Communication and Monitoring System

• US 20160366375A1
• Filed: 08/16/2016
• Published: 12/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SB IP Holdings LLC (Skybell Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Eyetalk365, LLC
• Inventors: Carter, Ronald
• Granted Patent: US 9,924,141 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00563 using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00896 specially adapted for particular uses
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/32 in combination with an identity check
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/33 by means of a password
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/025 Door telephones adapted for television H04N7/186
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/144 camera and display on the same optical axis, e.g. optically multiplexing the camera and display for eye to eye contact
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/148 Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/20 Adaptations for transmission via a GHz frequency band, e.g. via satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/10 adapted for application session management, e.g. SIP [Session Initiation Protocol] connection management H04W76/00; arrangements for session management H04L67/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

An audio-video communication system comprises a wireless exterior module located proximate an entrance, a computerized controller running a software application, and a remote peripheral device. The wireless exterior module includes a proximity sensor for detecting a person at the entrance, a video camera for recording an image of the person at the entrance, a microphone for recording the person at the entrance, a speaker for playing audio to the person at the entrance, a transmitter for communicating sounds and images of the person at the entrance, and a receiver for receiving communications at the wireless exterior module. The computerized controller is disposed in wireless electronic communication with the wireless exterior module via the transmitter and the receiver of the wireless exterior module. The remote peripheral device is configured to electronically communicate with the computerized controller for viewing an image from the video camera communicated from the wireless exterior module.

Claims

1. A detection and viewing system comprising:

an exterior device located proximate a door, the exterior device comprising a camera, a microphone, a speaker, an RF receiver, an RF transmitter, a proximity detector, and a keypad comprising one or more buttons operable to wirelessly transmit streaming video data after the keypad is pressed by a person at the door;

an interior transceiver; and

a software application running on at least one peripheral device, wherein each of the at least one peripheral device is associated with a respective user,

wherein the exterior device is configured for wireless communication through a router to stream digital video data to the interior transceiver and the at least one peripheral device, and

wherein the at least one peripheral device comprises a cellular phone and is configured to display the video transmitted wirelessly by the camera, receive a wirelessly transmitted message from the exterior device, receive and display an alert transmitted wirelessly from the exterior device after the keypad is pressed, and transmit audio to the person at the door using the software application running on the at least one peripheral device.

2. The detection and viewing system of claim 1, wherein the interior transceiver comprises a display screen, a microphone, a speaker, an RF transmitter, and an RF receiver.

3. The detection and viewing system of claim 2, wherein the display screen is a touch screen.

4. The detection and viewing system of claim 1 further comprising:

at least one secondary exterior device comprising a camera, a microphone, a speaker, an RF receiver, an RF transmitter, and a proximity detector, wherein the at least one secondary device is not located proximate the door.

5. The detection and viewing system of claim 4, wherein the at least one secondary exterior device is configured for wireless communication to stream digital video data to the interior transceiver and the at least one peripheral device.

6. The detection and viewing system of claim 1 further comprising:

at least one secondary interior device comprising a camera.

7. The detection and viewing system of claim 6, wherein the at least one secondary interior device is configured for wireless communication to stream digital video data to the interior transceiver.

8. The detection and viewing system of claim 1 further comprising:

an electronically actuated lock.

9. The detection and viewing system of claim 8, wherein the electronically actuated lock can be controlled remotely by the interior transceiver.

10. The detection and viewing system of claim 1, wherein the software application contains multiple control settings, wherein the multiple control settings include emergency numbers that are to be called.

11. The detection and viewing system of claim 1, wherein the system is deployed with voice recognition capabilities.

12. The detection and viewing system of claim 11, wherein the system enables access to the door using voice recognition.

13. The detection and viewing system of claim 1 further comprising:

at least one interior storage that is wirelessly accessibly through the router.

14. The detection and viewing system of claim 1, wherein the at least one interior storage is for storing a recording of a digital video data stream.

15. The detection and viewing system of claim 1 wherein the at least one remote peripheral device is a computer.

16. The detection and viewing system of claim 15, wherein the computer comprises a storage device for storing the digital video stream.

17. The detection and viewing system of claim 1, wherein the software application coordinates multiple communication devices to define responses to events.

18. The detection and viewing system of claim 17, wherein an administrator can tailor premise-monitoring responses based the events of at least one of the multiple communication devices.

19. The detection of viewing system of claim 1, wherein fingerprint information is recorded and used by the system.

20. The detection of viewing system of claim 1, wherein facial data is recorded by the system and used by the system.