Electronic wearable activity identifier and environmental controller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9946238-B2
Application number	US-201514725173-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2015
Priority date	May 29, 2015
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

An apparatus is provided that includes an automation system that detects threats within a secured geographic area, a wireless wearable device worn by a human user that detects activities of the user, and a processor of the automation system that wirelessly receives the detected activities of the human user from the wearable device as the user enters the secured area, that associates at least one of the detected activities with a predetermined action, and that automatically implements a physical change within the secured area in support of the predetermined action.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
an automation system that detects threats within a secured area;
a wireless wearable device that detects activities;
a processor of the automation system that wirelessly receives the activities from the wireless wearable device as the wireless wearable device enters the secured area and that retrieves and implements a predetermined action associated with at least one of the activities, wherein the predetermined action includes a physical change within the secured area; and
a portable mobile device that wirelessly connects to the wireless wearable device, wherein the portable mobile device determines a respective physical location of each of the activities.

2. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the wireless wearable device monitors physiological parameters to detect the activities, and wherein the physiological parameters indicate that the at least one of the activities includes a visit to a gym for a workout.

3. The apparatus as in claim 2 wherein the predetermined action associated with the visit to the gym includes taking a shower, and the physical change includes raising a temperature of a water heater in anticipation of the shower.

4. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the at least one of the activities is associated with a place of work for a user of the wireless wearable device.

5. The apparatus as in claim 4 wherein the predetermined action associated with the place of work includes the user relaxing at an end of work, and the physical change includes activating a home entertainment center within the secured area.

6. The apparatus as in claim 4 wherein the predetermined action associated with the place of work includes the user relaxing at an end of work, and the physical change includes changing a heating or cooling setting for the secured area.

7. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the wireless wearable device is selected from one of Samsung gear, Google glass, and a WiFi or Bluetooth wrist worn device.

8. An apparatus comprising:
an automation system that detects threats within a secured area;
a wireless wearable device that detects activities;
a processor of the automation system that wirelessly receives the activities from the wireless wearable device when the wireless wearable device is within the secured area, evaluates the activities to determine a match with a criteria, and automatically implements a first of a plurality of physical changes within the secured area based upon the match; and
a portable mobile device that wirelessly connects to the wireless wearable device, wherein the portable mobile device determines a respective physical location of each of the activities.

9. The apparatus as in claim 8 wherein the wireless wearable device is selected from one of a Samsung gear device, a Google glass device, and a WiFi or Bluetooth wristband.

10. The apparatus as in claim 8 wherein the processor of the automation system determines a mood of a user of the wireless wearable device based a set of web interactions of the user.

11. The apparatus as in claim 8 wherein the first of the plurality of physical changes includes a change in an environmental parameter of the secured area.

12. The apparatus as in claim 11 wherein the environmental parameter includes a temperature set point.

13. The apparatus as in claim 8 wherein the physical change includes activating a home entertainment system.

14. The apparatus as in claim 8 wherein evaluating the activities to determine the match with the criteria includes searching a plurality of criteria, each of which is associated with a particular one of the activities and a different one of the plurality of physical changes within the secured area.

15. An apparatus comprising:
an automation system that detects threats within a secured area;
a wireless wearable device that detects activities;
a processor of the automation system having a plurality of criteria saved in a memory of the processor, wherein the processor wirelessly receives the activities from the wireless wearable device when the wireless wearable device is within the secured area, evaluates the activities to determine a match with one of the plurality of criteria, and automatically implements an environmental change within the secured area based upon the match; and
a portable mobile device that wirelessly connects to the wireless wearable device, wherein the portable mobile device determines a respective physical location of each of the activities.

16. The apparatus as in claim 15 wherein the environmental change includes a temperature change of heating or air conditioning.

17. The apparatus as in claim 15 wherein the environmental change includes activation of a home entertainment system.

18. The apparatus as in claim 15 wherein the processor of the automation system monitors a social networking site for the activities.

Assignees

• Honeywell Int Inc

Inventors

• Kannan Kamal
• Raj Savari
• Mookan Arumugakumar
• S Deepak
• Sambamoorthy Balaji

Classifications

• G06F1/163

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title

• H04L12/2823 Primary

  Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network (device-related reporting H04L43/065; arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00) · CPC title

• G08B19/005

  combined burglary and fire alarm systems · CPC title

• G05B15/02 Primary

  electric · CPC title

• G05B2219/2642

  Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house · CPC title