Security system coupled to a door lock system

• US 10,445,999 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2018
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: August Home, Inc. (Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: August Home, Inc. (Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.)
• Inventors: Johnson, Jason, Letourneur, Herve Jacques Clement, Baradel, Luca, Dow, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tai T
• Application Number:
  US15/911,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20180253951A1
• Time in Patent Office: 589 Days
• Field of Search: 340 552, 340 565, 340540, 340541, 340 561
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/002 Geared transmissions
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0058 by batteries
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0065 Saving energy E05B2047/0053, E05B2047/0074, E05B2047/0077, E05B2047/0079, E05B2047/0081 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0068 Door closed
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0091 Retrofittable electric locks, e.g. an electric module can be attached to an existing manual lock electrically driven keys E05B2047/0083
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/0012 with rotary electromotors actuators with rotary electromotors per se H02K7/06, H02K23/68
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/026 the bolt moving rectilinearly
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/08 by opening, e.g. of door, of window, of drawer, of shutter, of curtain, of blind
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/186 Video door telephones

Abstract

A security system is coupled to a door lock system at a dwelling. A lock device is provided with a lock and a drive shaft. An intelligent door lock system includes: a door status device configured to couple to the drive shaft of the lock device, the door status device determining lock or unlock status of a the lock device, an engine that provides power to lock and unlock the lock and coupled to the door status device, the engine coupled to at least one wireless communication device at the dwelling configured to with a mobile device of a dwelling occupant for communication with the intelligent door lock system to lock or unlock the door, a circuit coupled to the engine, and an energy source coupled to the circuit and providing power to lock or unlock the door, wherein an occupant/owner, or end-user of the dwelling communicates with a server to grant third party access to the dwelling. A security system is configured to be coupled to the intelligent door lock system. The security system includes a video apparatus that captures video is coupled to a motion detection device to take a video of an image of the person or an outline of the person. The video apparatus is configured to provide communication with a communication device of the third party. In response to a communication with the video apparatus and the communication device of the third party, the third party is granted controlled access to the dwelling.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a security system coupled to an intelligent door lock system at a dwelling,

the intelligent door lock system including a door status device configured to couple to a drive shaft of a lock, the door status device determining lock or unlock status of the lock; and

the security system including;

a video apparatus configured to capture video, and

at least one processor configured to;

in response to a motion detection by a motion detection device;

in response to detecting an object at the dwelling in one or more frames of the video captured by the video apparatus, analyze the one or more frames of the video to determine whether the object is a person at the dwelling,

in response to determining that the object is a person, determine whether the person is lingering at the dwelling at least in part by tracking the person across at least two frames of the one or more frames of the video, and

in response to determining that the person is lingering at the dwelling, identify at least a portion of the video to be retained, at least some of the at least a portion of the video having been captured prior to the motion detection and at least some of the at least a portion of the video comprising frames of the video depicting the person.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the video apparatus comprises a doorbell camera.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

in response to the motion detection, append the at least some of the at least a portion of the video to video captured by the video apparatus after the motion detection.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the motion detection is triggered in response to detection of motion at the dwelling.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the motion detection is triggered in response to the detection of the person at the dwelling.

6. A system for monitoring access at a dwelling, comprising:

an intelligent door lock system including a door status device configured to couple to a drive shaft of a lock of a door, the door status device configured to determine lock or unlock status of the lock;

a camera coupled to the intelligent door lock system;

a motion detection device; and

at least one processor configured to;

capture video using the camera, and

in response to a motion detection by the motion detection device;

in response to detecting an object at the dwelling in one or more frames of the video, analyze the one or more frames of the video to determine whether the object is a person at the dwelling,

in response to determining that the object is a person, determine whether the person is lingering at the dwelling at least in part by tracking the person across at least two frames of the one or more frames of the video, and

in response to determining that the person is lingering at the dwelling, identify at least a portion of the video to be retained, at least some of the at least a portion of the video having been captured prior to the motion detection and at least some of the at least a portion of the video comprising frames of the video depicting the person.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the at least some of the at least a portion is captured for a particular time period.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is configured to buffer the at least some of the at least a portion of the video captured for the particular time period.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein in response to the motion detection, the at least one processor is further configured to:

append the buffered at least some of the at least a portion of the video to video captured by the camera after the motion detection.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the motion detection is triggered in response to detection of motion at the dwelling.

11. The system of claim 6, wherein the motion detection is triggered in response to the detection of the person at the dwelling.

12. The system of claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

initiate a communication session with a mobile device associated with an occupant, or owner, or end-user of the dwelling in response to the motion detection.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein initiating a communication session comprises initiating a video call to the mobile device.

14. A method for monitoring access at a dwelling, comprising:

capturing video using a camera coupled to an intelligent door lock system including a device coupled to a drive shaft of a lock of a door;

buffering the captured video; and

in response to a motion detection by a motion detection device;

in response to detecting an object at the dwelling in one or more frames of the video, analyzing the one or more frames of the video to determine whether the object is a person at the dwelling,

in response to determining that the object is a person, determining whether the person is lingering at the dwelling at least in part by tracking the person across at least two frames of the one or more frames of the video, and

in response to determining that the person is lingering at the dwelling, identifying at least a portion of the buffered video to be retained, at least some of the at least a portion of the buffered video having been captured prior to the motion detection and at least some of the at least a portion of the video comprising frames of the video depicting the person.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

in response to the motion detection, appending the at least some of the at least a portion of the buffered video to video captured by the camera after the motion detection.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the motion detection is triggered in response to detection of motion at the dwelling.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the motion detection is triggered in response to the detection of the person at the dwelling.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

initiating a communication session with a mobile device associated with an occupant, or owner, or end-user of the dwelling in response to the motion detection.