Systems and methods of integrating sensor output of a mobile device with a security system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10467887-B2
Application number	US-201816009516-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2018
Priority date	May 22, 2015
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

Systems and methods of operating an alarm device of a home security system which integrates one or more sensors of a mobile device when the mobile device is located within a home protected by the home security system are provided. The security system may determine an unauthorized entry to the home based on an operating mode of the home security system and sensor data collected by the one or more sensors of the mobile device. An alarm may be output by the alarm device of the home security system based on the determined unauthorized entry by the home security system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of operating a home security system, the method comprising:
communicatively coupling a mobile device to the home security system to integrate one or more sensors of the mobile device with the operation of the home security system when the mobile device is determined, by the home security system, to be within a home protected by the home security system;
determining, at the home security system, an unauthorized entry to the home when the home security system is operating in an away mode or a vacation mode and when the home security system determines that the mobile device has been moved by an unauthorized person based on sensor data collected by the one or more sensors of the mobile device; and
outputting an alarm, by an alarm device of the home security system, based on the determined unauthorized entry by the home security system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined unauthorized entry is through a door or window of the home.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined unauthorized entry is when a door or window of the home is compromised.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensor data is collected by the home security system when the operating mode of the home security system is determined to be at least one of the group consisting of: an away mode, a stay mode, and a vacation mode.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the home security system, identifying information from the mobile device to the home security system via a communications link; and
registering the mobile device with the home security system according to the received identifying information.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the home security system verifies the data collected by the one or more sensors of the home security system based on the sensor data from the one or more sensors of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, at the home security system, a home security event or home safety event; and
transmitting a notification communication from the home security system to at least one of the group consisting of: an emergency contact, emergency services, law enforcement, and a fire department when the home security event or home safety event is determined.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the mobile device operates in a different mode than the home security system when the mobile device is located outside of the home.

9. A home security system comprising:
a communications interface that is communicatively coupled to a mobile device to integrate one or more sensors of the mobile device with the operation of the home security system when the mobile device is determined to be within a home protected by the home security system;
a processor to determine an unauthorized entry to the home when the processor determines that the home security system is operating in an away mode or a vacation mode, and when the processor determines that the mobile device has been moved by an unauthorized person based on sensor data collected by the one or more sensors of the mobile device; and
an alarm device, communicatively coupled to the processor, to output an alarm based on the determined unauthorized entry by the home security system.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the unauthorized entry is through a door or window of the home.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the determined unauthorized entry is when a door or window of the home is compromised.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the sensor data is collected by the home security system when the operating mode of the home security system is determined to be at least one of the group consisting of: an away mode, a stay mode, and a vacation mode.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor receives identifying information from the mobile device to the home security system via a communications link, and registers the mobile device with the home security system according to the received identifying information.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor verifies the data collected by the one or more sensors of the home security system based on the sensor data from the one or more sensors of the mobile device.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor determines a home security event or home safety event, and
wherein the communications interface transmits a notification communication to at least one of the group consisting of: an emergency contact, emergency services, law enforcement, and a fire department when the home security event or home safety event is determined.

16. The system of claim 9 , wherein in the mobile device operates in a different mode than the home security system when the mobile device is located outside of the home.

17. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more sensors of the mobile device or the one or more sensors of the home security system are selected from the group consisting of: a motion sensor, a microphone, a light sensor, a smoke sensor, a carbon monoxide sensor, a temperature sensor, an orientation sensor, and a camera.

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Herman Kenneth Louis
• James Bryan
• Kops Keith

Classifications

• G08B25/14

  Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements · CPC title

• G08B25/008

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

• G08B25/016 Primary

  Personal emergency signalling and security systems (emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12) · CPC title

• H04W4/33

  for indoor environments, e.g. buildings · CPC title

• H04W4/021 Primary

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title