IP Library Granted Patent US 12,469,372
Granted Patent B2
US 12,469,372 · App. 17/965,853 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Smartlock system for improved fire safety

Inventors: Matthew Daniel Correnti (Newtown Square, PA); Eric Liao (Fairfax, VA); Johnathan Michael Carone (McLean, VA); Alexander Prugh (Washington, DC); Alice Kuprenas (Fairfax, VA); Fabian Emilio Philipe Camargo (Falls Church, VA); Isaac Murakami (Fairfax, VA)
Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
G08B7/066E05B41/00G01C21/206G01K1/024G01K1/026G06Q50/163G06Q50/265G07C9/00571G07C9/00904G07C9/38G08B17/06G08B25/10E05B47/0002E05B2047/0067E05B2047/0073E05Y2400/52E05Y2900/132
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Patent No.
US 12,469,372
App. No.
17/965,853
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage mediums, for a smartlock device that can be integrated in a door at a property. The smartlock device includes a locking mechanism configured to lock the door and to unlock the door. The device includes a radio device and a sensor that determines a first temperature of the smartlock device and a second temperature of a room that is accessible via the door. The radio device is operable to: i) receive parameter signals from the sensor indicating each of the first and second temperatures; ii) transmit data that includes the first and second temperatures to a monitoring system; and iii) receive a command to cause the locking mechanism to unlock the door based on information from the monitoring system. The information includes a determined routing of occupants at the property and is presented on a display of the device.

Claims (66)

1 . A system comprising:

a plurality of smartlock devices, wherein each of the smartlock devices i) is at a property, and ii) comprises:

a locking mechanism configured to lock a door coupled to the respective smartlock device and to unlock the door;

a sensor configured to generate first sensor data in response to detecting a hazard within the property;

a radio device configured to cause the locking mechanism to unlock the door in response to receipt of a message, from an external system, that i) includes a command to unlock the locking mechanism in response to utilizing the generated first sensor data and ii) identifies a determined route that avoids the hazard; and

an electronic display configured to receive at least a portion of the message and, in response, to present i) data indicating a direction along the determined route that avoids the hazard and is toward an exit away from the respective smartlock device, and ii) a plurality of status indications that provide information about the direction for the determined route; and

a controller configured to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from each of the plurality of smartlock devices, the first sensor data and location data that indicates a physical location of the respective smartlock device at the property;

receiving, from each of a plurality of second, different sensors that are not included in the plurality of smartlock devices, second, different sensor data, wherein the second, different sensor data is different sensor data than the first sensor data;

determining, utilizing at least some of the first sensor data and the second, different sensor data, whether there is a hazard within the property; and

in response to determining that there is a hazard within the property, determining a route that avoids the hazard and includes at least some smartlock devices from the plurality of smartlock devices utilizing the first sensor data, the second, different sensor data, and the location data;

in response to determining the route that avoids the hazard:

generating, using the location data, instructions for presentation of the route on a user interface and that includes status indicators for the at least some of the smartlock devices located along the route and that indicate a status of the corresponding smartlock device; and

transmitting, to at least one or more smartlock devices from the plurality of smartlock devices, corresponding instructions to cause the respective smartlock device to present, on the electronic display of the smartlock device, the user interface that indicates i) a direction along the route that avoids the hazard, and ii) the status indicators for the at least some of the smartlock devices located along the route and that indicate the status of the corresponding smartlock device.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic display of each smartlock device is operable to output a status indication for at least one of (a) the smartlock device or (b) a property utilizing data received from at least the sensor of the smartlock device and the radio device of the smartlock device.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of smartlock devices comprises an electronic display configured to present:

i) a first status indication a) generated using at least the sensor of the smartlock device and b) that indicates a first temperature of the smartlock device or a second temperature of a room that is accessible via the smartlock device; and

ii) a second status indication (a) generated using at least the radio device of the smartlock device and the message, and that (b) indicates the determined route that avoids the hazard.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the route was determined utilizing the first temperature of the smartlock device or the second temperature of the room that is accessible via the smartlock device.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the external system comprises a user device external to the system; and

each smartlock device is configured to establish a communication channel with the user device external to the system and receive the information that identifies the determined route that avoids the hazard.

6 . The system of claim 1 , where each smartlock device is operable to determine the direction toward the exit to present utilizing the first sensor data generated locally at the smartlock device.

7 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the status indication is configured to provide information about one or more paths or directions for a particular route that occupants can use to exit the property, wherein the hazard is a fire.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor of each smartlock device is a temperature sensor integrated in the smartlock device and operable to:

detect a temperature change; and

detect the hazard within the property using the temperature change.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor of each smartlock device is configured to acquire the first sensor data that includes image data or video data.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor of each smartlock device is configured to detect motion proximate the sensor.

11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the smartlock devices is configured to couple to one or more additional smart lock devices, each smartlock device configured to display a direction that indicates one or more paths that avoid the hazard.

