Patent ID: 11969901
Assignee: ADEMCO INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 13:
14. A building monitoring system configured to be used in a space within a building, the monitoring system comprising:
one or more sensors each configured to detect one or more conditions in the space; and
a robotic sentinel, comprising:
a memory for storing one or more rules each configured to identify an alert condition for the space based on one or more of the one or more conditions in the space;
a communications module configured to communicate with a remote device over a network and with each of the one or more sensors using direct communication;
a camera; and
a controller operatively coupled to the one or more sensors, the memory, and the communications module, the controller configured to:
apply the one or more rules to the one or more conditions in the space to identify a particular alert condition associated with one or more of the one or more conditions detected by a sensor of the one or more sensors;
in response to identifying the particular alert conditions associated with the one or more conditions detected by the sensor, command the robotic sentinel to travel to a location in the space 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, activate the camera on the robotic sentinel.