Environmental sensing with a doorbell at a smart-home
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G05B-021/00
G05B-013/00
G01M-001/38
H04L-012/28
G05B-015/02
F24F-011/00
G06Q-010/08
G08B-027/00
G08B-019/00
G08B-029/18
G06Q-010/06
G08B-025/00
출원번호
US-0587993
(2014-12-31)
등록번호
US-9960929
(2018-05-01)
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.
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1. A method for controlling a smart environment that comprises a plurality of smart devices at a smart-home environment that comprises a structure, the method comprising: obtaining, at a computing system from a first smart device of the plurality of smart devices that is positioned at least partiall
1. A method for controlling a smart environment that comprises a plurality of smart devices at a smart-home environment that comprises a structure, the method comprising: obtaining, at a computing system from a first smart device of the plurality of smart devices that is positioned at least partially outside the structure, a condition of a first phenomenon outside the structure detected by the first smart device, wherein the first phenomenon comprises a purity of the air outside the structure;obtaining, at the computing system from a second smart device of the plurality of smart devices that is positioned at least partially inside the structure, a condition of a second phenomenon inside the structure detected by the second smart device, wherein the second phenomenon comprises a purity of the air inside the structure;analyzing, with the computing system, the detected condition of the first phenomenon obtained from the first smart device in combination with the detected condition of the second phenomenon obtained from the second smart device; andautomatically adjusting the functionality of at least one smart device of the plurality of smart devices using the computing system based on the analyzing, wherein: the purity of the air outside the structure comprises a characteristic from the following characteristics: the level of particulate in the air outside the structure;the level of pollen in the air outside the structure;the level of mold in the air outside the structure;the level of dust in the air outside the structure; andthe level of any volatile organic compound (“VOC”) in the air outside the structure;the at least one smart device comprises a device operative to affect a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (“HVAC”) system of the smart-home environment;the adjusting is operative to open a vent of the HVAC system when the purity of the air outside the structure is greater than the purity of the air inside the structure; andthe adjusting is operative to close a vent of the HVAC system when the purity of the air inside the structure is greater than the purity of the air outside the structure. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first smart device comprises: a first sensing component operative to detect the condition of the first phenomenon outside the structure; anda doorbell component operative to be touched by a user for generating a request to contact an occupant of the smart-home environment. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristic of the purity of the air outside the structure comprises the level of particulate in the air outside the structure. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein: the purity of the air inside the structure comprises the level of particulate in the air inside the structure;the adjusting is operative to open a vent of the HVAC system when the level of particulate in the air outside the structure is greater than the level of particulate in the air inside the structure; andthe adjusting is operative to close a vent of the HVAC system when the level of particulate in the air inside the structure is greater than the level of particulate in the air outside the structure. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristic of the purity of the air outside the structure comprises the level of pollen in the air outside the structure. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein: the purity of the air inside the structure comprises the level of pollen in the air inside the structure;the adjusting is operative to open a vent of the HVAC system when the level of pollen in the air outside the structure is greater than the level of pollen in the air inside the structure; andthe adjusting is operative to close a vent of the HVAC system when the level of pollen in the air inside the structure is greater than the level of pollen in the air outside the structure. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristic of the purity of the air outside the structure comprises the level of mold in the air outside the structure. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein: the purity of the air inside the structure comprises the level of mold in the air inside the structure;the adjusting is operative to open a vent of the HVAC system when the level of mold in the air outside the structure is greater than the level of mold in the air inside the structure; andthe adjusting is operative to close a vent of the HVAC system when the level of mold in the air inside the structure is greater than the level of mold in the air outside the structure. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristic of the purity of the air outside the structure comprises the level of dust in the air outside the structure. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein: the purity of the air inside the structure comprises the level of dust in the air inside the structure;the adjusting is operative to open a vent of the HVAC system when the level of dust in the air outside the structure is greater than the level of dust in the air inside the structure; andthe adjusting is operative to close a vent of the HVAC system when the level of dust in the air inside the structure is greater than the level of dust in the air outside the structure. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristic of the purity of the air outside the structure comprises the level of a VOC in the air outside the structure. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein: the purity of the air inside the structure comprises the level of the VOC in the air inside the structure;the adjusting is operative to open a vent of the HVAC system when the level of the VOC in the air outside the structure is greater than the level of the VOC in the air inside the structure; andthe adjusting is operative to close a vent of the HVAC system when the level of the VOC in the air inside the structure is greater than the level of the VOC in the air outside the structure. 