IP Library Granted Patent US 10,855,486
Granted Patent B2
US 10,855,486 · App. 16/289,051 · Granted Dec 1, 2020

Dynamic control of smart home using wearable device

Inventors: Sandeep Bazar (Warangal, IN); Kaustubh I. Katruwar (Pune, IN); Sandeep R. Patil (Pune, IN); Sachin C. Punadikar (Pune, IN)
Assignee: ECOBEE INC.
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Patent No.
US 10,855,486
App. No.
16/289,051
Granted
Dec 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for dynamically controlling an appliance based on information received from a wearable device, to regulate the user's health. A wearable device is identified and configured to monitor at least one physiological aspect of the user. A controllable appliance with at least one sensor and at least one controllable setting is also identified. Health information of the user is received and utilized in generating, a user profile which comprises parameters related to the health of the user. Data from the wearable device and date from the controllable appliance is analyzed and it is determined whether the data matches the parameters related to the health of the user. If the data does not match the parameters related to the health of the user, then at least one controllable setting of the at least one controllable appliance is adjusted.

Claims (34)

1. A device comprising:

memory; and

a processor connected to the memory, the processor configured to:

control a controllable appliance at a location according to a predefined schedule;

detect a wearable device worn by a user at the location;

receive physiological data indicative of a physiological aspect of the user, the physiological data being measured by a user sensor at the wearable device; and

override the predefined schedule based on the physiological data to control the controllable appliance to operate according to the physiological data.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the controllable appliance comprises a heating unit, an air conditioner, or both a heating unit and an air conditioner, wherein the predefined schedule includes a preset temperature for the controllable appliance, and wherein the physiological aspect relates to a body temperature of the user.

3. The device of claim 1 further comprising an appliance sensor, wherein the processor is configured to control the controllable appliance according to the predefined schedule and the appliance sensor.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the user sensor at the wearable device includes a temperature sensor.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the physiological aspect includes a body temperature of the user.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the user sensor at the wearable device determines heart rate of the user.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the physiological aspect includes an activity of the user.

8. The device of claim 1 further comprising a communications unit to connect to a server configured to store the predefined schedule, the physiological data, or both the predefined schedule and the physiological data.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instruction that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

control a controllable appliance at a location according to a predefined schedule;

detect a wearable device worn by a user at the location;

receive physiological data indicative of a physiological aspect of the user, the physiological data being measured by a user sensor at the wearable device; and

override the predefined schedule based on the physiological data to control the controllable appliance to operate according to the physiological data.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the controllable appliance comprises a heating unit, an air conditioner, or both a heating unit and an air conditioner, wherein the predefined schedule includes a preset temperature for the controllable appliance, and wherein the physiological aspect relates to a body temperature of the user.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions are further to control the controllable appliance according to the predefined schedule and an appliance sensor.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the user sensor at the wearable device includes a temperature sensor.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the physiological aspect includes a body temperature of the user.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the user sensor at the wearable device determines heart rate of the user.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the physiological aspect includes an activity of the user.

16. A server comprising:

memory; and

a processor connected to the memory, the processor configured to:

control a controllable appliance at a location distant from the server according to a predefined schedule;

receive physiological data indicative of a physiological aspect of a user, the physiological data being measured by a user sensor at a wearable device worn by the user; and

override the predefined schedule based on the physiological data to control the controllable appliance to operate according to the physiological data.

17. The server of claim 16 , wherein the controllable appliance comprises a heating unit, an air conditioner, or both a heating unit and an air conditioner, wherein the predefined schedule includes a preset temperature for the controllable appliance, and wherein the physiological aspect relates to a body temperature of the user.

18. The server of claim 16 further comprising a communications unit connected to the processor, the communications unit to communicate with a device at the controllable appliance, communication with the device including the predefined schedule, the physiological data, and the override the predefined schedule.

19. The device of claim 16 , wherein the physiological data includes data indicative of user temperature, user heart rate, or both user temperature and user heart rate.

Assignments (15)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2022
From: GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 061476/0745 →
AMALGAMATION Recorded Jul 25, 2022
From: 1339416 B.C. LTD.; ECOBEE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
To: 1339416 B.C. LTD.
Reel/Frame 060907/0090 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY FROM ECOBEE, INC. TO ECOBEE INC. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 058568 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 8, 2022
From: AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC D/B/A AST TRUST COMPANY (CANADA)
To: ECOBEE INC.
Reel/Frame 058965/0106 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY NAME FROM ECOBEE, INC. TO ECOBEE INC. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 058521 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Feb 7, 2022
From: STRUCTURED ALPHA LP, BY ITS GENERAL PARTNER THOMVEST ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD.
To: ECOBEE INC.
Reel/Frame 059205/0822 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: 1339416 B.C. LTD.
To: ECOBEE TECHNOLOGIES ULC
Reel/Frame 058907/0363 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: ECOBEE TECHNOLOGIES ULC
To: GENERAC HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 058917/0069 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: GENERAC HOLDINGS INC.
To: GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058917/0161 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: 1339416 B.C. LTD.; ECOBEE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
To: 1339416 B.C. LTD.
Reel/Frame 061001/0949 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: ECOBEE INC.
To: ECOBEE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 058905/0211 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2021
From: AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC D/B/A AST TRUST COMPANY (CANADA)
To: ECOBEE, INC.
Reel/Frame 058568/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2021
From: STRUCTURED ALPHA LP, BY ITS GENERAL PARTNER THOMVEST ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD.
To: ECOBEE, INC.
Reel/Frame 058521/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2020
From: ECOBEE INC.
To: AST TRUST COMPANY (CANADA)
Reel/Frame 052704/0656 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2020
From: INC., ECOBEE
To: STRUCTURED ALPHA LP
Reel/Frame 052678/0864 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2019
From: BAZAR, SANDEEP; KATRUWAR, KAUSTUBH I.; PATIL, SANDEEP R.; PUNADIKAR, SACHIN C.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048489/0370 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2019
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: ECOBEE INC.
Reel/Frame 048489/0772 →
Continuity (2)
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