House monitoring system
First Claim
1. A home monitoring system comprising:
- at least one sensor coupled to a communicator and configured to detect a defined event;
a camera associated with the at least one sensor; and
a master device that, in operation, performs wireless communication with the at last one sensor and the camera according to a communications protocol,wherein the master device, when transmitting first image data, via a wireless LAN router, to a smartphone to display the first image data on the smartphone,in response to receiving a detection signal from the at least one sensor having detected the defined event, interrupts the display of the first image data on the smartphone by transmitting a first icon representative of the at least one sensor to the smartphone to display the first icon on the smartphone in place of the first image data, andin response to user selection of the first icon on the smartphone, receives and forwards second image data captured by the camera associated with the at least one sensor to the smartphone to display the second image data on the smartphone in place of the first image data,wherein the smartphone is connectable to a mobile phone network to communicate with other mobile telephones.
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Abstract
A house monitoring system includes at least one sensor that detects a predetermined event, a master device that communicates with the sensor, and is connected to a fixed telephone network so as to perform calls to other fixed telephones, and a mobile phone terminal that includes a display/input unit, performs wireless communication with the master device by using a wireless router, and is connected to other mobile phones via a mobile phone network. When the sensor detects the predetermined event, the master device transmits information regarding the sensor having detected the predetermined event to the mobile phone terminal, and the mobile phone terminal displays the information regarding the sensor having detected the predetermined event transmitted from the master device on the display/input unit.
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20 Claims
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1. A home monitoring system comprising:
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at least one sensor coupled to a communicator and configured to detect a defined event; a camera associated with the at least one sensor; and a master device that, in operation, performs wireless communication with the at last one sensor and the camera according to a communications protocol, wherein the master device, when transmitting first image data, via a wireless LAN router, to a smartphone to display the first image data on the smartphone, in response to receiving a detection signal from the at least one sensor having detected the defined event, interrupts the display of the first image data on the smartphone by transmitting a first icon representative of the at least one sensor to the smartphone to display the first icon on the smartphone in place of the first image data, and in response to user selection of the first icon on the smartphone, receives and forwards second image data captured by the camera associated with the at least one sensor to the smartphone to display the second image data on the smartphone in place of the first image data, wherein the smartphone is connectable to a mobile phone network to communicate with other mobile telephones. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A home monitoring method based on a home monitoring system, the home monitoring system comprising:
- (a) at least one sensor coupled to a communicator and configured to detect a defined event;
(b) a camera associated with the at least one sensor; and
(c) a master device that, in operation, performs wireless communication with the at last one sensor and the camera according to a communications protocol, the home monitoring method comprising;transmitting first image data, from the master device, via a wireless LAN router, to a smartphone to display the first image data on the smartphone, receiving, at the master device, a detection signal from the at least one sensor having detected the defined event, interrupting the display of the first image data on the smartphone by transmitting, from the master device that has received the detection signal, a first icon representative of the at least one sensor to the smartphone to display the first icon on the smartphone in place of the first image data, and in response to user selection of the first icon on the smartphone, receiving and forwarding second image data captured by the camera associated with the at least one sensor to the smartphone to display the second image data on the smartphone in place of the first image data, wherein the smartphone is connectable to a mobile phone network to communicate with other mobile telephones. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- (a) at least one sensor coupled to a communicator and configured to detect a defined event;
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