Systems, methods, and devices for detecting a value corresponding to an ambient condition and generating an alert responsive to the value

• US 10,613,494 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2017
• Issued: 04/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gao, Yekun, Nie, Rongbao, Zhao, XiaoGuang, Wang, Zhilei
• Primary Examiner(s): Feild, Joseph H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Point, Rufus C
• Application Number:
  US15/713,925
• Publication Number:
  US 20190094823A1
• Time in Patent Office: 925 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6802 Sensor mounted on worn items
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/00 Non-optical adjuncts; Attachment thereof G02C7/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2823 Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network device-related reporting H04L43/065; arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00

Abstract

Systems, methods, and devices for generating an alert responsive to a specific value from a sensor of a wearable device connected to a home automation system or a security system are provided. Some methods can include a control panel receiving an alert message from a wearable device indicative of an ambient condition at a current location of the wearable device, and the control panel automatically adjusting a respective output of one or more connected devices with a respective location proximate the current location of the wearable device.

Claims

1. A wearable device comprising:

a first sensor that detects a first value corresponding to a first of a plurality of types of ambient conditions monitored by the wearable device;

a second sensor different from the first sensor that detects a second value corresponding to a second of the plurality of types of ambient conditions different from the first of the plurality of types of ambient conditions;

an alert indicator;

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled to the transceiver, the first sensor, and the second sensor,

wherein the processor wirelessly pairs the wearable device with a control panel remote from the wearable device through the transceiver,

wherein, when the processor receives the first value from the first sensor or the second value from the second sensor, the processor transmits the first value or the second value to the control panel,

wherein the processor compares the first value to a first alert condition for the first sensor stored in a memory of the wearable device,

wherein the processor compares the second value to a second alert condition for the second sensor stored in the memory,

wherein, when the first value matches the first alert condition, the processor transmits an alert message and a first indication of the first of the plurality of types of ambient conditions to the control panel and activates the alert indicator, and

wherein, when the second value matches the second alert condition, the processor transmits the alert message and a second indication of the second of the plurality of types of ambient conditions to the control panel and activates the alert indicator.

2. The wearable device of claim 1 wherein the first sensor and the second sensor include at least one of an ambient light sensor, a distance sensor, an ultraviolet light sensor, or a color sensor, and wherein the first one of the plurality of types of ambient conditions and the second one of the plurality of ambient type conditions include at least one of an ambient light level, proximity of the wearable device to an object, an ultraviolet light level, or an ambient light color.

3. The wearable device of claim 1 wherein the processor determines whether the first value or the second value correspond to an operating mode of the wearable device, measures a time the wearable device is in the operating mode, and transmits the alert message to the control panel when the time exceeds a predetermined threshold.

4. The wearable device of claim 1 further comprising an alert button, wherein the processor receives a signal indicative of activation of the alert button and, responsive thereto, immediately transmits the alert message to the control panel.

5. An automation system comprising:

a plurality of connected devices;

a control panel coupled to each of the plurality of connected devices that adjusts a respective output of each of the plurality of connected devices at a respective location of each of the plurality of connected devices; and

a wearable device wirelessly paired with the control panel,

wherein the control panel receives, from the wearable device, an alert message that includes a first indication of a first type of ambient condition monitored by the wearable device or a second indication of a second type of ambient condition monitored by the wearable device that is different from the first type of ambient condition,

wherein, responsive to receiving the alert message and the first indication of the first type of ambient condition, the control panel identifies and selects a first set of the plurality of connected devices associated with the first type of ambient condition and for which the respective location is proximate a current location of the wearable device and, responsive thereto, adjusts the respective output of each of the first set of the plurality of connected devices, and

wherein, responsive to receiving the alert message and the second indication of the second type of ambient condition, the control panel identifies and selects a second set of the plurality of connected devices associated with the second type of ambient condition and for which the respective location is proximate the current location of the wearable device and, responsive thereto, adjusts the respective output of each of the second set of the plurality of connected devices.

6. The automation system of claim 5 wherein a processor of the wearable device receives a first value corresponding to the first type of ambient condition at the current location of the wearable device from a first sensor of the wearable device, compares the first value to a first alert condition for the first sensor stored in a first memory of the wearable device, and when the first value matches the first alert condition, transmits the alert message and the first indication of the first type of ambient condition to the control panel, and wherein the processor receives a second value corresponding to the second type of ambient condition at the current location of the wearable device from a second sensor of the wearable device, compares the second value to a second alert condition for the second sensor stored in the first memory, and when the second value matches the second alert condition, transmits the alert message and the second indication of the second type of ambient condition to the control panel.

