Patent ID: 7696871

Claim:
A security system ( 100 ) for storing and transporting valuables, the security system ( 100 ) comprising: at least one security container ( 20 ) for receiving valuables, each security container ( 20 ) comprising a protection mechanism ( 40 ) comprising an electrical protection circuit ( 41 ) for protecting the valuables, at least one storage container ( 30 ) for receiving and storing the at least one security container ( 20 ) and at least transport container ( 10 ) for separately receiving and transporting the at least one security container ( 20 ), characterized in that the electrical protection circuit ( 41 ) is provided in the security container ( 20 ), which comprises an infrared receiver ( 46 ), the protection mechanism ( 40 ) of the security container ( 20 ) being able to be put into a first protection mode and a second protection mode for protecting the security container ( 20 ) and its contents, an electrical control circuit ( 50 ), which comprises an infrared transmitter ( 51 ), is provided in the at least one storage container ( 30 ) and the at least one transport container ( 10 ), an optical window element ( 21 ) is provided in a wall of the security container ( 20 ) so that a communication link may be established between the infrared receiver ( 46 ) of the security container ( 20 ) and the infrared transmitter ( 51 ) of the storage container ( 30 ) or transport container ( 10 ), a communication protocol being implemented in the circuit ( 41 , 50 ), which automatically establishes said communication link as an ad hoc, point-to-point communication link from the infrared transmitter ( 51 ) through the optical window ( 21 ) to the infrared receiver ( 46 ) as soon as the security container ( 20 ) arrives in direct proximity to the at least one storage container ( 30 ) or the at least one transport container ( 10 ), and the protection mechanism ( 40 ) is placed in the first protection mode when it is located in proximity to a transport container ( 10 ) as determined from the communication link, and changes automatically from the first into the second protection mode when it is located in proximity to a storage container ( 30 ).