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Definitions

• the present invention relates to the perimeter protection of sensitive sites and more particularly to an intrusion attempt detection system inside a perimeter delimited by a fence of the type comprising panels fixed on posts, said system comprising means for detecting shocks and / or vibrations connected to a remote station.
• the most common systems include infrared sensors that are connected to a remote alarm station.
• the infrared sensors form a network delimiting the perimeter to be monitored.
• the infrared beam is temporarily cut off, triggering an alarm signal.
• This type of system is unusable for monitoring a large outdoor area because many animals or insects are likely to cut the infrared beam thus triggering a large number of nuisance alarms.
• monitoring systems comprising microwave modules, connected to a remote central station, which emit waves in certain areas to be monitored. The presence of a person in one of these zones then disturbs the waves, the disturbance of the waves being detected and providing the emission of an alarm signal.
• this type of system is unusable for monitoring a large outdoor area since many animals or insects are likely to disturb the waves thus triggering a large number of nuisance alarms.
• these systems are essentially designed to detect an unauthorized presence of a person within a given perimeter and not to physically prevent a person from entering the perimeter.
• these systems are often used in a complementary manner to a fence usually comprising panels such as "woven” or welded metal wire panels or “single twist” metal wire panels, or grids for example, fixed on poles delimiting a perimeter.
• vibration detection and / or shock detection means mounted on panels of the fence have already been devised.
• These detection means generally consist in accelerometers or in a system commonly referred to as a "shock cable" including a pair of conducting wires provided to emit a signal in the event of vibrations and / or shocks to the panels and / or posts.
• Said system comprises on the one hand piezoelectric motion detectors secured to the fence posts and connected to a central detection module and on the other hand a probe cable secured at regular intervals to the fence panels and connected to a second electronic module detection.
• One of the aims of the invention is thus to remedy these drawbacks by proposing a system for detecting an attempt to intrude on a fence or cladding or aggression on sensitive infrastructures, oil pipelines, pipelines, cables, and possibly easily perform the function of video surveillance, access control, technical monitoring of industrial processes and fire safety / major risks.
• CPU central processing unit
• the system comprises at least one camera connected to one of the inputs of a housing, said camera being triggered by the central processing unit, when said central processing unit detects a shock and / or vibration, to acquire a photo and / or video that is stored in the memory unit and transmitted to the remote station.
• Said camera comprises lighting means which are activated by the central processing unit when shock and / or vibrations are detected.
• These lighting means consist of infrared light emitting diodes.
• the mass of the video cable and the mass of the power cable of the camera are connected to one of the outputs of the housing in order to allow the central processing unit to control the activation of the lighting means. .
• said central processing unit advantageously comprises means for analyzing images acquired at regular intervals by the camera or cameras connected to said housing in order to determine if a movement has taken place in the field of view of the camera, the central processing unit generating an alert file which is transmitted to the central station in case of detection of a movement.
• Said shock and / or vibration detection means comprise at least one accelerometer for example.
• each housing is secured to a panel and / or a post of the fence and the system may include a plurality of casings connected in series, each housing being advantageously sealed.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of an enclosure of the intrusion attempt detection system inside a perimeter delimited by a fence
• FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of an alternative embodiment of the box of the intrusion attempt detection system inside a perimeter delimited by a fence,
• FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of another alternative embodiment of the case of the intrusion attempt detection system inside a perimeter delimited by a fence,
• FIG. 4 is a schematic representation of another alternative embodiment of the case of the intrusion attempt detection system inside a perimeter delimited by a fence
• FIG. 5 is a schematic representation of the intrusion attempt detection system inside a perimeter delimited by a fence and comprising a plurality of housings according to the invention
• FIG. 6 is a schematic representation of an alternative embodiment of the intrusion attempt detection system inside a perimeter delimited by a fence and comprising a plurality of housings according to the invention
• FIGS. 7A to 7C are schematic representations of the intrusion detection by comparing the measurements of several detection boxes positioned at regular intervals on panels of a fence,
• FIG. 8 is a diagrammatic representation of a semi-rigid fence made up of regularly spaced poles and a single piece of mesh tensioned
• FIG. 9 is a diagrammatic representation of a gate leaf consisting of a frame and a grid stretched over said frame,
• FIG. 10 is a schematic representation of a gate consisting of a frame and a grid stretched on said frame
• Figure 11 a schematic representation of another alternative embodiment of the intrusion attempt detection system within a perimeter delimited by a fence and having a plurality of housings according to the invention.
