Smart-home device that self-qualifies for away-state functionality
First Claim
1. A control unit for controlling the operation of at least one smart-home system, comprising:
- at least one housing;
at least one processing system disposed within the at least one housing, the at least one processing system being configured to be in operative communication with a user interface; and
at least one occupancy sensor in operative communication with the at least one processing system;
wherein the at least one processing system is further configured to automatically determine whether to activate an away-state feature for the enclosure in which the smart-home system is installed, by;
receiving readings from the at least one occupancy sensor during a trial period;
comparing information derived from the readings to at least one threshold criterion to establish whether the at least one occupancy sensor reliably determined occupancy of an enclosure in which the control unit is installed during the trial period; and
enabling the away-state feature of the control unit if it is determined that the at least one occupancy sensor reliably determined occupancy of the enclosure during the trial period.
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Abstract
A control unit for controlling the operation of at least one smart-home system may include at least one occupancy sensor and a processing system. The processing system may be configured to receive readings from the at least one occupancy sensor during a trial period; compare information derived from the readings to at least one threshold criterion to establish whether the one or more occupancy sensors reliably determined occupancy of an enclosure in which the control unit is installed during the trial period; and enable an away-state feature of the control unit if it is determined that the one or more occupancy sensors reliably determined occupancy of an enclosure during the trial period.
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20 Claims
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1. A control unit for controlling the operation of at least one smart-home system, comprising:
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at least one housing; at least one processing system disposed within the at least one housing, the at least one processing system being configured to be in operative communication with a user interface; and at least one occupancy sensor in operative communication with the at least one processing system; wherein the at least one processing system is further configured to automatically determine whether to activate an away-state feature for the enclosure in which the smart-home system is installed, by; receiving readings from the at least one occupancy sensor during a trial period; comparing information derived from the readings to at least one threshold criterion to establish whether the at least one occupancy sensor reliably determined occupancy of an enclosure in which the control unit is installed during the trial period; and enabling the away-state feature of the control unit if it is determined that the at least one occupancy sensor reliably determined occupancy of the enclosure during the trial period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of qualifying a control unit for a smart-home system to activate an away-state feature, the method comprising:
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receiving readings from at least one occupancy sensor during a trial period wherein the control unit comprises; at least one housing; at least one processing system disposed within the at least one housing and being configured to be in operative communication with a user interface; and the least one occupancy sensor in operative communication with the at least one processing system; comparing, using the at least one processing system of the control unit, information derived from the readings to at least one threshold criterion to establish whether the at least one occupancy sensor reliably determined occupancy of an enclosure in which the control unit is installed during the trial period; and enabling, using the at least one processing system of the control unit, an away-state feature of the control unit if it is determined that the at least one occupancy sensor reliably determined occupancy of the enclosure during the trial period. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A control unit for controlling the operation of at least one smart-home system, comprising:
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a housing; a processing system disposed within the housing and being configured to be in operative communication with a user interface; and at least one occupancy sensor in operative communication with the processing system, the control unit including an away-state feature in which an away-state mode of operation is activated upon a determination by the processing system based on readings acquired by the at least one occupancy sensor that an away-state criterion indicative of a non-occupancy condition for an enclosure in which the smart-home system is installed has been satisfied; wherein the processing system is further configured to automatically determine, without requiring user input, whether to activate said away-state feature for the enclosure in which the smart-home system is installed, said determining comprising; receiving readings from the at least one occupancy sensor during a trial period; comparing information derived from said trial period readings to a threshold criterion to establish whether sufficiently true indications of occupancy conditions were sensed by the at least one occupancy sensor during the trial period; and enabling said away-state feature only if it is determined that the sufficiently true indications of occupancy conditions were sensed during the trial period. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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