JP6542358B2 - Entrance security detection mechanism - Google Patents

Description

  The described embodiments generally relate to electronic devices that monitor an entrance. More specifically, the described embodiments relate to techniques for determining environmental conditions associated with an inlet.

  Trends in connectivity and portable electronics have brought about dramatic changes in people's lives. For example, the Internet has allowed individuals to access vast amounts of information, enabling them to connect and interact with people, organizations and businesses around the world. As a result, online commerce (sometimes referred to as "e-commerce") has significantly expanded. Similarly, spurring these changes has been the increasing computing and communication capabilities of portable electronic devices (such as smartphones and tablets) and an increasing number of rich applications that allow individuals to access information from anywhere, It became possible to do various work using this information.

In recent years, it has been proposed that other electronic devices, including less frequently used electronic devices placed throughout our environment, have these capabilities. In the so-called "Internet of Things", it is proposed that future versions of such so-called "background" electronics be equipped with more powerful computing power and networking subsystems to enable wired or wireless communication. ing. For example, the background electronics may be a cellular network interface (such as LTE), a wireless local area network interface (such as a wireless network as defined in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard, or Washington, Bluetooth ^TM) by Bluetooth Special Interest Group of Kirkland, and / or may include other types of wireless interfaces (near field communication, etc.). With these capabilities, background electronics may be integrated into information networks, further transforming people's lives.

  However, most of the background electronics in people's homes, offices and vehicles do not have extended computing power (such as a processor capable of running a variety of applications) and networking subsystems. Given the economics of many market segments (such as the consumer market segment), we believe that these so-called "legacy" background electronics (sometimes referred to as "legacy electronics") will be quickly renewed hard.

  Such barriers to entry and change are obstacles to the spread of the Internet of Things. For example, communication with legacy electronics may be difficult without extended computing power and / or networking subsystem. Furthermore, even when the electronics include expanded computing power and / or networking subsystems, power consumption and battery life may limit the applications and tasks that can be performed.

  The described embodiments relate to an electronic device that includes a mounting mechanism that mechanically couples the electronic device to the inlet. The electronics also include a sensor mechanism that measures an environmental signal associated with the inlet, the sensor mechanism including a vibration sensor and / or an acoustic transducer. Additionally, the electronics include integrated circuits that analyze the measured environmental signal to identify an environmental condition associated with the inlet.

  It should be noted that the attachment mechanism may include a surface having an impedance matching material configured to mechanically couple to the inlet.

  Also, the inlet may include doors and / or windows.

  In some embodiments, the electronic device includes an interface circuit that communicates environmental conditions to other electronic devices. Alternatively or additionally, the interface circuit may be in communication with one or more additional electronics mechanically coupled to the inlet. In these embodiments, the analysis is performed based on the measured environmental signal provided by the one or more additional electronics.

  Additionally, the electronics may include a power supply that provides power signals to the sensor arrangement and the integrated circuit. Alternatively or additionally, the electronic device may include a receiver circuit that receives the power signal from electromagnetic radiation in the external environment of the electronic device and provides the power signal to the sensor mechanism and the integrated circuit.

  Note that the analysis may include correcting the measured environmental signal for the mechanical transfer function associated with the inlet based on the location of the inlet electronics. Also, analysis may be performed based on the history of measurement of environmental signals.

  Additionally, the sensor mechanism may include an accelerometer, a velocity sensor, an optical sensor, a position sensor, and / or a direction sensor.

  In addition, environmental conditions include: attempting to force the inlet open, forcing the inlet open, attempting to break the inlet, breaking the inlet, attempting to pick the lock associated with the inlet, picking the lock, opening the inlet Attempts to drill the lock, attempt to damage the frame of the entrance, animals entering the entrance, voice response of the person entering the entrance, knocking on the entrance, delivery of the parcel near the entrance, insertion of the wrong key lock, And / or may include the insertion of the correct key into the lock.

  In another embodiment, one of the additional electronics is provided. The additional electronics communicate the measured environmental signal to the electronics to allow the electronics to identify the environmental conditions associated with the inlet.

  In another embodiment, the above integrated circuit is provided.

  In another embodiment, a system is provided having an electronic device and the one or more additional electronic devices.

  In another embodiment, a method is provided for identifying an environmental condition associated with a portal that may be implemented by the electronic device. In operation, the electronic device receives the measured environmental signal from one or more additional electronic devices mechanically coupled to the inlet. Environmental signals correspond to (associated with) vibration and / or acoustic signals, and one or more additional electronics are located at different locations of the entrance. Then, the electronic device analyzes the measured environmental signal to specify the environmental condition. The analysis is performed based on the history of the measured values of the environmental signal.

  In some embodiments, the analysis corrects the measured environmental signal for a mechanical transfer function associated with the inlet based on different locations of one or more additional electronics at the inlet. Accompany.

  The above summary of the invention is provided as a summary of some preferred embodiments, and to provide a basic understanding of aspects of the subject matter described herein. Accordingly, the features described above are merely exemplary and should not be construed as narrowing the scope and spirit of the subject matter described herein. Other features, aspects and advantages of the subject matter described herein will be apparent from the following detailed description, the drawings and the claims.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an electronic device in the system of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an integrated circuit in the electronic device of FIGS. 1 and 2 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of identifying environmental conditions associated with an inlet in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 illustrates the method of FIG. 4 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 illustrates communication within the electronic device of FIGS. 1 and 2 during the method of FIG. 4 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

  In the drawings, like reference numerals refer to corresponding parts. Also, multiple instances of the same part are designated by a common prefix, a dash separator, and an instance number.

