US 11,810,434 B2
Smart sensor device and early warning notification system and method
Matthew Frank Trapani, Deerfield, IL (US); Philip J. Ufkes, Sullivan's Island, SC (US); Steven J. Malone, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US); and David Schmidt, Northbrook, IL (US)
Assigned to Security Enhancement Systems, LLC, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed by Security Enhancement Systems, LLC, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/710,865.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/172,184, filed on Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/168,559, filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0319287 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 13/16 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 13/1609 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic access control system, comprising:
a vibration sensor operably installed at an access point of an enclosure, wherein the vibration sensor is configured to detect one or more vibrations at the access point of the enclosure; and
an electronic access controller communicably engaged with the vibration sensor, the electronic access controller comprising at least one processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform one or more operations, the one or more operations comprising:
receiving sensor input data from the vibration sensor in response to the vibration sensor detecting one or more vibrations at the access point of the enclosure;
processing the sensor input data to determine at least one vibrational characteristic for the one or more vibrations;
analyzing the sensor input data and historical input data for the access point of the enclosure to determine whether the one or more vibrations are atypical,
wherein determining whether the one or more vibrations are atypical comprises analyzing a degree of variance between the at least one vibrational characteristic for the sensor input data and one or more vibrational characteristics from the historical input data;
in response to determining the one or more vibrations are atypical, revoking one or more standard access protocols for an electronic access control device for the access point of the enclosure;
communicating an early warning notification to at least one client device or network server via a network communications interface;
receiving at least one input from the at least one client device or network server in response to the early warning notification via the network communications interface; and
restoring the one or more standard access protocols for the electronic access control device according to the at least one input from the at least one client device or network server.