• the intrusion attempt detection system comprises a plurality of housings (1), advantageously sealed, secured by any suitable means to a post and / or a panel of a fence such as it will be detailed a little further.
• the panels can be of different types that can be envisaged, rigid or flexible, such as, in particular, welded panels, woven metal panels, welded metal wire panels, "single-twist" metal wire panels, mesh panels, etc ...
• Each housing (1) comprises a central processing unit called CPU (2), such as a microprocessor for example, connected to at least one memory unit (3), to at least one shock and / or vibration detector ( 4) and two field buses (5) and (6), each housing (1) being independent and connected to another housing (1) and / or to a remote station consisting of a PC-type computer by a cable electric via the fieldbus (5,6).
• CPU (2) central processing unit
• memory unit (3) such as a microprocessor for example
• the shock and / or vibration detector (4) consists of an accelerometer, preferably a capacitive type accelerometer; However, it is obvious that the shock and / or vibration detector (4) may consist of any shock and / or vibration detector well known to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention.
• Each box (1) is autonomous and operates in the manner of a computer with its own operating system.
• Said operating system may consist of any known operating system such as, for example, DOS, OS / 2, GNU / Linux, Windows, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc.
• System operating the central program set of a computing device that interfaces hardware and software applications or between middleware and hardware.
• the operating system thus serves to coordinate the use of the microprocessor, that is to say the central processing unit (2), to allow a certain time for the execution of each process, to reserve the space in the memories for the needs of the programs and to organize the content of the mass memory or memories into files and directories.
• Each housing (1) is powered by a power supply that is connected to either the mains or a solar panel or a battery.
• the memory unit (3) of the housing (1) comprises a RAM memory (3a) according to the acronym “Random Acess Memory”, an EEPROM type memory (3b) according to the 'Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory' acronym commonly known as 'flash' memory, a ROM (3c_) memory according to the acronym “Read Only Memory” and, incidentally, a SRAM-type memory (3d) according to the English acronym “Static Random Access Memory”.
• the memory unit may include one or more types of memory known to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention.
• each housing (1) may have only one field bus (5) or (6) without departing from the scope of the invention.
• each housing (1) comprises an internal clock (6) and clock synchronization means (7) of the various housings (1) forming the detection system according to the invention.
• each housing (1) comprises a temperature sensor (8), a voltage measuring sensor (9) in the cable connecting two housings (1), a sensor for measuring the intensity (10) of the current in the cable connecting two housings (1), an internal or external physical measurement sensor (11) for measuring the radioactivity, a flow, the temperature, the hygrometry or the like, and a bus (12) for add new features to the enclosure (1).
• the sensor of the voltage measurement (9) of the power cable transmits the measurement of the voltage to the central processing unit (2) which displays the said measurement on one of the remote stations and which compares this measurement of the voltage with predetermined voltage thresholds, a lower threshold and / or an upper threshold. When the measured voltage is greater than the predetermined upper voltage threshold or below the predetermined lower voltage threshold, the central processing unit (2) generates an alarm message which is transmitted to at least one remote station.
• the central processing unit (2) When an impact is detected by the shock and / or vibration detector (4), the central processing unit (2) generates a computer file including the date and time of the shock as well as the position of the detector (4). ) which has detected shock and / or vibration. The computer file is then transmitted to the computer forming the remote station so that an alarm is sent on said remote station. Said alarm consists for example in an audible alarm.
• each box (1) comprises in the same way as before a central processing unit called CPU (2), such as a microprocessor by for example, connected to at least one memory unit (3), to at least one shock and / or vibration detector (4) and to two fieldbuses (5) and (6), each housing (1) being autonomous and connected to another housing (1) and / or to a remote station consisting of a PC type computer by an electric cable via the fieldbuses (5,6).
• CPU (2) central processing unit
• each housing (1) being autonomous and connected to another housing (1) and / or to a remote station consisting of a PC type computer by an electric cable via the fieldbuses (5,6).
