Wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system

• US 20060139449A1
• Filed: 12/23/2004
• Published: 06/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tranwo Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Tranwo Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Yeh, Feng-Chi, Cheng, Wen-Liang
• Application Number:
  US11/019,164
• Publication Number:
  US 20060139449A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/61
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/186 Video door telephones

Abstract

The present invention pertains to a wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system, wherein a portable monitoring device administrates a doorbell device and detective devices. After initiation, the monitoring device calls other nearby devices to form a wireless network via a wireless broadcasting way, and then the monitoring device administrates each device to perform the doorbell or detection function. Via the automatic setup and simple operating interface, the present invention enables a general family to be free from a complex operational procedure. In the present invention, the detective device can sense the image and sound of the monitored regions, which is sent to a display panel and a speaker of the monitoring device without a time lag. Accordingly, the present invention provides an instantaneously-displaying and easy-operated wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system, which is easy installed, automatically set up, highly securing, able to reduce the power consumption efficiently and suitable for a general family usage.

Claims

1. A wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system, which provides a detection of the image and sound of monitored regions in order to secure the safety of the monitored regions, and which has at least one entrance positioned at said monitored regions and has a doorbell function, comprising:

at least one doorbell device, positioned at said entrance;

a plurality of detective devices, positioned at said monitored regions and detecting the image and sound of said monitored regions; and

a monitoring device, connecting with said doorbell device and said detective devices via a wireless transmission, administrating said doorbell device and said detective devices and receiving the audio and video signal from said doorbell device and said detective devices via the wireless transmission.

2. The wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said doorbell device further includes:

a doorbell unit, which generates a bell ring as a conversation request signal, a wireless receiving/transmitting module, which sends and receives a wireless signal, an image-taking unit, which takes the image of a person, an audio frequency/voice encoding/decoding unit, which encodes the analog audio signal and decodes the digital audio signal, a microphone, which sends the signal of sound, a speaker, which receives the signal of sound and a multi-media processor, which connects with said doorbell unit, said wireless receiving/transmitting module, said image-taking unit and said audio frequency/voice encoding/decoding unit, and processes the digital audio and video signal.

3. The wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein said doorbell device connects with an electrically-controlled door.

4. The wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein said doorbell device further includes a relay, which controls said electrically-controlled door to open or close, and connects with said multi-media processor to receive the control signal therefrom.

5. The wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein said image-taking unit of said doorbell device or said detective devices is an image sensor of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS).

6. The wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein a memory is installed in each of said doorbell device, said detective devices and said monitoring device in order to store programs and data accessed by said multi-media processor.

7. The wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein each of said detective devices further includes:

a microphone, which receives the signal of sound, an image-taking unit, which takes the image of the surroundings, a sensor, which can sense a moving object, a wireless receiving/transmitting unit, which sends and receives a wireless signal, an audio frequency/voice encoding/decoding unit, which encodes the analog audio signal and decodes the digital audio signal, and a multi-media processor, which connects said image-taking unit, said sensor, said wireless receiving/transmitting module and said audio frequency/voice encoding/decoding unit, and processes the digital audio and video signal.

8. The wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system according to claim 7, wherein said sensor is a passive infrared reflective sensor (PIR sensor).

9. The wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system according to claim 7, wherein said image-taking unit of said doorbell device or said detective devices is an image sensor of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS).

10. The wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system according to claim 7, wherein a memory is installed in each of said doorbell device, said detective devices and said monitoring device in order to store programs and data accessed by said multi-media processor.

11. The wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said monitoring device further includes:

a plurality of select buttons, via which the user can determines which one of said doorbell device or said detective devices is to be linked, a display panel, which shows the images of the monitored regions, a wireless receiving/transmitting module, which sends and receives a wireless signal, an audio frequency/voice encoding/decoding unit, which encodes the analog audio signal and decodes the digital audio signal, a microphone, which sends the signal of sound, a speaker, which receives the signal of sound and a multi-media processor, which connects with said display panel, said select buttons, said wireless receiving/transmitting module and said audio frequency/voice encoding/decoding unit, and processes the digital audio and video signal, and receives the instruction from said select buttons to determine which image from said doorbell device or said detective devices is to be shown on said display panel.

12. The wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system according to claim 11, wherein said monitoring device further comprises a door lock switching button connecting with said multi-media processor.

13. The wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system according to claim 11, wherein said display panel is selected from a set of liquid crystal display panel (LCD), organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel and continuous grain silicon LCD (CGSilicon LCD) display panel.

14. The wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system according to claim 11, wherein a memory is installed in each of said doorbell device, said detective devices and said monitoring device in order to store programs and data accessed by said multi-media processor.

15. The wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the frequency adopted by said wireless transmission is a 2.4 GHz ISM (industry, science, medicine) frequency band.

16. The wireless audio-video doorbell monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said monitoring device further comprises a plurality of link indicators.