Monitoring external vibration sources for data collection

• US 10,012,766 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2015
• Issued: 07/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Modi, Yash, Herman, Kenneth Louis, Rabb, Laura, Lammers, Michael, James, Bryan, Peterson, Kevin Charles, Malhotra, Mark Rajan
• Primary Examiner(s): Yi, Roy Y
• Application Number:
  US14/683,769
• Publication Number:
  US 20160299256A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,180 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 1/30 Analysis G01V1/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/10 Devices for predicting weather conditions computers per se G06; display devices G09

Abstract

A system and method is provided for the control of a network of devices wherein each device of the networked devices provides for the operation of a sensor such as an accelerometer, processor and communication element within each device, and network and/or cloud based processing and storage, to process collected data to permit detection and predictive analysis of traffic patterns, weather patterns and other forces of nature. The system and method can analyze duration and magnitude of vibration signals, and considering maps and known locations of devices, tracks and highways and historical data regarding each, use machine learning techniques to accurately classify the motion and provide real-time and predictive analysis.

Claims

1. An environmental data monitoring and reporting system, comprising:

a plurality of premises management devices, each including one or more environmental sensors that detect environmental conditions and create environmental data based on the detected environmental conditions where the device is located, the environmental data indicating non-human movement detected by at least one of the plurality of environmental sensors; and

a processor to analyze environmental data received from the plurality of premises management devices, identify a single source of the movement and provide predictive analysis results regarding the source of the movement for at least one of the group consisting of;

map services, navigation services, and traffic services provided by the processor.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein:

a plurality of environmental sensors at different locations are configured to detect environmental conditions at substantially the same time and create environmental data based on the detected environmental conditions; and

the processor is configured to identify the single source of the movement and provide predictive analysis results regarding the source of the movement by analyzing the environmental data that was created by the plurality of environmental sensors at different locations.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the environmental sensors comprise accelerometers, and wherein the detected environmental conditions comprises vibration detected by the accelerometers.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein each premises management device can identify local sources of movement occurring within an environment of the premises management device, wherein the environment of each premises management device comprises a home or building.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein local sources of movement comprise a user movement in the environment, a vehicle movement originating from or terminating within the environment or a user interacting with the premises management device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor can identify regional sources of movement occurring within an environment of the plurality of premises management devices, wherein the environment of the plurality of premises management devices comprises a neighborhood, city, county, state, postal zip code area or public switched telephone network (PSTN) code area.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein regional sources of movement comprise a vehicle passing through the environment, a weather event passing through the environment or an earth movement occurring in the environment.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to provide predictive analysis results based on the regional sources of movement, comprising an expected path of the vehicle passing through the environment, an expected path of the weather event passing through the environment, or an expected path of the earth movement occurring in the environment.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to provide alerts based on the predictive analysis results.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to identify a malfunctioning environmental sensor and exclude environmental data of the malfunctioning environmental sensor.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the premises management devices are configured to store the environmental data until queried by the processor, and the processor is configured to query the premises management devices to request communication of the environmental data.

12. An environmental data monitoring and reporting system, comprising:

a processor configured to communicate with a plurality of premises management devices, each including one or more environmental sensors that detect environmental conditions and create environmental data based on the detected environmental conditions where the device is located, the environmental data indicating non-human movement detected by at least one of the plurality of environmental sensors, and

analyze environmental data received from the plurality of premises management devices, identify a single source of the movement and provide predictive analysis results regarding the source of the movement for at least one of the group consisting of;

map services, navigation services, and traffic services provided by the processor.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to identify the single source of the movement and provide predictive analysis results regarding the source of the movement by analyzing the environmental data that was created by the plurality of environmental sensors at different locations.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to identify regional sources of movement occurring within an environment of the plurality of premises management devices, wherein the environment of the plurality of premises management devices comprises a neighborhood, city, county, state, postal zip code area or public switched telephone network (PSTN) code area.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein regional sources of movement comprise a vehicle passing through the environment, a weather event passing through the environment or an earth movement occurring in the environment.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to provide predictive analysis results based on the regional sources of movement, comprising an expected path of the vehicle passing through the environment, an expected path of the weather event passing through the environment, or an expected path of the earth movement occurring in the environment.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to provide alerts based on the predictive analysis results.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to identify a malfunctioning environmental sensor and exclude environmental data of the malfunctioning environmental sensor.

19. A method for environmental data monitoring and reporting, comprising:

controlling a processor to communicate with a plurality of premises management devices, each including one or more environmental sensors that detect environmental conditions and create environmental data based on the detected environmental conditions where the device is located, the environmental data indicating non-human movement detected by at least one of the plurality of environmental sensors, and

controlling the processor to analyze environmental data received from the plurality of premises management devices, identify a single source of the movement and provide predictive analysis results regarding the source of the movement for at least one of the group consisting of;

map services, navigation services, and traffic services provided by the processor.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising controlling the processor to identify the single source of the movement and provide predictive analysis results regarding the source of the movement by analyzing the environmental data that was created by the plurality of environmental sensors at different locations.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising controlling the processor to identify regional sources of movement occurring within an environment of the plurality of premises management devices, wherein the environment of the plurality of premises management devices comprises a neighborhood, city, county, state, postal zip code area or public switched telephone network (PSTN) code area.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein regional sources of movement comprise a vehicle passing through the environment, a weather event passing through the environment or an earthmovement occurring in the environment.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising controlling the processor to provide predictive analysis results based on the regional sources of movement, comprising an expected path of the vehicle passing through the environment, an expected path of the weather event passing through the environment, or an expected path of the earthmovement occurring in the environment.

24. The method of claim 19, further comprising controlling the processor to provide alerts based on the predictive analysis results.

25. The method of claim 19, further comprising controlling the processor to identify a malfunctioning environmental sensor and exclude environmental data of the malfunctioning environmental sensor.