• (I) also comprises an internal clock (6) and means for synchronizing the clocks (7) of the different housings (1) forming the detection system according to the invention and, incidentally, a temperature sensor (8), a sensor for measuring the voltage (9) in the cable connecting two housings (1), a sensor for measuring the current (10) of the current in the cable connecting two housings (1), an internal or external physical measurement sensor
• the housing (1) differs from the housing (1) previously described in that it comprises an input module (3), said module having n inputs, and an output module (14), said module having n outputs .
• various devices such as a keypad, a microphone, a doorbell or a door opening detector can be connected to the inputs (13) of each housing (1) and organs such as a suction cup, or a electric strike for opening a door or the like or a speaker can be connected to the outputs (14) of said housing (1).
• organs such as a suction cup, or a electric strike for opening a door or the like or a speaker
• an operator can manually trigger from any remote station one of the members connected to one of the outputs (14) of the housings (1).
• a remote station (7) can automatically control the connected devices on one of the outputs (14) of the housings (1) in function of the information transmitted by the housings (1) via one or more members connected to the inputs (13) of said housings (1), for example the opening of a door by actuating the sucker of an electric strike after receiving the code typed on the digital code connected to an input (13) of a housing (1).
• organs such as a biometric apparatus or a motion detector may also be connected to the inputs (13) of the housings (1) without departing from the scope of the invention.
• the housing (1) advantageously comprises a memory card reader (15) of the SDRAM card type according to the acronym "Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory” and a multiplexed serial interface (16) IEEE 1394 such as a interface marketed under the reference FIREWIRE® RS 232 for example.
• each box (1) comprises in the same way as before a central processing unit called CPU (2), such as a microprocessor by for example, connected to at least one memory unit (3), to at least one shock and / or vibration detector (4) and to two fieldbuses (5) and (6), each housing (1) being autonomous and connected to another housing (1) and / or to a remote station (7) consisting of a PC-type computer by an electric cable via the field buses (5, 6).
• CPU (2) central processing unit
• each housing (1) being autonomous and connected to another housing (1) and / or to a remote station (7) consisting of a PC-type computer by an electric cable via the field buses (5, 6).
• Each housing (1) also comprises an internal clock (6) and means for synchronizing the clocks (7) of the various housings (1) forming the detection system according to the invention and, incidentally, a temperature sensor (8), a sensor for measuring the voltage (9) in the cable connecting two housings (1), a sensor for measuring the intensity (10) of the current in the cable connecting two housings (1), an internal physical measurement sensor or external device (11) for measuring radioactivity, a flow rate, temperature, hygrometry or the like, and a bus (12) for adding new functionalities to said housing (1), an input module ( 13), an output module (14), a SDRAM card reader (15) and a multiplexed serial interface (16) IEEE 1394 such as an interface marketed under the reference FIREWIRE® RS 232 for example.
• a temperature sensor (8) a sensor for measuring the voltage (9) in the cable connecting two housings (1)
• a sensor for measuring the intensity (10) of the current in the cable connecting two housings (1) an internal physical measurement sensor or external device (11) for measuring radioactivity, a flow
• the housing (1) differs from the housing (1) previously described in that it comprises two video modules (17,18) respectively including a port. In this way, one or two cameras can be connected to the housing (1). Said ports of the video modules (17, 18) are able to receive CCD cameras which are automatically recognized and installed by the central processing unit (2) of the housing (1). These cameras may advantageously include lighting means such as LEDs according to the acronym "Light Emitting Diode” or infrared LEDs.
• the central processing unit (2) activates the camera and records an image or a succession of images in the form of a image computer file or video computer file.
• the central processing unit (2) generates a computer alarm file including the date and time of the shock as well as the position of the detector (4) which has detected the shock and / or vibrations.
• the alarm computer file is then transmitted to the computer forming the remote station so that an alarm is sent on said remote station.
• Said alarm consists for example in an audible alarm.
• the image or video computer file saved in the memory unit is displayed on the remote station screen.
• the shooting devices can be activated via a remote station.
• each housing (1) may have only one video module (17) or (18) without departing from the scope of the invention.
• the camera lighting means will be activated by the central processing unit (2) of the housing (1) only when a shock and / or vibrations are detected by the shock detector and / or vibration (4) of said housing (1) to prevent nocturnal insects attracted by light from coming in front of the camera lens.
