Wireless Entrance Communication Device

• US 20150022618A1
• Filed: 07/18/2014
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bot Home Automation Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bot Home Automation Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Siminoff, James
• Application Number:
  US14/334,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20150022618A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4424 Monitoring of the internal components or processes of the client device, e.g. CPU or memory load, processing speed, timer, counter or percentage of the hard disk space used error monitoring in general G06F11/30; arrangements for monitoring conditions of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/32; diagnosis, testing or measuring for television receivers H04N17/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/186 Video door telephones

Abstract

A device for communicating including a housing including a camera, a microphone, a speaker, a button, a battery, non-volatile memory, a processor, and a wireless communications module, wherein the non-volatile memory stores code operable by the processor for switching the processor from low-power mode to active mode in response to an activation trigger, receiving, from the one of the microphone and the camera, outbound audio and video signals, then sending a signal to a server via the wireless communications module during active mode, the signal including one or more of an alert signal, a signal based on the outbound audio signal, and a signal based on the outbound video signal, receiving from the server an inbound audio signal and outputting a signal based on the inbound audio signal via the speaker, and switching the processor from active mode to low-power mode in response to a deactivation trigger.

Claims

1. A device for communicating, comprising:

a housing including a camera, a microphone, a speaker, a button, a battery, non-volatile memory, a processor, and a wireless communications module,

wherein the non-volatile memory stores code operable by the processor for;

switching the processor from low-power mode to active mode in response to an activation trigger;

receiving, from the one of the microphone and the camera, outbound audio and video signals, then sending a signal to a server via the wireless communications module during active mode, the signal including one or more of an alert signal, a signal based on the outbound audio signal, and a signal based on the outbound video signal;

receiving from the server an inbound audio signal and outputting a signal based on the inbound audio signal via the speaker; and

switching the processor from active mode to low-power mode in response to a deactivation trigger.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the activation trigger includes one or more of registering depression of the button, activation of a sensor included in the housing, and activation of an application running on a remote device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the deactivation trigger includes one or more of receiving a termination signal, and expiration of a predetermined time period where the device goes without use.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising code operable by the processor for receiving an application trigger signal and communicating with external hardware in response to the application trigger signal.

5. A system for communicating between a user computer, a remote communication device, and a server coupled to a network, comprising:

the server having a processor and non-volatile memory, wherein the non-volatile memory stores code operable by the processor for;

a. receiving from the remote communication device an alert signal;

b. sending to the user computer a signal in response to the alert signal;

c. receiving from the user computer an accept signal;

d. receiving at least one of an audio and video signal from the remote communication device and transmitting a signal based on at least one of the received audio and video signal to the user computer; and

e. receiving an audio signal from the user computer and transmitting a signal based on the received audio signal to the remote communication device.

6. The system of claim 5, further comprising:

code operable by the server processor for;

f. receiving an application trigger signal from the user computer and transmitting a signal based on the application trigger signal to an external device in proximity to the remote communication device.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the external device has one of door unlocking or door opening capabilities.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the alert signal includes a first video image received from the remote communication device and the signal in response to the alert signal includes the first video image.