DYNAMIC DISTRIBUTED-SENSOR THERMOSTAT NETWORK FOR FORECASTING EXTERNAL EVENTS

摘要

Systems and methods for forecasting events can be provided. A measurement database can store sensor measurements, each having been provided by a non-portable electronic device with a primary purpose unrelated to collecting measurements from a type of sensor that collected the measurement. A measurement set identifier can select a set of measurements. The electronic devices associated with the set of measurements can be in close geographical proximity relative to their geographical proximity to other devices. An inter-device correlator can access the set and collectively analyze the measurements. An event detector can determine whether an event occurred. An event forecaster can forecast a future event property. An alert engine can identify one or more entities to be alerted of the future event property, generate at least one alert identifying the future event property, and transmit the at least one alert to the identified one or more entities.

主权项

1. A smart home system network comprising:
a plurality of smart-home devices that are distributed among a plurality of homes within a geographic region, each of the plurality of smart-home devices having a primary sensor that senses conditions central to the core operation of the respective smart-home device and a secondary sensor that senses conditions that are not central to the core operation of the respective smart-home device, the plurality of smart-home devices including a thermostat, a smoke detector, and a camera, wherein: the primary sensor of the thermostat is related to the primary function of controlling a temperature and the secondary sensor of the thermostat is one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of: a seismic sensor, an audio sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a radiation sensor; the primary sensor of the smoke detector is related to the primary function of detecting smoke and the secondary sensor of the smoke detector is one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of: a seismic sensor, a temperature sensor, an audio sensor, and a humidity sensor; and the primary sensor of the camera is related to the primary function of video monitoring and the secondary sensor of the camera is one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of: a temperature sensor, a seismic sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a radiation sensor; and an event detection processor programmed and configured to detect an event from information gathered within the geographic region according to the steps of: receiving said sensor measurements being provided by the secondary sensors of the plurality of smart-home devices within the geographic region; analyzing selected ones of said sensor measurements to determine whether an event has occurred, wherein the event is a geographically distributed event selected from the group consisting of: an earthquake, a tornado, a power outage, and an extreme local weather event; and generating at least one alert identifying the detected event; wherein the determination that the event has occurred requires processing of at least two of the sensor measurements provided by the secondary sensors of the plurality of smart-home devices within the geographic region.