• all cameras may be alternately lit around the perimeter to provide images of each sector of said perimeter to protect.
• each camera changes from 100 mA to a little more than 1 A when the infrared LED lighting, and where each camera puts / 10 th of a second for taking an image
• the infrared LEDs of the cameras flash, and therefore do not work continuously, thus avoiding attracting nocturnal insects and consuming too much current.
• said central processing unit (2) comprises means for analyzing images acquired at regular intervals by the camera or cameras connected to said housing (1) in order to determine whether a movement has taken place in the field of view. view of the camera, the central processing unit (2) generating an alert file which is then transmitted to the central station in case of detection of a movement.
• Said means consist of an algorithm that compares the images acquired by the camera at different times and determines any variation in the images, a significant variation in the pixels in a given area of the images being considered as an intrusion.
• each box (1) also comprises an Ethernet card (19) connected to the central processing unit (2) so as to enable the boxes (1) to be connected to a so-called local network such as as an Ethernet network for example.
• each box (1) also comprises an RS 485 interface (20), also called El A 485 interface, allowing "full duplex” or “half duplex” communications, and / or a radio interface (21) connected to an antenna (22) and / or an HD interface (23) type S ATA according to the acronym "Serai Advanced Technology Attachment".
• RS 485 interface (20) also called El A 485 interface
• radio interface (21) connected to an antenna (22) and / or an HD interface (23) type S ATA according to the acronym "Serai Advanced Technology Attachment”.
• each housing (1) comprises a GPS receiver (24) for determining in real time the geo location of the housing (1), a GSM module (25) to allow communications on the GSM network and an audio module ( 26) having inputs on which microphones can be connected and outputs on which speakers can be connected.
• each box (1) comprises in the same manner as before a central processing unit called CPU (2), such as a microprocessor by for example, connected to at least one memory unit (3), to at least one shock and / or vibration detector (4), each housing (1) being independent and connected to another housing (1) and / or a remote station (7).
• CPU (2) central processing unit
• Each housing (1) also comprises an internal clock (6) and means for synchronizing the clocks (7) of the various housings (1) forming the detection system according to the invention and, incidentally, a temperature sensor (8), a sensor for measuring the voltage (9) in the cable connecting two housings (1), a sensor for measuring the intensity (10) of the current in the cable connecting two housings (1), an internal physical measurement sensor or (11) for measuring radioactivity, a flow rate, the temperature, hygrometry or the like, and a bus (12) for adding new functionalities to said housing (1), an input module (13), an output module (14), a card reader SDRAM (15) and an IEEE 1394 multiplexed serial interface (16) such as an interface marketed under the reference FIREWIRE® RS 232 for example.
• a temperature sensor (8) a sensor for measuring the voltage (9) in the cable connecting two housings (1)
• a sensor for measuring the intensity (10) of the current in the cable connecting two housings (1) an internal physical measurement sensor or (11) for measuring radioactivity, a flow rate, the temperature
• the housing (1) also comprises two video modules (17, 18) respectively including a port, an Ethernet card (19), an RS 485 interface (20), also called EIA interface 485, allowing "full duplex” or “full duplex” communications.
• Said housing (1) is distinguished from the housing (1) previously described in that the field buses (5, 6) have been substituted by video surveillance buses (27, 28) and by the fact that it comprises a anti-intrusion field bus (29).
• housing (1) may comprise only one video bus (27) or (28) without departing from the scope of the invention.
• each housing (1) comprises independent alarm means, such as an LED type of light alarm, an audible alarm consisting of a loudspeaker, for example, to emit an audible or visual alarm on the housing (1) having detected a shock corresponding to an intrusion, regardless of the alarm transmitted to the remote stations.
• independent alarm means such as an LED type of light alarm, an audible alarm consisting of a loudspeaker, for example, to emit an audible or visual alarm on the housing (1) having detected a shock corresponding to an intrusion, regardless of the alarm transmitted to the remote stations.
• each housing (1) and / or each remote station comprises a so-called “watchdog” or “watchdog” device well known to those skilled in the art for sending an alarm on the cable to others remote stations to indicate that the housing (1) monitored is blocked and / or triggers an audible and / or visual alarm on said housing (1) blocked.
