SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SECURITY SERVICE BY USING THE SAME

• US 20150199894A1
• Filed: 01/14/2015
• Published: 07/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: BRAUN, Paul, Kim, Jennifer J., Gregory, Ek, Lee, Sang Ho
• Application Number:
  US14/596,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20150199894A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/00 Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence

Abstract

A security system and a method of providing a security service are provided. The method includes receiving, by a mobile terminal, sensor data from a plurality of sensors included in a first plug-in type sensor module; integrating, by the mobile terminal, the sensor data based on a correlation between pieces of sensor data of the plurality of sensors to generate integrated information; analyzing, based on the integration information, a security situation of a place into which the first plug-in type sensor module is plugged; and providing, by the mobile terminal, a result of the analysis to a user.

Claims

1. A security system comprising:

a first plug-in type sensor module including a plurality of sensors; and

a first mobile terminal configured to;

receive sensor data from the plurality of sensors included in the first plug-in type sensor module,

integrate the sensor data based on a correlation between sensor data of the plurality of sensors to generate integrated information,

analyze, based on the integrated information, a security situation of a place into which the first plug-in type sensor module is plugged, and

provide a result of the analysis to a user.

2. The security system according to claim 1, wherein the first mobile terminal is further configured to obtain information of a location of the first mobile terminal, and

wherein the first mobile terminal analyzes the security situation based on the integrated information and the location information.

3. The security system according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of sensors include a motion sensor and a microphone sensor, and

wherein analyzing the security situation of the place includes determining, when it is determined from the integrated information and the location information that at least one of a motion and a sound has occurred in the place while the user is not located the place, that a trespasser is in the place.

4. The security system according to claim 1, wherein the first mobile terminal is further configured obtain a place-related characteristic of the place other than the sensor data of the plurality of sensors, and

wherein the first mobile terminal analyzes the security situation based on the integrated information and the place-related characteristic.

5. The security system according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of sensors include a temperature sensor and a carbon monoxide (CO) sensor, and

wherein analyzing the security situation of the place includes determining, when it is determined from the integrated information and the place-related characteristics that at least one of a temperature and a concentration of CO of the place is at least equal to a certain value and the place-related characteristic of the place does not representing a cooking-related place, that a fire has occurred in the place.

6. The security system according to claim 1, wherein the first mobile terminal is further configured to obtain behavior information of the user, and

wherein the first mobile terminal analyzes the security situation based on the integrated information and the behavior information.

7. The security system according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of sensors include a motion sensor and a microphone sensor, and

wherein analyzing the security situation of the place includes determining, when it is determined from the integrated information and the behavior information that at least one of a motion and a sound has occurred in the place while the user is sleeping, that a trespasser is in the place.

8. The security system according to claim 1, further comprising a second plug-in type sensor module,

wherein the first plug-in type sensor module is plugged into a first space of the place and the second plug-in type sensor module is plugged into a second space of the place,

wherein the first mobile terminal is further configured to receive sensor data from a plurality of sensors of the second plug-in type sensor module, and

wherein integrating the sensor data received from the plurality of sensors included in the first plug-in type sensor module includes integrating the sensor data received from the plurality of sensors of the first plug-in type sensor module and the sensor data received from the plurality of sensors of the second plug-in type sensor module based on a spatial correlation between pieces of sensor data of the plurality of sensors of each of the first plug-in type sensor module and the second plug-in type sensor module.

9. The security system according to claim 8, wherein the first mobile terminal is further configured to obtain a characteristic of a path between the first space and the second space related to at least one of entry into the place, exit from the place, and movement within the place, and

wherein the first mobile terminal analyzes the security situation based on the integrated information and the path characteristic.

10. The security system according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of sensors of each of the first plug-in type sensor module and the second plug-in type sensor module include a motion sensor, and

wherein analyzing the security situation of the place includes determining, when it is determined from the integrated information and the path characteristic that a location of the place at which a motion is sensed is abnormal, that a trespasser is in the place.

11. The security system according to claim 1, wherein providing the result of the analysis to the user includes providing details of the sensor data when the result of the analysis indicates that an abnormal situation has occurred.

12. The security system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors include a microphone sensor, and

wherein providing the result of the analysis to the user includes replaying sensor data sensed by the microphone sensor for a most recent time period when a result of the analysis indicates that an abnormal situation has occurred.

13. The security system according to claim 1, wherein providing the result of the analysis to the user includes providing an alerting push notification to the user when the result of the analysis indicates that an abnormal situation has occurred.

14. The security system according to claim 1, wherein the first mobile terminal is further configured to call an emergency center when the result of the analysis indicates that an emergency situation has occurred.

15. The security system according to claim 1, wherein when the first plug-in type sensor module is plugged in the place, the first mobile terminal uses short-range wireless communication to execute the first plug-in type sensor module and provides the result of the analysis to the user through an app of the first mobile terminal.

16. The security system according to claim 1, further comprising an additional sensor module,

wherein the first plug-in type sensor module is plugged into a first space of the place and the additional sensor module is located in a second space of the place,

wherein the first mobile terminal is further configured to receive sensor data from a plurality of sensors of the additional sensor module, and

wherein integrating the sensor data received from the plurality of sensors included in the first plug-in type sensor module includes integrating the sensor data received from the plurality of sensors of the first plug-in type sensor module and the sensor data received from the plurality of sensors of the additional sensor module.

17. The security system according to claim 1, wherein the first mobile terminal is further configured to provide, when the first plug-in type sensor module is executed, the first mobile terminal, a test mode in which operation of the first plug-in type sensor module is tested.

18. The security system according to claim 1, further comprising a communication service device in the place configured to obtain, from a second mobile terminal, location information of a user of the second mobile terminal,

wherein the first mobile terminal is further configured to obtains the location information of the user of the second mobile terminal from the communication service device, and

the first mobile terminal analyzes the security situation by based on the integrated information and the location information of the user of the second mobile terminal.

19. The security system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors includes at least one of a motion sensor, a microphone sensor, a temperature sensor, an illumination sensor and a CO sensor.

20. A method of providing a security service comprising:

receiving, by a mobile terminal, sensor data from a plurality of sensors included in a first plug-in type sensor module;

integrating, by the mobile terminal, the sensor data based on a correlation between pieces of sensor data of the plurality of sensors to generate integrated information;

analyzing, based on the integration information, a security situation of a place into which the first plug-in type sensor module is plugged; and

providing, by the mobile terminal, a result of the analysis to a user.