Mobile user interface for event notifications arising from smart-home hazard detection devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10032363-B2
Application number	US-201715484733-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 11, 2017
Priority date	Oct 7, 2013
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

System for displaying hazard events and adjusting hazard detector settings on a mobile device includes a user interface executed on the mobile device, a hazard detector, and a computer server system communicatively coupled to the mobile device and hazard detector. The hazard detector generates hazard events indicating detection of smoke or carbon monoxide. The hazard events are transmitted to the computer server system and then to the mobile device. User interface displays the hazard events in an event group. User interface receives an adjusted value for a setting of the hazard detector and transmits the adjusted value to the computer server system. The computer server system determines that the adjusted value corresponds to the hazard detector, receives a check-in event from the hazard detector, and transmits the adjusted value to the hazard detector in response to receiving the check-in event. The hazard detector applies the adjusted value to the setting.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hazard detection system, comprising:
a user interface application executed on a mobile device that communicates with a computer server system, the user interface application being configured to:
present a graphical interface that provides an option to enable and disable a pre-alarm feature of a hazard detector, wherein:
the pre-alarm feature causes the hazard detector to output a pre-alarm alert indicative of a hazard level being present above a pre-alarm threshold but below an alarm threshold; and
the pre-alarm alert is indicative of the hazard level rising but not having reached an emergency level at which an alarm is sounded;

receive user input that enables the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector via the graphical interface; and
transmit data indicative of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being enabled and of a user account linked with the hazard detector to a computer server system;

the computer server system that communicates with a plurality of hazard detectors that are linked with a plurality of user accounts, wherein the computer server system is configured to:
receive the data indicative of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being enabled and of the user account;
store an indication of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being enabled by the user interface application, wherein the indication of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being enabled is linked with the user account; and
transmit, to the hazard detector, data indicative of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being enabled by the user interface application; and

the hazard detector comprising: one or more hazard sensors; one or more processors; and a wireless interface, wherein the hazard detector is configured to:
receive, via the wireless interface, the data indicative of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being enabled by the user interface application;
detect, using measurements from the one or more hazard sensors, that the hazard level that is greater than the pre-alarm threshold but less than the alarm threshold; and
in response to detecting the hazard level that is greater than the pre-alarm threshold but less than the alarm threshold and in response to the data indicative of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being enabled by the user interface application, output the pre-alarm alert.

2. The hazard detection system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface application is further configured to output for presentation an indication of when the pre-alarm alert occurred.

3. The hazard detection system of claim 2 , wherein the indication of the pre-alarm alert is arranged along a graphical timeline.

4. The hazard detection system of claim 3 , wherein one or more indications of alarms, one or more indications of a hazard clearing, or both are additionally arranged along the graphical timeline.

5. The hazard detection system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface application is further configured to:
present the graphical interface to enable or disable the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector, wherein the graphical interface indicates that the pre-alarm feature is currently enabled;
receive user input that disables the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector; and
transmit data indicative of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being disabled and of the user account linked with the hazard detector to the computer server system.

6. The hazard detection system of claim 5 , wherein the computer server system is further configured to:
receive the data indicative of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being disabled and of the user account;
store an indication of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being disabled by the user interface application, wherein the indication of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector is linked with the user account; and
transmit, to the hazard detector, data indicative of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being disabled by the user interface application.

7. The hazard detection system of claim 6 , wherein the hazard detector is further configured to:
receive, via the wireless interface, the data indicative of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being disabled by the user interface application; and
disable the output of pre-alarm alerts in response to the data indicative of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being disabled by the user interface application.

8. The hazard detection system of claim 1 , wherein the hazard level indicates an amount of at least one of smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) present at the hazard detector.

9. The hazard detection system of claim 1 , wherein the pre-alarm alert comprises audible speech and light output by the hazard detector.

10. A method for managing pre-alarm alerts, the method comprising:
presenting, by an application executed by a mobile device, a graphical interface that allows a pre-alarm feature of a hazard detector to be enabled, wherein:
the pre-alarm feature causes the hazard detector to output a pre-alarm alert indicative of a hazard level being present above a pre-alarm threshold but below an alarm threshold;

receiving, by the application executed by the mobile device, user input that enables a pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector; and
transmitting, by the application executed by the mobile device, data indicative of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being enabled and of a user account linked with the hazard detector to a computer server system;
receiving, by the computer server system, the data indicative of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being enabled and of the user account;
storing, by the computer server system, an indication of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being enabled by the application, wherein the indication of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector is linked with the user account; and
transmitting, to the hazard detector by the computer server system, data indicative of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being enabled by the application;
receiving, via a wireless interface of the hazard detector, the data indicative of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being enabled by the application;
detecting, by the hazard detector, the hazard level that is greater than the pre-alarm threshold but less than the alarm threshold; and
in response to detecting the hazard level that is greater than the pre-alarm threshold but less than the alarm threshold and in response to the data indicative of the pre-alarm feature of the hazard detector being enabled by the application, outputting, by the hazard detector a pre-alarm alert.

11. The method for managing pre-alarm alerts of claim 10 , the method further comprising: outputting, by the application executed by the mobile device, for presentation an indication of when the pre-alarm alert occurred.

12. The method for managing pre-alarm alerts of claim 11 , wherein the indication of when the pre-alarm alert occurred is arranged along a graphical timeline.

13. The method for managing pre-alarm alerts of claim 12 , further comprising: outputting, by the application executed by the mobile device, for presentation one or more indications of when one or more alarms occurred, one or more indications of when one or more hazards clearing occurred, or both are additionally arranged along the graphical timeline along with the indication of when the pre-alarm alert occurred.

14. The method for managing pre-alarm alerts of claim 10 , further comprising:
outputting, by the application executed by the mob

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Bruck Timo A
• Rossi Shiney
• Sloo David
• Boyd Jeffrey A

Classifications

• H05B47/11

  by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light · CPC title

• H05B47/19

  via wireless transmission · CPC title

• H05B45/20

  Controlling the colour of the light · CPC title

• G08B25/08

  using communication transmission lines {(G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence)} · CPC title

• G08B17/10

  Actuation by presence of smoke or gases {, e.g. automatic alarm devices for analysing flowing fluid materials by the use of optical means} · CPC title