• the housing (1) may include any appropriate means to allow connection to any network such as a local network by CPL line power line, a network WI-FI® or Zigbee® for example without as far out of the scope of the invention.
• the system comprises a plurality of housings (1) connected in series by cables (100) such as coaxial cables for example, which simultaneously supply the power supply to the housings (1) and to the various members connected to said housings (1) such as the cameras (101) for example and the transmission of the computer files generated by the central processing unit (2) of each housing (1) to the remote station (s) (102).
• cables (100) such as coaxial cables for example, which simultaneously supply the power supply to the housings (1) and to the various members connected to said housings (1) such as the cameras (101) for example and the transmission of the computer files generated by the central processing unit (2) of each housing (1) to the remote station (s) (102).
• cables such as coaxial cables for example
• the various members connected to said housings (1) such as the cameras (101) for example and the transmission of the computer files generated by the central processing unit (2) of each housing (1) to the remote station (s) (102).
• power is provided by power supply boxes (104) that can be connected to the mains power, batteries, or solar panels for example.
• coaxial cables (100) allow data transmission even if they are sectioned, the data transfer rate being lower for a coaxial cable sectioned with respect to an uncut coaxial cable.
• One of the housings (1) comprises an input module, said module having n inputs, and an output module, said module having n outputs, as described in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4.
• various devices such as a keypad (105), a microphone (106), a doorbell (107) or a door opening detector (108) are connected to the inputs of the housing (1) and members such as a suction cup or an electric strike (109) for opening a door (110) or the like and a speaker (111) are connected to the outputs of said housing (1).
• a keypad (105), a microphone (106), a doorbell (107) or a door opening detector (108) are connected to the inputs of the housing (1) and members such as a suction cup or an electric strike (109) for opening a door (110) or the like and a speaker (111) are connected to the outputs of said housing (1).
• members such as a suction cup or an electric strike (109) for opening a door (110) or the like and a speaker (111) are connected to the outputs of said housing (1).
• a remote station (102) can automatically control the members connected to one of the outputs of the boxes (1) according to the information transmitted by the boxes (1) via one or more members connected to the inputs of said boxes (1), by example the opening of a door by operating the sucker of an electric strike after receiving the code typed on the digital code connected to an input of a housing (1).
• Each housing (1) may advantageously include programs allowing in particular a housing (1) located near a door to transmit a script for a housing (1) contiguous on which a camera covering the area of the first housing is connected. an image or a photo when the first housing (1) has detected an entrance through the door and / or an impact. The image taken by the second housing is then transmitted to the remote stations (7).
• a housing (1) detects a vibration
• said housing (1) compares the measurements of several other contiguous housings or with an anemometer connected to a contiguous housing in order to discriminate wind gusts.
• the system comprises so-called nested loops.
• a branch of the bus is made between two boxes (1).
• the branch of the bus may have an unlimited length.
• the return on the initial bus of this branch generates echoes of said shock or vibrations measured by the housings (1) of the loop located on the bus.
• the boxes (1) filter these echoes to make nested loops of any level, length and quantity.
• Such a configuration provides redundancy of the bus.
• all the boxes remain operational and can transmit the measurements made to any remote station (102).
• the comparison of the measurements made by the different housings (1) makes it possible to discriminate signals generated by the wind or to indicate the extent of an intrusion in the case of mowing the fence by a car or a truck, for example.
• the comparison of the internal clocks of the housings (1) makes it possible to give a direction and a speed of propagation of the vibrations detected on the fence.
• the housings (1) communicate with each other via the fieldbus.
• shock, vibration or noise is detected by one of the housings (1)
• the contiguous housings (1) are interrogated.
• the comparison of all the signals transmitted by the boxes (1) gives additional interesting information.
• FIGS. 7A and 7B when an impact occurs on a panel of the enclosure on which a housing (1) is fixed, it appears that the housings (1) measure lower vibrations than those of the first housing (1). ) so that the latter are discriminated for the location of the shock on the fence.
• the fence consists of poles (200) regularly spaced apart and a semi-rigid grid (201) in one piece, the poles (200) located at the ends having means for putting under tension of the mesh and reinforcement bars (202).
