Connected door hinge
AssigneeAlarm.com Incorporated
InventorChad Giles
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a disarm code, comparing, the received disarm code to a stored disarm code, determining that the received disarm code matches the stored disarm code, determining a property access pattern that corresponds to the stored disarm code, that identifies a first group of doors at the property that should be opened, and that identifies a second group of doors at the property that should be closed, providing to each door hinge device on a respective door of the first group, a first instruction to open, providing to each door hinge device on each of the doors of the second group, a second instruction to close, and disarming the monitoring system.
Claims18
A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property, the monitoring system comprising:
- a sensor that is configured to generate sensor data that reflects an attribute of the property;
- a first door hinge that is configured to open and close a first door of the property;
- a second door hinge that is configured to open and close a second door of the property;
- a monitor control unit that is configured to:
- receive the sensor data;
- based on the sensor data, determine that an event has occurred at the property;
- based on the event that has occurred at the property, determine to open the first door and close the second door;
- provide, to the first door hinge, an instruction to open the first door;
- provide, to the second door hinge, an instruction to close the second door;
- receive, from the second door hinge, data indicating that the second door hinge is unable to close the second door;
- based on receiving data indicating that the second door hinge is unable to close the second door, generate a notification indicating that the second door is unable to close;
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- provide, for output, the notification indicating that the second door is unable to close.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, by a monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property, sensor data that reflects an attribute of the property;
- based on the sensor data, determining, by the monitoring system that an event has occurred at the property;
- based on the event that has occurred at the property, determining, by the monitoring system, to open a first door of the property and close a second door of the property;
- providing, by the monitoring system and to a first door hinge that is configured to open and close the first door, an instruction to open the first door;
- providing, by the monitoring system and to a second door hinge that is configured to open and close the second door, an instruction to close the second door;
- receiving, by the monitoring system and from the second door hinge, data indicating that the second door hinge is unable to close the second door;
- based on receiving data indicating that the second door hinge is unable to close the second door, generating by the monitoring system, a notification indicating that the second door is unable to close;
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- provide, for output by the monitoring system, the notification indicating that the second door is unable to close.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.