Biometric feedback for intrusion system control

• US 10,629,041 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2018
• Issued: 04/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Inventors: Pilli, Srinivasa Reddy, Bondapalli, Vijaylakshmi
• Primary Examiner(s): Swarthout, Brent
• Application Number:
  US16/127,421
• Publication Number:
  US 20190325721A1
• Time in Patent Office: 588 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/26 using a biometric sensor integrated in the pass
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/22 Electrical actuation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/043 detecting an emergency event, e.g. a fall
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0453 worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/32 Remote control based on movements, attitude of remote control device
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/91 Remote control based on location and proximity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1425 Traffic logging, e.g. anomaly detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/121 Wireless intrusion detection systems [WIDS]; Wireless intrusion prevention systems [WIPS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/33 using wearable devices, e.g. using a smartwatch or smart-glasses
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent

Abstract

According to an aspect, a system includes a wearable biometric device operable to monitor one or more biometric indicators of a user. The system also includes an intrusion detection system including one or more sensors and a control panel operable to monitor the one or more sensors, establish communication with the wearable biometric device, and perform an action responsive to an event detected by the one or more sensors or the wearable biometric device.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a wearable biometric device operable to monitor one or more biometric indicators of a user, the wearable biometric device comprising one or more biometric sensors, at least one motion sensor, a position sensor, and power supply support circuitry operable to convert energy into electricity for an electronics system of the wearable biometric device; and

an intrusion detection system comprising one or more sensors and a control panel operable to monitor the one or more sensors, establish communication with the wearable biometric device, and perform an action responsive to an event detected by the one or more sensors or the wearable biometric device, wherein the wearable biometric device is configured to receive a security alert from the control panel responsive to event detection by the one or more sensors of the intrusion detection system and provide an indication of the security alert to the user of the wearable biometric device, and wherein the indication of the security alert is provided through one or more haptic actuators of the wearable biometric device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable biometric device is configured to detect a predefined gesture of the user of the wearable biometric device and transmit a command associated with the predefined gesture from the wearable biometric device to the control panel.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the intrusion detection system comprises one or more subsystems, and the control panel is configured to actuate at least one of the subsystems responsive to receiving the command.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable biometric device is configured to compare the one or more biometric indicators to one or more medical condition indicators and transmit a medical response request to the control panel based on determining that at least one of the medical condition indicators is met.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the control panel is configured to send an alert message to an assistance response system based on receiving the medical response request.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the control panel is configured to monitor movement of the wearable biometric device with respect to a predetermined location and trigger an unlocking action of a lock mechanism based on determining that the wearable biometric device is approaching and within a threshold distance of the predetermined location.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronics system of the wearable biometric device comprises a memory system, a processing system, an input/output interface, a communication interface, and a display interface, and the power supply support circuitry is configured to convert one or more of thermal energy and kinetic energy into electricity for the electronics system.

8. A method comprising:

establishing communication between a wearable biometric device and a control panel of an intrusion detection system, the wearable biometric device comprising one or more biometric sensors, at least one motion sensor, a position sensor, and power supply support circuitry operable to convert energy into electricity for an electronics system of the wearable biometric device;

detecting a predefined gesture of a user of the wearable biometric device;

transmitting a command associated with the predefined gesture from the wearable biometric device to the control panel;

actuating a subsystem of the intrusion detection system responsive to the control panel receiving the command;

sending a security alert from the control panel to the wearable biometric device responsive to detection of an intrusion event by one or more sensors of the intrusion detection system; and

providing an indication of the security alert to the user of the wearable biometric device, wherein the indication of the security alert is provided through one or more haptic actuators of the wearable biometric device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein actuating the subsystem of the intrusion detection system comprises locking or unlocking a lock mechanism.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein actuating the lock mechanism is constrained based on an estimated distance between the wearable biometric device and the lock mechanism.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

monitoring, by the control panel, a distance between the wearable biometric device and a paired device; and

sending a separation notification to the wearable biometric device based on determining that the distance between the wearable biometric device and the paired device exceeds a separation distance threshold.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

monitoring movement of the wearable biometric device with respect to a predetermined location; and

triggering an unlocking action of a lock mechanism based on determining that the wearable biometric device is approaching and within a threshold distance of the predetermined location.

13. A method comprising:

monitoring one or more biometric indicators of a user of a wearable biometric device, the wearable biometric device comprising one or more biometric sensors, at least one motion sensor, a position sensor, and power supply support circuitry operable to convert energy into electricity for an electronics system of the wearable biometric device;

comparing the one or more biometric indicators to one or more medical condition indicators;

transmitting a medical response request from the wearable biometric device to a control panel of an intrusion detection system based on determining that at least one of the medical condition indicators is met;

sending an alert message from the control panel of the intrusion detection system to an assistance response system based on receiving the medical response request;

sending a security alert from the control panel to the wearable biometric device responsive to detection of an intrusion event by one or more sensors of the intrusion detection system; and

providing an indication of the security alert to the user of the wearable biometric device, wherein the indication of the security alert is provided through one or more haptic actuators of the wearable biometric device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the alert message is customized and the assistance response system is selected from a plurality of assistance response systems based on a type of medical condition corresponding to the medical response request.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining a location of the wearable biometric device; and

sending an indicator of the location of the wearable biometric device with the medical response request.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the wearable biometric device comprises a fingerprint reader, and the method further comprises:

confirming an identity of the user responsive to fingerprint data read by the fingerprint reader.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more biometric indicators comprise one or more of:

blood pressure, heart beat rate, body temperature, and motion.