Monitoring system
US7385496B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 21, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B25/08
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A monitoring system for preventing crime in a home, includes a plurality of terminals for monitoring whether predetermined monitoring points are in a stationary or nonstationary state. Further, the monitoring system includes a central processing device for controlling the setting/canceling of alarm operations of the terminals. The central processing device has a communication unit that receives stationary/nonstationary information from the terminals and transmits predetermined information including commands to the terminals. Each terminal has a communication unit that transmits stationary/nonstationary information to the central processing device and receives the predetermined information from the central processing device. Thus bidirectional communication can be achieved between the central processing device and the terminals. The terminals may include a terminal with an emergency call unit which, in an emergency, calls or notifies another, and a terminal having a notification unit which indicates that a nonstationary state has been accepted by a predetermined point of contact.
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