Smart-home device providing follow up communications to condition detection events
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1. A method for detecting that a hazardous condition is easing, the method comprising:
- measuring, by a hazard detector, a first amount of the hazardous condition present in an ambient environment of the hazard detector;
setting, by the hazard detector, a mode of the hazard detector to an alarm state based on the measured first amount of the hazardous condition;
measuring, by the hazard detector, a second amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment of the hazard detector, wherein the second amount is less than the first amount;
determining, by the hazard detector, at least partially based on the second amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment, to set the mode to a non-alarm state; and
in response to determining, at least partially based on the second amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment to set the mode of the hazard detector to the non-alarm state from the alarm state, outputting an indication that the hazardous condition has eased, wherein;
the hazardous condition having eased indicates the hazardous condition in the ambient environment of the hazard detector has decreased in amount.
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Abstract
Hazardous or dangerous conditions may be monitored. A mode may be set to a state indicative of the condition being present. It may then be determined that the hazardous or dangerous condition has eased. An indication of the hazardous or dangerous condition easing may be output in response to the determination. Such an indication may be output as synthesized speech.
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1. A method for detecting that a hazardous condition is easing, the method comprising:
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measuring, by a hazard detector, a first amount of the hazardous condition present in an ambient environment of the hazard detector; setting, by the hazard detector, a mode of the hazard detector to an alarm state based on the measured first amount of the hazardous condition; measuring, by the hazard detector, a second amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment of the hazard detector, wherein the second amount is less than the first amount; determining, by the hazard detector, at least partially based on the second amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment, to set the mode to a non-alarm state; and in response to determining, at least partially based on the second amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment to set the mode of the hazard detector to the non-alarm state from the alarm state, outputting an indication that the hazardous condition has eased, wherein; the hazardous condition having eased indicates the hazardous condition in the ambient environment of the hazard detector has decreased in amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A hazard detector comprising:
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a hazard sensor that measures amounts of a hazardous condition present in an ambient environment of the hazard detector; an output component that outputs information; and a processing system that comprises one or more processors, the processing system being in communication with the output component and the hazard sensor, the processing system being configured to; receive a first measurement of a first amount of the hazardous condition present in an ambient environment of the hazard detector from the hazard sensor; set a mode of the hazard detector to an alarm or alarm state based on the first measurement; receive a second measurement of a second amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment of the hazard detector from the hazard sensor; determine, at least partially based on the second measurement, to set the mode to a non-alarm state; and in response to determining, at least partially based on the second measurement of the second amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment, to set the mode of the hazard detector to the non-alarm state from the alarm state, cause an indication that the hazardous condition has eased to be output by the output component, wherein the hazardous condition having eased indicates the hazardous condition in the ambient environment of the hazard detector has dissipated. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory processor-readable medium for a hazard detector, comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause one or more processors of the hazard detector to:
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receive a first measurement of a first amount of a hazardous condition present in an ambient environment of the hazard detector from a hazard sensor; set a mode of the hazard detector to an alarm or alarm state based on the first measurement; receive a second measurement of a second amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment of the hazard detector from the hazard sensor; determine, at least partially based on the second measurement, to set the mode to a non-alarm state; and in response to determining at least partially based on the second measurement to set the mode of the hazard detector to the non-alarm state, cause an indication that the hazardous condition has eased to be output by the hazard detector, wherein the hazardous condition having eased indicates the hazardous condition in the ambient environment of the hazard detector has decreased in amount. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method for detecting that a condition representative of a potential danger is easing, the method comprising:
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determining, by a smart-home device, a first state of the condition representative of the potential danger present in an ambient environment of the smart-home device; setting, by the smart-home device, a mode of the smart-home device to an early warning state based on the first state of the condition representative of the potential danger; determining, by the smart-home device, a second state of the condition representative of the potential danger present in the ambient environment of the smart-home device, wherein the second state is indicative of a less dangerous situation than the first state; determining, by the smart-home device, based on the second state of the condition representative of the potential danger, to set the mode of the smart-home device to a non-alarm state distinct from the early warning state; and in response to determining, at least partially based on the second state of the condition representative of the potential danger present in the ambient environment to set the mode of the smart-home device to the non-alarm state from the early warning state, outputting an indication that the condition representative of the potential danger has eased, wherein; the condition representative of the potential danger having eased indicates the condition representative of the potential danger in the ambient environment of the smart-home device has decreased. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A smart-home device comprising:
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a sensor that detects a condition representative of a potential danger present in an ambient environment of the smart-home device; and a processing system that comprises one or more processors, the processing system being in communication with an output component and the sensor, the processing system being configured to; determine a first state of the condition representative of the potential danger present in the ambient environment of the smart-home device based on information from the sensor; set a mode of the smart-home device to an early warning state based on the first state of the condition representative of the potential danger; determine a second state of the condition representative of the potential danger present in the ambient environment of the smart-home device based on information from the sensor; determine, based on the second state of the condition representative of the potential danger, to set the mode to a non-alarm state; and in response to determining, at least partially based on setting the mode of the smart-home device to the non-alarm state from the early warning state, cause an indication that the condition representative of the potential danger has eased to be output, wherein the condition representative of the potential danger having eased indicates the condition representative of the potential danger in the ambient environment of the smart-home device has decreased. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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