Smart-home device providing follow up communications to condition detection events
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1. A method for detecting that a condition is easing, the method comprising:
- measuring, by a hazard detector, a first amount of the condition present in an ambient environment of the hazard detector;
setting, by the hazard detector, a mode of the hazard detector to a second alarm state based on the measured first amount of the condition, wherein the second alarm state is indicative of a greater amount of the condition being present than a first alarm state;
measuring, by the hazard detector, a second amount of the 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 condition present in the ambient environment, to set the mode to the first alarm state from the second alarm state; and
in response to determining, at least partially based on the second amount of the condition present in the ambient environment to set the mode of the hazard detector to the first alarm state from the second alarm state, outputting an indication that the condition has eased, wherein;
the condition having eased indicates the 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 condition is easing, the method comprising:
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measuring, by a hazard detector, a first amount of the condition present in an ambient environment of the hazard detector; setting, by the hazard detector, a mode of the hazard detector to a second alarm state based on the measured first amount of the condition, wherein the second alarm state is indicative of a greater amount of the condition being present than a first alarm state; measuring, by the hazard detector, a second amount of the 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 condition present in the ambient environment, to set the mode to the first alarm state from the second alarm state; and in response to determining, at least partially based on the second amount of the condition present in the ambient environment to set the mode of the hazard detector to the first alarm state from the second alarm state, outputting an indication that the condition has eased, wherein; the condition having eased indicates the condition in the ambient environment of the hazard detector has decreased in amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. 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 is present in an ambient environment of the smart-home device; setting, by the smart-home device, an alarm mode of the smart-home device to a second alarm state based on the first state of the condition representative of the potential danger, wherein the second alarm state being representative of a higher level of emergency than a first alarm state; 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 alarm mode of the smart-home device to the first alarm state from the second alarm 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 alarm mode of the smart-home device to the first alarm state from the second alarm 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 (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. 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 an alarm mode of the smart-home device to a second alarm state based on the first state of the condition representative of the potential danger, wherein the second alarm state is representative of a higher level of emergency than a first alarm state; 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 alarm mode to the first alarm state from the second alarm state; and in response to determining, at least partially based on setting the alarm mode of the smart-home device to the first alarm state from the second alarm 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 (18, 19, 20)
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