  An electronic device is described that identifies environmental conditions associated with the entrance (such as a door or window). In particular, the sensor mechanism of the electronic device measures environmental signals associated with the inlet, such as vibrations and / or sound waves. For example, environmental conditions may include an attempt to break or force the inlet open, or an attempt to pick a lock, with the resulting vibration and / or sound waves being measured by the sensor mechanism. The integrated circuit of the electronic device then analyzes the measured environmental signal to identify the environmental condition. In order to facilitate the measurement, the electronics may be mechanically coupled to the inlet by the impedance matching material, whereby vibrations and / or sound waves are transmitted to the electronics. Also, analysis may be performed based on measured environmental signals received from one or more additional electronics mechanically coupled to the inlet and / or analysis may be performed on the inlet electronic It may involve correcting the measured environmental signal for the mechanical transfer function associated with the inlet, based on the location of.

  Thus, the electronics may monitor the entrance to identify environmental conditions. This capability may facilitate various services such as security or awareness of actions associated with the portal. For example, the electronics may determine when someone is knocking at the entrance, or when the parcel has been delivered. In addition, the electronics can be deployed or installed immediately (with low cost and little effort), have an improved operating life (e.g. long battery life to charge or replace the battery) and use It may represent an easy environmental monitoring device. That is, the electronics may provide a small, low cost method of monitoring environmental conditions associated with the portal in an external environment that includes the electronics. As a result, improved functionality and services are provided by the electronic devices, thereby promoting the sale of the electronic devices (and, more generally, commercial activities) and increasing customer satisfaction with the electronic devices There is.

  Note that this environmental monitoring technology is not an abstract concept. In particular, the monitoring of environmental conditions included in embodiments of environmental monitoring technology is fundamental to economics, human activity (operation of environmental monitoring technology typically involves measurement of noise environments), and / or mathematical It is not a relationship / formula. Also, environmental monitoring techniques are much broader than the claimed one abstraction. In particular, environmental monitoring techniques may improve the functionality of the electronics that implement the software and / or implement the environmental monitoring techniques. For example, the environmental monitoring technology increases the calculation speed during implementation (such as analysis) of the environmental monitoring technology, reduces the memory consumption when performing the calculation, and improves the reliability of the calculation (the improvement of the monitoring of the environmental conditions). Improve the operability of the user interface displaying the results of the measurement or analysis (eg, by allowing the user to view information on the environmental conditions associated with the portal), and / or And improve other performance metrics related to the functionality of the electronics. Furthermore, the measurement by the sensor mechanism in the electronic device constitutes the technical effect of converting the information.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the electronic device will be described. FIG. 1 depicts a block diagram illustrating electronic device 110 of system 100. The system includes an inlet 112 (such as a door or window) that allows selective access to an enclosure (such as a room or a building) based on its status (eg, open or closed) . One or more electronics 110 may be mechanically coupled to the inlet 112 at different locations or locations 114 of the inlet 112. For example, one or more electronics 110 may be glued (or glued or taped) to the inlet 112, a bracket screwed or nailed to the inlet 112, clamps, tie wraps, adhesive tape , At least a portion of the attachment mechanism 116, such as a bracket attached to the inlet 112 using a wrapping material, a bracket welded or soldered to the inlet 112, or may be coupled to the attachment mechanism 116 . That is, the mechanical connection may be removable or may involve a rigid connection that is not easily replaced.

  One or more electronics 110 may monitor the inlet 112 to facilitate identification of environmental conditions associated with the inlet 112. Taking electronics 110-1 as an example, sensor mechanism 118-1 may measure an environmental signal associated with inlet 112. For example, sensor mechanism 118-1 measures parameters related to vibration, sound, shock, location of inlet 112, movement of inlet 112, acceleration of inlet 112, and more generally, displacement of inlet 112. There is. Thus, a wide variety of sensors based on different physical laws, including vibration sensors, acoustic transducers, velocity sensors, optical sensors, position sensors, and / or direction sensors, directly or It may be used with sensor mechanism 118-1 to sense indirectly. In embodiments where the sensor mechanism 118-1 measures vibrations and / or sound waves (eg, mechanical vibrations, such as waves having a wavelength in the acoustic band between 20 Hz and 20,000 Hz, or below the lowest resonant frequency of the inlet 112) Waves), the attachment mechanism 116 is an impedance matching material (gel, adhesive, etc.) on the surface facing the inlet 112, such that the mechanical connection of the vibration and / or sound wave to the sensor mechanism 118-1 is improved. , Solder, etc.).

  One or more of one or more electronics 110 may analyze the measured environmental signal (sometimes referred to as an "electrical signal") to identify the environmental condition associated with the inlet 112 . For example, environmental conditions may force opening inlet 112, forcing opening inlet 112, attempting to break inlet 112, breaking inlet 112, attempting to pick a lock associated with inlet 112, picking a lock Trying to drill the lock on the entrance 112, attempt to damage the frame of the entrance 112, fraudulent use of the entrance 112, animals entering the entrance 112, voice responses of people entering the entrance 112 (such as "I'm ready"), entrance 112 knocking, blowing wind at inlet 112, delivering parcels to near inlet 112, inserting wrong key into lock, inserting correct key into lock, and / or sensor mechanism (sensor mechanism 118 (1) etc.) may be included. In particular, electronics 110-1 may include integrated circuit 120-1 that analyzes measurements (eg, electrical signals) from sensor mechanism 118-1. This analysis may include filtering to remove noise from the electronic signal (low pass filter or band pass filter) and, more generally, spectral shaping. In addition, the analysis may be a voltmeter, an ammeter, a mutual impedance amplifier, a phase detector, a resonance monitor, a Fourier analyzer, a spectrum analyzer, a lock-in amplifier (time-varying electrical with a fundamental frequency corresponding to the wave associated with the inlet 112 One or more of an averaging circuit (which may be synchronized to the signal), an averaging circuit (which averages multiple measurements of the electronic signal), a heterodyne receiver (and, more generally, a demodulator), and / or an electrical signal May include measurement and / or detection using another measurement device that measures or captures instances of. That is, the analysis performed by integrated circuit 120-1 may include synchronous or asynchronous detection.