• the leaves (203) of the gates of the fence consist of a substantially rectangular frame (204) on which is stretched a semi-rigid grid (201), said frame comprising bars of reinforcement (205).
• the gates (206) of the fence consist of a substantially rectangular frame (207) on which is stretched a semi-rigid grid (201), said frame comprising reinforcing bars. (208).
• the system comprises two independent networks, a first network (209) consisting of housings (1) connected by a cable for fieldbus enclosures (1) as described in Figures 1 to 3, and a second network (210) consisting of housings (1) connected by a video bus cable housings (1) as described in Figure 4.
• housings (1) are mounted in series and are adapted to receive different organs such as a keypad (105), a microphone (106), a doorbell (107) or a door opening detector connected to the inputs of the housing (1), members such as a magnetic sucker or an electric strike (108) for opening a door (109) or the like and a speaker (110) connected to the outputs of said housing ( 1), cameras (101), sensors (211) connected in series for example or any other organ.
• Each network (209, 210) also has one or more remote stations (102) connected to the cable by means of a USB interface (103).
• the system according to the invention comprises a fieldbus cable (212) providing a gateway between the fieldbus and the video bus of the two networks, as well as a so-called offsite power plant (213) able to communicate with a box a central gateway / fieldbus (214) connected to the network fieldbus cable (209) and / or a central gateway / video bus box (215) connected to the network video bus cable (210).
• the system according to the invention makes it possible to detect and locate an explosion inside or near the perimeter delimited by the fence provided with housings (1) according to the invention, the detection and localization of screams. , as well as tire squeal discrimination particularly useful in a parking lot, coupling of images and event triggering and motion detection by stereoscopy or stereovideo in particular.
• Detection and localization of an explosion is carried out by measuring sounds made by at least two housings (1) respectively provided with a microphone, the housings (1) having their internal clocks perfectly synchronized, then by triangulation, the position of the sound source is determined either by a remote station (7) or by one of the boxes (1) which executes a triangulation algorithm from the recorded sounds, and more particularly of their duration, their intensity and the moment detection.
• Such detection and location of an explosion or a shot is particularly interesting for the security of military camps in foreign operation (OPEX) but also sites of the chemical and petrochemical industry.
• the detection and location of shouting is carried out in the same manner as the detection and location of an explosion, tire squeaks being discriminated as soon as the detected sound is located on a track previously identified, for example.
• the accuracy of the location of the sound will depend in particular on the accuracy of the synchronization of the internal clocks of housings (1) of the system.
• each housing (1) may include a radio receiver, not shown in the figures, to allow to locate by triangulation, in a well-known manner, a person using a radio or a mobile phone in the secure perimeter or near this latest.
• a reference image is compared with at least one image acquired by one of the housings (1) covering the area corresponding to the location. intrusion or event, said control image and the acquired image or images being displayed on the screen of at least one remote station (102).
• the motion detection by stereoscopy or stereovideo, as well as its calibration, are carried out in a manner known to those skilled in the art by means of at least two housings (1) to which at least one camera is respectively connected.
• the system comprises at least one camera (101), camera or any other camera connected to one of the inputs of a housing (1), said camera being triggered by the central processing unit. processing, when said central processing unit detects a shock and / or vibration and / or other alarm generation means, to acquire a picture and / or a video sequence which is recorded in the memory unit and transmitted at the remote station.
• the system can store the events, date and time and / or video file and / or image file and / or sound file in the memory of one or more boxes (1).
• the system can regularly take pictures or videos and store them for a predefined time so that when an event occurs, the system can view photos or videos before the event.
• the system may comprise at least one microphone (106) connected to one of the inputs of the housing (1), allowing on-site listening, allowing the camera (101) to be triggered and generating a alarm when exceeding a threshold, allowing the analysis of noise such as, for example, a detonation, human cries or the sound of an engine.
• noise such as, for example, a detonation, human cries or the sound of an engine.
• the housings (1) will be able to communicate with each other via the fieldbus (5, 6), allowing, for example:
• the photo will be taken by another housing (1) having a better placed camera (101) or / and the activation of a video camera (101) on the video surveillance bus will be requested.
