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US 2025/0168503 A1Published application
Autonomous camera sensitivity adjustment based on threat level
AssigneeSimpliSafe, Inc.
InventorsZachary William Rose, Kevin Klemm
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Abstract
Security systems and methods. In one example, a method includes operating a camera in a first mode, based on detection of an alarm condition at a location of the camera, adjusting the camera from the first mode to a second mode, including increasing a sensitivity setting of at least one sensor of the camera, and disabling use of object detection within the camera.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- detecting a signal indicative of an alarm condition at a location;
- determining, based on the signal, a type of sensor that identified the alarm condition;
- and
- initiating, based on the type of sensor, a routine to manage the alarm condition, the routine being a sequence of actions to address the alarm condition and being one of a first routine or a second routine in which at least one action is absent from the first routine.
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A device comprising:
- a passive infrared (PIR) sensor having a setting configurable to adjust sensitivity of the PIR sensor;
- an image capture device configured to record video;
- a communication interface;
- and
- one or more processors configured to
- alter, based on detecting via the communication interface a signal indicating an alarm condition at a location monitored by the image capture device, the setting of the PIR sensor to increase the sensitivity of the PIR sensor, and
- control the image capture device, based on detection of motion by the PIR sensor, to record video imagery.
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A method comprising:
- detecting a first indication, from a presence sensor, of an alarm condition at a location monitored by the presence sensor;
- initiating, based on detecting the first indication, a first alarm-handling routine;
- transmitting, based on detecting the first indication, instructions to a camera at the location, the instructions causing the camera to:
- (i) increase a sensitivity setting of a passive infrared sensor of the camera, and (ii) disable use of object detection by the camera;
- detecting a second indication, from the camera, of the alarm condition at the location;
- transitioning, based on detecting the second indication, from the first alarm-handling routine to a second alarm-handling routine;
- and
- based on initiating the second alarm-handling routine, causing a communication session to be established between the camera and a remote computing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.