  In some embodiments, analysis is performed based on pre-set information. In particular, pre-set information (such as conversion of parameters to displacement of the entry 112) may be obtained locally (on the electronics 110-1) using stored references or conversion tables. Alternatively, or additionally, the interface circuit 122-1 (or network interface) of the electronic device 110-1 may be from any computer 126 via any network 124, etc. (Internet, Wireless Local Area Network, Ethernet Trademarks networks, intranets, optical networks, etc.), remote access to preset information may be provided. That is, the analysis may involve converting the measured parameter into a displacement of the inlet 112 using a reference or conversion table that summarizes the values of the parameter and the corresponding displacement.

  Similarly, analysis is measured for a predetermined mechanical transfer function (which may be one of the conversion tables) associated with the inlet 112 based on the location 114-1 of the electronics 110-1 of the inlet 112. Correction of environmental signals. For example, a Fourier transform (such as a discrete Fourier transform) may transform the measured environmental signal into the frequency domain. The dynamic response of inlet 112 at location 114-1 may then be corrected using the inverse of the mechanical transfer function at location 114-1. The corrected environmental signal may then be transformed to the time domain by inverse Fourier transformation. Alternatively, the effects of the mechanical transfer function may be eliminated or corrected by deconvolving the mechanical transfer function from the measured environmental signal. For example, the door may be modeled as a rectangular drumhead with no displacement (or minimal displacement) on the hinge or lock (if the door is closed). Then, in response to an impact such as someone knocking on or knocking on the door, vibration aspects with various displacements may occur at different places on the door.

  In addition, integrated circuit 120-1 may analyze the measured environmental signal using a history of the measured value of the environmental signal. For example, integrated circuit 120-1 may obtain the history of measurements (on electronic device 110-1) locally using stored values of the history of measurements. Alternatively or additionally, the interface circuit 122-1 (or the network interface) of the electronic device 110-1 accesses the history of measurement values from any computer 126, for example, via any network 124. It is also good.

  Note that the environmental conditions may be determined in comparison with a threshold (such as the degree of displacement exceeding 0.01 m or the speed of 0.01 m / s). Thus, the measured environmental signal (or the corrected environmental signal) may be compared to a threshold and a binary output may be calculated (e.g. '0' below threshold, '1' etc. above threshold) ). Alternatively, absolute displacement, velocity or acceleration may be determined with a certain accuracy (such as 0.1%). Thus, the portal 112 (and, more generally, the external environment 128 that includes the portal 112) may (and may include certain information described above) and / or be a function of the particular information, Alternatively, environmental conditions may be determined, which may depend on specific information.

  Furthermore, when there are multiple instances of the electronic device 110 at different locations 114 along the entrance 112, the sensor mechanism of the two or more electronic devices 110 measures the analysis of the measured environmental signal by the one or more electronic devices 110 Values may be used. For example, the interface circuit of the electronic device 110-2 may communicate measurement values to the interface circuit 122-1. This communication may involve wireless communication of packets. These packets may be included in one or more radio channel frames. The interface circuit may then include a wireless communication device (such as wireless communication device 130-1) that transmits wireless signal 132 (shown as a jagged line) to one or more other electronic devices 110, which may be Received by an instance of a wireless communicator. Generally, wireless communication between the electronic devices 110 may or may not involve the connection established between the electronic devices, and thus may or may not communicate via a wireless network. Alternatively or additionally, as described further below with reference to FIG. 5, sensor mechanism 118-1 may interface circuit 120 via wireless signal 132 or wired communication to a different location 114 along inlet 112. It may contain multiple sensors communicating the measurements to -1. Further, in some embodiments, communication may occur via the portal 112. Among other things, a carrier wave (such as vibration) having a fundamental frequency may convey information using encryption techniques such as amplitude modulation, frequency modulation, phase modulation, pulse code modulation, and the like.

  In some embodiments, electronics 110-1 includes a power supply 134-1 that provides a power signal to sensor mechanism 118-1 and integrated circuit 120-1. For example, the power supply 134-1 may include a battery (and more generally, one or more batteries or devices including a battery pack and a device for converting stored chemical energy into electricity). Alternatively or additionally, the power supply 134-1 receives a power signal from electromagnetic radiation (such as electromagnetic radiation having at least a fundamental frequency in a frequency band) of the external environment 128 of the electronic device 110-1 and senses the power signal It may include (or use interface circuit 122-1) receiver circuitry that provides for mechanism 118-1 and integrated circuit 120-1. That is, another electronic device may transmit the electromagnetic radiation of the external environment 128. The electromagnetic radiation may be received by one or more electronics 110 to provide power to at least some electronics 110.

  In some embodiments, power supply 134-1 may include a charging circuit and a rechargeable battery. The charging circuit may charge the rechargeable battery (e.g., based on received electromagnetic radiation) based on the electrical signal output by the power source 134-1. That is, electromagnetic radiation may be used (directly or indirectly) to power the electronic device 110-1, thereby improving the operating life or time to charge of the rechargeable battery. Be done. In some embodiments, the charging circuit includes a regulated power supply, a DC power supply, an AC power supply, a switch mode power supply, and the like. To facilitate charging, the electrical signal from power source 134-1 may be converted to a DC or AC electrical signal suitable for charging a rechargeable battery.

  After identifying and determining environmental conditions, electronic device 110-1 uses interface circuit 122-1 to generate this information, and one or more other electronic devices such as electronic device 136 (another instance of electronic device 110). , Legacy electronics, users' mobile phones, etc.). For example, electronic device 110-1 may wirelessly communicate to electronic device 136 a packet of information identifying information determined to be associated with inlet 112. These packets may be included in one or more radio channel frames. The electronic device 136 may then receive the wireless signal 132 using the wireless communication device 130-2. Generally, wireless communication between electronic devices 110 and 136 may or may not involve the connection established between these electronic devices, and thus may or may not communicate via a wireless network . It should be noted that communication via any network 124 between any computer 126 and electronic device 110 may involve a different communication protocol than the communication protocol associated with the wireless signal 132. Thus, communication via any network 124 may or may not be accompanied by a wireless signal 132.