13. A system for use at a smart-home environment comprising a structure, the system comprising: a plurality of smart devices comprising: a first smart device positioned at least partially outside the structure and operative to detect a condition of a first phenomenon outside the structure, wherein the first phenomenon comprises a purity of the air outside the structure; anda second smart device positioned at least partially inside the structure and operative to detect a condition of a second phenomenon inside the structure, wherein the second phenomenon comprises a purity of the air inside the structure; andat least one processing component communicatively coupled with the first smart device and the second smart device and operative to: analyze the detected condition of the first phenomenon in combination with the detected condition of the second phenomenon; andadjust a functionality of at least one smart device of the plurality of smart devices based on the analysis, wherein: the purity of the air outside the structure comprises a characteristic from the following characteristics: the level of particulate in the air outside the structure;the level of pollen in the air outside the structure;the level of mold in the air outside the structure;the level of dust in the air outside the structure; andthe level of any volatile organic compound (“VOC”) in the air outside the structure;the at least one smart device comprises a device operative to affect a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (“HVAC”) system of the smart-home environment;the adjustment is operative to open a vent of the HVAC system when the purity of the air outside the structure is greater than the purity of the air inside the structure; andthe adjustment is operative to close a vent of the HVAC system when the purity of the air inside the structure is greater than the purity of the air outside the structure. 14. The system of claim 13, wherein the first smart device comprises: a first sensing component operative to detect the condition of the first phenomenon outside the structure; anda doorbell component operative to be touched by a user for generating a request to contact an occupant of the smart-home environment. 15. The system of claim 13, wherein the characteristic of the purity of the air outside the structure comprises the level of particulate in the air outside the structure. 16. The system of claim 15, wherein: the purity of the air inside the structure comprises the level of particulate in the air inside the structure;the adjustment is operative to open a vent of the HVAC system when the level of particulate in the air outside the structure is greater than the level of particulate in the air inside the structure; andthe adjustment is operative to close a vent of the HVAC system when the level of particulate in the air inside the structure is greater than the level of particulate in the air outside the structure. 17. The system of claim 13, wherein the characteristic of the purity of the air outside the structure comprises the level of any volatile organic compound (“VOC”) in the air outside the structure. 18. The system of claim 17, wherein the first smart device comprises: a first sensing component operative to detect the condition of the first phenomenon outside the structure; anda doorbell component operative to be touched by a user for generating a request to contact an occupant of the smart-home environment. 19. The system of claim 17, wherein: the purity of the air inside the structure comprises the level of any VOC in the air inside the structure;the adjustment is operative to open a vent of the HVAC system when the level of the VOC in the air outside the structure is greater than the level of the VOC in the air inside the structure; andthe adjustment is operative to close a vent of the HVAC system when the level of the VOC in the air inside the structure is greater than the level of the VOC in the air outside the structure. 20. The system of claim 13, wherein the characteristic of the purity of the air outside the structure comprises the level of pollen in the air outside the structure. 21. The system of claim 20, wherein: the purity of the air inside the structure comprises the level of pollen in the air inside the structure;the adjustment is operative to open a vent of the HVAC system when the level of pollen in the air outside the structure is greater than the level of pollen in the air inside the structure; andthe adjustment is operative to close a vent of the HVAC system when the level of pollen in the air inside the structure is greater than the level of pollen in the air outside the structure. 22. A method for controlling an heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (“HVAC”) system of a smart home-environment that comprises a structure using a computing system communicatively coupled to a plurality of smart devices, the method comprising: obtaining, at the computing system from a first smart device of the plurality of smart devices that is positioned at least partially outside the structure, a level of an air impurity of the air outside the structure detected by the first smart device;obtaining, at the computing system from a second smart device of the plurality of smart devices that is positioned at least partially inside the structure, a level of an air impurity of the air inside the structure detected by the second smart device;analyzing, with the computing system, the detected level of the air impurity of the air outside the structure obtained from the first smart device in combination with the detected level of the air impurity of the air inside the structure obtained from the second smart device;based on the analyzing, when the detected level of the air impurity of the air outside the structure is greater than the detected level of the air impurity of the air inside the structure, automatically closing a vent of the HVAC system; andbased on the analyzing, when the detected level of the air impurity of the air inside the structure is greater than the detected level of the air impurity of the air outside the structure, automatically opening a vent of the HVAC system, wherein the detected level of the air impurity of the air outside the structure comprises one of the following: the level of particulate in the air outside the structure;the level of pollen in the air outside the structure;the level of mold in the air outside the structure;the level of dust in the air outside the structure; andthe level of any volatile organic compound (“VOC”) in the air outside the structure. 23. The method of claim 22, wherein the detected level of the air impurity of the air outside the structure comprises the level of particulate in the air outside the structure. 24. The method of claim 23, wherein the detected level of the air impurity of the air inside the structure comprises the level of particulate in the air inside the structure. 25. The method of claim 22, wherein the detected level of the air impurity of the air outside the structure comprises the level of any VOC in the air outside the structure. 26. The method of claim 25, wherein the detected level of the air impurity of the air inside the structure comprises the level of the VOC in the air inside the structure. 27. The method of claim 22, wherein the detected level of the air impurity of the air outside the structure comprises the level of pollen in the air outside the structure. 28. The method of claim 22, wherein the detected level of the air impurity of the air outside the structure comprises the level of mold in the air outside the structure. 29. The method of claim 22, wherein the detected level of the air impurity of the air outside the structure comprises the level of dust in the air outside the structure.
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