Voice Recognition Security System Disarming via Dual-Phrase Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing security systems can be compromised when an intruder forces an authorized occupant to disarm the system or dismiss a security alarm, leading to potential false alerts when emergency personnel are contacted unnecessarily.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a voice recognition system that allows authorized occupants to contact emergency personnel discreetly by detecting and verifying specific phrases, reducing the likelihood of false alarms by requiring two predetermined conditions to be met within a set timeframe.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a security system allows easy disarming by authorized occupants, then the system is easy to operate, but false alarms increase when intruders force disarming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of disarmingVSAvoidfalse alarm rate
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The disarming process is segmented into multiple verification steps: voice activation detection, passphrase verification, and dual-condition validation. This segmentation ensures that simple actions cannot trigger disarming, while legitimate users can still disarm the system through the complete verification sequence.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

A voice recognition system acts as an intermediary between the user and the security system. The intermediary verifies the user's intent through voice passphrases and contextual analysis before allowing disarming, preventing forced disarming by intruders while maintaining ease of use for authorized occupants.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Speed

If the system contacts emergency personnel quickly, then response time is reduced, but false alarms increase due to premature contact

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveemergency contact speedVSAvoidfalse alarm rate
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary voice analysis and condition verification before contacting emergency personnel. By pre-validating voice passphrases and checking multiple conditions in advance, the system ensures that emergency contact is initiated only when truly necessary, reducing false alarms while maintaining rapid response when valid threats are detected.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from voice recognition analysis and condition monitoring to determine whether emergency contact is appropriate. Continuous feedback from multiple sensors and voice analysis allows the system to validate threats before emergency contact, ensuring both speed and reliability in emergency response.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If the system monitors continuously for voice commands, then response to legitimate requests is improved, but false detection of voice phrases increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse capabilityVSAvoidfalse detection rate
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The voice recognition system applies local quality by requiring specific contextual conditions and unique voice passphrases rather than generic voice commands. This localized approach to voice recognition ensures that only authorized, intentional commands are recognized, reducing false detections while maintaining high response capability for legitimate requests.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

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

Effectively contacts emergency services only when necessary, minimizing false alarms by ensuring both conditions are met, thereby enhancing the security system's reliability and reducing unnecessary alerts.

Implementation Method 1

systems and methods for contacting emergency personnel via voice recognition

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectVoice recognition: Acoustics

Data Source

PatentEP3203455B1System and method for contacting emergency personnel via voice recognition
Publication Date: 2019.01.09 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods for contacting emergency personnel via voice recognition are provided. Some methods include detecting and identifying, via voice recognition, a first predetermined phrase, determining whether a second predetermined phrase is detected and identified, via voice recognition, within a predetermined period of time after detection and identification of the first predetermined phrase, and when the second predetermined phrase is detected and identified within the predetermined period of time, contacting emergency personnel.