  The identified environmental conditions may promote improvement of various services and functionality of the electronic device of FIG. For example, services may be users associated with electronic devices 110 and / or 136 (such as owners or renters of these electronic devices), suppliers of components or spare parts, maintenance personnel, security personnel, emergency services personnel , Insurance companies, insurance brokers, real estate brokers, management agencies, apartment renters, hotel customers, hotels, restaurants, businesses, businesses, organizations, governments, potential buyers of goods, shipping carriers, etc. is there. In particular, depending on the identified environmental conditions, one or more electronic devices (electronic devices 110 and / or 136 shown in FIG. 1 may directly communicate information or may not communicate directly with legacy electronic devices and / or regulator devices) Etc.) may be adapted or changed. For example, an alert may be sounded if an attempt to force entry through the inlet 112 is detected. Alternatively, when the parcel is delivered in front of the entrance 112, the user's mobile phone may be notified. In another example, a notification may be sent to the user's mobile phone when a pet in the family enters a residence from the entrance 112 (such as a so-called "dog slot"), and the user is said that the pet is indoors In order to determine if you are or outdoors, you can receive a digest or summary of your pet's coming and going. Similarly, with the inlet 112 open or closed, other environmental conditions of the external environment 128 (temperature, relative humidity, allergen concentration, wind stronger than the threshold level blowing on the door, etc.) are dynamic. (With or without heating, humidifier on or off, air filter on or off, lighting on or off, etc.). In addition, the service may include maintenance notification of the portal 112 and / or the electronic device 110. For example, based on the identified environmental conditions, the electronic device 110 may take corrective action (repair or service performed at the entrance 112, a failure sensor of the electronic device 110-1, and / or a key repair to the mobile phone of the user). A maintenance notification may be provided (eg, via any network 124) to perform a tampering correction, etc., from the portal 112).

  While the environment illustrated in FIG. 1 has been described by way of example, in other embodiments, there may be different numbers or types of electronic devices. For example, some embodiments include more or less electronics. Furthermore, although not shown in FIG. 1, one or more components of the electronic device 112 may be connected or connected by additional signal lines or buses.

  FIG. 2 depicts a block diagram of an electronic device 200, which is one of the electronic devices 110 of FIG. The electronics may include processing subsystem 210 (and more generally integrated circuits or control mechanisms), memory subsystem 212, networking subsystem 214, power subsystem 216, switching subsystem 220, and any sensor subs. System 224 (ie, data acquisition subsystem and, more generally, sensor mechanism) is included. Processing subsystem 210 includes one or more devices configured to perform computing operations and to perform techniques for processing sensor data. For example, processing subsystem 210 may include one or more microprocessors, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), microcontrollers, programmable logic devices, and / or one or more digital signal processors (DSPs).

  Memory subsystem 212 includes one or more devices for storing data and / or instructions for processing subsystem 210, networking subsystem 214, and / or optional sensor subsystem 224. For example, memory subsystem 212 may include dynamic random access memory (DRAM), static random access memory (SRAM), and / or other types of memory. The memory subsystem 212 may store one or more conversion tables 236 (tables with parameter values and corresponding environmental condition values, or tables with mechanical transfer function values). In some embodiments, instructions for processing subsystem 210, which are in memory subsystem 212, include one or more program modules 232 or a set of instructions, and may be processed by processing subsystem 210 in an operating environment (such as operating system 234). It may be executed. The one or more computer programs may constitute a computer program mechanism or a program module. Also, the instructions of the various modules in memory subsystem 212 may be implemented in a high level procedural language, an object oriented programming language, and / or an assembly or machine language. Furthermore, the programming language may be compiled or translated, for example, may be configurable or configured to be executed by the processing subsystem 210 (may be used interchangeably herein) ).

  In addition, memory subsystem 212 may include mechanisms to control access to memory. In some embodiments, memory subsystem 212 includes a memory hierarchy that includes one or more caches coupled to a memory in electronic device 200. In some of these embodiments, one or more caches are located within processing subsystem 210.

  In some embodiments, memory subsystem 212 is coupled to one or more mass storage devices (not shown). For example, memory subsystem 212 may be connected to a magnetic or optical drive, solid state drive, or other form of mass storage device. In these embodiments, memory subsystem 212 may be used by electronic device 200 as a fast access storage device for frequently used data, and a mass storage device is used to store less frequently used data.

The networking subsystem 214 is an interface circuit configured to connect to and communicate with a wired, optical, and / or wireless network (to perform network operations and, more generally, to communicate). 228 (such as ZigBee® communication circuitry) and one or more devices such as one or more antennas 230. For example, the networking subsystem 214, ZigBee (registered trademark) networking subsystem ^(which may include Bluetooth TM Low Energy BLE or Bluetooth ^TM LE) Bluetooth ^TM networking systems, cellular networking system (e.g., UMTS, 3G / 4G, such as LTE Networks), USB networking systems, networking systems based on IEEE 802.11 standards (eg, Wi-Fi® networking systems), Ethernet networking systems, infrared communication systems, power line communication systems, and / or other Communication system (such as near field communication system or ad hoc networking system Etc.) may be included.

  The networking subsystem 214 also connects to, communicates with each supported networking or communication system, and handles processors, controllers, radios / antennas, sockets / plugs, and / or other devices that handle data and events. Including. The mechanism used to connect to, communicate with, and handle data and events for each network system may be generically referred to as the "network interface" of the network system. Also, in some embodiments, a "network" between electronic devices may not be established. Accordingly, the electronic device 200 performs simple wireless communication between the electronic device 200 and other electronic devices, for example, transmitting advertisement frames, petitions, beacons, and / or information associated with near-field wireless communication. The mechanisms of the networking subsystem 214 may be used to

  The electronic device 200 may also include a power subsystem 216 having one or more power sources 218. Each of these power supplies may include a battery (such as a rechargeable or non-rechargeable battery), a DC power supply, a transformer, and / or a switch mode power supply. Also, one or more power supplies 218 may operate in a voltage limiting mode or a current limiting mode. Furthermore, these power supplies can be either male or female adapters, wall or outlet sockets or plugs (such as collapsible or retractable bifurcated or bifurcated electrical outlet plugs), socket for light source (or bulb socket), electric wire It may be mechanically and electrically connected to a generator (such as multi-wire electrode), a generator, a USB port or connector, a DC plug or socket, a mobile phone charging cable, a photodiode, a photovoltaic cell or the like. This mechanical and electrical connection may be rigid or removable. Note that one or more power sources 218 may be mechanically and electrically connected to an external power source or other electronic device by one or more electrical connection nodes of the switches 222 of the switching subsystem 220.

