DOORBELL PACKAGE DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20180075400A1
• Filed: 11/16/2017
• Published: 03/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SkyBell Technologies Ip, LLC
• Original Assignee: Skybell Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Scalisi, Joseph Frank, Thomas, Andrew Paul, Harrison, Gregory Saul
• Application Number:
  US15/815,490
• Publication Number:
  US 20180075400A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1413 1D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping
• 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: G07C 2009/00396 starting with prompting the keyless data carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/0092 for cargo, freight or shipping containers and applications therefore in general
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/63 Comprising locating means for detecting the position of the data carrier, i.e. within the vehicle or within a certain distance from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00896 specially adapted for particular uses
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1472 with force or weight detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19684 Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/18 Status alarms G08B21/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• 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 7/186 Video door telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Doorbells can be used to scan a barcode of a delivery parcel, identify a delivery parcel identification code in response to scanning the barcode, and send a wireless communication regarding the delivery parcel identification code to a remote location. Methods can include receiving a delivery parcel identification code and verifying that the delivery parcel was delivered to an address of the doorbell.

Claims

1. A method of using a doorbell system, the method comprising:

scanning, by a doorbell system, a barcode of a delivery parcel;

identifying, by the doorbell system, a delivery parcel identification code of the delivery parcel in response to scanning the barcode; and

sending, by the doorbell system, at least one wireless communication regarding the delivery parcel identification code to a remote location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the doorbell system comprises a barcode scanner having a light source and a light sensor, and scanning comprises scanning the barcode of the delivery parcel using the barcode scanner.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the doorbell system comprises a camera, and scanning comprises taking a picture of the barcode of the delivery parcel using the camera.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein identifying the delivery parcel identification code of the delivery parcel comprises analyzing the picture to identify the delivery parcel identification code.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending the wireless communication to an entity associated with sending the delivery parcel.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication comprises the delivery parcel identification code, the method further comprising notifying, via the wireless communication, an entity associated with sending the delivery parcel that the delivery parcel was delivered.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the wireless communication comprises an indication of an address of the doorbell system, the method further comprising notifying, via the wireless communication, the entity associated with sending the delivery parcel that the delivery parcel was delivered to the address.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication comprises the delivery parcel identification code, the method further comprising notifying, via the wireless communication, a seller of the delivery parcel that the delivery parcel was delivered.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the wireless communication comprises an indication of an address of the doorbell system, the method further comprising notifying, via the wireless communication, the seller that the delivery parcel was delivered to the address.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising recording a video, by a camera of the doorbell system, and sending the video to an entity associated with sending the delivery parcel.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the video is configured to show the delivery parcel, the method further comprising providing video evidence to the entity of the delivery parcel being delivered.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising sending the delivery parcel identification code and an address of the doorbell system to the entity associated with sending the delivery parcel.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising recording a video, by a camera of the doorbell system, and sending the video to an entity associated with sending the delivery parcel in response to identifying the delivery parcel identification code.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein sending, by the doorbell system, the wireless communication regarding the delivery parcel identification code comprises sending the wireless communication to a seller of the delivery parcel, the method further comprising recording a video, by a camera of the doorbell system, and sending the video to the seller of the delivery parcel to provide video evidence of the delivery parcel being delivered.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising using the delivery parcel identification code identified by the doorbell system to determine an identity of an entity associated with sending the delivery parcel, and then sending, by the doorbell system, the wireless communication regarding the delivery parcel identification code to the entity.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the wireless communication comprises a video, taken by a camera of the doorbell system, wherein the video shows a delivery of the delivery parcel.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the wireless communication comprises an address to which the delivery parcel was delivered.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the wireless communication comprises the delivery parcel identification code.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one wireless communication is a first wireless communication, wherein the method further comprises sending a second wireless communication regarding the delivery parcel identification code to a second remote location.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising sending the first wireless communication to an entity associated with sending the delivery parcel, and sending the second wireless communication to a seller of the delivery parcel.

21. A method of using a doorbell system, the method comprising:

receiving, by a doorbell system, a delivery parcel identification code of a delivery parcel; and

sending, by the doorbell system, at least one wireless communication comprising the delivery parcel identification code to an entity associated with sending the delivery parcel, wherein the wireless communication is configured to verify, by the doorbell system, that the delivery parcel was delivered to an address of the doorbell system.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein receiving the delivery parcel identification code comprises scanning, by the doorbell system, a barcode of the delivery parcel.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the doorbell system comprises a barcode scanner having a light source and a light sensor, the method further comprising using the barcode scanner to receive the delivery parcel identification code.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the doorbell system comprises a camera, the delivery parcel comprises a barcode, and receiving the delivery parcel identification code comprises taking a picture of the barcode, by the camera, and analyzing the picture to identify the delivery parcel identification code.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein receiving the delivery parcel identification code comprises receiving a second wireless communication from a computing device configured to scan packages.

26. The method of claim 21, further comprising recording a video, by a camera of the doorbell system, and sending the video to the entity associated with sending the delivery parcel.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the video is configured to show the delivery parcel, the method further comprising providing, by the doorbell system, video evidence to the entity of the delivery parcel being delivered.

28. The method of claim 21, further comprising recording a video, by a camera of the doorbell system, and sending the video to the entity associated with sending the delivery parcel in response to receiving the delivery parcel identification code and determining an identity of the entity associated with sending the delivery parcel.

29. The method of claim 21, wherein the at least one wireless communication is a first wireless communication, wherein the method further comprises sending a second wireless communication comprising the delivery parcel identification code to a seller of the delivery parcel.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the at least one wireless communication comprises the delivery parcel identification code and the address of the doorbell system.