Providing Home Automation Information via Communication with a Vehicle

• US 20140306833A1
• Filed: 04/15/2014
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AutoConnect Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Flextronics America LLC (Flextronics International Limited)
• Inventors: Ricci, Christopher P.
• Granted Patent: US 9,378,601 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/901
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Abstract

Methods and systems of providing home automation information via communication with a vehicle. A home automation system can determine a state of the home and determine when occupants enter a home. The home automation system can identify an occupant and monitor the status and location of the occupant in the home and determine a status change for the occupant, such when the occupant leaves or is scheduled to leave the home, the occupant going to sleep, experiencing a health crisis, or entering an area of the home the occupant is not authorized to enter. The home automation system can send alerts and information to a vehicle operation system of a vehicle and to a communication device of a user. The alerts can include information related to the identity and the status of the occupant and information related to the state of the home.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining, by a microprocessor executable home automation system, that a person has entered a home associated with a vehicle user;

sending, by the microprocessor executable home automation system, an alert to a vehicle control system indicating the person has entered the home.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring, by the microprocessor executable home automation system, a status of the person in the home;

determining, by the microprocessor executable home automation system, that the status of the person has changed; and

sending, by the microprocessor executable home automation system, a status alert to the vehicle control system.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the microprocessor executable home automation system determines at least one of:

the person can be identified and the status alert includes the name of the person;

the person cannot be identified and the status alert includes an intruder alert;

the person is leaving the home and the status alert includes one of an estimated time the person will leave the home and the time the person has left the home;

the person is asleep and the status alert indicates that the person is asleep;

the person is experiencing a health crisis and the status alert includes information about the health crisis; and

the person has entered an area of the home the person is not authorized to enter and the status alert includes information about the location in the home of the person.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the microprocessor executable home automation system determines the person is experiencing the health crisis using information from at least one of a sensor of the home automation system and a device worn by the person.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the information from the sensor is a call for help from the person.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the device worn by the person is at least one of a heart rate monitor, a blood pressure monitor, a glucose monitor, and medical alert device activated by the person.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor of the home automation system includes one or more of an interior motion sensor, an exterior motion sensor, an interior camera, an exterior camera, an interior sound receiver, an exterior sound receiver, an infrared sensor, a weight sensor, a biometric sensor, a device worn by the person, a Bluetooth sensor, a radio frequency signal sensor, and a door motion sensor.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the alert includes one or more of an identity of the person, a picture of the person, a voice recording of the person, a time the person entered the home, and a location of the person in the home.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the person includes a plurality of persons and the microprocessor sends an alert to the vehicle control system for each of the plurality of persons.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by the microprocessor executable home automation system, the alert to one or more of a cell phone, a laptop, a tablet computer, and a personal digital assistant.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising, presenting, by the vehicle control system, the alert to the user in the vehicle.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a microprocessor executable home automation system, perform a method comprising:

determining that a person has entered a home associated with a vehicle user;

sending an alert to a vehicle control system indicating the person has entered the home.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, further comprising:

monitoring a status of the person in the home;

determining that the status of the person has changed; and

sending a status alert to the vehicle control system.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising determining at least one of:

the person can be identified and the status alert includes the name of the person;

the person cannot be identified and the status alert includes an intruder alert;

the person is leaving the home and the status alert includes one of an estimated time the person will leave the home and the time the person has left the home;

the person is asleep and the status alert indicates that the person is asleep;

the person is experiencing a health crisis and the status alert includes information about the health crisis; and

the person has entered an area of the home the person is not authorized to enter and the status alert includes information about the location in the home of the person.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving information from at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor includes one or more of an interior motion sensor, an exterior motion sensor, an interior camera, an exterior camera, an interior sound receiver, an exterior sound receiver, an infrared sensor, a weight sensor, a biometric sensor, a device worn by the person, a Bluetooth sensor, a radio frequency signal sensor, and a door motion sensor.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the alert includes one or more of an identity of the person, a picture of the person, a voice recording of the person, a time the person entered the home, and a location of the person in the home.

17. A home automation system of a home, comprising:

a memory; and

a microprocessor in communication with the memory, the microprocessor operable to;

determine that a person has entered the home associated with a vehicle user;

send an alert to a vehicle control system indicating the person has entered the home.

18. The home automation system of claim 17, wherein the microprocessor is further operable to:

monitor a status of the person in the home;

determine that the status of the person has changed; and

send a status alert to the vehicle control system, wherein;

when the person can be identified the status alert includes the name of the person;

when the person cannot be identified the status alert includes an intruder alert;

when the person is leaving the home the status alert includes one of an estimated time the person will leave the home and the time the person has left the home;

when the person is asleep and status alert indicates that the person is asleep;

when the person is experiencing a health crisis and status alert includes information about the health crisis; and

when the person has entered an area of the home the person is not authorized to enter and status alert includes information about the location in the home of the person.

19. The home automation system of claim 18, wherein the microprocessor is further operable to:

receive information from at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor includes one or more of an interior motion sensor, an exterior motion sensor, an interior camera, an exterior camera, an interior sound receiver, an exterior sound receiver, an infrared sensor, a weight sensor, a biometric sensor, a device worn by the person, a Bluetooth sensor, a radio frequency signal sensor, and a door motion sensor.

20. The home automation system of claim 19, wherein the alert includes one or more of an identity of the person, a picture of the person, a voice recording of the person, a time the person entered the home, and a location of the person in the home.