Monitoring system and method capable of evaluating events and sending different types of notifications to a user device based on the evaluation
AssigneeArlo Technologies, Inc.
InventorMatthew McRae
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Abstract
An electronic monitoring system implements an evaluation strategy to distinguish between low-interest detected events and high-interest detected events and to send lower or standard alerts to a user device if a detected event is a low-interest event and a heightened alert or warning if the detected event is a high-interest event. The system may utilize patterns of information to establish baseline event characteristics for the particular monitored environment. The baseline event characteristics are used to evaluate triggering events for determining whether those events are best categorized as low-interest or high-interest.
Claims18
An electronic monitoring system for monitoring an environment, the electronic monitoring system comprising:
- at least one monitoring device configured to monitor a monitored zone within the environment for detecting a triggering event;
- a controller defining a default mode and a temporary mode and configured to:
- receive data from the at least one monitoring device, the data corresponding to the triggering event;
- evaluate the triggering event according to a first set of evaluation rules when in the default mode and a second set of evaluation rules in the temporary mode;
- as a result the evaluation, determining in which of at least two interest categories the triggering event belongs, the determination being based on a comparison of the data to a baseline event characteristic;
- generate an alert to display on a user device based on the determined interest category of the triggering event, wherein different types of alerts are displayed on the user device with different levels of noticeability depending on the determined interest category.
An electronic monitoring system for detecting abnormal events while monitoring an environment, the electronic monitoring system comprising:
- at least one imaging device configured to obtain images of a monitored zone within a monitored environment;
- a base station in wireless communication with the imaging device and with an external server which is in wireless communication with a user device;
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- a controller contained at least in part in at least one of the base station and the imaging device, the controller defining a default mode and a temporary mode and including
- an image evaluation module that is configured to receive image data from the at least one imaging device corresponding to a triggering event and to evaluate the image data according to a first set of rules when in the default mode and a second set of rules when in the temporary mode;
- an interest evaluation module that is configured to receive the evaluated image data and to categorize the triggering event as either a low-interest event or a high-interest event based on a comparison of the image to a definable baseline event characteristic, wherein the controller is configured to send a first alert to the user device for display with a first level of noticeability if the triggering event is a low-interest event and a second, heightened alert to the user device for display with a second, greater, level of noticeability if the triggering event is a high-interest event.
A method for operating an electronic monitoring system, the method comprising:
- detecting a triggering event with a monitoring device;
- determining, using a controller, whether the triggering event is a low-interest event or a high-interest event based on a comparison of the triggering event to a definable baseline event characteristic according to a first set of rules when in a default mode and a second set of rules when in a temporary mode;
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- using the controller, sending a first alert to the user device for display with a first level of noticeability if the triggering event is a low-interest event and a second, heightened alert to the user device for display with a second, greater, level of noticeability if the triggering event is a high-interest event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.