7. The automation system of claim 6 wherein the wearable device transmits the first value or the second value to the control panel, wherein the control panel adjusts the respective output of each of the first set of the plurality of connected devices by a first specific amount calculated by comparing the first value to a first ideal level for the respective output of each of the first set the plurality of connected devices stored in a second memory of the control panel, and wherein the control panel adjusts the respective output of each of the second set of the plurality of connected devices by a second specific amount calculated by comparing the second value to a second ideal level for the respective output of each of the second set the plurality of connected devices stored in the second memory.

8. The automation system of claim 6 wherein the wearable device transmits the first value and the second value to the control panel, wherein the control panel saves the first value and the second value in a second memory of the control panel, and wherein the control panel displays an analysis of changes in the first value and the second value over time.

9. The automation system of claim 6 wherein the first sensor and the second sensor include at least one of an ambient light sensor, a distance sensor, an ultraviolet light sensor, or a color sensor, and wherein the first type of ambient condition and the second type of ambient condition include at least one of an ambient light level, proximity of the wearable device to an object, an ultraviolet light level, or an ambient light color.

10. The automation system of claim 5 wherein the control panel adjusts the respective output of each of the first set of the plurality of connected devices or each of the second set of the plurality of connected devices to produce a warning signal.

11. The automation system of claim 5 wherein the control panel activates a local alarm indicator of the control panel responsive to receiving the alert message.

12. The automation system of claim 5 wherein the control panel forwards the alert message to a mobile device wirelessly paired with the control panel.

13. The automation system of claim 12 wherein the control panel adjusts the respective output of each of the first set of the plurality of connected devices or each of the second set of the plurality of connected devices responsive to receiving user input from the mobile device.

14. The automation system of claim 5 wherein the plurality of connected devices are assigned to a plurality of zones of the automation system based on the respective location of each of the plurality of connected devices, wherein the wearable device is assigned to one of the plurality of zones, and wherein the control panel identifies the first set of the plurality of connected devices and the second set of the plurality of connected devices by identifying which of the plurality of connected devices are assigned to the one of the plurality of zones.

15. A method comprising:

a first sensor of a wearable device detecting a first value corresponding to a first type of ambient condition monitored by the wearable device at a current location of the wearable device;

a second sensor of the wearable device detecting a second value corresponding to a second type of ambient condition monitored by the wearable device at the current location of the wearable device;

responsive to a control panel receiving the first value, a first indication of the first type of ambient condition, and an alert message from the wearable device, the control panel identifying and selecting a first set of a plurality of connected devices associated with the first type of ambient condition and for which a respective location is proximate the current location of the wearable device;

responsive to the control panel receiving the second value, a second indication of the second type of ambient condition, and the alert message from the wearable device, the control panel identifying and selecting a second set of the plurality of connected devices associated with the second type of ambient condition and for which the respective location is proximate the current location of the wearable device; and

responsive to identifying the first set of the plurality of connected devices, the control panel adjusting a respective output of each of the first set of the plurality of connected devices; and

responsive to identifying the second set of the plurality of connected devices, the control panel adjusting the respective output of each of the second set of the plurality of connected devices.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

a processor of the wearable device receiving the first value;

the processor comparing the first value to a first alert condition for the first sensor stored in a first memory of the wearable device;

when the first value matches the first alert condition, the processor transmitting the alert message and the first indication of the first type of ambient condition to the control panel;

the processor receiving the second value;

the processor comparing the second value to a second alert condition for the second sensor stored in the first memory; and

when the second value matches the second alert condition, the processor transmitting the alert message and the second indication of the second type of ambient condition to the control panel.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

the control panel adjusting the respective output of each of the first set of the plurality of connected devices by a first specific amount calculated by comparing the first value to a first ideal level for the respective output of each of the first set of the plurality of connected devices stored in a second memory of the control panel; and

the control panel adjusting the respective output of each of the second set of the plurality of connected devices by a second specific amount calculated by comparing the second value to a second ideal level for the respective output of each of the second set of the plurality of connected devices stored in the second memory.

18. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

the control panel forwarding the alert message to a mobile device wirelessly paired with the control panel;

the control panel receiving user input from the mobile device; and

the control panel adjusting the respective output of each of the first set of the plurality of connected devices or each of the second set of the plurality of connected devices responsive to the user input.

19. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

assigning the plurality of connected devices to a plurality of zones based on the respective location of each of the plurality of connected devices;

assigning the wearable device to one of the plurality of zones; and

the control panel identifying the first set of the plurality of connected devices and the second set of the plurality of connected devices by identifying which of the plurality of connected devices are assigned to the one of the plurality of zones.

20. The method of claim 15 wherein the first sensor and the second sensor include at least one of an ambient light sensor, a distance sensor, an ultraviolet light sensor, or a color sensor, and wherein the first type of ambient condition and the second type of ambient condition include at least one of an ambient light level, proximity of the wearable device to an object, an ultraviolet light level, or an ambient light color.