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US 9,805,583 B2Granted
Sensor bypass
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsSourav Raj Dey, Mark Rajan Malhotra, Yash Modi, Kristoffer John Donhowe
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Abstract
Systems and techniques are provided for sensor bypass. Activation may be received at a bypass input of an entry point sensor of a security system while the entry point sensor is in an armed mode. The entry point sensor may detect that the entry point monitored by the entry point sensor is closed. The entry point sensor may enter into a bypass mode. Detection by the entry point sensor of an opening of the entry point while the entry point sensor is in the bypass mode may not result in the generation of an alarm by the security system.
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A computer-implemented method performed by a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- changing a mode of an entry point sensor from an armed mode to a bypass mode upon detection of an activation of a bypass input of the entry point sensor;
- determining by the entry point sensor that there has been a change in the position of the entry point while the mode of the entry point sensor is the bypass mode;
- in response to the determining that there has been a change in the position of the entry point while the mode of the entry point sensor is the bypass mode, transmitting a trip signal and an indication that the mode of the entry point sensor is the bypass mode to a hub computing device for the security system, wherein the trip signal does not result in the generation of an alarm by the hub computing device due to the indication that the mode of the entry point sensor is the bypass mode;
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- changing the mode of the entry point sensor from the bypass mode to the armed mode based on, before a determination by the entry point sensor that there has been a second change in the position of the entry point, either a timeout period elapsing or a detection of second activation of the bypass input of the entry point sensor;
- determining by the entry point sensor that there has been a second change in the position of the entry point while the mode of the entry point sensor is the armed mode after either a timeout period elapsing or a detection of second activation of the bypass input of the entry point sensor;
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- in response to determining that there has been a second change in the position of the entry point while the mode of the entry point sensor is the armed mode, transmitting a second trip signal to the hub computing device to the security system, wherein the second trip signal results in a generation of an alarm by the hub computing device.
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An entry point sensor apparatus comprising:
- a sensor that detects one or more characteristics of an entry point;
- a bypass input that receives an activation;
- a communications chipset that communicates with a hub computing device of a security system;
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- a processor that changes a mode of the entry point sensor from an armed mode to a bypass mode upon detection of an activation of a bypass input of the entry point sensor, makes a determination that there has been a change in the position of the entry point while the mode of the entry point sensor is the bypass mode based on the one or more characteristics of the entry point detected by the sensor, in response the determination that there has been a change in the position of the entry point while the mode of the entry point sensor is the bypass mode, transmits, using the communications chipset, a trip signal and an indication that the mode of the entry point sensor is the bypass mode to a hub computing device for the security system, wherein the trip signal does not result in the generation of an alarm by the hub computing device due to the indication that the mode of the entry point sensor is the bypass mode, changes the mode of the entry point sensor from the bypass mode to the armed mode based on, before a determination by the entry point sensor that there has been a second change in the position of the entry point, either a timeout period elapsing or a detection of second activation of the bypass input of the entry point sensor, determines that there has been a second change in the position of the entry point while the mode of the entry point sensor is the armed mode after either a timeout period elapsing or a detection of second activation of the bypass input of the entry point sensor, and in response to a determination that there has been a second change in the position of the entry point while the mode of the entry point sensor is the armed mode, transmits a second trip signal to the hub computing device to the security system, wherein the second trip signal results in a generation of an alarm by the hub computing device.
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A computer-implemented system for sensor bypass comprising:
- an entry point sensor comprising a bypass input and a communications chipset that communicates with a hub computing device, that changes a mode of the entry point sensor from an armed mode to a bypass mode upon detection of an activation of a bypass input, determines that there has been a change in the position of the entry point while the mode of the entry point sensor is the bypass mode, in response to the determining that there has been a change in the position of the entry point while the mode of the entry point sensor is the bypass mode, transmits a trip signal and an indication of the mode to a hub computing device for the security system,
- changes the mode of the entry point sensor from the bypass mode to the armed mode based on, before a determination by the entry point sensor that there has been a second change in the position of the entry point, a timeout period elapsing or a detection of second activation of the bypass input of the entry point sensor determine by the entry point sensor that there has been a second change in the position of the entry point while the mode of the entry point sensor is the armed mode after either a timeout period elapsing or a detection of second activation of the bypass input of the entry point sensor, and in response to a determination that there has been a second change in the position of the entry point while the mode of the entry point sensor is the armed mode, transmit a second trip signal to the hub computing device to the security system;
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- a hub computing device that receives the trip signal and the indication of the mode from the entry point sensor, and does not generate an alarm when the indication of the mode received with the trip signal indicates that the mode is the bypass mode is, and generates an alarm when the indication of the mode received with the second trip signal indicates that the mode is the armed mode.
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A system comprising:
- one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions which are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- changing a mode of an entry point sensor from an armed mode to a bypass mode upon detection of an activation of a bypass input of the entry point sensor;
- determining by the entry point sensor that there has been a change in the position of the entry point while the mode of the entry point sensor is the bypass mode;
- in response to the determining that there has been a change in the position of the entry point while the mode of the entry point sensor is the bypass mode, transmitting a trip signal and an indication that the mode of the entry point sensor is the bypass mode to a hub computing device for the security system, wherein the trip signal does not result in the generation of an alarm by the hub computing device due to the indication that the mode of the entry point sensor is the bypass mode;
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- changing the mode of the entry point sensor from the bypass mode to the armed mode based on, before a determination by the entry point sensor that there has been a second change in the position of the entry point, either a timeout period elapsing or a detection of second activation of the bypass input of the entry point sensor;
- determining by the entry point sensor that there has been a second change in the position of the entry point while the mode of the entry point sensor is the armed mode after either a timeout period elapsing or a detection of second activation of the bypass input of the entry point sensor;
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- in response to determining that there has been a second change in the position of the entry point while the mode of the entry point sensor is the armed mode, transmitting a second trip signal to the hub computing device to the security system, wherein the second trip signal results in a generation of an alarm by the hub computing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.