US 11,969,901 B2
Security sentinel robot
Christopher Heintzelman, Plymouth, MN (US); Soumitri Kolavennu, Blaine, MN (US); Warren Young, Arden Hills, MN (US); Joseph Bodkin, South Burlington, VT (US); and John Cronin, Jericho, VT (US)
Assigned to ADEMCO INC., Golden Valley, MN (US)
Filed by Ademco Inc., Golden Valley, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/058,108.
Application 18/058,108 is a continuation of application No. 16/294,889, filed on Mar. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,534,919.
Prior Publication US 2023/0081270 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/00 (2006.01); G08B 5/22 (2006.01); G08B 29/04 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1679 (2013.01) [B25J 9/0003 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 11/0085 (2013.01); B25J 13/006 (2013.01); G08B 5/226 (2013.01); G08B 29/04 (2013.01); H04L 12/2825 (2013.01); H04L 12/2827 (2013.01); H04L 12/2834 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for monitoring a condition in or near a building, wherein the building includes one or more sensors each detecting a sensed condition, the method comprising:
storing one or more rules, each rule defining a rule defined event that is detectable via one or more of the sensed conditions sensed by the one or more the sensors;
monitoring the one or more sensed conditions of the one or more sensors over time;
repeatedly applying the one or more rules to the one or more sensed conditions to identify a sensed condition that matches a particular rule defined event defined by the one or more rules;
in response to identifying that the sensed condition sensed by a sensor of the one or more sensors matches the particular rule defined event, dispatching a robotic sentinel to a location in the building associated with the sensor to communicate with the sensor and to poll, using direct communication, the sensor for an updated one or more sensed conditions; and
in response to determining that the updated one or more sensed conditions matches the particular rule defined event, activating a camera on the robotic sentinel.