Security system simulates patterns of usage of appliances

摘要

A security system for a home simulates usage of appliances to give the impression that someone is present. The system comprises a monitor for monitoring events indicative of state changes of the appliances during operational use of the appliance by a user; a storage for storing information about the events; an information processing component for creating a temporal pattern of usage based on the stored information; and a control interface for controlling the appliance according to the pattern in the absence of the user.