Doorbell package detection systems and methods

• US 10,706,702 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2017
• Issued: 07/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SkyBell Technologies Ip, LLC
• Original Assignee: SkyBell Technologies Ip, LLC
• Inventors: Scalisi, Joseph Frank, Mejia, Desiree, Harrison, Gregory Saul
• Primary Examiner(s): Cattungal, Rowina J
• Application Number:
  US15/785,605
• Publication Number:
  US 20180040216A1
• Time in Patent Office: 994 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 2201/07 Target detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/10 by pressure on floors, floor coverings, stair treads, counters, or tills
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1472 with force or weight detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19619 Details of casing
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19658 Telephone systems used to communicate with a camera, e.g. PSTN, GSM, POTS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19684 Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely
• 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: G08B 15/00 Identifying, scaring or incapacitating burglars, thieves or intruders, e.g. by explosives
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/186 Video door telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253

Abstract

Delivery parcel detection systems can include a doorbell having a first wireless communication system and a parcel holding system configured for placement in an entryway. The doorbell can be communicatively coupled to the parcel holding system. The parcel holding system can comprise a sensor configured to detect a delivery parcel located on the parcel holding system. Systems can include a first communication sent from the parcel holding system to the doorbell in response to the parcel holding system detecting an arrival, a movement, or a removal of the delivery parcel. Systems can also include a second communication sent from the doorbell to a remote computing device in response to the doorbell receiving the first communication.

Claims

1. A delivery parcel detection system, the system comprising:

a doorbell,

a remote computing device communicatively coupled to the doorbell;

a parcel holding system communicatively coupled to the doorbell and configured for placement in an entryway, the parcel holding system comprising a sensor configured to detect a first indication of a delivery parcel in the parcel holding system, and the parcel holding system is configured to send a first communication to the doorbell in response to the parcel holding system detecting the first indication of the delivery parcel;

a first wireless communication configured to be sent from the parcel holding system to the doorbell in response to the parcel holding system detecting a removal of the delivery parcel from the parcel holding system during a period when the system has determined that the remote computing device is at least one of not located within a predetermined distance of the doorbell and not located within a detection range of the doorbell; and

a notification system coupled to the doorbell, the notification system comprising a light and a speaker configured to activate in response to the doorbell receiving the first wireless communication.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a second wireless communication sent from the doorbell to the remote computing device in response to the doorbell receiving the first wireless communication.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the parcel holding system is a box configured to protect the delivery parcel from theft.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the second wireless communication comprises a first picture taken by the doorbell such that the doorbell is configured to send the first picture to the remote computing device in response to the parcel holding system detecting the first indication of the delivery parcel.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the first picture shows the delivery parcel.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the first indication is associated with an arrival of the delivery parcel to the parcel holding system.

7. The system of claim 2, further comprising a first alert regarding the delivery parcel, wherein the first alert is displayed on the remote computing device in response to the remote computing device receiving the second wireless communication from the doorbell.

8. The system of claim 2, further comprising a graphical user interface displayed on the remote computing device, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to display information regarding the delivery parcel.

9. The system of claim 2, further comprising a graphical user interface displayed on the remote computing device, and the graphical user interface is configured to enable changing at least one setting of the light.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one setting comprises a color of the light.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one setting comprises a brightness of the light.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the system automatically changes the at least one setting in response to the parcel holding system detecting the first indication of the delivery parcel.

13. The system of claim 2, wherein the doorbell comprises an electrical power consumption rate that increases in response to the parcel holding system detecting the first indication of the delivery parcel.

14. The system of claim 2, wherein the doorbell comprises a camera configured to take at least one picture in response to the parcel holding system detecting the first indication of the delivery parcel.

15. The system of claim 2, wherein the sensor comprises a pressure sensor configured such that placing the delivery parcel in the parcel holding system enables the pressure sensor to detect the first indication.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising a camera electrically coupled to at least one of the doorbell and the parcel holding system, and further comprising a video taken by the camera in response to the system detecting the removal of the delivery parcel.

17. The system of claim 1, further comprising a camera electrically coupled to at least one of the doorbell and the parcel holding system, and further comprising a video taken by the camera in response to the camera detecting an object that has moved into a field of view of the camera during a period when the system has determined the delivery parcel is located in the parcel holding system.

18. The system of claim 1, further comprising a motion detector and a camera electrically coupled to at least one of the doorbell and the parcel holding system, and further comprising a video taken by the camera in response to the motion detector detecting a motion indication during a period when the system has determined the delivery parcel is located in the parcel holding system.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the first wireless communication is sent from the parcel holding system to the doorbell in response to the parcel holding system detecting the first indication of the delivery parcel.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising a second wireless communication sent from the doorbell to the remote computing device in response to the doorbell receiving the first wireless communication.

21. The system of claim 19, further comprising a second wireless communication sent from the doorbell to the remote computing device in response to the motion detector detecting the motion indication, wherein the second wireless communication comprises the video.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the first indication is associated with the removal of the delivery parcel from the parcel holding system, wherein the first wireless communication is sent from the parcel holding system to the doorbell in response to the parcel holding system detecting the first indication, and further comprising a second wireless communication sent from the doorbell to the remote computing device in response to the doorbell receiving the first wireless communication.

23. The system of claim 22, further comprising a camera electrically coupled to at least one of the doorbell and the parcel holding system, wherein the second wireless communication comprises a picture taken by the camera within five seconds of the sensor detecting the first indication.

24. The system of claim 1, further comprising a camera electrically coupled to the doorbell, wherein the first wireless communication is sent from the parcel holding system to the doorbell in response to the parcel holding system detecting the first indication of the delivery parcel, the first wireless communication comprising a picture taken by the camera in response to the parcel holding system detecting the removal of the delivery parcel from the parcel holding system.

25. The system of claim 24, further comprising a second wireless communication sent from the doorbell to the remote computing device in response to the parcel holding system detecting the removal of the delivery parcel from the parcel holding system, wherein the second wireless communication comprises the picture.

26. The system of claim 1, further comprising a warning sound emitted from the doorbell in response to the system detecting the removal of the delivery parcel from the parcel holding system.

27. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one of a warning light and a warning sound emitted from the doorbell in response to the system detecting at least one of a motion and an object that has moved into a field of view of a camera of the doorbell, and in response to the system determining the delivery parcel is located in the parcel holding system.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein the doorbell and the parcel holding system are coupled to an exterior surface of a building.