Detecting and responding to autonomous environment incidents

A computer system configured to detect and respond to a smart home incident, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a communication module adapted to communicate with a plurality of components associated with autonomous operation features of the smart home;
• a database storing a plurality of software routines;
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• a non-transitory program memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to:
• detect that a smart home is operating in a fully autonomous mode without occupants;
• monitor operation of the smart home via a first sensor control routine of the plurality of software routines and by receiving, via the communication module, and processing operating data associated with the plurality of autonomous operation features while the smart home is operating;
• identify an unusual condition in the operating data, such unusual condition indicative of a likelihood of an incident occurring during operation of the smart home;
• determine that an incident has occurred based upon a portion of the operating data associated with the unusual condition, wherein determining that an incident has occurred includes determining that damage has occurred to one or more components of the plurality of components;
• select a response to the incident from a plurality of responses based upon the received operating data;
• cause the smart home to implement the selected response by calling an autonomous control routine of the plurality of software routines associated with the selected response to automatically control at least one of the plurality of components, wherein implementing the selected response includes continuing to operate the smart home;
• and in response to the smart home continuing to operate, further monitor via a second sensor control routine of the plurality of software routines, further operation of the smart home to identify a further unusual condition, wherein the second sensor control routine excludes analyzing further operating data received from the one or more damaged components of the smart home when identifying the further unusual condition.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions, that when executed cause one or more processors to:

• detect that a smart home is operating in a fully autonomous mode without occupants;
• execute a first sensor control routine to monitor operation of the smart home by receiving, via a communication network, and processing operating data associated with a plurality of autonomous operation features while the smart home is operating;
• identify an unusual condition in the operating data, such unusual condition indicative of a likelihood of an incident occurring during operation of the smart home;
• determine that an incident has occurred based upon a portion of the operating data associated with the unusual condition, wherein determining that an incident has occurred includes determining that damage has occurred to one or more components of the smart home;
• select a response to the incident from a plurality of responses based upon the received operating data;
• cause the smart home to implement the selected response by calling an autonomous control routine associated with the selected response to automatically control smart equipment disposed in the smart home, wherein implementing the selected response includes continuing to operate the smart home;
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• in response to the smart home continuing to operate, execute a second sensor control routine to further monitor further operation of the smart home to identify a further unusual condition, wherein the second sensor control routine excludes analyzing further operating data received from the one or more damaged components of the smart home when identifying the further unusual condition.