Method for allowing drone activity to modify event detection by a monitoring system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11908309-B2
Application number	US-202217865004-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2022
Priority date	May 10, 2017
Publication date	Feb 20, 2024
Grant date	Feb 20, 2024

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for enabling drone activity in a property monitored by a property monitoring system without triggering a false alarm. In one aspect, the method includes actions of obtaining a location of the drone, identifying a first sensor installed at the property that is within a predetermined distance of the drone, detecting first sensor data generated by the first sensor that is within a predetermined distance of the drone, wherein the first sensor data includes data that is indicative of an event, determining whether a second sensor that is mounted to the drone is generating second sensor data that corroborates the event indicated by the first sensor data, and disregarding, by the property monitoring system, the first sensor data in determining whether to trigger an alarm.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A property monitoring system comprising:
one or more computers, and
one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers performs operations comprising:
obtaining sensor data from one or more sensors at a property;
determining an amount of time has passed without receiving feedback from a drone that was detected at a location that satisfies a threshold distance from the one or more sensors at the property; and
triggering an alarm using the sensor data from the one or more sensors.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:
triggering the alarm in response to determining the amount of time has passed without receiving feedback from the drone.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:
obtaining, from the drone, drone sensor data;
determining, using the drone sensor data, the drone is likely damaged; and
triggering the alarm in response to determining the drone is likely damaged.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the drone sensor data comprises accelerometer data.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the operations comprise:
determining the drone was likely damaged by an intruder; and
in response to determining the drone was likely damaged by the intruder, controlling operation of one or more robotic devices to maintain a distance from the intruder.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein controlling operation of the one or more robotic devices to maintain the distance from the intruder includes controlling operation of the one or more robotic devices to fly above the intruder.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:
transmitting a message to the drone to request a status of a portion of the property that includes the one or more sensors.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the amount of time has passed without receiving feedback from the drone comprises:
determining a delay measured from a time of obtaining the sensor data from the one or more sensors to a current time satisfies a time threshold.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:
determining a second location of the drone satisfies the threshold distance from the one or more sensors at the property; and
in response to determining the second location of the drone satisfies the threshold distance from the one or more sensors at the property, not triggering the alarm using the sensor data from the one or more sensors.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the second location of the drone is a predicted future location of the drone.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:
obtaining drone sensor data from the drone corroborating the sensor data from the one or more sensors; and
triggering the alarm in response to obtaining the drone sensor data from the drone corroborating the sensor data from the one or more sensors.

12. A computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining sensor data from one or more sensors at a property;
determining an amount of time has passed without receiving feedback from a drone that was detected at a location that satisfies a threshold distance from the one or more sensors at the property; and
triggering an alarm using the sensor data from the one or more sensors.

13. The method of claim 12 , comprising:
triggering the alarm in response to determining the amount of time has passed without receiving feedback from the drone.

14. The method of claim 12 , comprising:
obtaining, from the drone, drone sensor data;
determining, using the drone sensor data, the drone is likely damaged; and
triggering the alarm in response to determining the drone is likely damaged.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the drone sensor data comprises accelerometer data.

16. The method of claim 14 , comprising:
determining the drone was likely damaged by an intruder; and
in response to determining the drone was likely damaged by the intruder, controlling operation of one or more robotic devices to maintain a distance from the intruder.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein controlling operation of the one or more robotic devices to maintain the distance from the intruder includes controlling operation of the one or more robotic devices to fly above the intruder.

18. The method of claim 12 , comprising:
transmitting a message to the drone to request a status of a portion of the property that includes the one or more sensors.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein determining the amount of time has passed without receiving feedback from the drone comprises:
determining a delay measured from a time of obtaining the sensor data from the one or more sensors to a current time satisfies a time threshold.

20. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:
obtaining sensor data from one or more sensors at a property;
determining an amount of time has passed without receiving feedback from a drone that was detected at a location that satisfies a threshold distance from the one or more sensors at the property; and
triggering an alarm using the sensor data from the one or more sensors.

Assignees

• Alarm Com Inc

Inventors

• Bart Gary Franklin
• Constantine Dean

Classifications

• G08B29/188 Primary

  Data fusion; cooperative systems, e.g. voting among different detectors · CPC title

• B64C39/024

  of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV · CPC title

• G08B13/04

  by breaking of glass · CPC title

• G08B26/007

  Wireless interrogation · CPC title

• B64U2101/30

  for imaging, photography or videography · CPC title