12 . A system, comprising:

one or more processing devices; and

one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage devices storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processing devices to cause performance of operations comprising:

receiving, from each of a plurality of smartlock devices, respective first sensor data and location data that indicates a physical location of the respective smartlock device at a property, wherein each smartlock device i) is at a property, ii) includes an electronic display, iii) includes a locking mechanism that locks and unlocks a door coupled to the smartlock device, and iv) includes a sensor that generates first sensor data;

receiving, from each of a plurality of second, different sensors that are not included in the plurality of smartlock devices, second, different sensor data, wherein the second, different sensor data is different sensor data than the first sensor data;

determining, utilizing at least some of the first sensor data and the second, different sensor data, whether there is a hazard within the property; and

in response to determining that there is a hazard within the property, determining a route that avoids the hazard and includes at least some smartlock devices from the plurality of smartlock devices utilizing the first sensor data, the second, different sensor data, and the location data;

in response to determining the route that avoids the hazard:

generating, using the location data, instructions for presentation of the route on a user interface and that includes status indicators for the at least some of the smartlock devices located along the route and that indicate a status of the corresponding smartlock device; and

transmitting, to at least one or more smartlock devices from the plurality of smartlock devices, corresponding instructions to cause the respective smartlock device to present, on the electronic display of the smartlock device, the user interface that indicates i) a direction along the route that avoids the hazard, and ii) the status indications for the at least some of the smartlock devices located along the route and that indicate the status of the corresponding smartlock device.

13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein determining the route comprises:

providing, to an external system, at least some of the first sensor data, the second, different sensor data, and the location data;

receiving, from the external system, data for the route; and

determining, using the data for the route, the route that avoids the hazard.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein:

receiving the data for the route comprises receiving, from the external system, data that indicates, for each of the plurality of smartlock devices, a respective portion of the route at which the respective smartlock device is located; and

determining the route comprises determining, using data for at least one of the plurality of smartlock devices, the respective portion of the route for the smartlock device and the direction toward the particular exit of the property.

15 . The system of claim 12 , comprising:

generating, using at least the first sensor data from at least one of the plurality of smartlock devices, a first status indication that indicates the first temperature of the at least one smartlock device or a second temperature of a room that is accessible via the at least one smartlock device.

16 . The system of claim 15 , comprising:

generating, using at least the first sensor data from at least one of the plurality of smartlock devices, a second status indication using at least a radio device and utilizing information from an external system, the information identifies a determined route away from the at least one smartlock device.

17 . The system of claim 12 , wherein determining the route that avoids the hazard and includes at least some smartlock devices from the plurality of smartlock devices uses the first sensor data, the second, different sensor data, the location data, and fourth, different data received from one or more mobile devices at the property.

18 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from each of a plurality of smartlock devices, respective first sensor data and location data that indicates a physical location of the respective smartlock device at a property, wherein each smartlock device i) is at a property, ii) includes an electronic display, iii) includes a locking mechanism that locks and unlocks a door coupled to the smartlock device, and iv) includes a sensor that generates first sensor data;

receiving, from each of a plurality of second, different sensors that are not included in the plurality of smartlock devices, second, different sensor data, wherein the second, different sensor data is different sensor data than the first sensor data;

determining, utilizing at least some of the first sensor data and the second, different sensor data, whether there is a hazard within the property; and

in response to determining that there is a hazard within the property, determining a route that avoids the hazard and includes at least some smartlock devices from the plurality of smartlock devices utilizing the first sensor data, the second, different sensor data, and the location data;

in response to determining the route that avoids the hazard:

generating, using the location data, instructions for presentation of the route on a user interface and that includes status indicators for the at least some of the smartlock devices located along the route and that indicate a status of the corresponding smartlock device; and

transmitting, to at least one or more smartlock devices from the plurality of smartlock devices, corresponding instructions to cause the respective smartlock device to present, on the electronic display of the smartlock device, the user interface that indicates i) a direction along the route that avoids the hazard, and ii) the status indications for the at least some of the smartlock devices located along the route and that indicate the status of the corresponding smartlock device.

19 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein determining the route comprises:

providing, to an external system, at least some of the first sensor data, the second, different sensor data, and the location data;

receiving, from the external system, data for the route; and

determining, using the data for the route, the route that avoids the hazard.

20 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , comprising:

generating, using at least the first sensor data from at least one of the plurality of smartlock devices, a first status indication that indicates the first temperature of the at least one smartlock device or a second temperature of a room that is accessible via the at least one smartlock device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2022
From: CORRENTI, MATTHEW DANIEL; LIAO, ERIC; CARONE, JOHNATHAN MICHAEL; PRUGH, ALEXANDER; KUPRENAS, ALICE; CAMARGO, FABIAN EMILIO PHILIPE; MURAKAMI, ISAAC
To: ALARM.COM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 061439/0614 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17101728 · Nov 23, 2020
Provisional Application 62938569 · Nov 21, 2019
Related Publication 20230060136A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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