  In some embodiments, power subsystem 216 includes a pass-through power supply for one or more electrical connectors for coupling to an external electronic device (such as an appliance or regulator device) that can be plugged into one or more electrical connectors, or Act as a pass-through power supply. Power to one or more electrical connectors (and external electronics) may be controlled locally by processing subsystem 210, switching subsystem 220 (such as by switch 222), and / or networking subsystem 214. It may be controlled remotely.

  In addition to sensor mechanism 118-1 (FIG. 1), optional sensor subsystem 224 may include one or more sensor devices 226 (or sensor arrays) that may include one or more processors and memory. For example, the one or more sensor devices 226 may be a temperature sensor (such as a thermometer), a humidity sensor, a barometer, a camera or a video recorder (such as a CCD or CMOS image sensor), one or more microphones (such as mono or stereo audio band frequency). Acoustic information may be recorded (including acoustic information), load monitoring sensors or electrical property detectors (and more generally sensors that monitor one or more electrical properties), infrared sensors (active or It may be passive), microscope, particle detector (detector of scale, pollen, dust, exhaust gas etc), air quality sensor, particle sensor, optical particle sensor, ionized particle sensor, smoke detector (photoelectric smoke detector) Or ionization type smoke detector), fire detector, radon detector, carbon monoxide detector, chemical sensor or detector, volatile Substance sensor, flammable gas sensor, chemical analyzer, mass spectrometer, micro analyzer, nanoplasmon sensor, gene sensor (such as microarray), accelerometer, position sensor based on location or position sensor (global positioning system (GPS) Etc.), gyroscopes, motion sensors (such as ray sensors), contact sensors, strain sensors (eg, strain gauges), proximity sensors, microwave / radar sensors (which may be active or passive), ultrasonic sensors, vibration sensors , Fluid flow sensor, photodetector, Geiger counter, radio frequency radiation detector, and / or another device that measures physical effects or characterizes environmental factors or physical phenomena (directly or indirectly) It may be It should be noted that, for improved accuracy and / or improved accuracy, one or more sensor devices 226 may provide redundancy (eg, multiple instances of one type of sensor device) to address sensor failure or misreading. May be included.

  During operation of the electronic device 200, the processing subsystem 210 may include one or more program modules 232, such as an environmental monitoring application that uses one or more sensor devices 226 to measure environmental signals associated with the inlet in the external environment. Have to do. The resulting measurements may be analyzed by an environmental monitoring application to identify the environmental conditions associated with the portal. Also, the specified environmental conditions may be modified by the environmental monitoring application to correct the operation of the electronic device and / or the external electronic device (such as a regulator device), and / or the external environment information to another (another) electronic device. (E.g., via the networking subsystem 214).

  Also, electrical signals created by power subsystem 216 (eg, in response to received electromagnetic signals) may be used to charge one or more power sources 218. For example, during operation or standby mode of the electronic device 200, this power may at least partially offset or compensate for the power loss (associated with one or more components of the electronic device 200). , Sometimes referred to as parasitic power loss).

  After the environmental conditions associated with the portal have been identified, the environmental monitoring application may share this information with one or more other electronic devices via the networking subsystem 214.

  Within electronic device 200, processing subsystem 210, memory subsystem 212, networking subsystem 214, power subsystem 216, switching subsystem 220, and / or optional sensor subsystem 224 may be one or more of bus 238 or the like. The interconnections may be used to connect. These interconnections may include electrical, optical, and / or electro-optical connections that the subsystems can use to communicate commands and data to one another. It should be noted that in different embodiments, there may be different numbers or configurations of electrical, optical and / or electro-optical connections between subsystems.

  The electronic device 200 may be (or may be included in) various electronic devices. For example, the electronic device 200 includes a sensor (smart sensor or the like), a tablet computer, a smartphone, a mobile phone, an electric appliance, a regulator device, a home appliance (a baby monitor or the like), a portable computing device, a test device, a digital signal processor, a controller, Personal digital assistants, laser printers (or other office equipment such as copiers), personal organizers, toys, set-top boxes, computing devices (laptop computers, desktop computers, servers, and / or subnotes / netbooks) , Lights (such as night lights), alarms, smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, monitoring devices, and / or other electronic devices (such as routers or switches).

  Although electronic device 200 is described using particular components, in alternate embodiments, different components and / or subsystems may be present in electronic device 200. For example, electronic device 200 may include one or more additional processing subsystems, memory subsystems, networking subsystems, power subsystems, switching subsystems, and / or sensor subsystems. In addition, one or more subsystems may not be present in the electronic device 200. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the electronic device 200 may include one or more additional subsystems not shown in FIG. 2, such as a user interface subsystem, a display subsystem, and / or a feedback subsystem (speaker (speaker) And / or may include light sources).

  While a separate subsystem is shown in FIG. 2, in some embodiments, some or all of the subsystem or component within electronic device 200 may be one or more other subsystems or components. Can be integrated into For example, in some embodiments, one or more program modules 232 are included in operating system 234. In some embodiments, components of one subsystem are included in different subsystems.

  Also, the circuits and components of the electronic device 200 may be implemented using any combination of analog and / or digital circuitry, including bipolar, PMOS, and / or NMOS gates or transistors. Further, the signals of these embodiments may include digital signals having substantially discrete values and / or analog signals having continuous values. In addition, the components and circuits may be single ended or differential, and the power supply may be unipolar or bipolar.

