Intelligent vent hood
US10810860B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 3, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 3, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01J2005/0077
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A vent hood device that is configured to monitor a stove, the vent hood device including, a camera, an infrared sensor that is configured to detect heat from a surface of the stove, and a processor that is configured to receive, from the infrared sensor, temperature data that indicates heat detected from the surface of the stove, receive, from the camera, video data captured by the camera, determine, based on the temperature data and the video data, that an adult is not within a field of view of the camera and the heat detected from the surface of the stove satisfies a heat criteria, and in response to determining that an adult is not within the field of view of the camera and the heat detected from the surface of the stove satisfies the heat criteria, provide an alert that indicates that the stove is unattended.
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