Smart-home hazard detector providing non-alarm status signals at opportune moments
First Claim
1. A hazard detector, comprising:
- at least one hazard detection sensor that detects a presence of at least one type of hazard;
a light sensor that senses a brightness level in an ambient environment of the hazard detector;
a light; and
a processing system provided in operative communication with the at least one hazard detection sensor, the light sensor, and the light, the processing system configured to;
receive an indication of the brightness level in the ambient environment of the hazard detector from the light sensor;
determine whether the indication of the brightness level is indicative of a dimming of one or more illumination sources in the ambient environment;
access, responsive to an indication of the dimming of the one or more illumination sources, information representative of a status of one or more components of the hazard detector;
select an illumination state from a plurality of illumination states based on the accessed information representative of the status of the one or more components of the hazard detector; and
cause the light to illuminate using the selected illumination state of the plurality of illumination states.
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Abstract
A hazard detector may include a light sensor that senses a brightness level in an ambient environment. The hazard detector can have a processing system that receives an indication of the brightness level in the ambient environment from the light sensor. The processing system may then determine whether illumination in the ambient environment has been dimmed. Responsive to the dimming, the processing system may access information representative of a status of one or more components of the hazard detector. An illumination state may then be selected from a plurality of illumination states based on the accessed information representative of the status of the one or more components of the hazard detector. A light may then be illuminated based on the selected illumination state.
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20 Claims
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1. A hazard detector, comprising:
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at least one hazard detection sensor that detects a presence of at least one type of hazard; a light sensor that senses a brightness level in an ambient environment of the hazard detector; a light; and a processing system provided in operative communication with the at least one hazard detection sensor, the light sensor, and the light, the processing system configured to; receive an indication of the brightness level in the ambient environment of the hazard detector from the light sensor; determine whether the indication of the brightness level is indicative of a dimming of one or more illumination sources in the ambient environment; access, responsive to an indication of the dimming of the one or more illumination sources, information representative of a status of one or more components of the hazard detector; select an illumination state from a plurality of illumination states based on the accessed information representative of the status of the one or more components of the hazard detector; and cause the light to illuminate using the selected illumination state of the plurality of illumination states. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for outputting a status of a hazard detector, the method comprising:
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measuring, by the hazard detector, a brightness level in the ambient environment of the hazard detector; determining, by the hazard detector, whether the brightness level in the ambient environment of the hazard detector is indicative of a dimming of an illumination source; accessing, responsive to determining the brightness level in the ambient environment is indicative of the dimming of the illumination source, information representative of a status of the hazard detector; selecting, by the hazard detector, an illumination state from a plurality of illumination states based on the information representative of the status of the hazard detector; and causing, by the hazard detector, a light of the hazard detector to illuminate using the selected illumination state of the plurality of illumination states. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A hazard detector apparatus, comprising:
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means for measuring a brightness level in the ambient environment of the hazard detector apparatus; means for determining whether the brightness level in the ambient environment of the hazard detector apparatus is indicative of a dimming of an illumination source; means for accessing, responsive to determining the brightness level in the ambient environment is indicative of the dimming of the illumination source, information representative of a status of the hazard detector apparatus; means for selecting an illumination state from a plurality of illumination states based on the information representative of the status of the hazard detector apparatus; and means for causing a lighting means of the hazard detector to illuminate using the selected illumination state of the plurality of illumination states. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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