  The integrated circuit may implement some or all of the functions of the networking subsystem 214 (such as a wireless communicator), or, more generally, may implement some or all of the functions of the electronic device 200 . Also, the integrated circuit may include hardware and / or software mechanisms that transmit wireless signals from the electronic device 200 and that the electronic device 200 uses to receive signals from other electronic devices. Besides the mechanisms described herein, radios are generally known in the art and will not be described in detail. In general, networking subsystem 214 and / or integrated circuit may include any number of wireless communicators. The wireless communication device in the embodiment using a plurality of wireless communication devices functions in the same manner as the wireless communication device in the embodiment using one wireless communication device.

  In some embodiments, the networking subsystem 214 and / or the integrated circuit are configured to configure the wireless communication device to transmit and receive on a predetermined communication channel (eg, a predetermined carrier frequency) (one or more hardware and And / or software mechanisms etc.). For example, in some embodiments, the wireless communication device can be switched from monitoring and / or transmitting a given communication channel to monitoring and / or transmitting a different communication channel using a configuration mechanism. (Note that "monitoring" as used herein includes receiving signals from other electronic devices and, optionally, performing one or more processing operations on the received signals. For example, Determine if the received signal contains a promotional frame, petition, beacon, etc.)

  While some of the operations of the above-described embodiments are implemented in hardware or software, in general, the operations of the above-described embodiments can be implemented in various settings and configurations. Thus, some or all of the operations described above may be implemented by hardware, software, or both.

  Aspects of environmental monitoring techniques may be implemented using integrated circuits. This is shown in FIG. 3 and represents a block diagram of the integrated circuit 300 of the electronic device 200 (FIG. 2). In particular, the integrated circuit includes a sensor mechanism 118-1 (such as the one or more sensor devices 226 of FIG. 2), one or more input nodes 310 electrically coupled to other external components, and an interface circuit 120-1. (Or, interface circuit 228 of FIG. 2) may be included.

  In some embodiments, the output of the integrated circuit 300, or a process of designing a portion of the integrated circuit 300, including one or more circuits described herein is, for example, a magnetic tape or an optical disc, Or, it may be a computer readable medium such as a magnetic disk. Computer readable media may be encrypted with a data structure or other information describing circuitry physically instantiated as part of integrated circuit 300 or integrated circuit 300. Although various formats can be used for such encryption, these data structures are generally described in Caltech Intermediate Format (CIF), Calma GDSII Stream Format (GDSII), or Electronic Design Interchange Format (EDIF). . Those skilled in the art of integrated circuit design can develop such data structures from the schematics and corresponding descriptions of the type described above, and encrypt the data structures on computer readable media. it can. Those skilled in the art of integrated circuit manufacturing can use such encrypted data to manufacture integrated circuits that include one or more of the circuits described herein.

  The environmental monitoring technology and the operation of the electronic device will be further described. FIG. 4 presents a flow diagram illustrating a method 400 of identifying environmental conditions associated with an inlet. Method 400 may be performed by one of the electronic devices 110 (FIG. 1). In operation, the electronic device receives a measured environmental signal from one or more additional electronic devices mechanically coupled to the inlet (operation 410). The environmental signal corresponds to (associated with) the vibration and / or the acoustic signal, and one or more additional electronics are located at different locations of the entrance. The electronic device then analyzes the measured environmental signal to identify the environmental condition (act 412). The analysis is performed based on the history of measurements of the environmental signal (eg, the measured environmental signal may be compared to the history of measurements to determine a change or deviation from a baseline). Note that the analysis may be performed based on the measurement of the environmental signal associated with the entrance by the electronic device. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the analysis corrects the measured environmental signal for the mechanical transfer function associated with the inlet based on different locations of one or more additional electronics at the inlet. With things.

  In a preferred embodiment, sensor mechanism 118-1 measures an acoustic signal. This is illustrated in FIG. 5, which depicts a diagram illustrating method 400 (FIG. 4). In this example, instead of different electronics, multiple sensors 510 associated with sensor mechanism 118-1 are at different locations 512 of the inlet 112. Ideally, sensor 510 may be located at a point of intersection opposite to the impact of inlet 112. When the sensor 510 is installed at the entrance 112, information on a preferred or predetermined location 512 may be displayed on the electronic device 110-1 or may be communicated to the user. On the other hand, in some embodiments, the user places the sensor 510 at a random location 512 at the entrance 112. In addition, the sensor 510 may communicate the measured environmental signal to the electronic device 110-1 via wireless communication, wired communication, and / or the entrance 112 (for example, the basics inside and outside the human hearing range) Using information conveyed in vibrations, such as modulation waveforms with frequencies). In addition, the communication may include the unique identifier of sensor 510, thereby causing electronics 110-1 to measure the measured environmental signal and its source (ie, the sensor at the particular location 512). Can be associated.

  The measured environmental signal may be analyzed using a low pass or band pass filter that eliminates extraneous signals and noise. Furthermore, in addition to or in addition to the mechanical transfer function, the measured environmental signal from the sensor 510 determines the position 514 at which the impact of the inlet 112 would have been (such as anyone who knocks the inlet 112 etc. ) May be analyzed as a function of time. This analysis may be performed based on the velocity of sound propagation at the inlet 112. In addition, the analysis may determine the environmental signal at a given sensor based on the impact of location 514 using a Green's function. As in the case of the correction for the mechanical transfer function described above, this analysis may be reversed to determine the strength and degree of the impact (such as the peak amplitude of the impact). This may allow for environmental conditions by comparing the corrected environmental signal to the history or baseline of measurements (in this example, someone knocks on the inlet 112). In particular, an increase in environmental signal relative to the baseline may indicate the presence of environmental conditions.

