Electronic sensor management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11087404-B1
Application number	US-201815887776-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Feb 2, 2018
Priority date	Jan 10, 2014
Publication date	Aug 10, 2021
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021

Abstract

A computer device and method for managing multiple electronic sensors is provided where a server received building condition data from a first sensor and analyzes the received data; upon the received data satisfying a threshold, the server activates a second sensor and receives a second set of building condition data and analyzes the received second set of data; upon the second set of data satisfying a second threshold, the server may determine a possible problem with the building and notify the homeowner; the server may further take corrective actions such as terminate the water or the electric supply for the building.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a server, a first set of building condition data from a plurality of building condition sensor devices associated with a building, wherein the plurality of building condition sensor devices comprises at least a water flow sensor;
upon the first set of building condition data satisfying a first threshold, generating, by the server, an activate instruction;
upon transmitting the activation instruction to one or more motion sensor devices, receiving, by the server, a second set of building condition data, wherein the activation instruction commands the one or more motion sensor devices to immediately capture data, wherein the one or more motion sensor devices is configured to detect any motion within the building;
upon the second set of building condition data indicating presence of at least one inhabitant within the building, determining, by the server, whether the first set of building condition data satisfies a second threshold, wherein the second threshold corresponds to a water flow threshold with at least one inhabitant present within the building;
upon the first set of building condition data satisfying the second threshold, generating, by the server, a second instruction configured to command a valve sensor to terminate a water supply to the building.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first threshold is a dynamic threshold that is based on a habit profile associated with the inhabitant of the building.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the habit profile is generated, by the server, based on a third set of building condition data received from a second set of a plurality of building condition sensor devices.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first threshold is based on a time value.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating, by the server, a message indicating a possible water leakage; and
transmitting, by the server, the message to a computing device associated with the building.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the server determines a location associated with the first set of building condition data.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the one or more motion sensor devices is configured to detect motion within a field of vision associated with the one or more motion sensor devices.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the server only transmits the activation instruction to one or more motion sensors with a field of vision that corresponds to the location associated with the first set of building condition data.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the server only transmits the activation instruction to a predetermined subset of the one or more motion sensor devices.

10. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer to:
receive a first set of building condition data from a plurality of building condition sensor devices associated with a building comprising a first building condition sensor device;
upon the first set of building condition data satisfying a first threshold, generate an activate instruction;
upon transmitting the activation instruction to a dormant second building condition sensor device, receive a second set of building condition data from the dormant second building condition sensor device, wherein the activation instruction commands the dormant second building condition sensor device to alter its frequency of data capture and immediately capture data, wherein previous to receiving the activation instruction, the dormant second building condition sensor device captured data in accordance with a zero frequency of data capture;
upon the second set of building condition data satisfying a second threshold, determine whether the first set of building condition data satisfies a third threshold;
upon the first set of building condition data satisfying the third threshold, generate an electronic notification comprising at least one of the first and the second set of building condition data; and
transmit the electronic notification to a computing device associated with the building.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first threshold is a dynamic threshold is based on a habit profile associated with one or more inhabitants of the building.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer to: generate the habit profile based on a fourth set of building condition data received from a second set of plurality of building condition sensor devices.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the dynamic threshold is based on a time value.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first sensor device is an electrical sensor configured to monitor data associated with electrical wiring of the building.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the dormant second building condition sensor device is at least one of a motion sensor and a camera sensor.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein:
the second set of building condition data received is a camera footage; and
the computer-readable medium comprises computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer to: store the server stored the camera footage in a database.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the notification comprises a hyperlink directing a user to the camera footage.

18. A computer system comprising:
a plurality of building condition sensor devices configured to capture building condition data associated with a building, wherein each building condition sensor is configured to capture data in accordance with a frequency of data capture value;
a server coupled to each building condition sensor and configured to:
receive a first set of building condition data from the plurality of building condition sensor devices associated with a building comprising a first building condition sensor device;
upon the first set of building condition data satisfying a first threshold, generate an activate instruction;
upon transmitting the activation instruction to a dormant second building condition sensor device, receive a second set of building condition data from the dormant second building condition sensor device, wherein the activation instruction commands the dormant second building condition sensor device to alter its frequency of data capture and immediately capture data, wherein previous to receiving the activation instruction, the dormant second building condition sensor device captured data in accordance with a zero frequency of data capture;
upon the second set of building condition data satisfying a second threshold, determine whether the first set of building condition data satisfies a third threshold;
upon the first set of building condition data satisfying the third threshold, generate an electronic notification comprising at least one of the first and the second set of building condition data; and
transmit the electronic notification to a computing device associated with the building.

19. The computer system of claim 18 , wherein the first threshold is a dynamic threshold is based on a habit profile associated with one or more inhabitants of the building.

20. The computer system of claim 19 , wherein the habit profile is generated, by the server, based on a fourth set of building condition data

Assignees

• Uipco Llc
• Usaa

Inventors

• Devereaux Ramsey
• Allen Michael J
• Read Spencer
• Uribe Traci K
• Jackson Ina L

Classifications

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