Devices, methods, and associated information processing for security in a smart-sensored home

• US 9,208,676 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Fadell, Anthony M., Rogers, Matthew L., Matsuoka, Yoky, Sloo, David, Veron, Maxime, Honjo, Shigefumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Lu, Shirley
• Application Number:
  US13/830,795
• Publication Number:
  US 20140266669A1
• Time in Patent Office: 999 Days
• Field of Search: 340/5.1, 340/501, 600/516
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 1/00 Compositions of cellulose, modified cellulose or cellulose derivatives
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/04 Inference or reasoning models
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/002 with occupancy simulation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 19/00 Alarms responsive to two or more different undesired or abnormal conditions, e.g. burglary and fire, abnormal temperature and abnormal rate of flow
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/003 Signalling to neighbouring houses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2825 Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/115 by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

This patent specification relates to apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for providing home security objectives. More particularly, this patent specification relates to a plurality of devices, including intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices, that communicate with each other and/or with a central server or a cloud-computing system to provide any of a variety of useful home security objectives.

Claims

1. A method of detecting and providing notification of carbon monoxide in a house or building structure, comprising:

establishing, at a device, an alarm condition based at least in part on a predetermined amount of carbon monoxide in a house or building structure;

establishing, at the device, a pre-alarm condition based at least in part on a predetermined trend in the amount of carbon monoxide in the house or building structure;

receiving, at the device, signals from one or more sensors, the signals being indicative of the amount of carbon monoxide in the house or building structure;

analyzing, at the device, the signals to detect at least one of the alarm condition or the pre-alarm condition;

responsive to detecting the alarm condition, providing a notification of the alarm condition; and

responsive to detecting the pre-alarm condition but not the alarm condition, providing a notification of the pre-alarm condition,

wherein the predetermined trend is a steady increase in the amount of carbon monoxide over a period of at least one day.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the steady increase is at least a twenty-percent increase in the amount of carbon monoxide, and the period of at least one day is at least a two-week period.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification of the alarm condition is provided in the event the alarm condition is detected, regardless of whether the pre-alarm condition is detected.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification of the pre-alarm condition is an electronic message sent to at least one of a home owner, a home occupant, a repair contractor, or a public safety agency.