Environmental sensing with a doorbell at a smart-home
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1. A method for controlling a smart environment that comprises a plurality of smart devices at a smart-home environment that comprises a structure, the method comprising:
- obtaining, at a computing system from a first smart device of the plurality of smart devices that is positioned at least partially outside the structure, a condition of a first phenomenon outside the structure detected by the first smart device, wherein the first phenomenon comprises a purity of the air outside the structure;
obtaining, at the computing system from a second smart device of the plurality of smart devices that is positioned at least partially inside the structure, a condition of a second phenomenon inside the structure detected by the second smart device, wherein the second phenomenon comprises a purity of the air inside the structure;
analyzing, with the computing system, the detected condition of the first phenomenon obtained from the first smart device in combination with the detected condition of the second phenomenon obtained from the second smart device; and
automatically adjusting the functionality of at least one smart device of the plurality of smart devices using the computing system based on the analyzing, wherein;
the purity of the air outside the structure comprises a characteristic from the following characteristics;
the level of particulate in the air outside the structure;
the level of pollen in the air outside the structure;
the level of mold in the air outside the structure;
the level of dust in the air outside the structure; and
the level of any volatile organic compound (“
VOC”
) in the air outside the structure;
the at least one smart device comprises a device operative to affect a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (“
HVAC”
) system of the smart-home environment;
the adjusting is operative to open a vent of the HVAC system when the purity of the air outside the structure is greater than the purity of the air inside the structure; and
the adjusting is operative to close a vent of the HVAC system when the purity of the air inside the structure is greater than the purity of the air outside the structure.
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Abstract
This patent specification relates to apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for providing home security/smart home objectives. More particularly, this patent specification relates to a plurality of devices, including intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices, that communicate with each other and/or with a central server or a cloud-computing system to provide any of a variety of useful home security/smart home objectives.
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1. A method for controlling a smart environment that comprises a plurality of smart devices at a smart-home environment that comprises a structure, the method comprising:
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obtaining, at a computing system from a first smart device of the plurality of smart devices that is positioned at least partially outside the structure, a condition of a first phenomenon outside the structure detected by the first smart device, wherein the first phenomenon comprises a purity of the air outside the structure; obtaining, at the computing system from a second smart device of the plurality of smart devices that is positioned at least partially inside the structure, a condition of a second phenomenon inside the structure detected by the second smart device, wherein the second phenomenon comprises a purity of the air inside the structure; analyzing, with the computing system, the detected condition of the first phenomenon obtained from the first smart device in combination with the detected condition of the second phenomenon obtained from the second smart device; and automatically adjusting the functionality of at least one smart device of the plurality of smart devices using the computing system based on the analyzing, wherein; the purity of the air outside the structure comprises a characteristic from the following characteristics; the level of particulate in the air outside the structure; the level of pollen in the air outside the structure; the level of mold in the air outside the structure; the level of dust in the air outside the structure; and the level of any volatile organic compound (“
VOC”
) in the air outside the structure;the at least one smart device comprises a device operative to affect a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (“
HVAC”
) system of the smart-home environment;the adjusting is operative to open a vent of the HVAC system when the purity of the air outside the structure is greater than the purity of the air inside the structure; and the adjusting is operative to close a vent of the HVAC system when the purity of the air inside the structure is greater than the purity of the air outside the structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for use at a smart-home environment comprising a structure, the system comprising:
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a plurality of smart devices comprising; a first smart device positioned at least partially outside the structure and operative to detect a condition of a first phenomenon outside the structure, wherein the first phenomenon comprises a purity of the air outside the structure; and a second smart device positioned at least partially inside the structure and operative to detect a condition of a second phenomenon inside the structure, wherein the second phenomenon comprises a purity of the air inside the structure; and at least one processing component communicatively coupled with the first smart device and the second smart device and operative to; analyze the detected condition of the first phenomenon in combination with the detected condition of the second phenomenon; and adjust a functionality of at least one smart device of the plurality of smart devices based on the analysis, wherein; the purity of the air outside the structure comprises a characteristic from the following characteristics; the level of particulate in the air outside the structure; the level of pollen in the air outside the structure; the level of mold in the air outside the structure; the level of dust in the air outside the structure; and the level of any volatile organic compound (“
VOC”
) in the air outside the structure;the at least one smart device comprises a device operative to affect a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (“
HVAC”
) system of the smart-home environment;the adjustment is operative to open a vent of the HVAC system when the purity of the air outside the structure is greater than the purity of the air inside the structure; and the adjustment is operative to close a vent of the HVAC system when the purity of the air inside the structure is greater than the purity of the air outside the structure. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for controlling an heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (“
- HVAC”
) system of a smart home-environment that comprises a structure using a computing system communicatively coupled to a plurality of smart devices, the method comprising;obtaining, at the computing system from a first smart device of the plurality of smart devices that is positioned at least partially outside the structure, a level of an air impurity of the air outside the structure detected by the first smart device; obtaining, at the computing system from a second smart device of the plurality of smart devices that is positioned at least partially inside the structure, a level of an air impurity of the air inside the structure detected by the second smart device; analyzing, with the computing system, the detected level of the air impurity of the air outside the structure obtained from the first smart device in combination with the detected level of the air impurity of the air inside the structure obtained from the second smart device; based on the analyzing, when the detected level of the air impurity of the air outside the structure is greater than the detected level of the air impurity of the air inside the structure, automatically closing a vent of the HVAC system; and based on the analyzing, when the detected level of the air impurity of the air inside the structure is greater than the detected level of the air impurity of the air outside the structure, automatically opening a vent of the HVAC system, wherein the detected level of the air impurity of the air outside the structure comprises one of the following; the level of particulate in the air outside the structure; the level of pollen in the air outside the structure; the level of mold in the air outside the structure; the level of dust in the air outside the structure; and the level of any volatile organic compound (“
VOC”
) in the air outside the structure. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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