SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IMPROVE THE PRIVACY OF HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS HAVING A CONNECTED HOME SECURITY/CONTROL SYSTEM AND SUBJECT TO INTRUSIONS BY UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES

摘要

A privacy protection method and system (10) is provided for a building,home, apartment, or other area (12) protected by a connected security system(14).The system (10) includes a detector drone (16) and the security system (14).Thedrone (16) includes at least one drone detecting sensor (24) and automaticallyinitiatesa wireless signal (30) in response to the sensor (24) indicating the presenceof aforeign drone (17). The security system (14) includes a central processor (40)and atleast one electronic device (46) having a privacy condition wherein the device(46)protects against privacy intrusions by a foreign drone (17) and a non-privacyconditionwherein the device (46) does not protect from the privacy intrusion. Theprocessor(40) is configured to command the device (46) to change from the non-privacycondition to the privacy condition in response to the wireless signal (30)from thedetector drone (16).