Mobile user interface for smart-home hazard detector configuration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016371969-A1
Application number	US-201615251273-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 30, 2016
Priority date	Oct 7, 2013
Publication date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

System for displaying hazard events and adjusting hazard detector settings on a mobile device can include: a user interface executed on the mobile device, a hazard detector, and a computer server system communicatively coupled to the mobile device and hazard detector. The user interface can receive an adjusted value for a setting of the hazard detector and transmit the adjusted value to the computer server system. The computer server system may: determine that the adjusted value corresponds to the hazard detector, receive a check-in event from the hazard detector, and transmit the adjusted value to the hazard detector in response to receiving the check-in event. The hazard detector may then apply the adjusted value to the setting.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A hazard detector system, comprising:
a battery-powered hazard detector, comprising:
a hazard sensor;
a wireless transceiver that communicates with a computer server system via the Internet;
a processing system communicatively coupled with the hazard sensor and the wireless transceiver, the processing system configured to:
cause a check-in event to be transmitted by the wireless transceiver to the computer server system via the Internet, wherein the processing system is configured to periodically cause check-in events to be transmitted to the computer server system to retrieve one or more setting values that have been adjusted during a time period since a previous check-in event;
receive, from the computer server system via the wireless transceiver, in response to the transmitted check-in event, an adjusted setting value for a setting;
apply the adjusted setting value received in response to the transmitted check-in event to a setting of the battery-powered hazard detector; and
operate the battery-powered hazard detector in accordance with the adjusted setting value.

2 . The hazard detector system of claim 1 , wherein:
the battery-powered hazard detector further comprises a motion sensor, a light sensor, and a light; and the adjusted setting value indicates whether the light is to be illuminated when motion is detected by the motion sensor and a measurement of ambient light by the light sensor is below a threshold value.

3 . The hazard detector system of claim 1 , wherein:
the battery-powered hazard detector further comprises a humidity sensor; and the adjusted setting value indicates whether a smoke detection threshold is to be adjusted based on humidity measurements made by the humidity sensor.

4 . The hazard detector system of claim 1 , wherein:
the battery-powered hazard detector further comprises a light and a light sensor; and the adjusted setting value indicates whether the light is to be illuminated when an ambient lighting level drops below a threshold value as measured by the light sensor, an illumination state of the light being indicative of a functional state of the battery-powered hazard detector.

5 . The hazard detector system of claim 1 , wherein the battery-powered hazard detector further comprises a speaker and the adjusted setting value indicates a location in which the battery-powered hazard detector announces, via the speaker, it is located.

6 . The hazard detector system of claim 1 , wherein the time period is on the order of 24 hours.

7 . The hazard detector system of claim 1 , wherein the battery-powered hazard sensor detects carbon monoxide or smoke.

8 . The hazard detector system of claim 1 , further comprising:
an application that is executed by a mobile device that communicates with the computer server system via the Internet, wherein the application is configured to cause the mobile device to:
display a current setting value for a setting of the battery-powered hazard detector, the current setting value indicating a value for the setting that is currently in effect on the battery-powered hazard detector;
receive user input indicating an adjustment to the setting, the adjustment changing the setting from the current setting value to the adjusted setting value;
transmit the adjusted setting value to the computer server system via the Internet by the mobile device;
display a pending indicator for the setting indicating that the adjusted setting value is not yet in effect on the battery-powered hazard detector;
after a time, receive a message from the computer server system indicating that the adjusted setting value is in effect on the battery-powered hazard detector; and
display an indication of the adjusted setting value indicative of the adjusted setting value being in effect on the battery-powered hazard detector.

9 . A non-transitory processor-readable medium for updating settings of a hazard detector via an application executed by a mobile device, the non-transitory processor-readable medium comprising processor-readable instructions that cause one or more processors to of the mobile device to:
cause a current setting value for a setting of the hazard detector to be displayed by the mobile device, the current setting value indicating a value for the setting that is currently in effect on the hazard detector; receive user input indicating an adjustment to the setting, the adjustment to the setting changing the current setting value to an adjusted setting value; cause the adjusted setting value to be transmitted to a computer server system via the Internet by the mobile device; cause a pending indicator for the setting indicating that the adjusted setting value is not yet in effect on the hazard detector to be displayed by the mobile device; receive a message from the computer server system indicating that the adjusted setting value is in effect on the hazard detector; and cause an indication of the adjusted setting value indicative of the adjusted setting value being in effect on the hazard detector to be displayed by the mobile device.

10 . The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the adjusted setting value indicates whether a light of the hazard detector is to be illuminated when motion is detected by the hazard detector and an ambient amount of light is detected by the hazard detector to be below a threshold.

11 . The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the adjusted setting value indicates whether a smoke detection threshold is to be adjusted based on humidity measurements made by a humidity sensor of the hazard detector.

12 . The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the adjusted setting value indicates whether a light of the hazard detector is to be illuminated when an ambient lighting level drops below a threshold value as measured by a light sensor of the hazard detector, an illumination state of the light being indicative of a functional state of the hazard detector.

13 . The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the adjusted setting value indicates a location in which the hazard detector announces it is located.

14 . The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the pending indicator is presented while waiting for the hazard detector to perform a check-in event which occurs on the order of once every 24 hours.

15 . A computer server system for managing settings of a hazard detector, comprising:
one or more processors; and a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive an adjusted value from an application being executed by a mobile device;
determine that the adjusted value corresponds to the hazard detector;
store the adjusted value while waiting for a check-in event from the hazard detector;
after storing the adjusted value while waiting for the check-in event from the hazard detector, receive the check-in event from the hazard detector;
cause the adjusted value to be transmitted to the hazard detector in response to receiving the check-in event; and
cause a message to be transmitted to the mobile device in response to the adjusted value being transmitted to the hazard detector, the message indicating the adjusted value is now in effect at the hazard detector, wherein the computer server system is located remote from a structure at which the hazard detector is installed.

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Rossi Shiney
• Bruck Timo
• Sloo David
• Boettcher Jesse W
• Boyd Jeffrey A
• Simister James B

Classifications

• H05B45/20

  Controlling the colour of the light · CPC title

• H05B47/19

  via wireless transmission · CPC title

• H05B47/11

  by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light · CPC title

• G01N33/004

  CO or CO2 · CPC title

• G01N27/02

  by investigating impedance · CPC title