Robotic assistance in security monitoring
First Claim
1. A monitoring system, comprising:
- a monitor control unit that is configured to detect sensor data that is generated by one or more sensors of a plurality of sensors located at different locations throughout a property; and
a robotic device that includes a network interface, one or more processors, and one or more storage devices that include instructions that are operable, when executed by the one more processors, to cause the robotic device to perform operations comprising;
receiving one or more instructions from the monitor control unit, wherein the one or more instructions include (i) a location associated with an event, and (ii) an initial security strategy;
navigating to the location associated with the event;
determining whether a potential threat is present within a vicinity of the location associated with the event, wherein determining whether a potential threat is present within a vicinity of the location associated with the event comprises;
using a camera mounted to the robotic device to obtain one or more images associated with the location, anddetermining whether the one or more images depict a human body that is present in the vicinity of the location associated with the event; and
in response to determining that a human body is present in the vicinity of the location associated with the event, selecting a different security strategy that can be used to address the potential threat.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on storage devices, for monitoring, security, and surveillance of a property. In one aspect, a system includes multiple robotic devices, multiple sensors, wherein the multiple sensors includes a first sensor, multiple charging stations, and a monitor control unit. The monitor control unit may include a network interface, one or more processors, and one or more storage devices that include instructions to cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations may include receiving data from the first sensor that is indicative of an alarm event, accessing information describing the capabilities of the each of the robotic devices, selecting a subset of robotic devices from the multiple robotic devices, and transmitting a command to each robotic device in the subset of robotic devices that instructs each respective robotic device to deploy to the location of the first sensor.
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17 Claims
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1. A monitoring system, comprising:
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a monitor control unit that is configured to detect sensor data that is generated by one or more sensors of a plurality of sensors located at different locations throughout a property; and a robotic device that includes a network interface, one or more processors, and one or more storage devices that include instructions that are operable, when executed by the one more processors, to cause the robotic device to perform operations comprising; receiving one or more instructions from the monitor control unit, wherein the one or more instructions include (i) a location associated with an event, and (ii) an initial security strategy; navigating to the location associated with the event; determining whether a potential threat is present within a vicinity of the location associated with the event, wherein determining whether a potential threat is present within a vicinity of the location associated with the event comprises; using a camera mounted to the robotic device to obtain one or more images associated with the location, and determining whether the one or more images depict a human body that is present in the vicinity of the location associated with the event; and in response to determining that a human body is present in the vicinity of the location associated with the event, selecting a different security strategy that can be used to address the potential threat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A monitoring system, comprising:
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a monitor control unit that is configured to detect sensor data that is generated by one or more sensors of a plurality of sensors located at different locations throughout a property; and a robotic device that includes a network interface, one or more processors, and one or more storage devices that include instructions that are operable, when executed by the one more processors, to cause the robotic device to perform operations comprising; receiving one or more instructions from the monitor control unit, wherein the one or more instructions include (i) a location associated with an event, and (ii) an initial security strategy; navigating to the location associated with the event; determining that a human body is present in the vicinity of the location associated with the event, wherein determining that a human body is present in the vicinity of the location associated with the event comprises; using a camera mounted to the robotic device to obtain one or more images associated with the location, and determining that the one or more images depict a human body that is present in the vicinity of the location associated with the event; and determining whether the human body is associated with a lawful occupant of the property; and in response to determining that the human body is not associated with a lawful occupant of the property, (i) locking-on to the human body and tracking the human body'"'"'s movement in the property, (ii) obtaining a real-time video feed of the human body, and (iii) providing the real-time video feed for output on a user device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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