Sensing device for sensing open-or-closed state of door and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11227479-B2
Application number	US-201816650138-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2018
Priority date	Nov 3, 2017
Publication date	Jan 18, 2022
Grant date	Jan 18, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a communication circuit, at least one sensor for sensing an open-or-closed state of a door and a person near the door, a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit and the at least one sensor, and a memory electrically connected to the processor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device installed in a door, the electronic device comprising:
a communication circuit;
at least one sensor configured to detect an open or closed state of the door, and proximity of a human to the door;
a processor electrically connected with the communication circuit and the at least one sensor; and
a memory, electrically connected with the processor, storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the electronic device to:
detect that the door is in the open state through the at least one sensor;
detect a proximity of a human near the door, and a position of the human at one of an interior and an exterior of a space for which the door is provided, through the at least one sensor;
determine whether the door is opened from the exterior or the interior of the space, based on the detected open state of the door and the detected position of the human;
determine whether a security device installed in the space for which the door is provided is armed or disarmed; and
transmit specified information to an external device based on a first determination of whether the door is opened from the exterior or the interior of the space and a second determination of whether the security device is armed or disarmed.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:
determine that the door is opened from the exterior, when a state of the door is the open state and when the human positioned at the exterior of the space is sensed; and
determine that the door is opened from the interior, when the state of the door is the open state and the human is positioned at the interior of the space.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the specified information includes information on a state in which the door is opened, and
wherein the instructions causes the processor to:
transmit the specified information to the external device, when the door is determined as being opened from the exterior and the security device is determined as being armed.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the specified information includes information on a state in which the door is opened, and
wherein the instructions cause the processor to:
transmit the specified information to the external device, when the door is determined as being opened from the interior and the security device is determined as being armed.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the specified information includes information on a state in which the door is opened, and
wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:
transmit the specified information to the external device, when the door is determined as being opened from the exterior and the security device is determined as being disarmed.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the specified information includes information for providing a request for changing a state of the external device, and
wherein the instructions causes the processor to:
change the state of the external device by transmitting the specified information to the external device based on the position at which the door is opened.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the request for changing the state of the external device is a request for changing power of the external device to be in an on/off state.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the external device is an Internet of Things (IoT) device.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor senses a human positioned at the interior of the space,
wherein the instructions causes the processor to:
sense a human which is close to the door and positioned at the interior of the space, and
wherein a human is recognized as being positioned at the door at the exterior of the space, when the door is in the open state and the human close to the door is not sensed.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor includes:
at least one of an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, and a magnetic sensor to sense the open state and the closed state of the door, and
wherein the at least one sensor further includes:
an infrared (IR) sensor, a passive infrared sensor (PIR) sensor, and an ultrasonic sensor to sense the human.

11. An electronic device installed on a window, the electronic device comprising:
a communication circuit;
at least one sensor configured to detect an open or closed state of the window, and proximity of a human to the window;
a processor electrically connected with the communication circuit and the at least one sensor; and
a memory electrically connected with the processor, storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the electronic device to:
detect that the window is in the open state of through the at least one sensor;
detect a proximity of a human near the window, and a position of the human at one of an interior and an exterior of a space for which the window is provided, through the at least one sensor;
determine whether the window is opened from the exterior or the interior of the space, based on the detected open state of the window and the detected position of the human;
determine whether a security device installed in the space for which the window is provided is armed or disarmed; and
transmit specified information to an external device based on a first determination of whether the window is opened from the exterior or the interior of the space and a second determination of whether the security device is armed or disarmed.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the specified information includes information on a state in which the window is opened from the exterior, and
wherein the instructions causes the processor to:
transmit the specified information to the external device based on at least one of a first situation in which the window is determined as being opened from the exterior and the security device is determined as being armed, a second situation in which the window is determined as being opened from the interior and the security device is determined as being armed or a third situation in which the window is determined as being opened from the exterior and the security device is determined as being disarmed.

13. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one sensor includes a sensor to sense movement of the window, and
wherein the instructions causes the processor to:
sense the movement of the window through the at least one sensor in the state that the window is opened;
determine whether the window is further opened from the exterior or at the interior of the space, based on the sensed movement of the window and the detected position of the human; and
transmit the specified information to the external device based on a position at which the window is further opened, through the communication circuit.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the at least one sensor includes an acceleration sensor to sense the movement of the window.

15. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
detecting that a door is in an open state through at least one sensor;
detecting, through the at least one sensor, proximity of a human near to the door, and a position of the human in one of an interior and an exterior of a space for which the door is provided;
determining, by at least one processor, whether the door is opened from the exterior or the interior of the space, based on the detected open state of the door and the detected position of the human;
determining whether a security de

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Chan Won
• Kim Yong Wook

Classifications

• G08B13/08 Primary

  by opening, e.g. of door, of window, of drawer, of shutter, of curtain, of blind · CPC title

• G08B25/14

  Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements · CPC title

• H04L12/2803

  Home automation networks · CPC title

• G08B21/22 Primary

  responsive to presence or absence of persons · CPC title

• G08B25/001

  Alarm cancelling procedures or alarm forwarding decisions, e.g. based on absence of alarm confirmation · CPC title