METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO MAKE CHANGES IN HOME AUTOMATION BASED ON USER STATES

• US 20160203700A1
• Filed: 03/21/2016
• Published: 07/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: EchoStar Technologies International Corporation (Echostar Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Echostar Technologies LLC (Echostar Corporation)
• Inventors: Bruhn, Christopher William, Nguyen, Phuc H.
• Application Number:
  US15/075,412
• Publication Number:
  US 20160203700A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2460/03 Aspects of the reduction of energy consumption in hearing devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/033 Headphones for stereophonic communication details thereof, e.g. relating to batteries, cables or control elements H04R1/10

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to determining when a user has fallen asleep and adjusting electronics based on that determination. Example methods and systems of the disclosure include receiving, at a sensor of a home automation system, characteristic data, wherein the characteristic data indicates one or more observed characteristics of a user of a home security system, wherein the home security system is connected to the home automation system, analyzing the characteristic data to determine a state of the user, determining, using the characteristic data, that the user has fallen asleep, and transmitting a communication to the home security system, wherein the communication includes a command to activate the home security system.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, at a sensor of a home automation system, characteristic data, wherein the characteristic data indicates one or more observed characteristics of a user of a home security system, wherein the home security system is connected to the home automation system;

analyzing the characteristic data to determine a state of the user;

determining, using the characteristic data, that the user has fallen asleep; and

transmitting a communication to the home security system, wherein the communication includes a command to activate the home security system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the user has fallen asleep includes comparing the characteristic data to previous characteristic data, wherein the previous characteristic data indicates that the user had not fallen asleep.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more of the observed characteristics include a physical position of the user, a heart rate of the user, a breathing rate of the user, or a characteristic of the user'"'"'s brainwaves.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the user has fallen asleep is based on movements of the user'"'"'s head detected by the sensor.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor is included in a remote control of a television distribution system connected to the home automation system.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving home automation data, wherein the home automation data includes data collected over time by the home automation system, and wherein the home automation data is indicative of actions observed in an environment of the home automation system; and

transmitting the communication to the home security system based on the home automation data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the user has fallen asleep is based on detecting that a portion of the user has remained at a particular orientation for a period of time longer than a threshold time.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the user has fallen asleep includes determining that the user'"'"'s eyes are closed.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving updated characteristic data, wherein the updated characteristic data indicates one or more observed characteristics of a user of a home security system;

analyzing the updated characteristic data to determine an updated state of the user;

determining, using the updated characteristic data, that the user has woken up; and

transmitting a new communication to the home security system, wherein the communication includes a command to deactivate the home security system.

10. A home automation system, comprising:

a home automation device including a sensor, the sensor configured to receive characteristic data, wherein the characteristic data indicates one or more observed characteristics of a user of a home security system, wherein the home security system is connected to the home automation system;

a controller connected to the home automation device, the controller configured to analyze the characteristic data to determine that the user has fallen asleep, and configured to transmit a communication indicating that the home security system should be turned on; and

a home security device connected to the home automation device and the controller, the home security device configured to receive the communication and, upon receiving the communication, turn on the home security system.

11. The home automation system of claim 10, wherein determining that the user has fallen asleep includes comparing the characteristic data to previous characteristic data, wherein the previous characteristic data indicates that the user had not fallen asleep.

12. The home automation system of claim 10, wherein the one or more of the observed characteristics include a physical position of the user, a heart rate of the user, a breathing rate of the user, or a characteristic of the user'"'"'s brainwaves.

13. The home automation system of claim 10, wherein determining that the user has fallen asleep is based on movements of the user'"'"'s head detected by the sensor.

14. The home automation system of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to receive home automation data, wherein the home automation data includes data collected over time by the home automation device, and wherein the home automation data is indicative of actions observed in an environment of the home automation device, and transmit a communication to the home security device based on the home automation data.

15. The home automation system of claim 10, wherein determining that the user has fallen asleep is based on detecting that a portion of the user has remained at a particular orientation for a period of time longer than a threshold time.

16. The home automation system of claim 10, wherein determining that the user has fallen asleep includes determining that the user'"'"'s eyes are closed.

17. The home automation system of claim 10, wherein:

the sensor is further configured to receive updated characteristic data, wherein the updated characteristic data indicates one or more observed characteristics of a user of a home security system; and

the controller is further configured to analyze the updated characteristic data to determine an updated state of the user, determine, using the updated characteristic data, that the user has woken up, and transmit a new communication to the home security system, wherein the communication includes a command to deactivate the home security system.

18. A television receiver, comprising:

one or more processors;

a wireless transceiver communicatively coupled to the one or more processors;

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including;

receiving, at a sensor of a home automation system, characteristic data, wherein the characteristic data indicates one or more observed characteristics of a user of a home security system, wherein the home security system is connected to the home automation system;

analyzing the characteristic data to determine a state of the user;

determining, using the characteristic data, that the user has fallen asleep; and

transmitting a communication to the home security system, wherein the communication includes a command to activate the home security system.

19. The television receiver of claim 18, wherein determining that the user has fallen asleep includes comparing the characteristic data to previous characteristic data, wherein the previous characteristic data indicates that the user had not fallen asleep.

20. The television receiver of claim 18, wherein determining that the user has fallen asleep is based on detecting that a portion of the user has remained at a particular orientation for a period of time longer than a threshold time.