to move with the component it is monitoring, ensuring continuous detection capability even when other parts of the structure are manipulated. The moveable sensor maintains its monitoring position relative to the component, solving the problem of stationary sensors failing to detect unauthorized openings in structures with multiple moveable parts.
2Loss of information
If sensors are coupled to moveable components to track their position and state, then comprehensive monitoring of open, closed, and breached states is achieved, but the device complexity increases due to additional sensor devices and communication requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor device is designed to perform multiple functions: determining position, state, and orientation of the moveable component. By integrating these capabilities into a single sensor device that couples to the component, the system achieves comprehensive monitoring without proportionally increasing complexity. The sensor serves as a multi-functional monitoring unit that tracks various aspects of component status.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor device communicates determined information about the moveable component's position, state, and orientation to a computing device. This feedback mechanism enables the system to receive continuous updates about component status, allowing for real-time detection of unauthorized openings or tampering. The computing device can process this information to trigger appropriate responses based on the component's state.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are described for securing structures with moveable components. A structure may comprise a plurality of panes. A sensor device may be disposed on a pane of the structure. The sensor device may determine a position of the pane. A computing device in communication with the sensor device may receive, from the sensor device, an indication of the position or state of the pane. The computing device may determine, based on the position or state of the pane, a state of the structure.