Occupancy simulation within a monitored property

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10360779-B2
Application number	US-201815994248-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2018
Priority date	May 31, 2017
Publication date	Jul 23, 2019
Grant date	Jul 23, 2019

Abstract

A monitoring system includes one or more sensors, one or more connected electronic, and a monitor control unit that is configured to receive sensor data from the one or more sensors, determine usage data that reflects a level of usage of the one or more connected electronic devices, receive occupancy data that reflects an occupancy level of the property, train a predictive model that is configured to determine a likely occupancy level of the property, receive, at a current time and from the one or more sensors, current sensor data, determine, at the current time, current usage data that reflects a current level of usage of the one or more connected electronic devices, apply the current usage data and the current sensor data to the predictive model, determine a likely current occupancy level of the property, determine that the likely current occupancy level of the property is unexpected, and perform an action.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property, the monitoring system comprising:
one or more sensors that are located at the property and that are configured to generate sensor data;
one or more connected electronic devices that are located at the property and that are in communication with a monitor control unit; and
the monitor control unit that is configured to:
receive sensor data from the one or more sensors;
determine usage data that reflects a level of usage of the one or more connected electronic devices;
receive occupancy data that reflects an occupancy level of the property;
train, using the sensor data, the usage data, and the occupancy data, a predictive model that is configured to determine a likely occupancy level of the property;
receive, at a current time and from the one or more sensors, current sensor data;
determine, at the current time, current usage data that reflects a current level of usage of the one or more connected electronic devices;
apply, to the predictive model, the current usage data and the current sensor data;
based on applying the current usage data and the current sensor data to the predictive model, determine a likely current occupancy level of the property;
receive, from a resident, a time range for performing a series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property;
determine that the property is likely vacant at a time that the property is expected to be occupied;
based on determining that the property is likely vacant at a time that the property is expected to be occupied, compare the current time to the time range for performing the series of actions;
determine that the current time is within the time range for performing the series of actions; and
in response to determining that the property is likely vacant at a time the property is expected to be occupied and determining that the current time is within the time range for performing the series of actions, perform the series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property an.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor control unit is configured to:
perform the series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property by providing an instruction to a subset of the one or more connected electronic devices to perform the series of actions.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor control unit is configured to:
determine that the monitoring system is in an unarmed state; and
based on determining that the monitoring system is in the unarmed state, perform the series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property by providing an instruction to a subset of the one or more connected electronic devices to perform the series of actions and by arming the monitoring system,
wherein the subset of the one or more connected electronic devices comprises a first set of one or more connected electronic devices, and
wherein the series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property comprises a first series of actions.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor control unit is configured to:
determine that the monitoring system is in an armed away state; and
based on determining that the monitoring system is in the armed away state, perform the series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property by providing an instruction to a subset of the one or more connected electronic devices to perform a series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property,
wherein the subset of the one or more connected electronic devices comprises a first set of one or more connected electronic devices, and
wherein the series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property comprises a first series of actions.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor control unit is configured to determine that the property is likely vacant at a time that the property is expected to be occupied by:
determining an occupancy level score;
comparing the occupancy level score to an occupancy level threshold; and
based on comparing the occupancy level score to an occupancy level threshold, determining that the property is likely vacant.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor control unit is further configured to:
receive, from a user device of a resident of a property, an indication of a selection of one or more connected devices to include in performing a series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property;
and
perform the series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property by providing an instruction to a subset of the one or more selected connected devices to perform a series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor control unit is further configured to:
determine an expected energy usage level for performing a first series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property;
compare the expected energy usage level for performing a first series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property to an energy consumption threshold;
based on comparing the expected energy usage level for performing the first series of actions to an energy consumption threshold, determine that the expected energy usage level for performing the first series of actions exceeds the energy consumption threshold;
determine an expected energy usage level for performing a second series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property;
compare the expected energy usage level for performing a second series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property to the energy consumption threshold;
based on comparing the expected energy usage level for performing the second series of actions to an energy consumption threshold, determine that the expected energy usage level for performing the second series of actions does not exceed the energy consumption threshold;
and
perform the series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property by performing the second series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor control unit is configured to:
determine the monitoring system is in an armed away state;
perform the series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property based further on determining that the monitoring system is in an armed away state;
receive a disarm code to disarm the monitoring system; and
based on receiving the disarm code, disarm the monitoring system and end the series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor control unit is configured to:
after performing the series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property, receive occupancy data that indicates the property is occupied; and
based on receiving occupancy data that indicates the property is occupied, end the series of actions that simulate occupancy at the property.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor control unit is configured to:
train the predictive model that is configured to determine a likely occupancy level of the property by training the predictive model that is configured to determine the likely occupancy level of the property using sensor data, usage data, the occupancy data from other properties in a same neighborhood as the property.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor control unit is configured to:
train the predictive model that is configured to determine a likely occupancy level of the property by training the predictive model that is configured to determine the likely occupancy level of the property using sensor data, usage data, and occupancy data from other properties that have a same number of residents as the property.

Assignees

• Alarm Com Inc

Inventors

• Correnti Matthew Daniel

Classifications

• G08B15/002 Primary

  with occupancy simulation · CPC title

• G08B25/08

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

• G08B25/008

  Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system · CPC title