US 10,649,421 B2Granted

Devices and methods for protecting unattended children in the home

AssigneeGoogle Inc.

InventorsSierra Leigh Nelmes, Sophie Solvieg Le Guen, Maxime Veron, Isabel Guenette, David Sloo

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Abstract

The various implementations described herein include methods and systems for protecting unattended children in the home. In one aspect, a method is performed at computer system. The computer system: (1) receives occupancy data for a room in a smart home environment; (2) determines based on the received occupancy data whether a predetermined child-protection alert condition is met; (3) in accordance with a determination that the condition is met, presents or sends instructions to issue a child-protection alert; (4) receives a request to cancel the child-protection alert; (5) in accordance with a determination that the request is a first type of cancellation request, cancels the child-protection alert and modifies the predetermined child-protection alert condition; and (6) in accordance with a determination that the request is a second type of cancellation request, cancels the child-protection alert and foregoes modifying the predetermined child-protection alert condition.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

at a computer system:
receiving occupancy data for a room in a smart home environment;
determining, based at least in part on the received occupancy data for the room, whether a predetermined child-protection alert condition is met;
in accordance with a determination that the predetermined child-protection alert condition is met, presenting or sending instructions to issue a child-protection alert;
after the presenting or sending instructions to issue a child-protection alert, receiving a request to cancel the child-protection alert;
in accordance with a determination that the request to cancel corresponds to a child-protection alert that was unneeded, wherein the request includes cancelling a first disablement:
canceling the child-protection alert;
and
modifying the predetermined child-protection alert condition;
in accordance with a determination that the request to cancel corresponds to a child-protection alert that was needed and properly performed, wherein the request includes cancelling a second disablement:
canceling the child-protection alert;
and
foregoing modifying the predetermined child-protection alert condition;
and
in accordance with a determination that the request to cancel corresponds to a child protection alert that was needed but late in being presented:
canceling the child-protection alert;
and
changing the predetermined child-protection alert condition.

15 more elements

A computer system of a smart home environment, comprising:

one or more processors;
memory;
and
one or more programs stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
receiving occupancy data for a room of the smart home environment;
determining, based at least in part on the received occupancy data for the room, whether a predetermined child-protection alert condition is met;
in accordance with a determination that the predetermined child-protection alert condition is met, presenting or sending instructions to issue a child-protection alert;
after the presenting or sending instructions to issue a child-protection alert, receiving a request to cancel the child-protection alert;
in accordance with a determination that the request to cancel corresponds to a child-protection alert that was unneeded, wherein the request includes cancelling a first disablement:
canceling the child-protection alert;
and
modifying the predetermined child-protection alert condition;
in accordance with a determination that the request to cancel corresponds to a child-protection alert that was needed and properly performed, wherein the request includes cancelling a second disablement:
canceling the child-protection alert;
and
foregoing modifying the predetermined child-protection alert condition;
and
in accordance with a determination that the request to cancel corresponds to a child protection alert that was needed but late in being presented:
canceling the child-protection alert;
and
changing the predetermined child-protection alert condition.

18 more elements

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs for execution by one or more processors of a computer system of a smart home environment, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

receiving occupancy data for a room in a smart home environment;
determining, based at least in part on the received occupancy data for the room, whether a predetermined child-protection alert condition is met;
in accordance with a determination that the predetermined child-protection alert condition is met, presenting or sending instructions to issue a child-protection alert;
after the presenting or sending instructions to issue a child-protection alert, receiving a request to cancel the child-protection alert;
in accordance with a determination that the request to cancel corresponds to a child-protection alert that was unneeded, wherein the request includes cancelling a first disablement:
canceling the child-protection alert;
and
modifying the predetermined child-protection alert condition;
in accordance with a determination that the request to cancel corresponds to a child-protection alert that was needed and properly performed, wherein the request includes cancelling a second disablement:
canceling the child-protection alert;
and
foregoing modifying the predetermined child-protection alert condition;
and
in accordance with a determination that the request to cancel corresponds to a child protection alert that was needed but late in being presented:
canceling the child-protection alert;
and
changing the predetermined child-protection alert condition.

14 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/832,703Filed 5 Dec 2017 · continuation
Priority: 31 Mar 2015
Published: US 2018/0095482 A15 Apr 2018
Granted: 12 May 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

G05B 15/02
Systems controlled by a computer: electric
G05B 2219/2642
Pc applications: domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
G05B
Control or regulating systems in general