Home Monitoring and Control

摘要

Various arrangements for monitoring and control applications are presented. A television receiver may be configured to monitor sensor reading and or provide signals to control units for monitoring and home automation applications.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
detecting, by a computing device communicatively coupled to a television receiver, a command to activate a plurality of sensors each positioned at a particular location of a residence and communicatively coupled to the computing device, to acquire data to determine location of a pet or animal at the residence; analyzing, by the computing device, particular data as acquired by each of the plurality of sensors to determine location of the pet or animal at the residence; and outputting, by the computing device for presentation by another computing device, at least one notification that provides an indication of location of the pet or animal at the residence.