Continuous active mode for security and automation systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12190708-B2
Application number	US-202418433260-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2024
Priority date	Sep 30, 2020
Publication date	Jan 7, 2025
Grant date	Jan 7, 2025

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for a security and automation system are described. A security and automation device, for example, such as a control panel may be configured to support a continuous active mode for the security and automation system. The continuous active mode may be a mode in which the security and automation system is continuously providing various types of security and automation features, such as monitoring, sensing, communication, notification, among other examples. The continuous active mode may also support active switching between multiple states (e.g., an ‘armed away’ state, an ‘armed stay’ state, and a ‘standby’ state) of the security and automation systems. Thus, irrespective of the different states the security and automation system may be continuously active (e.g., always ON).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
one or more sensors devices to capture sensor data of an environment;
one or more processors configured to execute instructions to perform operations to cause the system to:
collect, using the one or more sensor devices, information associated with one or more users of a premises of the environment;
determine, according to the information associated with the one or more users, one or more patterns associated with the one or more users of the premises, wherein each pattern of the one or more patterns is a pattern of occupancy of the premises for a user of the one or more users, and wherein occupancy includes one or more of a presence of the user at the premises and an activity level of the user at the premises;
set the system to a first state, based at least in part on the one or more patterns associated with the one or more users of the premises, wherein the first state comprises an armed state;
detect, using the one or more sensor devices, an individual at the environment;
determine that the detected individual is a user of the one or more users of the premises and authorized to be at the premises, based at least in part on the one or more patterns associated with the one or more users of the premises; and
suppress an alarm of the system based on the determination that the detected person is an authorized user, wherein the alarm is suppressed so that the authorized user may enter and exit the premises while the system is in the armed state, without triggering the alarm.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein, to determine the one or more patterns, the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions to perform operations to cause the system to:
generate a set of data points based at least in part on the information associated with the one or more users; and
compare the set of data points to an additional set of data points associated with previous collected information associated with the one or more users.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein, to determine the one or more patterns, the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions to perform operations to cause the system to determine the one or more patterns utilizing a learning network.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein, to collect the information associated with one or more users, the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions to perform operations to cause the system to:
receive one or more discovery signals from one or more user; and
determine one or more of occupancy information and user profile information based at least in part on the one or more discovery signals.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the one or more discovery signals comprises one or more of a Bluetooth signal, a cellular signal, a Wi-Fi signal, a global positioning system (GPS) signal, a radio frequency (RF) signal, a radar signal, an acoustic signal, an infrared signal, and a fluid sensing signal.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein, to collect the information associated with one or more users, the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions to perform operations to cause the system further to:
receive device information from the one or more user devices, the device information comprising a state of the one or more user devices, a device identifier associated with each device of the one or more user devices, or both,
wherein determining one or more of the occupancy information and the user profile information is based at least in part on the device information.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions to perform operations to cause the system further to:
set the system to a second state, based at least in part on the one or more patterns associated with the one or more users of the premises.

8. The system of claim 7 , where in the first state is one of an armed away state or an armed stay state and the second state is the other of the armed away state or the armed stay state.

9. The system of claim 7 , where in the second state is one of an armed away state, an armed stay state, or a standby state.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensor devices comprises one or more of a radio frequency (RF) motion sensor, an infrared motion sensor, a radar motion sensor, an audio recognition sensor, and an ultrasonic sensor, wherein the information associated with one or more users comprises the motion information sensed by the one or more sensors of the security and automation system.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensor devices comprises an image capture sensor, and wherein the information associated with one or more users comprises image data.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions to perform operations to cause the system further to:
track the one or more patterns using a learning network over one or more temporal periods,
wherein setting the security and automation system to the first state of the plurality of states is based at least in part on the tracking.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions to perform operations to cause the system further to:
determine a change in the one or more patterns over the one or more temporal periods based at least in part on the tracking,
wherein setting the security and automation system to the first state of the plurality of states is based at least in part on the change in the one or more patterns over the one or more temporal periods.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein, to collect the information associated with one or more users, the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions to perform operations to cause the system further to:
map, using a learning network, user information associated with the one or more users of the security and automation system to the sensor information from the one or more sensors of the security and automation system; and
generate, using the learning network, a user model associated with a user of the one or more users of the security and automation system based at least in part on the mapping, the user model comprising a representation of user activity and user occupancy related to a premises associated with the security and automation system,
wherein setting the system to the first state of the plurality of states is based at least in part on the user model.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions to perform operations to cause the system further to:
adaptively modify the user model based at least in part on one or more of additional collected user information, a user input from the user associated with the user model, or both.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions to perform operations to cause the system further to:
modify the user model based at least in part on additional collected user information associated with the one or more users of the security and automation system or additional collected sensor information from the one or more sensors of the security and automation system, or both,
wherein setting the security and automation system to the first state of the plurality of states is based at least in part on the modified user model.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions to perform operations to cause the system furthe

Assignees

• Vivint Inc

Inventors

• Farnsworth Anthony Scott
• Boynton Stephen Edward
• Manzi Julie

Classifications

• G08B13/22

  Electrical actuation · CPC title

• G08B25/10

  using wireless transmission systems {(G08B25/009 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G08C17/02 Primary

  using a radio link · CPC title

• G08B13/189

  using passive radiation detection systems · CPC title

• G08B29/186

  Fuzzy logic; neural networks · CPC title