Sensor Adaptor Device for Third-Party Security System Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing premises security systems face challenges in integrating third-party sensors due to compatibility issues, requiring extensive development and installation costs, and limiting the range of sensors that can communicate with the system.
Innovation Solution
A sensor adaptor device that translates signals from third-party sensors into a format compatible with the security system, allowing seamless integration with minimal modification, using processing circuitry to detect, interpret, and transmit signals to the security system controller, thereby simulating events detected by preconfigured sensors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If third-party sensors are integrated into premises security systems, then the range of sensors that can communicate with the system is expanded, but compatibility issues and development costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an adaptor device as an intermediary component that bridges third-party sensors and the security system. The adaptor translates signals from various third-party sensor formats into the security system's compatible protocol, enabling integration without modifying the sensor or the core security system. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining broad sensor compatibility while avoiding complexity in the main system architecture.
2Adaptability or versatility
If customized software and hardware are installed on sensors for communication, then communication capability is achieved, but development and installation time and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The adaptor device serves as a pre-configured intermediary that handles all translation and communication protocol conversion. Third-party sensors only need basic hardware connections to the adaptor, which then manages the complex software and hardware customization required for system communication. This dramatically reduces development and installation time compared to modifying each sensor individually.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is segmented into three independent components: the third-party sensor, the adaptor device, and the security system controller. This segmentation allows each component to be developed and tested independently, then assembled together. The adaptor pre-handles all communication protocols, so the sensor and security system don't need direct customization, reducing overall development time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If existing sensors are modified to communicate with the security system, then communication is enabled, but manufacturing and installation costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The adaptor device is manufactured as a standalone, pre-configured unit that handles all communication translation. This approach avoids the need to modify existing third-party sensors or the security system controller, reducing manufacturing complexity and costs. Installation is simplified as the adaptor only requires basic wiring to the sensor and the security system, rather than complex customization of existing components.
Data Source
AI summary
According to one or more embodiments, a premises security system includes a sensor adaptor device mountable on a third-party sensor. The sensor adaptor device comprises at least one terminal in electrical communication with a preconfigured premises device of a premise security system, and processing circuitry configured to: store a mapping of a plurality of third-party sensor signals to a plurality of translated third-party signals, detect a first third-party sensor signal emitted from the third-party sensor, determine that the first third-party sensor signal maps to a first translated third-party signal based on the mapping, and in response to determining that the first third-party sensor signal maps to the first translated third-party signal, trigger, via the at least one terminal where the preconfigured premises device to cause the preconfigured premise device to transmit an alert signal to the premises security system.