Patent ID: 8982211
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G07C,G08B,H04K

Abstract:
1. A security system for mass transit and mass transportation, wherein a substantial number of passengers and/or cargo items are typically transported, as in commercial vehicles or vessels such as aircraft, ships, trains, and subways, and comprising: a) a processor or computer capable of: i) receiving input signals from a plurality of sensors and/or devices, ii) processing these input signals and collating the data therefrom; iii) outputting and reporting the collected and processed data; iv) outputting and indicating a plurality of on-board vehicle conditions; v) outputting collected and processed data for visual display; b) a plurality of sensors on-board the vehicle or vessel capable of outputting signal to the processor; c) an alarm actuated by the processor responsive to a signal and output via data signal and/or visual display, in order to warn of a predetermined alarm condition; and d) communication means for communicating directly or through another vehicle with other commercial vehicles or vessels free of any ground communication interaction, wherein the processor is programmable to receive signals from the plurality of sensors and collate said signals to differentiate between a threat condition in which the alarm is actuated and a non-threat condition in which an alert is provided, the processor further selecting and actuating communication to at least one appropriate and predetermined location, said appropriate and predetermined location including a location remote from the vehicle or vessel by selective means of communication as best available and appropriate to predetermined first responders, and wherein the communication means allows voice, data, video, and combinations thereof transfer.