Systems, devices, and methods for providing heat-source alerts

• US 10,078,949 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2017
• Issued: 09/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Wang, Liang-Yun
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Leon-Viet
• Application Number:
  US15/613,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20170270760A1
• Time in Patent Office: 473 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/12 Actuation by presence of radiation or particles, e.g. of infrared radiation or of ions
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/182 Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/185 Signal analysis techniques for reducing or preventing false alarms or for enhancing the reliability of the system
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport

Abstract

The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for authenticating users. In one aspect, a method includes (1) determining an operating state of a heat source; (2) determining an occupancy of a dwelling that includes the heat source; (3) determining whether a heat-source alert condition is met; (4) in accordance with a determination that the heat-source alert condition is met, generating a heat-source alert; (5) receiving from a user acknowledgement of the heat-source alert, the acknowledgement including a first classification for the heat-source alert; and (6) determining that the acknowledgement includes the first classification for the heat-source alert; and (7) in accordance with the determination that the acknowledgement includes the first classification, modifying the heat-source alert condition for future heat-source alerts.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at a computing system comprising one or more processors and memory coupled to the one or more processors;

determining an operating state of a heat source;

determining an occupancy of a dwelling that includes the heat source;

determining, based on the determined operating state of the heat source and the determined occupancy of the dwelling, whether a heat-source alert condition is met;

in accordance with a determination that the heat-source alert condition is met, generating a heat-source alert;

after generating the heat-source alert, receiving from a user acknowledgement of the heat-source alert, the acknowledgement including a first classification of a plurality of classifications for the heat-source alert, wherein the plurality of classifications include a false alarm classification and a valid alarm classification; and

in response to receiving the acknowledgement of the heat-source alert, determining that the acknowledgement includes the first classification for the heat-source alert; and

in accordance with the determination that the acknowledgement includes the first classification, modifying the heat-source alert condition for future heat-source alerts.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the heat-source alert condition includes changing a first threshold time of the heat-source alert condition to a second threshold time that is greater than the first threshold time.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the heat-source alert condition includes changing a first threshold temperature of the heat-source alert condition to a second threshold temperature that is greater than the first threshold temperature.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising, in accordance with a determination that the heat-source alert condition is not met, forgoing generating the heat-source alert.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination that the heat-source alert condition is met is a first determination and the heat-source alert is a first heat-source alert, and the method further comprises:

in accordance with a second determination that the heat-source alert condition is met, generating a second heat-source alert;

after generating the second heat-source alert, receiving a second user acknowledgement the second heat-source alert, the second user acknowledgement including a second classification for the second heat-source alert;

in response to receiving the second user acknowledgement for the second heat-source alert, cancelling the second heat-source alert without modifying the heat-source alert condition.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving ambient temperature data for a room with the heat source from an ambient temperature sensor located in the room with the heat source; and

determining the operating state of the heat source in the room based at least in part on the received ambient temperature data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the heat-source alert condition comprises:

associating a pattern of sensed household activity with the user acknowledgement; and

changing the heat-source alert condition to additionally require an absence of the pattern.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the operating state of the heat source comprises determining the operating state of the heat source based on blackbody radiation data.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of classifications further include a late alarm classification indicating that the heat-source alert was not generated promptly enough.

10. A computing system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for;

determining an operating state of a heat source;

determining an occupancy of a dwelling that includes the heat source;

determining, based on the determined operating state of the heat source and the determined occupancy of the dwelling, whether a heat-source alert condition is met;

in accordance with a determination that the heat-source alert condition is met, generating a heat-source alert;

after generating the heat-source alert, receiving from a user acknowledgement of the heat-source alert, the acknowledgement including a first classification of a plurality of classifications for the heat-source alert, wherein the plurality of classifications include a false alarm classification and a valid alarm classification; and

in response to receiving the acknowledgement of the heat-source alert, determining that the acknowledgement includes the first classification for the heat-source alert; and

in accordance with the determination that the acknowledgement includes the first classification, modifying the heat-source alert condition for future heat-source alerts.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein modifying the heat-source alert condition includes changing a first threshold time of the heat-source alert condition to a second threshold time that is greater than the first threshold time.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein modifying the heat-source alert condition includes changing a first threshold temperature of the heat-source alert condition to a second threshold temperature that is greater than the first threshold temperature.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the determination that the heat-source alert condition is met is a first determination and the heat-source alert is a first heat-source alert, and wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

in accordance with a second determination that the heat-source alert condition is met, generating a second heat-source alert;

after generating the second heat-source alert, receiving a second user acknowledgement the second heat-source alert, the second user acknowledgement including a second classification for the second heat-source alert;

in response to receiving the second user acknowledgement for the second heat-source alert, cancelling the second heat-source alert without modifying the heat-source alert condition.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

receiving ambient temperature data for a room with the heat source from an ambient temperature sensor located in the room with the heat source; and

determining the operating state of the heat source in the room based at least in part on the received ambient temperature data.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein modifying the heat-source alert condition comprises:

associating a pattern of sensed household activity with the user acknowledgement; and

changing the heat-source alert condition to additionally require an absence of the pattern.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of classifications further include a late alarm classification indicating that the heat-source alert was not generated promptly enough.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to:

determine an operating state of a heat source;

determine an occupancy of a dwelling that includes the heat source;

determine, based on the determined operating state of the heat source and the determined occupancy of the dwelling, whether a heat-source alert condition is met;

in accordance with a determination that the heat-source alert condition is met, generate a heat-source alert;

after generating the heat-source alert, receive from a user acknowledgement of the heat-source alert, the acknowledgement including a first classification of a plurality of classifications for the heat-source alert, wherein the plurality of classifications include a false alarm classification and a valid alarm classification; and

in response to receiving the acknowledgement of the heat-source alert, determine that the acknowledgement includes the first classification for the heat-source alert; and

in accordance with the determination that the acknowledgement includes the first classification, modify the heat-source alert condition for future heat-source alerts.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein modifying the heat-source alert condition includes changing a first threshold time of the heat-source alert condition to a second threshold time that is greater than the first threshold time.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein modifying the heat-source alert condition includes changing a first threshold temperature of the heat-source alert condition to a second threshold temperature that is greater than the first threshold temperature.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the plurality of classifications further include a late alarm classification indicating that the heat-source alert was not generated promptly enough.