Home Security Backup Power via Vehicle Battery and Cellular Relay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing home security systems lack effective mechanisms to provide power and communication during security risk events such as power outages or natural disasters, compromising the functionality of security devices.
Innovation Solution
A home security system utilizing a battery-powered vehicle to communicate with a cellular device and provide power to security devices, including cameras, microphones, and locks, during security risk events, using redundant power lines and digital-logic processing to ensure continuous operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a home security system relies on standard power infrastructure, then it operates under normal conditions, but it fails during power outages or natural disasters
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by establishing alternative power sources (battery-powered vehicles) and communication channels (cellular networks) before power outages or natural disasters occur. These resources are positioned and ready in advance to immediately support security devices when the primary power infrastructure fails, ensuring continuous operation during emergencies.
Solution Approach 2:
The battery-powered vehicle serves as an intermediary between the external power source and the security devices. It receives power from its own battery and acts as a mobile power station, transferring electrical energy to security devices through extended power lines when the main power supply is unavailable, thus mediating the power delivery during critical failures.
2Area of stationary object
If security devices are positioned remotely throughout the home, then coverage is improved, but power delivery becomes more difficult during outages
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from a static power distribution model to a dynamic one by using a mobile battery-powered vehicle. This vehicle can physically move to different locations around the home and extend power lines to security devices in various positions, providing flexible and adaptive power delivery to remotely located devices without requiring a complex fixed infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The power delivery system is segmented into modular components: the battery-powered vehicle serves as a mobile power unit, extendable power lines provide flexible connection, and individual security devices receive power independently. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized separately and enables scalable deployment to cover larger areas with multiple security devices.
3Reliability
If the system uses multiple communication channels, then communication reliability improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The battery-powered vehicle serves multiple functions: it acts as a power source for security devices, a communication relay through its cellular device, and a mobile coordination hub. By consolidating these functions into a single multi-functional platform, the system achieves reliable communication during outages without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the cellular network infrastructure that already exists in the environment, rather than building a dedicated communication system. The battery-powered vehicle's cellular device leverages the universal cellular network for communication, allowing the security system to benefit from reliable external communication infrastructure without having to maintain separate complex communication channels.
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
Ensures the continuous operation of security devices by providing power and communication during security risk events, enhancing home security and resilience against disruptions.
Implementation Method 1
a battery to communicate with a cellular device and/or provide power to devices
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for facilitating providing power from a power source to security devices. An example method can include receiving a signal informing an occurrence of a security risk event and providing, to a controller, information relating to the occurrence of an event to initiate a security system. The controller may include a power source to charge one or more security devices. The example method can include facilitating providing power from the power source to at least one of the one or more security devices.