Dynamic Identification of Threat Level Associated With a Person Using an Audio/Video Recording and Communication Device

• US 20180268674A1
• Filed: 03/19/2018
• Published: 09/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ring Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Ring Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Siminoff, James
• Granted Patent: US 10,475,311 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19608 Tracking movement of a target, e.g. by detecting an object predefined as a target, using target direction and or velocity to predict its new position
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19613 Recognition of a predetermined image pattern or behaviour pattern indicating theft or intrusion
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19632 Camera support structures, e.g. attachment means, poles
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/186 Video door telephones

Abstract

Dynamic identification of threat levels associated with persons using 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 notifying a user of a threat level associated with a person within the field of view of a camera of an A/V recording and communication device is provided, the method comprising receiving, from the camera, identification data for the person; transmitting the received identification data to at least one backend server; receiving, from the backend server, information about a threat level associated with the person; and notifying the user of the threat level.

Claims

1. For an audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device comprising a camera having a field of view, a method for notifying a user of a threat level associated with a person within the field of view of the camera, the method comprising:

receiving, from the camera, identification data for the person;

transmitting the received identification data to at least one backend server;

receiving, from the backend server, information about a threat level associated with the person; and

notifying the user of the threat level.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein notifying the user of the threat level comprises providing one of a plurality of different threat level notification types based on different threat levels.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein notifying the user of the threat level comprises providing a visual notification to the user.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the A/V recording and communication device is associated with a structure having at least one colored light, wherein providing the visual notification comprises selecting a particular color from a set of colors for the colored light.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein each color in the set of colors corresponds to a different threat level.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein notifying the user of the threat level comprises providing an audible notification.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein notifying the user of the threat level comprises providing a notification on a user'"'"'s device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the user'"'"'s device is a smartphone.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the A/V recording and communication device is a doorbell.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the A/V recording and communication device is a security camera.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the identification data for the person comprises:

detecting a movement of the person; and

capturing video images, by the camera, of the person.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the identification data for the person comprises one or more video images of the person.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising notifying other residents of a same neighborhood, in which the audio/video recording and communication device is located, of the threat level.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein notifying the other residents comprises notifying the other residents through streetlights located in the neighborhood.

15. An audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device, comprising:

a camera configured to record video image data of an area about the A/V recording and communication device;

one or more processors;

a communication module configured to transmit streaming video to a client device; and

a non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program which when executed by at least one of the processors notifies a user of a threat level associated with a person within a field of view of the camera, the program comprising sets of instructions for;

receiving, from the camera, identification data for the person;

transmitting the received identification data to at least one backend server;

receiving, from the backend server, information about a threat level associated with the person; and

notifying the user of the threat level.

16. The A/V recording and communication device of claim 15, wherein the set of instructions for notifying the user of the threat level comprises a set of instructions for providing one of a plurality of different threat level notification types based on different threat levels.

17. The A/V recording and communication device of claim 15, wherein the set of instructions for notifying the user of the threat level comprises a set of instructions for providing a visual notification.

18. The A/V recording and communication device of claim 17, wherein the A/V recording and communication device is associated with a structure having at least one colored light, wherein the set of instructions for providing the visual notification comprises a set of instructions for selecting a particular color from a set of different colors for the colored light.

19. The A/V recording and communication device of claim 18, wherein each color in the set of colors corresponds to a different threat level.

20. The A/V recording and communication device of claim 15, wherein the set of instructions for notifying the user of the threat level comprises a set of instructions for providing an audible notification to the user.

21. The A/V recording and communication device of claim 15, wherein the set of instructions for notifying the user of the threat level comprises a set of instructions for providing a notification on a client device.

22. The A/V recording and communication device of claim 21, wherein the client device is a smartphone.

23. The A/V recording and communication device of claim 15, wherein the A/V recording and communication device is a doorbell.

24. The A/V recording and communication device of claim 15, wherein the A/V recording and communication device is a security camera.

25. The A/V recording and communication device of claim 15, wherein the set of instructions for receiving the identification data for the person comprises sets of instructions for:

detecting a movement of the person within the field of view of the camera; and

capturing video images, by the camera, of the person and a set of other objects that are within the field of view of the camera.

26. The A/V recording and communication device of claim 25, wherein the identification data for the person comprises one or more video images of the person.

27. The A/V recording and communication device of claim 15 further comprising a set of instructions for notifying other persons living in a same neighborhood, in which the A/V recording and communication device is located, of the threat level.

28. The A/V recording and communication device of claim 27, wherein the set of instructions for notifying the other persons comprises a set of instructions for notifying the other persons through streetlights located in the neighborhood.