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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2006
Nikolas Subotic, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christopher Roussi, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Peter Jensen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William Buller, Dexter, MI (US);
Nikolas Subotic, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christopher Roussi, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Peter Jensen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William Buller, Dexter, MI (US);
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI (US);
Abstract
Intrusion detection methods and apparatus exploit the infrastructure of the building itself. The preferred embodiments use the existing power line infrastructure to provide power, data, and sensor observables to a monitoring system which is simply connected at one point, namely, the connection of the building to the city power grid. Computer network interfaces may also be used. In terms of sensors, impedance, capacitive, inductive, electric field and Radar modalities may be used.