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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2014
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin Charles Peterson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sophie Le Guen, Burlingame, CA (US);
Maxime Veron, Los Altos, CA (US);
Yash Modi, San Mateo, CA (US);
Lawrence Au, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark Rajan Malhotra, San Mateo, CA (US);
Julia DeIuliis, Palo Alto, CA (US);
GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A magnet and magnetometer may be integrated into a smart home environment and allow it to be placed into an away mode of operation despite an entry point being semi-open. The disclosed implementations can detect a magnetic field strength and determine, based on the detected field strength, an approximate distance that a moveable partition is open. In some configurations, the presence of a second magnetic source can be detected. A notice may be generated based on one or more signals received from the magnetometer. The notice may be sent to a controller, a remote system, a remote device, and/or a client device as disclosed herein.