System and method of augmented reality alarm system installation

• US 10,388,068 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2014
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Park, Arthur Tony, Raeside, Russell, Probin, Robert John
• Primary Examiner(s): Harrison, Chante E
• Application Number:
  US14/330,130
• Publication Number:
  US 20160012639A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,863 Days
• Field of Search: 345629, 345632-633, 398187, 340332, 3406916, 709217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally

Abstract

Systems and methods of augmented reality alarm system installation are provided. Methods can include capturing an image of a first piece of information displayed on a first user interface, identifying and retrieving a second piece of information associated with the first piece of information, and displaying the second piece of information on a second user interface.

Claims

1. A system for an augmented reality alarm system installation comprising:

a microphone;

a user interface;

a programmable processor; and

executable control software stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium,

wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software instruct the microphone to capture modulation of sound emitted from a sounder, a speaker, or another audio indicator of an alarm system,

wherein the modulation represents a first piece of information,

wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software identify and retrieve a second piece of information associated with the first piece of information by cross-referencing the first piece of information in a database that is stored on a server and by identifying and retrieving the second piece of information from the database,

wherein the server is a remote device,

wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software communicate with the server via remote communication, and

wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software instruct the user interface to display the second piece of information.

2. A method for an augmented reality alarm system installation, the method comprising:

instructing a microphone of a smart device to capture modulation of sound emitted from a sounder, a speaker, or another audio indicator of an alarm system, wherein the modulation represents a first piece of information;

identifying and retrieving a second piece of information associated with the first piece of information by cross-referencing the first piece of information in a database or on a server and by identifying and retrieving the second piece of information from the database or the server;

displaying the second piece of information on a user interface of the smart device; and

updating the second piece of information stored in the database or on the server.