Learned and dynamic entry allowances

• US 9,646,482 B1
• Filed: 12/30/2015
• Issued: 05/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Herman, Kenneth Louis, Lee, Jeffery Theodore, Modi, Yash, Boyd, Jeffrey Alan
• Primary Examiner(s): ODOM, CURTIS B
• Application Number:
  US14/983,926
• Time in Patent Office: 496 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system

Abstract

A system includes a plurality of sensors installed at a premises to capture data from an environment, a memory configured to store data captured over at least a first period of time, and a processor configured to determine, based on the stored captured data, an estimate travel time for a user to enter the premises and disarm an alarm system installed in the premises, and to set an entry allowance of the alarm system to the estimate travel time when one or more of the plurality of sensors detects an entry into the premises.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a plurality of sensors installed at a premises to capture data from an environment;

a memory configured to store data captured over at least a first period of time; and

a processor configured to;

determine, based on the stored captured data, an estimate travel time for a user to enter the premises and disarm an alarm system installed in the premises, and

set an entry allowance of the alarm system based on the estimate travel time when one or more of the plurality of sensors detects an entry into the premises,

wherein the processor is configured to determine a plurality of estimate travel times corresponding to multiple respective entry situations, and the entry situations include variations in one or more of;

an identification of an individual entering the premises, and an identification of an entrance in the premises through which the entry was detected.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine the estimate travel time by:

determining, based on the stored data, a maximum time value and an average time value between;

     1) entry of the user as detected by a first sensor disposed at a first entrance to the premises, and

     2) the user'"'"'s successful disarming of the alarm system, the maximum time and the average time values being determined over the first period of time; and

determining the estimate travel time based on one or both of the maximum time value and the average time value.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the estimate travel time to be a value between the maximum time value and the average time value.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the estimate travel time to be a value greater than the maximum time value.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the estimate travel time by:

determining, based on the stored data, a second maximum time value and a second average time value between;

     1) entry of the user as detected by a second sensor disposed at a second entrance to the premises, and

     2) the user'"'"'s successful disarming of the alarm system, the second maximum and the average time values being determined over the first period of time; and

determining the estimate travel time based on one or both of the maximum time value and the average time value associated with the second entrance.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine the estimate travel time by:

determining, based on the stored data, respective maximum time values and average time values between;

     1) the user'"'"'s entry as detected by sensors disposed at a plurality of entrances to the premises, and

     2) the user'"'"'s successful disarming of the alarm system;

determining, based on recently captured data, which entrance among the plurality of entrances the detected entry by the user is occurring through; and

determining the travel time based on one or both of the maximum and average time values associated with the determined entrance.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine the estimate travel time by:

determining, based on the stored data, respective maximum time values and average time values from;

     1) entry of the user as detected by a sensor disposed at an entrance to the premises, to

     2) a presence of the user being detected by one or more sensors disposed along a path within the premises, to

     3) the user'"'"'s successful disarming of the alarm system; and

determining the estimate travel time based on one or both of the maximum and average time values.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to adjust the entry allowance after an entry has been detected based on recently captured data from the plurality of sensors.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

receive data indicating a distance between;

     1) a sensor disposed at an entrance to the premises, and

     2) an alarm disarming device disposed within the premises;

determine an initial travel time based on the received data; and

update the estimate travel time when the stored amount of captured data reaches a threshold amount.

10. A method of controlling an entry allowance, comprising:

capturing data with a plurality of network connected sensors installed in or around a premises;

storing the data in an electronic storage device over a period of time analyzing the stored data with a processor to determine, based on the stored data and on recently captured data, an estimate travel time for a user to disarm an alarm system installed in the premises; and

setting an entry allowance time for a security system based on the estimate travel time when the recently captured data indicates that an individual has entered the premises,

wherein the processor is configured to update the estimate travel time when a threshold number of actual travel times falls outside of a threshold range of the estimate travel time.

11. A method of controlling an entry allowance, comprising:

capturing data with a plurality of network connected sensors installed in or around a premises;

storing the data in an electronic storage device over a period of time;

analyzing the stored data with a processor to determine, based on the stored data and on recently captured data, an estimate travel time for a user to disarm an alarm system installed in the premises; and

setting an entry allowance time for a security system based on the estimate travel time when the recently captured data indicates that an individual has entered the premises,

wherein the estimate travel time is determined based at least in part on an identity of the user.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising adjusting the entry allowance time based on events detected by the plurality of sensors after the individual has entered the premises.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising adjusting the entry allowance time based on a risk assessment of events detected by the plurality of sensors prior to the individual entering the premises.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining a plurality of estimate travel times corresponding to multiple entry situations that may occur at the premises.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining the estimate travel time based at least in part on a time of day.

16. A system comprising:

one or more sensor devices to capture data that indicates information about an environment;

a memory device that stores a log of the captured data, a database of one or more estimate travel times, and one or more computer executable components; and

a processor to execute the following computer executable components in the memory;

an entry allowance calculator component to calculate the one or more estimate travel times based on the log of the captured data, the one or more estimate travel times corresponding to multiple respective entry situations, and the entry situations including variations in one or more of;

an identification of an individual entering the premises, and an identification of an entrance in the premises through which the entry was detected;

an entry allowance database component to store the one or more estimate travel times in the memory device with associated metadata that indicates a situation to which the corresponding estimate travel time applies; and

an entry allowance designator to set an entry allowance time based on recently captured data from the one more sensors and the stored estimate travel times.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the memory device is implemented in one or more of the sensor devices.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is implemented in one or more of the sensor devices.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to execute a communication component configured to transmit a notification to a user when recently captured data from the one more sensors indicates that an entry has occurred at a time that is outside of a range of time determined based on the data log, the notification including a description of the entry based on the recently captured data.