Visual and auditory user notification methods for smart-home hazard detector
First Claim
1. A hazard detector for providing a pre-alarm of a developing hazardous condition, the hazard detector comprising:
- a detection module configured to detect a hazard level, the hazard level indicating an amount of at least one of smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) present at the hazard detector;
a storage module configured to store a pre-alarm threshold and an emergency threshold, the pre-alarm threshold being less than the emergency threshold;
a light source configured to generate light in a first color, a second color, and a third color, the second color being between the first color and the third color on a color spectrum;
a speaker configured to generate an audible sound;
a user interface module in communication with the processing module, the user interface module being configured to receive user input;
a horn configured to generate an audible alarm at a higher volume than the speaker; and
a processing module coupled to the detection module, the storage module, the light source, the speaker, and the horn, the processing module being configured to;
receive the detected hazard level from the detection module,compare the detected hazard level with the pre-alarm threshold,compare the detected hazard level with the emergency threshold,determine that the detected hazard level is greater than the pre-alarm threshold and less than the emergency threshold,generate an audible pre-alarm speech via the speaker in response to determining that the detected hazard level is greater than the pre-alarm threshold and less than the emergency threshold, the audible pre-alarm speech including content that warns of the developing hazardous condition,activate the light source in the second color in response to determining that the detected hazard level is greater than the pre-alarm threshold and less than the emergency threshold,receive the user input from the user interface module, andstop generating the audible pre-alarm speech in response to receiving the user input.
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Abstract
Hazard detector for providing a pre-alarm of a developing hazardous condition includes a detection module that detects a hazard level of smoke or carbon monoxide, a storage module that stores a pre-alarm threshold and an emergency threshold, a light source that generates light in a first color, a second color, and a third color, a speaker that generates an audible sound, a horn that generates an audible alarm that a higher volume than the speaker, and a processing module. The processing module receives the detected hazard level and compares it with the pre-alarm threshold and the emergency threshold. The processing module determines that the hazard level is greater than the pre-alarm threshold and less than the emergency threshold and generates an audible pre-alarm speech via the speaker that warns of the developing hazardous condition. The processing module also activates the light source in the second color.
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19 Claims
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1. A hazard detector for providing a pre-alarm of a developing hazardous condition, the hazard detector comprising:
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a detection module configured to detect a hazard level, the hazard level indicating an amount of at least one of smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) present at the hazard detector; a storage module configured to store a pre-alarm threshold and an emergency threshold, the pre-alarm threshold being less than the emergency threshold; a light source configured to generate light in a first color, a second color, and a third color, the second color being between the first color and the third color on a color spectrum; a speaker configured to generate an audible sound; a user interface module in communication with the processing module, the user interface module being configured to receive user input; a horn configured to generate an audible alarm at a higher volume than the speaker; and a processing module coupled to the detection module, the storage module, the light source, the speaker, and the horn, the processing module being configured to; receive the detected hazard level from the detection module, compare the detected hazard level with the pre-alarm threshold, compare the detected hazard level with the emergency threshold, determine that the detected hazard level is greater than the pre-alarm threshold and less than the emergency threshold, generate an audible pre-alarm speech via the speaker in response to determining that the detected hazard level is greater than the pre-alarm threshold and less than the emergency threshold, the audible pre-alarm speech including content that warns of the developing hazardous condition, activate the light source in the second color in response to determining that the detected hazard level is greater than the pre-alarm threshold and less than the emergency threshold, receive the user input from the user interface module, and stop generating the audible pre-alarm speech in response to receiving the user input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for providing a pre-alarm of a developing hazardous condition, the method comprising:
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detecting a first hazard level, the first hazard level indicating an amount of at least one of smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) present at a hazard detector; comparing the first hazard level with an emergency threshold; determining that the first hazard level is greater than the emergency threshold; activating a horn that generates an audible alarm in response to determining that the first hazard level is greater than the emergency threshold; activating a first light source that generates a red colored light in response to determining that the first hazard level is greater than the emergency threshold; detecting a second hazard level; comparing the second hazard level with the emergency threshold; determining that the second hazard level is less than the emergency threshold; comparing the second hazard level with a pre-alarm threshold, the pre-alarm threshold being less than the emergency threshold; determining that the second hazard level is greater than the pre-alarm threshold; activating a second light source that generates a yellow colored light in response to determining that the second hazard level is greater than the pre-alarm threshold and less than the emergency threshold; activating a speaker that generates an audible pre-alarm speech at a lower volume than the horn in response to determining that the second hazard level is greater than the pre-alarm threshold and less than the emergency threshold, the audible pre-alarm speech including content that warns of the developing hazardous conditions; receiving user input via a user interface module of the hazard detector; and stopping generation of the audible pre-alarm speech in response to receiving the user input. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having instructions stored therein, which when executed cause a computer to perform a set of operations comprising:
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detecting a hazard level that indicates an amount of at least one of smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) present at a hazard detector; comparing the hazard level with an emergency threshold; determining that the hazard level is less than the emergency threshold; comparing the hazard level with a pre-alarm threshold, the pre-alarm threshold being less than the emergency threshold; determining that the hazard level is greater than the pre-alarm threshold; activating a light source that generates light in a first color, a second color, and a third color, the second color being between the first color and the third color on a color spectrum, the light source being activated in the second color in response to determining that the hazard level is greater than the pre-alarm threshold and less than the emergency threshold; activating a speaker that generates an audible pre-alarm speech in response to determining that the hazard level is greater than the pre-alarm threshold and less than the emergency threshold, the audible pre-alarm speech including content that warns of a developing hazardous condition; receiving user input via a user interface module of the hazard detector; and ceasing generation of the audible pre-alarm speech in response to receiving the user input. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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