Smart security device with monitoring mode and communication mode
First Claim
1. A device comprising:
- a battery;
an energy collector configured to provide a variable amount of power to said battery;
a wireless transceiver;
one or more sensors;
a processor configured to execute a plurality of instructions configured to (i) select one or a plurality of modes of operation and (ii) analyze a performance of said energy collector to adaptively-determined said variable amount of power generated by said energy collector; and
a memory configured to store said instructions, wherein (a) said plurality of modes of operation comprise (i) a low-power mode of operation in which said device consumes less than a pre-determined or adaptively-determined amount of power and said device has less than full functionality, (ii) a high-power mode of operation in which said device consumes more than said pre-determined or adaptively-determined amount of power and said device has more functionality than in said low-power mode, (iii) a monitoring mode in which said device monitors information from said one or more sensors and (iv) a communication mode in which said device communicates a plurality of messages to a remote device, and (b) said selection of one of said plurality of modes of operation comprises the steps of (i) conserving power by transitioning from said high-power mode of operation to said low-power mode of operation and (ii) determining whether information from said sensors crosses a threshold value, and (c) said wireless transceiver is configured to (i) receive one or more additional messages from an additional device and (ii) transmit said additional messages to said remote device.
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Abstract
A device comprising a processor, an energy source, one or more sensors, a wireless transceiver and a memory. The memory may comprise instructions for selecting one of a plurality of modes of operation. The modes of operation may comprise (i) a low-power mode in which the device consumes less than a pre-determined or an adaptively-determined amount of power and the device has less than full functionality and (ii) a high-power mode in which the device consumes more than the pre-determined or the adaptively-determined amount of power and the device has more functionality than in the low-power mode. The instructions for selecting one of the modes of operation may comprise (i) instructions for conserving power by transitioning from the high-power mode to the low-power mode and (ii) instructions for activating the wireless transceiver to transmit a message with information from the sensors to a remote device.
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19 Claims
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1. A device comprising:
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a battery; an energy collector configured to provide a variable amount of power to said battery; a wireless transceiver; one or more sensors; a processor configured to execute a plurality of instructions configured to (i) select one or a plurality of modes of operation and (ii) analyze a performance of said energy collector to adaptively-determined said variable amount of power generated by said energy collector; and a memory configured to store said instructions, wherein (a) said plurality of modes of operation comprise (i) a low-power mode of operation in which said device consumes less than a pre-determined or adaptively-determined amount of power and said device has less than full functionality, (ii) a high-power mode of operation in which said device consumes more than said pre-determined or adaptively-determined amount of power and said device has more functionality than in said low-power mode, (iii) a monitoring mode in which said device monitors information from said one or more sensors and (iv) a communication mode in which said device communicates a plurality of messages to a remote device, and (b) said selection of one of said plurality of modes of operation comprises the steps of (i) conserving power by transitioning from said high-power mode of operation to said low-power mode of operation and (ii) determining whether information from said sensors crosses a threshold value, and (c) said wireless transceiver is configured to (i) receive one or more additional messages from an additional device and (ii) transmit said additional messages to said remote device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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