  In another example, sensor 510 may detect a sign of activity of interest. For example, the sensor 510 may be a sound associated with picking or drilling a lock, kicking a door, knocking on a door, breaking a glass, breaking open with a lever (or other house intrusion noise) May be detected. Delivery of the parcel may be identified using the knock profile (and in the history of knock noise) and / or time. By this, the electronic device 110-1 may notify the user of the electronic device 110-1 that the home delivery has arrived. Alternatively, a criminal may look at the door to see if the door is locked. This anomalous behavior may be detected if it occurs at a time when no one is in a residence, commercial facility or industrial space. An instance of electronic device 110-1 at a location (such as a house) or in a neighborhood (or multiple buildings in a company premises) may be similar during a time interval (such as one hour, several hours, or consecutive days) If you report an event, the central server in communication with one or more electronics or electronics may report this to an authority (such as a police or security company). In addition, the electronics 110-1 may activate lights near or near the entrance 112 to prevent potential crimes. In some embodiments, electronic device 110-1 is used to monitor pets entering via a so-called "dog hole".

  A combination of time, location, action at a nearby location, and sign of action (knocks, investigation of the attacker's door, etc.) may indicate the actual security risk of the action taken at the normal entrance. Can be distinguished from the actions taken at For example, an alarm may be sounded by a sign of drilling a door lock. However, this may occur during normal business hours, and a server communicating with the electronics may query the database of service orders for the building's repair plan, at which point the worker is drilling and working on the door If it is high, the server may not notify the authorities immediately, but rather notify staff members or security guards to reconfirm the portal. Alternatively, if the same door sign is detected at 4 o'clock on the bank door, the server may immediately notify the authorities directly. The signature of an action may be recorded and compared in a history database of actions including time, position, frequency of occurrence, and the like.

  The configuration of sensor 510 in FIG. 5 is shown for purposes of illustration. In other embodiments, topologies of different configurations are used. For example, a star topology may be used where one electronic device has many point-to-point or point-to-hub connections to the sensor 510. In another embodiment, serial or chain type communication is used between an instance of the electronic device and / or multiple sensors. In any of these embodiments, instances of sensors and / or electronics are deployed in the mesh network, and communication involves the hop of packets from one electronics or sensor to nearby electronics or sensors. As discussed above, communication may occur wirelessly, via wires, and / or via vibration at the entrance 112 (eg, an acoustic transducer of an electronic device may transmit information via vibration within or outside the human hearing range May send and receive).

  In addition, when a user installs sensor 510 in entrance 112, location 512 (or a space map of a sensor position) of sensor 510 may be provided by the user. On the other hand, in other embodiments, location 512 is determined at least in part using a local positioning system and / or a global positioning system. (Thus, in some embodiments, the electronics include a position sensor.) More generally, the location 512 of the sensor 510 (and / or multiple instances of the electronics) may be triangulated or triangulated. It may be determined using For example, each of the sensors 510 may transmit signals in a round-robin fashion, and the location 512 may be determined by measuring the time of flight to the other sensors 510.

  Once environmental conditions are identified, they may be used as a guide to corrective action. Depending on the environmental conditions, this may include the provision of warnings and alerts. On the other hand, environmental conditions may be used to correct other environmental conditions in the external environment. For example, when the door or window is opened, the switch of the electronic device may selectively couple other electronic devices (such as a regulator device) electrically with the power supply or electrically separate it from the power supply . Thus, the regulator device (heater, air conditioner, air filter, etc.) may be selectively activated. Alternatively or additionally, adjustments may be made in relation to the user's health status. It should be noted that although the above discussion has described selective electrical coupling or decoupling based on static or static selection (e.g. environmental conditions), more generally, adjustment is as a time variable or It may progress or change with the identified environmental conditions. This allows the electronic device to dynamically respond to and control other environmental conditions.

  FIG. 6 depicts a diagram illustrating communication within electronic device 110-1 (FIG. 1) in method 400 (FIG. 4). During operation of the electronics 110-1, the interface circuit 122-1 optionally receives measurements 610 from the electronics 110-2. The measurement value 610 is sent by the electronic device 110-2 when the electronic device 110-2 detects the displacement of the entrance. These measurements are provided to integrated circuit 120-1. In addition, the sensor mechanism 118-1 performs measurements 612 on the displacement of the inlet, which are provided to the integrated circuit 120-1.

  In response, integrated circuit 120-1 analyzes 614 measurements 610 and / or 612. This analysis may optionally involve the use of one or more conversion tables 616, which may be received via interface circuit 122-1 from memory 618 or another external device (such as electronics 136).

  Subsequently, the integrated circuit 120-1 provides the results 620 (such as the identified environmental conditions) of the analysis 614 to the interface circuit 122-1, and the interface circuit 122-1 generates another result 620 such as the electronic device 136. Communicate to the electronic device.

  While the above example illustrates integrated circuit 120-1 performing the operation of environmental monitoring techniques, in other embodiments at least some of these operations are performed by the processor of electronic device 110-1 (ie, at least one). The operation of the unit may be performed by the software executed by the processor).

  In some embodiments of one or more of the above methods, additional or fewer actions may be added. Furthermore, the order of operations may be changed, and / or two or more operations may be combined into one operation. In addition, in some of the above embodiments, there are fewer components, more components, different component locations, and / or two or more components are combined.

  In the above description, the electronic device attached to the inlet is shown, but in other embodiments (such as embodiments with multiple instances of the sensor associated with the electronic device), the electronic device is attached near the inlet May be For example, the electronics may be mounted near a wall, cabinet, ground / floor, enclosure, and / or entrance.

  The above description has referred to "some embodiments". It should be noted that "some embodiments" describes a subset of all possible embodiments, but does not always identify the same subset of embodiments.

  The previous description is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make use of the present disclosure and is provided in the context of specific applications and requirements. Also, the foregoing description of the embodiments of the present disclosure is presented for the purpose of illustration and description only. The above description is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the present disclosure in the disclosed manner. Accordingly, many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments and applications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. It may apply. In addition, the discussion of the foregoing embodiments does not limit the present disclosure. Thus, the present disclosure is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and features disclosed herein.