• the system may comprise at least one program called script in the memory of the box (1) loaded or modified by a user, from one (or more) remote station (102) for interacting the various elements of the housing ( 1), or the different elements of other boxes (1) present on the fieldbus (5,6) and / or video.
• script in the memory of the box (1) loaded or modified by a user, from one (or more) remote station (102) for interacting the various elements of the housing ( 1), or the different elements of other boxes (1) present on the fieldbus (5,6) and / or video.
• the system may comprise at least one input to the housing (1), for receiving information from the outside, an end-of-travel contact, an infra-red barrier contact for example to generate an alarm, to send the information to another box (1) of the network or to interrogate another box
• the system comprises at least one output to the housing (1), for powering or actuating devices external to the housing (1) such as an electric strike, a flashlamp, an electrification barrier, a motorized lock, an electric gate, a digital code, etc ....
• the output is activated by the user on a remote station (102) and / or from the program of the housing (1) and / or since the case script (1) and / or from any other case (1) present on the fieldbus (5,6).
• the system will be able to accept the update of all or part of the internal programs to a single box or to all the boxes of the network, allowing a global update of the network, or else, the specific programming change of a specific box of the network.
• the old update is kept in memory to return to the old state in case of malfunction, for example.
• the implementation of these new programs can be done via the fieldbus, each case of the system receiving and sending the update instructions to the next (s).
• the system may comprise a fieldbus (5, 6) and / or video making it possible to produce loops and interleaved loops for the communication of the housings (1) between them and their power supply, the realization of interleaved loops. allowing further redundancy of the system on several levels if necessary.
• the system may include at least one clock, to date the events.
• the system may comprise synchronization of the clocks of the housings (1) present on the fieldbus (5, 6). This function allows the triangulation of events
• the system has no limit in terms of field bus length (5,6) and / or video, number of boxes (1), number of remote stations (102), number of loops or nestings. Audio Output
• the system comprises at least one output to the housing (1), for transmitting a sound and / or a voice from one or more remote station (102).
• the system may include at least one watchdog system.
• watch dog also referred to as “watchdog” is a software used to ensure that a computer does not remain stuck at a particular stage of the processing it performs. It is a protection usually intended to restart the system, if a defined action is not executed within a given time. This is usually a counter that is regularly reset. If the counter exceeds a given value (timeout) then we perform a reset (reboot) of the system.
• the watchdog often consists of a register that is updated via a regular interruption. It can also consist of an interrupt routine that must perform some maintenance tasks before handing over the main program. If a routine enters an infinite loop, the watchdog counter will no longer be reset and a reset is ordered. The watchdog also allows a restart if no instructions are provided for this purpose. It is then sufficient to write a value exceeding the capacity of the counter directly in the register: the watchdog will initiate the reset.
• the system may comprise at least one voltage sensor to the housing (1), for measuring the electrical voltage at this point of the fieldbus (5,6), in order, among other things, to verify the proper and regular supply of the housing (1) and devices attached thereto.
• Exceeding the high and / or low threshold generates technical alarms. Measurements at regular time intervals can be advantageously recorded in the housing (1) in order to analyze the good behavior of the supply at this point. sensors
• the system may comprise at least one internal (8,11) or external (211) physical measurement sensor to the housing (1), making it possible to measure in real time and / or to store measurement files.
• the exploitation of the data may be carried out by the box (1) itself, through its program and / or script, and / or transferred to one or more remote stations (102).
• the system may comprise at least one power supply unit (104) managing the supply of the housings (1).
• This power box (104) can be added anywhere on the bus (5,6) to increase power or enhance the power thereof
• the system may comprise at least one camera (101) connected to one of the inputs of a housing (1).
• the analysis of the image generated by said camera is performed at the housing itself. even a change in a certain number of pixels will trigger an alarm.
• the housings (1) are capable of isolating a cable break and remain capable of functioning as long as they are connected to at least a valid portion of cable.
• the cable cutoff can advantageously be considered as an attempted attack and thus generate an alarm.
• the boxes (1) may be able to process the video images internally.
• the housing (1) analyzes in real time the image or images coming from two video cameras (101) from cameras (101) connected directly to the housing (1) or cameras connected to other housings (1).
• This stereoscopic analysis makes it possible to measure objects in space and thus to discriminate an alarm according to the size of the moving object in the field of the cameras.
