WIRELESS ALARM SYSTEM

• US 20160300477A1
• Filed: 04/06/2016
• Published: 10/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: elarm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: elarm, Inc.
• Inventors: Pickford, Daniel J., Rea, Adam D.
• Application Number:
  US15/092,309
• Publication Number:
  US 20160300477A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/004 Alarm propagated along alternative communication path or using alternative communication medium according to a hierarchy of available ways to communicate, e.g. if Wi-Fi not available use GSM
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/188 Data fusion; cooperative systems, e.g. voting among different detectors

Abstract

A security system comprising a plurality of sensors is disclosed. The plurality of sensors may be of at least two different sensor types and a set of rules that are each different from one another may specify at least one action to take based on a reported sensor condition for a respective set of sensors. The at least one of the sets of sensors may include at least two of the sensors. Further, the set of rules are applied to the received sensor conditions received from the sensors and an action specified by a respective one of the rules is taken based on the received sensor conditions.

Claims

1. A security system, comprising:

a plurality of sensors of each of at least two different sensor types;

a controller communicatively coupled to the sensors, the controller having at least one processor and at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium communicatively coupled to the controller and which stores at least one of processor executable instructions or data which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the controller to;

store a set of rules to the at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium, the rules which include at least three rules, the rules different from one another, each of the rules which specify at least one action to take based on a reported sensor condition for a respective set of sensors, at least one of the sets of sensors including at least two of the sensors;

apply the set of rules to the received sensor conditions received from the sensors; and

taking the action specified by a respective one of the rules based on the received sensor conditions.

2. The security system of claim 1 wherein the at least one processor autonomously specifies at least one of the rules based on a history of received sensor conditions.

3. The security system of claim 2 wherein the at least one processor executes a machine learning algorithm to autonomously specify the at least one of the rules based on the history of received sensor conditions and a history of corresponding user input.

4. The security system of claim 2 wherein the at least one processor executes a machine learning algorithm to autonomously specify at least one of new sets of sensors or new rules.

5. The security system of claim 4 wherein the at least one processor prompts a user to accept or reject the new sets of sensors or new rules.

6. The security system of claim 1 wherein the at least one processor receives user input that specifies at least one of the rules of the set of rules.

7. The security system of claim 1 wherein the at least one processor receives user input that specifies at least one of the sets of sensors.

8. The security system of claim 1 wherein the at least one processor receives user input that specifies at least one set of sensor conditions for the sensors of the sets of sensors.

9. The security system of claim 1 wherein the at least one processor receives user input that specifies at least one action to take as part of one of the rules.

10. The security system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the sets of sensors is specified based on a proximity of the sensors with respect to one another.

11. The security system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the sets of sensors is specified based on a sensor type of the sensors.

12. The security system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the sets of sensors is specified based on a room within which the sensors are located.

13. A security system comprising:

a monitoring service that wirelessly communicates with a plurality of sensor nodes, the monitoring service;

receives an indication of a detected environmental condition from a sensor node of the plurality of sensor nodes;

receives data specifying a grouping of a set of sensor nodes of the plurality of sensor nodes and logically groups the set of sensor nodes in response to receiving the data;

receives data specifying one or more conditions for triggering an alarm based on a corresponding set of environmental conditions detected by the set of sensor nodes;

detects that the one or more conditions for triggering the alarm are met; and

sends a message indicating that the one or more conditions for triggering the alarm are met.

14. The security system of claim 13, further comprising:

the plurality of sensor nodes, the sensor node of the plurality of sensor nodes detects the environmental condition in an associated proximity of the sensor node and wirelessly transmits the indication of the detected environmental condition.

15. The security system of claim 13 wherein the data specifying the grouping of the set of sensor nodes and the data specifying the one or more conditions for triggering the alarm are user-specified.

16. A method for providing an alarm, comprising:

receiving, from a sensor of a plurality of sensors, corresponding data indicating an environmental reading of a detected environmental condition in a proximity of the sensor;

receiving one or more criteria for triggering an alarm based on the data corresponding to the plurality of sensors, the one or more criteria for triggering the alarm are satisfied if a first condition placed on a first environmental reading associated with a first sensor of the plurality of sensors is met within a specified time period of a second condition placed on a second environmental reading associated with a second sensor of the plurality of sensors being met;

evaluating the received data corresponding to the plurality of sensors; and

providing the alarm if the one or more criteria for triggering the alarm are satisfied.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein providing the alarm includes sending a message to an address associated with a user of an alarm system.