Virtual enhancement of security monitoring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016267759-A1
Application number	US-201615069611-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 14, 2016
Priority date	Mar 12, 2015
Publication date	Sep 15, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on storage devices, for monitoring, security, and surveillance of a property. In one aspect, a system includes a virtual reality headset, a plurality of cameras, a plurality of sensors that includes a first sensor, a control unit, wherein the control unit includes a network interface, a processor, a storage device that includes instructions to perform operations that comprise receiving data from the first sensor that is indicative of an alarm event, determining a location of the first sensor, identifying a set of one or more cameras from the plurality of cameras that are associated with the first sensor, selecting a particular camera from the identified set of one or more cameras; and transmitting one or more instructions to the particular camera that command the particular camera to stream a live video feed to a user interface of the virtual reality headset.

First claim

1 . A system, comprising:
a virtual reality headset; a plurality of cameras; a plurality of sensors located at different locations throughout a property, wherein the plurality of sensors include a first sensor; a monitoring control unit, wherein the monitoring control unit includes:
a network interface;
one or more processors; and
one or more storage devices that include instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving data from the first sensor that is indicative of an alarm event;
determining a location of the first sensor;
identifying a set of one or more cameras from the plurality of cameras that are associated with the first sensor;
selecting a particular camera from the identified set of one or more cameras; and
transmitting one or more instructions to the particular camera that command the particular camera to stream a live video feed to a user interface of the virtual reality headset.

2 . The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
notifying a user that an alarm event has been detected.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein selecting a particular camera from the set of one or more cameras includes:
selecting the particular camera that is closest in proximity to the first sensor.

4 . The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
transmitting one or more instructions to the particular camera that command the particular camera to sync with the virtual reality headset.

5 . The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
providing a graphical icon for display on the user interface of the virtual reality headset, wherein the graphical icon is indicative of a detected alarm event that is associated with a second sensor; receiving a selection of the graphical icon; and transmitting one or more instructions to a camera that is associated with the second sensor to stream a live video feed to the user interface of the virtual reality headset.

6 . A system, comprising:
a virtual reality headset; a plurality of cameras; a monitoring control unit, wherein the monitoring control unit includes:
a network interface;
one or more processors; and
one or more storage devices that include instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request from the virtual reality headset to access one of the plurality of cameras;
providing for display on a user interface of the virtual reality headset a set of one or more graphical icons that each correspond to a particular camera of the plurality of cameras;
receiving a selection from a user of a particular graphical icon from the set of one or more graphical icons; and
transmitting one or more instructions to a camera that is associated with the particular graphical icon to stream a live video feed to the user interface of the virtual reality headset.

7 . The system of claim 6 , the operations further comprising:
transmitting a prompt to the virtual reality headset requesting that the user of the virtual reality headset input authentication information; and receiving authentication information from the user.

8 . The system of claim 6 , the system further comprising:
a plurality of sensors located at different locations throughout a property, wherein the plurality of sensors include a first sensor, wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving data from the first sensor that is indicative of an alarm event; and
notifying a user that an alarm event has been detected.

9 . The system of claim 6 , the operations further comprising:
transmitting one or more instructions to the camera that is associated with the particular graphical icon that command the camera to sync with the virtual reality headset.

10 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of cameras include at least one camera that is coupled to a robotic device.

11 . A system comprising:
a plurality of holographic projectors; a plurality of sensors located at different locations throughout a property, wherein the plurality of sensors include a first sensor; a monitoring control unit, wherein the monitoring control unit includes:
a network interface;
one or more processors; and
one or more storage devices that include instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving data from the first sensor that is indicative of an alarm event;
determining a location of the first sensor;
identifying a subset of one or more holographic projectors, from the plurality of

holographic projectors, that are associated with the first sensor;
selecting a particular hologram from multiple stored holograms; and
transmitting one or more instructions to at least one of the identified holographic projectors to display the particular hologram.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the particular hologram is a three dimensional hologram.

13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the one or more holographic projectors is configured to display a moving hologram.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more instructions further include instructions that command the at least one of the one or more holographic projectors to display a hologram of a human being that moves from a first room to a second room.

15 . The system of claim 14 , the system further comprising:
a lighting unit in the second room; a control module associated with the lighting unit,
wherein the operations further include:
transmitting one or more instructions to the control module to toggle the lighting unit from off to on when the moving hologram crosses a threshold that exists between the first room and the second room.

16 . The system of claim 11 , wherein selecting a particular hologram from multiple stored holograms includes:
selecting a particular hologram from multiple stored holograms based on the threat level that is associated with the alarm event, wherein the threat level of the alarm event may include an intermediate alarm event or a severe alarm event.

17 . The system of claim 16 , the operations further comprising:
determining that the alarm event is associated with an intermediate level of severity; and in response to determining that the alarm event is associated with an intermediate level of severity, selecting a hologram that is representative of a human being.

18 . The system of claim 16 , the operations further comprising:
determining that the alarm event is associated with a severe threat level; and in response to determining that the alarm event is associated with a severe threat level, selecting a hologram that is representative of a barking dog.

19 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the identified holographic projector is associated with a speaker.

20 . The system of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:
transmitting one or more instructions to at least two of the identified holographic projectors to display the particular hologram.

Assignees

• Alarm Com Inc

Inventors

• Kerzner Daniel

Classifications

• G08B13/19693

  using multiple video sources viewed on a single or compound screen · CPC title

• G08B13/19697

  Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves · CPC title

• G08B13/19684

  Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely · CPC title

• H04N23/62

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• G08B13/19645 Primary

  Multiple cameras, each having view on one of a plurality of scenes, e.g. multiple cameras for multi-room surveillance or for tracking an object by view hand-over · CPC title