US6300872B1
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Object proximity/security adaptive event detection
Assignee: Philips North America LLC
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Filing: 2000-06-20
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Granted: 2001-10-09
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Expires: 2020-06-20
Abstract
Abstract A security system incorporates a reasoning system and security rules and processes that are designed to be as unobtrusive as the situation permits. Two independent aspects of the system facilitate the enforcement of rules and processes in an unobtrusive manner. First, transponders that can be triggered and sensed from a distance are preferably used to identify both items and individuals. These remotely sensed identifiers are processed by the reasoning system to determine whether each identified item is authorized, or likely to be authorized, to be removed from, or brought into, a secured location by the identified individual. Second, the system continually modifies and optimizes its rules and processes based on assessments of security events. An initial set of rules is created for the security system that, generally, prohibit the removal of secured items from the secured location, except that certain individuals are authorized to remove specified items from the secured location. Thereafter, the security system is configured to enforce these security rules and processes, and to receive feedback from authorized security personnel regarding the efficacy of the enforced security rules and processes. Coupled to the security system is a learning system that is configured to modify existing rules or create new rules, in conformance with the feedback from the authorized security personnel. By dynamically adjusting the security rules and processes, the intrusion of the security system on the monitored individuals is substantially reduced, and the system continues to be optimized based on continued feedback.
Inventors
- 👤 Keith E. Mathias
- 👤 J. David Schaffer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 14:02
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08B; G08B21/00; G08B21/02; G08B21/0202; G08B21/0227; G07; G07C; G07C9/00; G07C9/20; G07C9/28; G08B29/00; G08B29/18; G08B29/20; G08B29/24; G08B29/26; G08B31/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
A security system comprising: an item detector that is configured to detect an identified item, an individual detector that is configured to detect an identified person, a reasoning system that is configured to: generate alerts in dependence upon the identified item, the identified person, and set if security rules, and receive feedback in response to the alert, and a learning system that is configured to continually modify the set of security rules in dependence upon the feedback.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
77 words
A security system comprising: an item detector that is configured to detect an identified item, an individual detector that is configured to detect an identified person, a reasoning system that is configured to: generate alerts in dependence upon the identified item, the identified person, and set if security rules, and receive feedback in response to the alert, and a learning system that is configured to continually modify the set of security rules in dependence upon the feedback.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
The security system of claim 1 , wherein the identified item and the identified person each have an associated transponder with a unique unit identification, and the item detector and the individual detector comprise a single detector unit that is configured to detect the unit identification from each associated transponder.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
The security system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the item detector and the individual detector comprise at least one of: a card reader, a biometric device, an image processing device, a pattern recognition device, and a transponder detector.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
The security system of claim 1 , wherein the learning system comprises at least one of: a neural network, an expert system, an agent system, an associative memory, a genetic algorithm, a fuzzy logic system, and a rule-based system.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
89 words
The security system of claim 1 , wherein the learning system is further configured to modify the set of rules in dependence upon at least one other parameter associated with the alert, the at least one other parameter including at least one of: a time of day, a day of a week, a temperature, a direction of movement of at least one of the identified item and the identified person, a presence of an other identified item, a presence of an other identified person, and a state of security.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
47 words
The security system of claim 1 , wherein the feedback includes a class-type, and the learning system is further configured to modify the set of rules in dependence upon the class-type of the feedback, the class-type including at least one of: routine, considered, temporary, absolute, and override.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
56 words
A method of security comprising: detecting a presence of an identified item, detecting a presence of an identified person, generating an alert in dependence upon the identified item, the identified person, and a set of security rules, receiving a feedback associated with the alert, and automatically modifying the set of security rules based upon the feedback.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
56 words
A method of security comprising: detecting a presence of an identified item, detecting a presence of an identified person, generating an alert in dependence upon the identified item, the identified person, and a set of security rules, receiving a feedback associated with the alert, and automatically modifying the set of security rules based upon the feedback.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
129 words
The method of claim 7 , wherein the identified item and the identified person each have an associated unique identifier, and detecting the presence of at least one of the identified item and the identified person includes at least one of: receiving the unique identifier from a transponder that is associated with the at least one of the identified item and the identified person; reading the unique identifier from a card that is associated with the at least one of the identified item and the identified person; processing an image corresponding to at least one of the identified item and the identified person; and reading a characteristic that is embodied in the at least one of the identified item and the identified person to determine the associated unique identifier.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 7 , wherein automatically modifying the set of security rules includes a use of at least one of: a neural network, an expert system, an agent system, an associative memory, a genetic algorithm, a fuzzy logic system, and a rule-based system.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
68 words
The method of claim 7 , wherein automatically modifying the set of security rules is further based on at least one of: a time of day, a day of a week, a temperature, a direction of movement of at least one of the identified item and the identified person, a presence of an other identified item, a presence of an other identified person, and a state of security.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 7 , wherein automatically modifying the set of security rules is further based on a class-type associated with the feedback, the class-type including at least one of: routine, considered, temporary, absolute, and override.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
176 words
A security system comprising: a detector that is configured to: emit one or more trigger signals, and receive two or more responses from the one or more trigger signals from two or more transponders that are remote from the detector, one of the two or more responses corresponding to an identification of an individual, and an other of the two or more responses corresponding to an identification of an item, a reasoning system, operably coupled to the detector, that is configured to provide a security event in dependence upon the identification of the individual and the identification of the item, a security interface, operably coupled to the reasoning system, that is configured to provide a notification of the security event to a security person, and receive feedback from the security person based on the notification, and a learning system, operably coupled to the reasoning system and the security interface, that is configured to affect the reasoning system's determination of a subsequent security event, based on the feedback received from the security person based on the notification.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
176 words
A security system comprising: a detector that is configured to: emit one or more trigger signals, and receive two or more responses from the one or more trigger signals from two or more transponders that are remote from the detector, one of the two or more responses corresponding to an identification of an individual, and an other of the two or more responses corresponding to an identification of an item, a reasoning system, operably coupled to the detector, that is configured to provide a security event in dependence upon the identification of the individual and the identification of the item, a security interface, operably coupled to the reasoning system, that is configured to provide a notification of the security event to a security person, and receive feedback from the security person based on the notification, and a learning system, operably coupled to the reasoning system and the security interface, that is configured to affect the reasoning system's determination of a subsequent security event, based on the feedback received from the security person based on the notification.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
38 words
The security system of claim 12 further including a set of security rules, and wherein the learning system is configured to affect the reasoning system's determination of the subsequent security event by modifying the set of security rules.
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