Customizable Intrusion Zones for Audio/Video Recording and Communication Devices

• US 20180114421A1
• Filed: 10/26/2017
• Published: 04/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: A9.com Incorporated (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Ring Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Siminoff, James
• Granted Patent: US 11,545,013 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19606 Discriminating between target movement or movement in an area of interest and other non-signicative movements, e.g. target movements induced by camera shake or movements of pets, falling leaves, rotating fan
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19615 wherein said pattern is defined by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19619 Details of casing
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19628 of wide angled cameras and camera groups, e.g. omni-directional cameras, fish eye, single units having multiple cameras achieving a wide angle view
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19636 pertaining to the camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19658 Telephone systems used to communicate with a camera, e.g. PSTN, GSM, POTS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19669 Event triggers storage or change of storage policy
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1968 Interfaces for setting up or customising the system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19682 Graphic User Interface [GUI] presenting system data to the user, e.g. information on a screen helping a user interacting with an alarm system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19684 Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19697 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/186 Video door telephones

Abstract

Customizable intrusion zones for audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for an A/V recording and communication device is provided, the method comprising displaying, on a display of the computing device, a user interface for creating and/or customizing at least one intrusion zone, wherein the at least one intrusion zone comprises at least one motion zone within a field of view of the A/V recording and communication device coupled with at least one conditional setting of the at least one motion zone, determining whether an input has been received to establish a new conditional setting, or to change a previous conditional setting, determining whether an input has been received to save the new conditional setting or to save the changed conditional setting, and saving the new conditional setting or the changed conditional setting.

Claims

1. A method for an audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device, the method comprising:

on a computing device with a display,

displaying, on the display of the computing device, a user interface for creating and/or customizing at least one intrusion zone of the A/V recording and communication device, wherein the at least one intrusion zone comprises at least one motion zone within a field of view of the A/V recording and communication device coupled with at least one conditional setting of the at least one motion zone;

determining whether an input has been received to establish a new conditional setting of the at least one conditional setting of the at least one intrusion zone, or to change a previous conditional setting of the at least one conditional setting of the at least one intrusion zone;

when an input has been received to establish the new conditional setting of the at least one intrusion zone or to change the previous conditional setting of the at least one intrusion zone, then determining whether an input has been received to save the new conditional setting of the at least one intrusion zone or to save the changed conditional setting of the at least one intrusion zone; and

when an input has been received to save the new conditional setting of the at least one intrusion zone or to save the changed conditional setting for the at least one intrusion zone, then saving the new conditional setting or the changed conditional setting.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one conditional setting of the at least one motion zone comprises a time of day, a level of ambient light, a location of motion detection, a direction of movement, a speed of movement, a length of time that an object is within the at least one motion zone, a level of reflecting light intensity, and/or a body posture of a person within the at least one motion zone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a diagram of the field of view of the A/V recording and communication device, the diagram indicating the at least one motion zone within the field of view.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the diagram indicates a plurality of motion zones within the field of view, each of the plurality of motion zones being delineated by boundary lines.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving a selection of the at least one intrusion zone, the at least one intrusion zone corresponding to at least one of the plurality of motion zones.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein each of the plurality of motion zones is enumerated with a unique zone number.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the diagram includes an ON/OFF indicator for each of the plurality of motion zones.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the diagram is a top view.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein saving the new conditional setting or the changed conditional setting for the at least one intrusion zone comprises transmitting a setting save signal to a server.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the A/V recording and communication device includes a plurality of motion sensors.

11. A method for an audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device, the A/V recording and communication device having a field of view including at least one intrusion zone, the at least one intrusion zone comprising at least one motion zone within a field of view of the A/V recording and communication device coupled with at least one conditional setting of the at least one motion zone, the method comprising:

detecting motion in the at least one intrusion zone of the A/V recording and communication device;

determining whether the at least one conditional setting of the at least one intrusion zone is satisfied;

when the at least one conditional setting of the at least one intrusion zone is satisfied, then determining at least one action to be taken in response to the detected motion in the at least one intrusion zone of the A/V recording and communication device; and

executing the determined at least one action.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one intrusion zone setting comprises a time of day, a level of ambient light, a location of motion detection, a direction of movement, a speed of movement, a length of time that an object is within the at least one motion zone, a level of reflecting light intensity, and/or a body posture of a person within the at least one motion zone.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one action comprises sending an intrusion alert to a client device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the intrusion alert includes a notification about a type of the alert.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the notification comprises an indication of the at least one motion zone where the motion was detected.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the intrusion alert is sent to the client device even when motion alerts are inactive for the at least one motion zone where the motion was detected.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one action comprises activating a lighting device.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one action comprises transmitting an intrusion alert signal to a server for providing a warning message about the detected motion to at least one social network.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one action comprises sending an intrusion alert to a first set of client devices, wherein the first set of client devices differs from a second set of client devices that is designated to receive an alert when motion is detected in the at least one motion zone but the at least one conditional setting of the at least one intrusion zone is not satisfied.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one action comprises activating an intruder intervention module configured to intervene with a person that caused the detected motion.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein an intervention with the person that caused the detected motion comprises emitting a warning sound through a speaker of the A/V recording and communication device and/or emitting a verbal warning message through the speaker of the A/V recording and communication device.