Patent ID: 6833788
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
A portable intrusion detection appliance, consisting of:a small, lightweight, low-cost, easily portable body having a back, a base, a front and a plurality of side walls; an infrared motion sensor held in the small, lightweight, low-cost, easily portable body; a microprocessor held in the small, lightweight, low-cost, easily portable body and connected to the infrared motion sensor; the microprocessor including means to activate an audio output in response to receipt of a signal signifying that motion has been detected by the infrared motion sensor; a record/playback device having a microphone coupled to the microprocessor for recording ambient sound held in the relatively small, lightweight, low-cost portable body; a non-volatile storage medium held in the small, lightweight, low-cost, easily portable body for storing the audio output and the ambient sound; an input jack in one of the plurality of side walls of the small, lightweight, low-cost portable body for coupling a separate transceiver to the microprocessor, whereby the separate transceiver may be activated by the microprocessor to receive and broadcast the audio output and the ambient sound; the base allowing the portable intrusion detection appliance to be mounted in an upright position in an area to be monitored; and the back including a securing means for selectively, releasably securing the small, lightweight, low-cost portable body to a further item; and an internal power source held in the small, lightweight, low-cost portable body and coupled to the microprocessor.