Systems and methods for announcing location of unauthorized party

• US 9,589,436 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2015
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Herman, Kenneth Louis, James, Bryan, Lev, Marty
• Primary Examiner(s): Tweel, Jr., John A
• Application Number:
  US14/721,465
• Publication Number:
  US 20160351032A1
• Time in Patent Office: 651 Days
• Field of Search: 340/541, 340/506, 340/514
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/00 Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/22 Electrical actuation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/007 Details of data content structure of message packets; data protocols
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• 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 3/00 Audible signalling systems; Audible personal calling systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/06 using electric transmission , e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources

Abstract

A security system includes a plurality of sensors to detect entry into a premises by an unauthorized party and to detect a location of the unauthorized party through at least a portion of the premises, a storage component to store a log of the detected location of the unauthorized party, an audio component to audibly announce the detected location of the unauthorized party, and a processor to control the audio component to announce the detected location at predetermined intervals or upon a change in the detected location of the unauthorized party.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a plurality of sensors to detect entry into a premises by an unauthorized party and to detect a location of the unauthorized party through at least a portion of the premises;

a storage component to store the detected location of the unauthorized party in a log;

an audio component to audibly announce the detected location of the unauthorized party; and

a processor to control the audio component to announce the detected location at predetermined intervals or upon a change in the detected location of the unauthorized party.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor processes data from the sensors to detect the entry of the unauthorized party into the premises and to identify the unauthorized party as being unauthorized to enter the premises.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of sensors includes at least one selected from:

a motion sensor, a camera, a light sensor, and a temperature sensor.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the audio component is configured to audibly announce the detected location such that the announcement may be heard throughout at least a portion of the premises.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the at least a portion of the premises is determined based on a setting selected by an authorized party.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the audio component is configured to audibly announce the detected location such that the announcement may be heard through a system control device.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the system control device is a mobile computing device selected from a group consisting of:

a cell phone, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and a personal data assistant.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor processes data from the plurality of sensors to detect locations of authorized parties within the premises after the detected entry of the unauthorized party.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor determines that any party already present within the premises when the entry of the unauthorized party is detected is an authorized party.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising a wireless communication interface, wherein the processor determines that any party that enters the premises with an authorized token that communicates with the system via the wireless communication interface is an authorized party.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the authorized token comprises a wireless communication device configured to transmit an authorization code.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising a network interface configured to upload the stored detected location to an external server.

13. A method of operating a security system, comprising:

detecting an entry of an unauthorized party into a premises;

detecting a location the unauthorized party in at least a portion of the premises;

storing a log of the detected location of the unauthorized party; and

audibly announcing the detected location of the unauthorized party at predetermined intervals or upon a change in the detected location of the unauthorized party.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein detecting the entry of the unauthorized party into the premises comprises:

detecting the entry of a party into the premises; and

identifying the party as being unauthorized to enter the premises.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the entry of the unauthorized party is detected using a plurality of sensors including motion sensors, cameras, light sensors, and temperature sensors.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein audibly announcing the location comprises audibly announcing the detected location such that the announcement may be heard throughout at least a portion of the premises.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least a portion of the premises is determined based on a setting selected by an authorized party.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein audibly announcing the location comprises audibly announcing the detected location such that the announcement may be heard through a system control device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the system control device is a mobile computing device selected from a group consisting of:

a cell phone, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and a personal data assistant.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising detecting locations of authorized parties within the premises after the detected entry of the unauthorized party.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein any party that is already present within the premises when the entry of the unauthorized party is detected is determined to be an authorized party.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein any party that enters the premises with an authorized token detected is determined to be an authorized party.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the authorized token comprises a wireless communication device configured to broadcast an authorization code.

24. The method of claim 13, further comprising uploading the stored detected location to an external server.