Security Reporting Network with Mobile Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current security reporting networks face inefficiencies in monitoring and verification processes, leading to unnecessary interventions and resource wastage, as they often rely on automated systems without adequate human verification, especially in scenarios like burglaries or fires, where timely and accurate responses are critical.

Innovation Solution

A security reporting network that integrates a central security control device with local monitoring networks, utilizing intelligent surveillance devices to generate event notifications, and includes a client device for interactive verification through mobile phones, allowing users to confirm alarms and reduce false alerts, while progressively transmitting surveillance images to optimize bandwidth usage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If automated alarm systems are used without human verification, then response speed is improved, but false alarms increase leading to unnecessary interventions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse speedVSAvoidalarm accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where alarm notifications are sent to client devices (mobile phones) and agent devices (monitoring centers), allowing recipients to verify alarms and provide feedback. This feedback loop enables rapid response while maintaining reliability through human verification, resolving the contradiction between speed and accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary verification step through client devices and agent devices that mediate between the automated alarm detection and the final response action. This intermediary layer filters false alarms while maintaining rapid response capability, balancing speed and reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If high-resolution surveillance images are transmitted continuously, then image quality is improved, but network bandwidth consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage qualityVSAvoidbandwidth consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of continuous transmission, the system transmits surveillance images periodically or on-demand based on alarm events. Normal surveillance data is processed locally, and only relevant information is transmitted when needed, reducing bandwidth consumption while maintaining image quality when required.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies different quality levels to different parts of the surveillance system. Client devices receive high-quality images for verification when alarms occur, while routine monitoring uses lower bandwidth. This local quality differentiation optimizes bandwidth usage without compromising image quality when needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Area of stationary object

If multiple monitoring devices are deployed across distributed locations, then coverage area is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoverage areaVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses universal agent devices and client devices that can function across multiple locations and monitor multiple objects. These devices serve as multi-functional intermediaries that simplify the complexity of managing distributed monitoring devices by providing a unified interface and centralized coordination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

Agent devices serve as intermediaries between distributed monitoring devices and the central system, localizing complexity management. Each agent device handles local monitoring devices independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining wide coverage through distributed deployment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Reliability

If manual verification of all alarms is performed, then alarm accuracy is improved, but response time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvealarm verification accuracyVSAvoidverification time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial verification - not all alarms require full manual verification. The notification system allows recipients to verify alarms partially through mobile devices for quick false alarm rejection, with full verification reserved for critical cases. This partial action approach maintains accuracy while reducing verification time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentEP2898486B1Safety reporting network with alarm-notification and alarm-verification function, and the method
Publication Date: 2019.08.07 ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
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AI summary

The invention proposes an improved safety reporting network 1 having a safety control device 13, wherein the safety control device 13 can be connected to a local area monitoring network 2, wherein the local area monitoring network 2 has at least one monitoring device 7, wherein the safety control device 13 is designed to receive an event notice E on the basis of monitoring data from the at least one monitoring device from the local area monitoring network 2, having at least one agent device 19, wherein the agent device 19 is connected to the safety control device 13 for the purpose of data interchange and wherein the at least one agent device 19 is designed to handle the event notice E or an alarm notice A based on the event notice with user interaction and to produce an alarm message 28, and having at least one client device 25, wherein the client device 25 is in the form of a mobile telephone, wherein the agent device 19 has a request module 33 which is designed to send the alarm message 28 and a verification request V to the client device 25 and to receive a reaction to the verification request V from the client device 25.