Patent ID: 7880767

Claim:
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, 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.