Proximity sensing security system
US5309144A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 14, 1991 |
| Grant date | May 3, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 14, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B25/008
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A security system uses a base unit and a portable transceiver which cooperate to provide automatic monitoring of a secure perimeter. An intrusion sensor is employed to activate a transmitter for emitting a selected frequency wave energy challenge transmission upon the detection of an intruder either outside the perimeter or entering the perimeter. If the intruder has the portable transceiver present to receive the challenge transmission, it automatically emits a responsive wave energy signal as an acknowledgment. A base unit receiver detects the acknowledgment signal and prohibits alarm action. If no acknowledgment signal is received, then either a warning or an alarm is triggered at the base unit. The system does not require manual control. The several distinct wave energy signals can be chosen from among various available radio frequency electromagnetic, and audible or ultrasonic acoustic, waves. An advantage of making one of the communication links by acoustic transmission is that the system disarms itself automatically only when the portable transceiver is within a precisely defined distance of the base unit.
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