×

Robotic assistance in security monitoring

  • US 10,088,841 B2
  • Filed: 11/10/2016
  • Issued: 10/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

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.

View all claims
  • 3 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×