Monitoring and reporting household activities in the smart home according to a household policy
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsAnthony M. Fadell, Yoky Matsuoka, David Sloo, Maxime Veron
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Abstract
Embodiments provided herein relate to monitoring and reporting household activities. In one embodiment, a method includes: monitoring, via a smart device, one or more activities associated with: a household; analyzing, via the smart device, a processor, or both, at least one characteristic of the one or more activities to discern information about the household; and reporting, via the device, the discerned information.
Claims24
A system, comprising:
- a device disposed in a household environment, configured to monitor one or more activities associated with:
- a household, an individual within the household, a situation within the household, day-to-day activities within the household, or a combination thereof;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- analyze at least one characteristic of the one or more activities to discern information about the household, the individual, the situation, the typical activities, or a combination thereof;
- report the discerned information, wherein the device is configured to monitor child occupancy and audio signatures;
- and
- discern and report that potential mischief is occurring when a child is without adult supervision and the audio signatures indicate that the child is whispering or is quiet.
A method implemented in a device disposed in a household environment, comprising:
- monitoring one or more activities associated with:
- a household, an individual within the household, a situation within the household, day-to-day activities within the household, or a combination thereof;
- analyzing at least one characteristic of the one or more activities to discern information about the household, the individual, the situation, the typical activities, or a combination thereof;
- reporting the discerned information, wherein the device is configured to monitor child occupancy and audio signatures;
- and
- discerning and reporting that potential mischief is occurring when a child is without adult supervision and the audio signatures indicate that the child is whispering or is quiet.
A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising machine-readable instructions to:
- monitor, via a processor, one or more activities associated with:
- a household, an individual within the household, a situation within the household, day-to-day activities within the household, or a combination thereof;
- analyze, via the processor, at least one characteristic of the one or more activities to discern information about the household, the individual, the situation, the typical activities, or a combination thereof;
- report, via the processor, the discerned information, wherein the processor is configured to monitor child occupancy and audio signatures;
- and
- discern and report, via the processor, that potential mischief is occurring when a child is without adult supervision and the audio signatures indicate that the child is whispering or is quiet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.