Residential sensor device platform

• US 10,274,947 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2016
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nuro Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nuro Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Ashar, Premal
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Qing Yuan
• Application Number:
  US15/249,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20170350615A1
• Time in Patent Office: 977 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/52 Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/54 using one central controller connected to several sub-controllers
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2120/10 Occupancy
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/163 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart, intelligent house
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/24024 Safety, surveillance
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25011 Domotique, I-O bus, home automation, building automation
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25168 Domotique, access through internet protocols
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25196 Radio link, transponder
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/00 Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1436 with motion detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2816 Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 Master-slave selection or change arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/20 End-user application control systems

Abstract

Implementations generally relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for a residential sensor device platform. In some implementations, a system includes a plurality of sensor devices. Each of the plurality of sensor devices includes a first transceiver operative to support uplink communication with a wireless router, a second transceiver operative to support mesh link communication with other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices, an electrical control, a sensor operative to sense a condition of a living space, and a processor. The processor is operative to communicate with the wireless router, communicate with the other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices, and receive the sensed condition of the living space. Processors of the plurality of sensor devices are operative to select a master sensor device, wherein the master sensor device maintains communication with the wireless router, and wherein the other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices form a wireless mesh network.

Claims

1. A residential sensor device platform comprising:

a plurality of sensor devices, each sensor device of the plurality of sensor devices comprising;

a first transceiver operative to support uplink communication with a wireless router;

a second transceiver operative to support mesh link communication with other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices;

an electrical control operative to control at least one of one or more electrical power outlets and one or more electrical switches;

a sensor operative to sense a condition of a living space; and

a processor operative to;

communicate with the wireless router through the first transceiver;

communicate with the other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices through the second transceiver; and

receive the sensed condition of the living space, wherein one or more processors of the plurality of sensor devices are operative to;

select a master sensor device from the plurality of sensor devices, wherein the master sensor device maintains communication with the wireless router, and wherein the other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices are designated as slave sensor devices and form a wireless mesh network with the other sensor devices through wireless communication with the other sensor devices through the second transceivers.

2. The residential sensor device platform of claim 1, wherein if the selected master sensor device fails, the one or more processors of the plurality of sensor devices reselects the master sensor device from the plurality of sensor devices.

3. The residential sensor device platform of claim 1, wherein the processor is further operative to control operation of the electrical control based on at least the sensed condition of the living space.

4. The residential sensor device platform of claim 1, wherein the processor is further operative to control operation of the electrical control based on at least the sensed occupancy of the living space.

5. The residential sensor device platform of claim 1, wherein the processor is further operative to at least partially control operation of another device.

6. The residential sensor device platform of claim 1, wherein the processor is further operative to control operation of the electrical control based on timing.

7. The residential sensor device platform of claim 1, wherein the processor is further operative to control operation of the electrical control based on environmental parameters.

8. The residential sensor device platform of claim 1, wherein the processor is further operative to monitor behavior of users of the living space, and wherein the processor receives and stores the sensed condition over time and analyzes the sensed condition to identify user behavior.

9. The residential sensor device platform of claim 1, wherein the wireless mesh network further includes non-sensor devices that communicate with at least a portion of the plurality of sensor devices of the wireless mesh network.

10. A sensor device comprising:

a first transceiver operative to support uplink communication with a wireless router;

a second transceiver operative to support mesh link communication with other sensor devices of a plurality of sensor devices;

an electrical control operative to control at least one of one or more electrical power outlet and one or more electrical switches;

a sensor operative to sense a condition of a living space;

a processor operative to;

communicate with the wireless router through the first transceiver;

communicate with the other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices through the second transceiver;

receive the sensed condition of the living space;

wherein one or more processors of the plurality of sensor devices are operative to;

select a master sensor device from the plurality of sensor devices, wherein the master sensor device maintains communication with the wireless router, and wherein the other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices are designated as slave sensor devices and form a wireless mesh network with the other sensor devices through wireless communication with the other sensor devices through the second transceiver.

11. The sensor device of claim 10, wherein if the selected master sensor device fails, the one or more processors of the plurality of sensor devices reselect the master sensor device from the plurality of sensor devices.

12. The sensor device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further operative to control operation of the electrical control based on at least the sensed condition of the living space.

13. The sensor device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further operative to control operation of the electrical control based on at least the sensed occupancy of the living space.

14. The sensor device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further operative to at least partially control operation of another device.

15. The sensor device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further operative to control operation of the electrical control based on timing.

16. The sensor device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further operative to control operation of the electrical control based on environmental parameters.

17. The sensor device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further operative to monitor behavior of users of the living space, and wherein the processor receives and stores the sensed condition over time, and analyzes the sensed condition to identify user behavior.

18. The sensor device of claim 10, wherein the wireless mesh network further includes non-sensor devices that communicate with at least a portion of the plurality of sensor devices of the wireless mesh network.

19. A method for operation of a residential sensor device platform, the method comprising:

supporting, by a first transceiver of a sensor device of a plurality of sensor devices, uplink communication with a wireless router;

supporting, by a second transceiver of the sensor device, mesh link communication with other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices;

controlling, by the sensor device, an electrical control that is operative to control at least one of one or more power outlets and one or more electrical switches;

sensing, by a sensor of the sensor device, a condition of a living space;

communicating, by the sensor device, with the wireless router through the first transceiver;

communicating, by the sensor device, with the other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices through the second transceiver;

receiving, by the sensor device, with the sensed condition of the living space; and

selecting, by one or more processors of the plurality of sensor devices, the sensor device to be designated as a master sensor device from the plurality of sensor devices, wherein the master sensor device maintains communication with the wireless router, and wherein the other sensor devices of the plurality of wireless devices are designated as slave sensor devices and form a wireless mesh network with the other sensor devices through wireless communication with the other sensor devices through the second transceiver.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein if the master sensor device fails, the one or more processors of the plurality of sensor devices reselects the master sensor device from the plurality of sensor devices.