Garage door status and control via a security system

• US 10,242,517 B1
• Filed: 09/18/2017
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nye, James Ellis, Child, Michael D., Thomas, Jeffrey G., Warren, Jeremy B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Alunkal, Thomas D
• Application Number:
  US15/707,694
• Time in Patent Office: 554 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00928 for garage doors
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/30 not involving the use of a pass
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/08 by opening, e.g. of door, of window, of drawer, of shutter, of curtain, of blind

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices are described that are directed to status and control of a garage door system via an alarm system controller. A garage door system may include one or more garage doors and at least one sensor configured to sense data indicative of a status of a garage door of the one or more garage doors. The at least one sensor may further be configured to convey the sensed data to an alarm system controller.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a garage door system control configured to;

operate at least one garage door;

transmit status information to a garage door control peripheral communicatively interfacing with the garage door system control; and

receive command information from the control peripheral;

the garage door control peripheral configured to;

receive the status information from the garage door system control;

transmit the status information to a control panel communicatively coupled to the garage door peripheral;

receive the command information from the control panel; and

transmit the command information to the garage door system control,

wherein transmitting the command information and transmitting the status information comprises converting the command information and the status information to facilitate communications between the garage door system control and the control panel;

the control panel configured to;

receive the status information from the garage door control peripheral; and

determine the command information for transmission to the garage door control peripheral,

wherein the command information comprises direct instructions for the garage door system control to adjust an operable status of the at least one garage door based at least in part on the status information; and

transmit the command information to the garage door control peripheral.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the garage door control peripheral is further configured to:

facilitate the communicative interfacing with the garage door system control, wherein the garage door control peripheral comprises supplemental functionality of the garage door system control for bi-directional communication with the control panel.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the garage door system control is further configured to:

establish direct communication with the control panel, wherein the garage door control peripheral is communicatively integrated with the garage door system control at a single unit.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the garage door system control is further configured to:

associate the garage door control peripheral with a legacy garage door opener, wherein the legacy garage door opener is communicatively coupled to the garage door control peripheral.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the garage door control peripheral is further configured to:

transmit the status information at one or more pre-configured intervals associated with a timing functionality of the garage door system control, a timing functionality of the control panel, or both.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the garage door control peripheral is further configured to:

transmit additional status information at one or more instances asynchronous to the one or more pre-configured intervals, wherein the transmission is initialized based at least in part on a received garage door status query request of the control panel.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the status information comprises at least one of a current state of the at least one garage door and a state change of the at least one garage door.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the garage door control peripheral is further configured to:

receive at least one sensor indication associated with the status information, wherein the at least one sensor indication is generated by one or more coupled sensors configured for wireless communication.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more sensors configured to receive at least one sensor indication associated with the status information, wherein the at least one sensor indication is independent of the garage door control peripheral.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the control panel is further configured to:

toggle a coupled relay control device from a first position to a second position in response to the received data.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more sensors configured to receive at least one sensor indication associated with detection of physical disturbances at a premises of the system.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the garage door control peripheral is further configured to:

transmit the command information of the control panel to at least one of a legacy garage door opener and the garage door system control.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an alert device configured to convey at least one of an audible alert or a visual alert proximal to the at least one garage door, wherein the audible alert or the visual alert, or both is initiated prior to, during, or subsequent to an adjustment in operable status of the at least one garage door.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a remote user computing device configured to enable a wireless interface with the control panel, wherein the wireless interface is configured for remote user input at the control panel.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the remote user computing device is further configured to:

receive a multimedia message corresponding to an adjustment in operable status of the at least one garage door.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the garage door control peripheral is further configured to:

capture, via a coupled camera, an image or a video associated with a focal area corresponding to the at least one garage door; and

route the captured image or video to the control panel.

17. A garage door control peripheral, comprising:

a processor;

a memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to;

receive status information from a garage door system control;

transmit the status information to a control panel communicatively coupled to the garage door peripheral;

receive information from the control panel;

identify the received information as command information of the control panel, the command information comprising direct instructions for the garage door system control to adjust an operable status of at least one garage door based at least in part on the status information; and

transmit the command information to the garage door system control,

wherein transmitting the command information and transmitting the status information comprises converting the command information and the status information to facilitate communications between the garage door system control and the control panel.

19. The garage door control peripheral of claim 17, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

receive at least one sensor indication associated with the status information, wherein the at least one sensor indication is generated by one or more coupled sensors configured for wireless communication.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code, the code executable by a processor to:

receive status information from a garage door system control;

transmit the status information to a control panel communicatively coupled to the garage door peripheral;

receive information from the control panel;

identify the received information as command information of the control panel, the command information comprising direct instructions for the garage door system control to adjust an operable status of at least one garage door based at least in part on the status information; and

transmit the command information to the garage door system control,

wherein transmitting the command information and transmitting the status information comprises converting the command information and the status information to facilitate communications between the garage door system control and the control panel.