US 12,323,914 B2
Power-saving sensor
Brandon Gruber, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to ECOLINK INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by ECOLINK INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/390,863.
Prior Publication US 2020/0333868 A1, Oct. 22, 2020
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 52/02 (2013.01) [G06F 1/325 (2013.01); G06F 9/3004 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery-operated, wireless, power-saving sensor, comprising:
a detector for detecting a condition occurring proximate to the sensor;
a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;
a transmitter for sending a wireless signal to a security system panel;
a receiver for receiving wireless signals from the security system panel; and
a processer coupled to the detector, the memory, the receiver and the transmitter, for executing the processor-executable instructions that causes the sensor to:
receive, by the processor via the receiver, a first signal from the security system panel; and
in response to receiving the first signal, transition, by the processor, the sensor from an enabled state to a disabled state;
wherein in the enabled state the sensor will transmit via the transmitter the wireless signal to the security system panel in response to the detector detecting the condition occurring proximate to the sensor, in both the enabled state and the disabled state the sensor will cause itself to periodically transmit via the transmitter to the security system panel a heartbeat signal, and in the disabled state the transmitter is one of powered off, disconnected from the processor, and operated with a transmission power incapable of sending a signal to the security system panel other than when the transmitter is used to transmit the heartbeat signal.