Patent classifications
G08B13/06
SELECTIVELY ENABLED TAMPER DETECTION
A device includes a housing, a tamper switch supported at the housing, and a tamper actuator receivable at the housing. The tamper actuator is movable between a tamper disabled position and a tamper enabled position. In the tamper disabled position, the tamper actuator is fixed in place at the housing. In the tamper enabled position, the tamper actuator is configured to move relative to the housing between a tamper switch engaged position and a tamper switch released position.
Alarming Product Security Device
A security device is provided that includes an electronic article surveillance tag that may be configured to resonate to provide a wireless response signal to a deactivator to trigger generation of a deactivation field. Further, the security device may include tamper detection circuitry which may include a tamper sensor configured to generate a tamper signal in response to detecting a tamper event, a deactivation sensor configured to generate a deactivation signal in response to detecting the deactivation field, and a sounder. In this regard, the tamper detection circuitry may be configured to deactivate the tamper detection circuitry in response to receiving the deactivation signal from the deactivation sensor such that receipt of the tamper signal after deactivation of the tamper detection circuitry does not trigger the sounder to emit the alarm.
Alarming Product Security Device
A security device is provided that includes an electronic article surveillance tag that may be configured to resonate to provide a wireless response signal to a deactivator to trigger generation of a deactivation field. Further, the security device may include tamper detection circuitry which may include a tamper sensor configured to generate a tamper signal in response to detecting a tamper event, a deactivation sensor configured to generate a deactivation signal in response to detecting the deactivation field, and a sounder. In this regard, the tamper detection circuitry may be configured to deactivate the tamper detection circuitry in response to receiving the deactivation signal from the deactivation sensor such that receipt of the tamper signal after deactivation of the tamper detection circuitry does not trigger the sounder to emit the alarm.
Tamper-resistant wearable caretaking device
Techniques are described herein for a wearable device that is configured to prevent unauthorized removal and to facilitate detection of unauthorized removal attempts or tampering with a band of the device. The wearable device includes one or more circuit systems, each of which is configured to conduct an electric current. Attempts to remove the device cause components of one or more of the circuit systems to break/fail, which disrupts the electric currents of the broken circuit systems. Such electric current disruptions are detected by the wearable device as evidence of an unauthorized removal attempt or tampering with the device band. The wearable device may include a hook-based latching mechanism or a rod-based latching mechanism. According to various embodiments, the wearable device is engaged with or disengaged from around a limb of a wearer responsive to an engage or disengage instruction from an authorized user of a client device.
Tamper-resistant wearable caretaking device
Techniques are described herein for a wearable device that is configured to prevent unauthorized removal and to facilitate detection of unauthorized removal attempts or tampering with a band of the device. The wearable device includes one or more circuit systems, each of which is configured to conduct an electric current. Attempts to remove the device cause components of one or more of the circuit systems to break/fail, which disrupts the electric currents of the broken circuit systems. Such electric current disruptions are detected by the wearable device as evidence of an unauthorized removal attempt or tampering with the device band. The wearable device may include a hook-based latching mechanism or a rod-based latching mechanism. According to various embodiments, the wearable device is engaged with or disengaged from around a limb of a wearer responsive to an engage or disengage instruction from an authorized user of a client device.
Gateway-based anti-theft security system and method
Improved systems and techniques are disclosed for controlling the security states of anti-theft security systems such as product display assemblies using security fobs. The tasks relating to fob authentication are offloaded to a computer system, and these authentications can be based on identifiers for the different security fobs. The interactions between security fobs and product display assemblies can be consistent regardless of the population of authorized security fobs by using a security code that is shared by the security fobs. When attempting to use a security fob to change a security status for a product display assembly, the provision of the code to the subject product display assembly can be predicated on authorization of the subject security fob by the computer system. The computer system can maintain a list of identifiers for authorized security fobs that is easily updated when new security fobs are added to or existing security fobs are de-authorized from the system.
BATTERY TAMPER INDICATOR FOR DETECTOR
A smoke detector includes a tamper indicator that can prevent a cover from at least partially covering a battery location and/or mounting of a detector body to a detector mount if a battery is not located at the battery location of the detector body. The detector mount and/or cover can engage with the detector body by relative rotation about an engagement axis, and the tamper indicator can pivot about a pivot axis that is parallel to the engagement axis and/or move along a linear path. The tamper indicator can prevent engagement of a portion of the detector mount, such as an intermediate component between the detector body and a base of the detector mount, with the detector body. The intermediate component can at least partially cover the battery location when engaged with the detector body. The base of the detector mount can engage with the detector body via the intermediate component.
BATTERY TAMPER INDICATOR FOR DETECTOR
A smoke detector includes a tamper indicator that can prevent a cover from at least partially covering a battery location and/or mounting of a detector body to a detector mount if a battery is not located at the battery location of the detector body. The detector mount and/or cover can engage with the detector body by relative rotation about an engagement axis, and the tamper indicator can pivot about a pivot axis that is parallel to the engagement axis and/or move along a linear path. The tamper indicator can prevent engagement of a portion of the detector mount, such as an intermediate component between the detector body and a base of the detector mount, with the detector body. The intermediate component can at least partially cover the battery location when engaged with the detector body. The base of the detector mount can engage with the detector body via the intermediate component.
EXIT DEVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
An exit device according to one embodiment includes a plurality of sensors and an electronic dogging mechanism. The exit device is configured to locally analyze sensor data to determine the security state of the exit device, report data to a management system via a wireless communication channel established between the exit device and the management system, and receive and process instructions to perform an electronic dogging operation.
Tamper detection in a stationary credential reader device
A wall-mounted credential reader device according to one embodiment is adapted to be secured to a wall of a building and includes a credential reader adapted to receive credential data from credential devices presented to the wall-mounted credential reader device, an inertial sensor that generates sensor data indicative of an acceleration of the wall-mounted credential reader device, a processor, and a memory including a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, causes the wall-mounted credential reader device to receive sensor data generated by the inertial sensor, compare the received sensor data to reference data indicative of an acceleration of the wall-mounted credential reader device when the wall-mounted credential reader device is not moving, and generate a tamper alert in response to the comparison indicating that a deviation of the received sensor data from the reference data exceeds a threshold.