Building management system with privacy-guarded assistance mechanism and method of operation thereof

• US 8,847,781 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2012
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Masli, Hans, Lee, Chuen-Chien, Berestov, Alexander, Okuda, Tomofumi, Saltzman, Jeremy
• Primary Examiner(s): POPE, DARYL C
• Application Number:
  US13/432,702
• Publication Number:
  US 20130257626A1
• Time in Patent Office: 916 Days
• Field of Search: 340/691.6, 340/539.1, 340/539.11, 340/539.13
• US Class Current: 340/691.6
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19613 Recognition of a predetermined image pattern or behaviour pattern indicating theft or intrusion
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 19/00 Alarms responsive to two or more different undesired or abnormal conditions, e.g. burglary and fire, abnormal temperature and abnormal rate of flow
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0423 detecting deviation from an expected pattern of behaviour or schedule
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/043 detecting an emergency event, e.g. a fall
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0484 Arrangements monitoring consumption of a utility or use of an appliance which consumes a utility to detect unsafe condition, e.g. metering of water, gas or electricity, use of taps, toilet flush, gas stove or electric kettle
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0492 Sensor dual technology, i.e. two or more technologies collaborate to extract unsafe condition, e.g. video tracking and RFID tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/005 Alarm destination chosen according to a hierarchy of available destinations, e.g. if hospital does not answer send to police station
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality

Abstract

A method for operating a building management system includes: identifying a movement-pattern from a sensed attribute at a first sensor; determining a behavior-pattern at the first sensor when the movement-pattern matches a template-pattern; transmitting the behavior-pattern and the sensed attribute from the first sensor to a second sensor; and tracking the sensed attribute at the second sensor for displaying on a device.

Claims

1. A method for operating a building management system comprising:

identifying a movement-pattern from a sensed attribute at a first sensor;

determining a behavior-pattern at the first sensor when the movement-pattern matches a template-pattern. wherein the behavior-pattern is a recognized set of the movement-patterns associated with a specific meaning;

transmitting the behavior-pattern and the sensed attribute from the first sensor to a second sensor; and

tracking the sensed attribute at the second sensor for displaying on a device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

establishing a movement-profile; and

adjusting the movement-profile using the movement-pattern.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

establishing a behavior-profile; and

adjusting the behavior-profile using the behavior-pattern.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

calculating a subject-location using the movement-pattern; and

transmitting the subject-location according to a response protocol.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

establishing an occupant profile; and

adjusting the occupant profile using the movement-pattern, the behavior-pattern, or a combination thereof.

6. A method of operating a building management system comprising:

identifying a movement-pattern from a sensed attribute at a first sensor for comparing against the alert type;

determining a behavior-pattern at the first sensor when the movement-pattern matches a template-pattern, wherein the behavior-pattern is a recognized set of the movement-patterns associated with a specific meaning;

transmitting the behavior-pattern and the sensed attribute from the first sensor to a second sensor;

tracking the behavior-pattern and the sensed attribute at the second sensor for displaying on a device; and

establishing an alert type for comparing against the behavior-pattern.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising:

receiving an assessment structure; and

establishing a member-specific response using the assessment structure.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising adjusting the alert type using the movement-pattern, the behavior-pattern, or both.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising implementing a response protocol when the behavior-pattern matches the alert type.

10. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising controlling the consumption of a resource when the behavior-pattern matches the alert type.

11. A building management system comprising:

a detection module for identifying a movement-pattern from a sensed attribute at a first sensor;

an activity analysis module, coupled to the detection module, for determining a behavior-pattern at the first sensor when the movement-pattern matches a template-pattern, wherein the behavior-pattern is a recognized set of the movement-patterns associated with a specific meaning;

a sending module, coupled to the activity analysis module, for transmitting the behavior-pattern and the sensed attribute from the first sensor to a second sensor; and

a tracking module, coupled to the detection module, for tracking the sensed attribute at the second sensor for displaying on a device.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising:

a profile module, coupled to the detection module, for establishing a movement-profile; and

an action-update module, coupled to the detection module, for adjusting the movement-profile using the movement-pattern.

13. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising:

an profile module, coupled to the detection module, for establishing a behavior-profile; and

an action-update module, coupled to the detection module, for adjusting the behavior-profile using the behavior-pattern.

14. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising:

a locating module, coupled to the detection module, for calculating a subject-location using the movement-pattern; and

an emergency-protocol module, coupled to the tracking module, for transmitting the subject-location according to a response protocol.

15. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising:

an profile module, coupled to the detection module, for establishing an occupant profile; and

an action-update module, coupled to the detection module, for adjusting the occupant profile using the movement-pattern, the behavior-pattern, or both.

16. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising:

a situation set-up module, coupled to the detection module, for establishing an alert type for comparing against the behavior-pattern; and

wherein;

the detection module is for identifying the movement-pattern from the sensed attribute at the first sensor for comparing against the alert type.

17. The system as claimed in claim 16 further comprising:

an external-data module, coupled to the detection module, for receiving an assessment structure; and

wherein;

the situation set-up module is for establishing a member-specific response using the assessment structure.

18. The system as claimed in claim 16 further comprising a type-update module, coupled to the detection module, for adjusting the alert type using the movement-pattern, the behavior-pattern, or a combination thereof.

19. The system as claimed in claim 16 further comprising an emergency-protocol module, coupled to the tracking module, for implementing a response protocol when the behavior-pattern matches the alert type.

20. The system as claimed in claim 16 further comprising a daily-routine module, coupled to the tracking module, for controlling the consumption of a resource when the behavior-pattern matches the alert type.