Smart stay day

• US 10,282,973 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2017
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Eyring, Matthew J., Warren, Jeremy B., Nye, James E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Flores, Leon
• Application Number:
  US15/645,773
• Publication Number:
  US 20180005514A1
• Time in Patent Office: 666 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission

Abstract

In some embodiments, security and/or automation systems, collectively referred to as automation systems, may offer a user the peace of mind of having an automation system active while the user is present in a residence. False alarms may become costly to both the user of the automation system and to emergency responders using resources to respond to the false alarms. The automation system may provide the benefit of an armed automation system without the risk of frequent false alarms. An automation system may provide additional or alternative security to a residence when a person is detected in the home with a reduction in the false alarms that may be present in a strict alarm state. This may provide security to a person in the home during the day and provide unique daytime features.

Claims

1. A method for security and/or automation systems, comprising:

detecting a presence of a first person in a residence;

determining one or more actions of the first person based at least in part on detecting the presence of the first person;

activating a first state of an automation system based at least in part on detecting the presence of the first person and the one or more actions;

predicting a future action associated with the first person based at least in part on the determining;

determining that a barrier to an entry to the residence is opened within a predefined time frame of completion of the one or more actions;

detecting that the barrier to the entry to the residence is opened from an exterior of the residence;

comparing the opening of the barrier to the future action associated with the first person; and

suppressing an alarm associated with a change of state of the automation system based at least in part on the comparing.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining an identity of the first person, wherein determining the one or more actions of the first person is based at least in part on the identity.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining an activity pattern of the first person based at least in part on the one or more determined actions of the first person, wherein predicting the future action associated with the first person is based at least in part on the activity pattern of the first person.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein suppressing the alarm associated with the change of state of the automation system further comprises automatically preventing a trigger of the alarm based at least in part on the determined activity pattern of the first person.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the change of state of the automation system, wherein the change of state comprises the opening of the barrier to the entry to the residence; and

comparing the predicted future action to the detected opening of the barrier, wherein suppressing the alarm is based at least in part on the comparing.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein suppressing the alarm associated with the change of state of the automation system is based at least in part on an adjusted alarm threshold associated with the barrier to the entry to the residence.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein suppressing the alarm associated with the change of state of the automation system further comprises automatically disarming an alarm associated with the barrier to the entry based at least in part on the adjusted alarm threshold.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a presence of a second person at an entry to the residence; and

alerting the first person based at least in part on the one or more determined actions of the first person and the detected presence of the second person, wherein alerting the first person further comprises transmitting a notification to a device associated with the first person.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein alerting the first person comprises:

providing a visual of the second person at the entry to the residence to the device associated with the first person; and

enabling the first person to silence a doorbell.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining an identity of the second person at the entry to the residence; and

silencing a doorbell based at least in part on the identity of the second person and the one or more determined actions of the first person, wherein alerting the first person further comprises routing a doorbell notification to the device associated with the first person.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein suppressing the alarm associated with the change of state of the automation system further comprises deactivating one or more motion sensors proximate an interior of the residence.

12. An apparatus for security and/or automation systems, comprising:

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

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

detect a presence of a first person in a residence;

determine one or more actions of the first person based at least in part on detecting the presence of the first person;

activate a first state of an automation system based at least in part on detecting the presence of the first person and the one or more actions;

predict a future action associated with the first person based at least in part on the determining;

determine that a barrier to an entry to the residence is opened within a predefined time frame of completion of the one or more actions;

detect that the barrier to the entry to the residence is opened from an exterior of the residence;

compare the opening of the barrier to the future action associated with the first person; and

suppress an alarm associated with a change of state of the automation system based at least in part on the comparing.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

determine an identity of the first person, wherein determining the one or more actions of the first person is based at least in part on the identity.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

determine an activity pattern of the first person based at least in part on the one or more determined actions of the first person, wherein predicting the future action associated with the first person is based at least in part on the activity pattern of the first person.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

automatically prevent a trigger of the alarm based at least in part on the determined activity pattern of the first person.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

detect the change of state of the automation system, wherein the change of state comprises the opening of the barrier to the entry to the residence; and

compare the predicted future action to the detected opening of the barrier, wherein suppressing the alarm is based at least in part on the comparing.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein suppressing the alarm associated with the change of state of the automation system is based at least in part on an adjusted alarm threshold associated with the barrier to the entry to the residence.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for security and/or automation systems, the code executable by a processor to:

detect a presence of a first person in a residence;

determine one or more actions of the first person based at least in part on detecting the presence of the first person;

activate a first state of an automation system based at least in part on detecting the presence of the first person and the one or more actions;

predict a future action associated with the first person based at least in part on the determining;

determine that a barrier to an entry to the residence is opened within a predefined time frame of completion of the one or more actions;

detect that the barrier to the entry to the residence is opened from an exterior of the residence;

compare the opening of the barrier to the future action associated with the first person; and

suppress an alarm associated with a change of state of the automation system based at least in part on the comparing.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the code is further executable by the processor to:

determine an identity of the first person, wherein determining the one or more actions of the first person is based at least in part on the identity.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the code is further executable by the processor to:

determine an activity pattern of the first person based at least in part on the one or more determined actions of the first person, wherein predicting the future action associated with the first person is based at least in part on the activity pattern of the first person.