Providing home automation information via communication with a vehicle
View Patent ↗Methods and systems of providing home automation information via communication with a vehicle. A home automation system can determine a state of the home and determine when occupants enter a home. The home automation system can identify an occupant and monitor the status and location of the occupant in the home and determine a status change for the occupant, such when the occupant leaves or is scheduled to leave the home, the occupant going to sleep, experiencing a health crisis, or entering an area of the home the occupant is not authorized to enter. The home automation system can send alerts and information to a vehicle operation system of a vehicle and to a communication device of a user. The alerts can include information related to the identity and the status of the occupant and information related to the state of the home.
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a microprocessor executable home automation system, that a person has entered a home associated with a vehicle user;
sending, by the microprocessor executable home automation system, an alert to a vehicle control system indicating the person has entered the home;
monitoring, by the microprocessor executable home automation system, a status of the person in the home;
determining, by the microprocessor executable home automation system, that the status of the person has changed;
sending, by the microprocessor executable home automation system, a status alert to the vehicle control system;
including, by the microprocessor executable home automation system, in the status alert when the person cannot be identified an intruder alert;
including, by the microprocessor executable home automation system, in the status alert when the person is leaving the home one of an estimated time the person will leave the home and the time the person has left the home;
including, by the microprocessor executable home automation system, in the status alert when the person is asleep that the person is asleep;
including, by the microprocessor executable home automation system, in the status alert when the person is experiencing a health crisis information about the health crisis, and
including, by the microprocessor executable home automation system, in the status alert when the person has entered an area of the home the person is not authorized to enter the information about the location in the home of the person.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the microprocessor executable home automation system determines the person is experiencing the health crisis using information from at least one of a sensor of the home automation system and a device worn by the person.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the information from the sensor is a call for help from the person.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the device worn by the person is at least one of a heart rate monitor, a blood pressure monitor, a glucose monitor, and medical alert device activated by the person.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensor of the home automation system includes one or more of an interior motion sensor, an exterior motion sensor, an interior camera, an exterior camera, an interior sound receiver, an exterior sound receiver, an infrared sensor, a weight sensor, a biometric sensor, a device worn by the person, a Bluetooth sensor, a radio frequency signal sensor, and a door motion sensor.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the alert includes one or more of an identity of the person, a picture of the person, a voice recording of the person, a time the person entered the home, and a location of the person in the home.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the person includes a plurality of persons and the microprocessor sends an alert to the vehicle control system for each of the plurality of persons.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, by the microprocessor executable home automation system, the alert to one or more of a cell phone, a laptop, a tablet computer, and a personal digital assistant.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, presenting, by the vehicle control system, the alert to the user in the vehicle.
10. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a microprocessor executable home automation system, perform a method comprising:
determining that a person has entered a home associated with a vehicle user;
sending an alert to a vehicle control system indicating the person has entered the home;
monitoring a status of the person in the home;
determining that the status of the person has changed;
sending a status alert to the vehicle control system;
including in the status alert when the person can be identified the name of the person;
including in the status alert when the person cannot be identified an intruder alert;
including in the status alert when the person is leaving the home one of an estimated time the person will leave the home and the time the person has left the home;
including in the status alert when the person is asleep that the person is asleep;
including in the status alert when the person is experiencing a health crisis information about the health crisis; and
including in the status alert when the person has entered an area of the home the person is not authorized to enter the information about the location in the home of the person.
11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving information from at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor includes one or more of an interior motion sensor, an exterior motion sensor, an interior camera, an exterior camera, an interior sound receiver, an exterior sound receiver, an infrared sensor, a weight sensor, a biometric sensor, a device worn by the person, a Bluetooth sensor, a radio frequency signal sensor, and a door motion sensor.
12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the alert includes one or more of an identity of the person, a picture of the person, a voice recording of the person, a time the person entered the home, and a location of the person in the home.
13. A home automation system of a home, comprising:
a memory; and
a microprocessor in communication with the memory, the microprocessor operable to:
determine that a person has entered the home associated with a vehicle user;
send an alert to a vehicle control system indicating the person has entered the home;
monitor a status of the person in the home;
determine that the status of the person ha changed;
send a status alert to the vehicle control system, wherein:
when the person can be identified the status alert includes the name of the person;
when the person cannot be identified the status alert includes an intruder alert;
when the person is leaving the home the status alert includes one of an estimated time the person w ill leave the home and the time the person has left the home;
when the person is asleep and status alert indicates that the person is asleep;
when the person is experiencing a health crisis and status alert includes information about the health crisis; and
when the person has entered an area of the home the person is not authorized to enter and status alert includes information about the location in the home of the person.
14. The home automation system of claim 13 , wherein the microprocessor is further operable to:
receive information from at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor includes one or more of an interior motion sensor, an exterior motion sensor, an interior camera, an exterior camera, an interior sound receiver, an exterior sound receiver, an infrared sensor, a weight sensor, a biometric sensor, a device worn by the person, a Bluetooth sensor, a radio frequency signal sensor, and a door motion sensor.
15. The home automation system of claim 14 , wherein the alert includes one or more of an identity of the person, a picture of the person, a voice recording of the person, a time the person entered the home, and a location of the person in the home.