• Stereoscopic analysis can be used in both image and video stream.
• the housings (1) may be able to manage the night infra-red illumination of the cameras (101) both internally and externally. Using lighting only when taking an image saves a lot of energy. In addition, static lighting attracts insects and other flying creatures. Flashing or flickering the lighting makes it possible to avoid attracting the insects to the camera (101) and thus render unusable the motion detection at night.
• the control of the IR illumination of the cameras (101) can be advantageously achieved by a wire of the power cable the other wire bringing the power supply, the mass becomes common with that of the video cable of the camera (101).
• the shock / vibration detection boxes (1) can be installed on a semi-rigid type fence, a fence whose grid (201) is stretched with a tension T sufficient for this grid (201) vertically between the two rigid elements, ie the posts (200), which maintain this tension.
• the fence thus produced behaves like a piano wire between the two elements maintaining its tension, which makes it possible to reduce the number of housings (1) over a given length despite the presence of intermediate support elements, ie other poles. (200).
• the voltage T can also be maintained by properly dimensioning the posts (200) in connection type embedding, or substituting this element by a rigid structure such as wall, building post for example and without this list is limiting.
• the wire must be subjected to a voltage T sufficient, said voltage being applied between the amounts of each leaf.
• Anemometer Anemometer
• one or more anemometers can be connected to housings (1) to provide an indication when the wind speed, its orientation and the presence of wind gust. This makes it possible to adjust the detection sensitivity of all the housings (1) present on the fieldbus (5, 6).
• a housing can handle a multitude of sensors connected to each other
• each housing (1) can be equipped with a device which makes it possible to measure the electrical activity inside a cable without necessarily being in contact with this cable and / or without damaging the same cable.
• This function is used to generate an alarm when the cable is no longer active and / or during unwanted activities, to generate measurement files or to send a real-time measurement of the electrical activity of the cable.
• This function can be used in the case of monitoring against the theft of live cable and will generate an alarm when the cable is switched off thus reducing the number of boxes (1) for detecting the monitoring of a cable. great length.
• Monitoring the electrical activity of the cable may also be of interest, particularly in the case of exceeding thresholds at certain times, and for example requiring an immediate response to the site.
• the system comprises at least one dedicated bus capable of transferring the analog or digital data stream of several video cameras (101) and of several audio sources at the same time from one housing (1) to another. He will be in same time capable of circulating at least one digital data stream at a rate greater than 1Mb, at least one full-duplex audio stream, and at least one alarm management channel. Securing the power supply of the system
• the housings (1) can ensure the operational safety of the assembly.
• Each housing (1) may be provided with protection against short circuits. This protection can be lifted automatically when the short circuit is removed and / or manually raised from a remote station (102) and / or on the housing (1) and / or nearby.
• the manual management of this security will allow the user of the remote station (102) to manage the technical interventions by isolating all or part of the network "video surveillance bus". A cut of the supply cable generating a short circuit will not be able to cause the entire system to fail and in the case of the manual management on power supply of a dangerous voltage, a human intervention at the remote station (102) will be required to power up the damaged part.
• the system allows the user to view on the remote station (102) one or more video and / or audio streams, as well as one or more physical measurement curves while performing a permanent watch over the entire network.
• the remote station (102) When an alarm is triggered, the remote station (102) generates a visual alarm and displays the video stream and possibly audio assigned to this type of alarm (security, technical) in the form of a window, for example.
• the alarm is geolocated on the screen of the remote station (102), on a map, a photo or any other means allowing the user to immediately understand or is located the place in question.
• the display can be in the form of translucent tabs to evolve in several levels for example.
• the system allows remote adjustment of the housings (1) and this individually and / or by block unit processing (1) and / or globally.
• all the functions of the boxes (1) are configurable, modifiable via the remote stations (102)
• each remote station (102) may have a server software allowing other remote stations (102) to take control of the entire system via an Internet-based computer network. example.
• the system can be controlled via an Internet-type computer network.
• This function advantageously makes it possible to manage several systems on several remote sites from a central office.
• a system of periodic verification between the video and / or anti-intrusion system and this external central (ping type) makes it possible to know the state of said system, the absence of a signal highlighting either a system attack or a failure.

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