100 System 110 Electronic Device 112 Entrance 114 Location 116 Mounting Mechanism 118 Sensor Mechanism 120 Integrated Circuit 122 Interface Circuit 124 Arbitrary Network 126 Arbitrary Computer 128 External Environment 130 Wireless Communication Device 132 Wireless Signal 134 Power Supply 136 Electronic Device 200 Electronic Device 210 Processing Sub System 212 Memory subsystem 214 Networking subsystem 216 Power subsystem 218 Power supply 220 Switching subsystem 222 Switch 224 Optional sensor subsystem 226 Sensor device 228 Interface circuit 230 Antenna 232 Program module 234 Operating system 236 Conversion table 238 Bus 300 Integrated circuit 310 Input node 400 Method 410 Operation 412 Operation 510 Sensor 512 Location 514 Position 610 Measured Value 612 Measured Value 614 Analysis 616 Conversion Table 618 Memory 620 Results

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An attachment mechanism configured to mechanically couple to the inlet;
A sensor mechanism configured to measure an environmental signal associated with the inlet, and the sensor mechanism includes one of a vibration sensor and an acoustic transducer, and
An integrated circuit electrically coupled to the sensor mechanism and configured to analyze the measured environmental signal to identify an environmental condition associated with the inlet, the analysis comprising Correcting the measured environmental signal with respect to the dynamic response of the inlet using a mechanical transfer function associated with the inlet and based on the location of the electronic device at the inlet. , Electronic devices.   The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the attachment mechanism includes a surface having an impedance matching material configured to mechanically couple with the inlet.   The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the inlet includes one of a door and a window.   The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising an interface circuit configured to communicate the environmental condition to another electronic device. Further comprising interface circuitry configured to communicate with one or more additional electronics mechanically coupled to the inlet,
The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the analysis is performed based on a measured environmental signal provided by the one or more additional electronic devices.   The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a power supply electrically coupled to the sensor mechanism and the integrated circuit and configured to provide a power signal to the sensor mechanism and the integrated circuit.   A receiver electrically coupled to the sensor arrangement and the integrated circuit, configured to receive a power signal from electromagnetic radiation of the external environment of the electronic device and to provide the power signal to the sensor arrangement and the integrated circuit The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a circuit.   The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the analysis is performed based on a history of measured values of the environmental signal.   The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the sensor mechanism further includes one of an accelerometer, a velocity sensor, an optical sensor, a position sensor, and a direction sensor.   The environmental conditions attempt to force open the inlet, force open the inlet, attempt to break the inlet, break the inlet, attempt to pick a lock associated with the inlet, pick the lock, Attempts to drill the lock on the inlet, attempt to damage the frame of the inlet, animals entering the inlet, voice responses of persons entering the inlet, knocks on the inlet, delivery of parcels near the inlet, false The electronic device according to claim 1, comprising one of inserting a key into the lock and inserting a correct key into the lock. An attachment mechanism configured to mechanically couple to the inlet;
A sensor mechanism configured to measure an environmental signal associated with the inlet, and the sensor mechanism includes one or more of a vibration sensor and an acoustic transducer, and
The measured environmental signal is communicated to another electronic device to electrically couple with the sensor mechanism and to identify an environmental condition associated with the inlet , and by the other electronic device the mechanical of the inlet Configured to communicate the location such that the measured environmental signal is corrected with respect to the dynamic response of the inlet using a dynamic transfer function and based on the location of the sensor mechanism at the inlet And an interface circuit. It said mounting mechanism includes a face having an impedance matching material configured to be coupled to the inlet and mechanical, electronic device according to claim 1 1. The inlet comprises one of doors and windows, electronic device according to claim 1 1. The sensor mechanism and electrically connected to said interface circuit further comprises a power source configured to provide a power signal to the sensor unit構及beauty current product circuit, electronic device according to claim 1 1. Electrically coupled to the sensor mechanism and the interface circuit, the receiving power signals from electromagnetic radiation external environment of the electronic device, configured to provide the power signal to the sensor unit構及beauty current product circuit further comprising a receiver circuit, an electronic device according to claim 1 1. The sensor mechanism, an accelerometer, velocity sensor, optical sensor, position sensor, and further comprises one or more of the direction sensor, an electronic device according to claim 1 1. The environmental conditions attempt to force open the inlet, force open the inlet, attempt to break the inlet, break the inlet, attempt to pick a lock associated with the inlet, pick the lock An attempt to drill the lock on the inlet, an attempt to damage the frame of the inlet, an animal entering the inlet, a voice response of a person entering the inlet, knocking on the inlet, delivery of a packet near the inlet , insertion into the lock of an incorrect key, and includes one of the insertion into the lock of the correct key, the electronic device according to claim 1 1. An electronic device implemented method of identifying an environmental condition associated with an entrance, comprising:
Receiving a measured environmental signal from one or more additional electronic devices mechanically coupled to the inlet, the environmental signal corresponding to one of a vibration and an acoustic signal, the one or more additional signals Electronic devices are located at different locations of the entrance, and
Using said electronic device, and to identify the environmental condition by analyzing the measured environmental signal, said analysis comprise a, is performed based on a history of the measured values of the environment signal ,
The analysis may use the mechanical transfer function associated with the inlet and the dynamic response of the inlet based on the different locations of the one or more additional electronics at the inlet. A method involving correcting a measured environmental signal . The inlet comprises one of doors and windows, the method described in 請 Motomeko 1 8. The environmental conditions attempt to force open the inlet, force open the inlet, attempt to break the inlet, break the inlet, attempt to pick a lock associated with the inlet, pick the lock An attempt to drill the lock on the inlet, an attempt to damage the frame of the inlet, an animal entering the inlet, a voice response of a person entering the inlet, knocking on the inlet, delivery of a packet near the inlet 19. The method of claim 18, comprising: one of inserting an incorrect key into the lock and inserting a correct key into the lock .

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