Controller doorbell circuit and methods of converting a standard doorbell circuit to a controller doorbell circuit

• US 9,836,926 B1
• Filed: 10/12/2016
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Scott Higgins
• Original Assignee: Scott Higgins
• Inventors: Higgins, Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Tweel, Jr., John A
• Application Number:
  US15/291,958
• Time in Patent Office: 419 Days
• Field of Search: 340509
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0291 Door telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/025 Door telephones adapted for television H04N7/186

Abstract

A controller doorbell circuit includes a first terminal of a button wired to a first terminal of a transformer, a second terminal of the transformer wired to an input transformer terminal of a controller wired to a battery power source and coupled in signal communication to a mobile device, a transformer terminal of a signaling device wired to an output transformer terminal of the controller, and a second terminal of the button and an alarm terminal of the signaling device wired to an alarm terminal of the controller. The controller opens disabling the controller doorbell circuit disabling the signaling device from sounding an alarm when the button is pressed, in response to a first signal from the mobile device. The controller closes enabling the controller doorbell circuit enabling the signaling device to sound the alarm when the button is pressed, in response to a second signal from the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method of converting a doorbell circuit to a controller doorbell circuit, comprising:

providing a doorbell circuit, including a doorbell button having a first terminal and a second terminal, a transformer having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the doorbell button is wired to the first terminal of the transformer, the second terminal of the transformer is wired to a transformer terminal of the signaling device, the second terminal of the doorbell button is wired to an alarm terminal of the signaling device, the doorbell circuit is closed activating the signaling device, when the doorbell button is pressed, and the doorbell circuit is open deactivating the signaling device, when the doorbell button is released;

converting the doorbell circuit to a controller doorbell circuit by providing a controller wired to a battery power source, the controller being coupled in signal communication to a mobile device, dewiring the second terminal of the transformer from the transformer terminal of the signaling device, dewiring the second terminal of the doorbell button from the alarm terminal of the signaling device, wiring the second terminal of the transformer to an input transformer terminal of the controller, wiring the transformer terminal of the signaling device to an output transformer terminal of the controller, and wiring the second terminal of the doorbell button and the alarm terminal of the signaling device concurrently to an alarm terminal of the controller;

wherein the controller opens disabling the controller doorbell circuit for disabling the signaling device from sounding an alarm when the doorbell button is pressed, in response to a first signal from the mobile device;

wherein the controller closes enabling the controller doorbell circuit for enabling the signaling device to sound the alarm when the doorbell button is pressed, in response to a second signal from the mobile device;

wherein the battery power source powers the controller, when the controller is open; and

wherein the transformer powers the controller, when the controller is closed.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of wiring the second terminal of the transformer to the input transformer terminal of the controller further includes wiring the second terminal of the transformer directly to the input transformer terminal.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of wiring the transformer terminal of the signaling device to the output transformer terminal of the controller further includes wiring the transformer terminal of the signaling device directly to the output transformer terminal of the controller.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the step of wiring the second terminal of the doorbell button and the alarm terminal of the signaling device concurrently to an alarm terminal of the controller further includes concurrently wiring the second terminal of the doorbell button and the alarm terminal of the signaling device directly to the alarm terminal of the controller.

5. A controller doorbell, comprising:

a controller doorbell circuit including a first terminal of a doorbell button wired to a first terminal of a transformer, a second terminal of the transformer wired to an input transformer terminal of a controller wired to a battery power source and coupled in signal communication to a mobile device, a transformer terminal of a signaling device wired to an output transformer terminal of the controller, and a second terminal of the doorbell button and an alarm terminal of the signaling device wired to an alarm terminal of the controller;

the controller opens disabling the controller doorbell circuit for disabling the signaling device from sounding an alarm when the doorbell button is pressed, in response to a first signal from the mobile device;

the controller closes enabling the controller doorbell circuit for enabling the signaling device to sound the alarm when the doorbell button is pressed, in response to a second signal from the mobile device;

the battery power source powers the controller, when the controller is open; and

the transformer powers the controller, when the controller is closed.

6. The controller doorbell according to claim 5, wherein the first terminal of the doorbell button is wired directly to the first terminal of a transformer.

7. The controller doorbell according to claim 6, wherein the second terminal of the transformer is wired directly to the input transformer terminal of the controller.

8. The controller doorbell according to claim 7, wherein the transformer terminal of the signaling device is wired directly to the output transformer terminal of the controller.

9. The controller doorbell according to claim 8, wherein the second terminal of the doorbell button and the alarm terminal of the signaling device are each wired directly to the alarm terminal of the controller.