Initially detecting a visitor at a smart-home
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G08B-023/00
G08B-019/00
G06Q-010/08
G08B-027/00
G06Q-010/06
G08B-025/00
G08B-029/18
출원번호
US-0587485
(2014-12-31)
등록번호
US-9881474
(2018-01-30)
발명자
/ 주소
Fadell, Anthony Michael
Rogers, Matthew Lee
Matsuoka, Yoky
Sloo, David
Honjo, Shigefumi
McGaraghan, Scott A.
Plitkins, Michael
Veron, Maxime
Guenette, Isabel
출원인 / 주소
GOOGLE LLC
대리인 / 주소
Van Court & Aldridge LLP
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초록▼
This patent specification relates to apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for providing home security/smart home objectives. More particularly, this patent specification relates to a plurality of devices, including intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices,
This patent specification relates to apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for providing home security/smart home objectives. More particularly, this patent specification relates to a plurality of devices, including intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices, that communicate with each other and/or with a central server or a cloud-computing system to provide any of a variety of useful home security/smart home objectives.
대표청구항▼
1. A method of handling a visitor at a smart environment that comprises a plurality of smart devices, the method comprising: detecting visitor information associated with the visitor at the smart environment using an entryway interface smart device of the plurality of smart devices;analyzing the det
1. A method of handling a visitor at a smart environment that comprises a plurality of smart devices, the method comprising: detecting visitor information associated with the visitor at the smart environment using an entryway interface smart device of the plurality of smart devices;analyzing the detected visitor information using a computing system that is communicatively coupled to the entryway interface smart device;based on the analyzing, automatically adjusting a functionality of a particular smart device of the plurality of smart devices using the computing system, wherein the adjusting comprises locking an unlocked entryway to a portion of the smart environment;after the adjusting, determining that the visitor has left the smart environment; andafter the determining, unlocking the entryway to the portion of the smart environment. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing comprises confirming the presence of the visitor at the smart environment. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the analyzing does not comprise determining the identification of the detected visitor. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the entryway interface smart device comprises: a first sensing component operative to detect the visitor information; anda doorbell component operative to be touched by a user for generating a request to contact an occupant of the smart environment. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing comprises analyzing the detected visitor information in combination with information indicative of the current time of day. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing comprises analyzing the detected visitor information in combination with information indicative of a current operation of an electronic device at the smart environment. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing comprises analyzing the detected visitor information in combination with information indicative of the occupancy of the smart environment. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing comprises analyzing the detected visitor information in combination with a current mode of the smart environment. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the current mode is indicative of at least one of the following: a current location of a user of the smart environment;an estimated future location of a user of the smart environment;a current availability of a user of the smart environment; andan estimated future availability of a user of the smart environment. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting comprises increasing the safety of the visitor. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting comprises increasing the security of the environment. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular smart device is the entryway interface smart device. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting comprises increasing the perception of occupancy at the smart environment to the visitor. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting further comprises increasing the ability of another particular smart device to detect additional visitor information associated with the visitor. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the increasing comprises at least one of the following: increasing a sampling rate of a sensing component of the other particular smart device;increasing a sensing range of a sensing component of the other particular smart device; andactivating a sensing component of the other particular smart device. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the particular smart device is the entryway interface smart device. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting further comprises conveying a message to the visitor via an output component of another particular smart device. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the message instructs the visitor to do at least one of the following: position at least a portion of the visitor in a particular manner with respect to a sensing component of the other particular smart device;position at least a portion of an identification object of the visitor in a particular manner with respect to a sensing component of the other particular smart device; andinput identification information using an input component of the other particular smart device. 19. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular smart device is a smart doorknob device. 20. A system for handling a visitor at a smart environment, the system comprising: a plurality of smart devices at the smart environment; anda computing system operative to: receive visitor data from at least one sensor of an entryway interface smart device of the plurality of smart devices, wherein the visitor data is associated with the presence of the visitor at the smart environment;process at least a portion of the received visitor data;based on the processed visitor data, adjust a functionality of a particular smart device of the plurality of smart devices, wherein the functionality adjustment comprises locking an unlocked entryway to a portion of the smart environment;after the unlocked entryway has been locked, determine that the visitor has left the smart environment; andbased on the determination, readjust a functionality of the particular smart device, wherein the functionality readjustment comprises unlocking the entryway to the portion of the smart environment. 21. The system of claim 20, wherein the particular smart device is the entryway interface smart device. 22. The system of claim 20, wherein the entryway interface smart device comprises: the at least one sensor operative to detect the visitor data; anda doorbell component operative to be touched by a user for generating a request to contact an occupant of the smart environment. 23. The system of claim 22, wherein the at least one sensor is operative to detect the visitor data by at least one of: sensing physical data of the visitor;sensing a particular active physical interaction by the visitor with the entryway interface smart device;receiving a digital communication from an electronic device of the visitor; andreceiving data from an invitation presented by the visitor. 24. The system of claim 20, wherein the functionality adjustment further comprises an adjustment that comprises increasing a sampling rate of a sensing component of the particular smart device. 25. The system of claim 20, wherein the functionality adjustment increases the security of the environment. 26. The system of claim 20, wherein the functionality adjustment increases the perception of occupancy at the environment to the visitor. 27. The system of claim 20, wherein the functionality adjustment increases the ability of the particular smart device to detect additional visitor data associated with the presence of the visitor at the smart environment. 28. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions recorded thereon for: detecting visitor information associated with a visitor at a smart environment using an entryway interface smart device of the smart environment;analyzing the detected visitor information using a computing system that is communicatively coupled to the entryway interface smart device;based on the analyzing, automatically adjusting a functionality of a particular smart device of the smart environment using the computing system, wherein the adjusting comprises locking an unlocked entryway to a portion of the smart environment;after the unlocked entryway has been locked, determining that the visitor has left the smart environment; andbased on the determining, readjusting a functionality of the particular smart device, wherein readjusting comprises unlocking the entryway to the portion of the smart environment.
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