H04N 7/186
Video door telephones
Official title: {Video door telephones}
H04N7/186 (Video door telephones) appears on 727 US grants and 854 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 727
- Published applications
- 854
- Assignees
- 218
- Inventors
- 1,067
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 2 | 6 |
| 2003 | 4 | 9 |
| 2004 | 2 | 7 |
| 2005 | 4 | 11 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10 |
| 2007 | 0 | 18 |
| 2008 | 0 | 15 |
| 2009 | 3 | 11 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 |
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| 2015 | 39 | 42 |
| 2016 | 31 | 67 |
| 2017 | 50 | 82 |
| 2018 | 54 | 115 |
| 2019 | 75 | 66 |
| 2020 | 95 | 84 |
| 2021 | 80 | 53 |
| 2022 | 77 | 65 |
| 2023 | 43 | 35 |
| 2024 | 41 | 48 |
| 2025 | 38 | 41 |
| 2026 | 15 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Smart door, system and method for configuring door and system peripheral devices8 Sep 2026US 12,729,582 B2Masonite Corporation
- Systems and methods for enhanced video doorbell experiences25 Aug 2026US 12,720,019 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Item monitoring for doorbell cameras18 Aug 2026US 12,711,765 B2ObjectVideo Labs, LLC
- Video door bell30 Jun 2026US 12,671,795 B2Zhuhai RaySharp Technology Co., Ltd
- Systems and methods for enhanced video doorbell experiences16 Jun 2026US 12,660,019 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Doorbell communication systems and methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303402 A1SkyBell Technologies IP, LLC
- Information processing apparatus, outdoor unit of intercom system, information processing method, and program10 Sep 2026US 2026/0270374 A1Yokogawa Electric Corporation
- Device Thermal Management13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237779 A1Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Secure and Customizable Enclosure for a Video Doorbell9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194182 A1Doorbell Guard, LLC
- Sharing of at least one neighbor premises devices with a premises security system11 Jun 2026US 2026/0162516 A1The ADT Security Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Doorbell communication systems and methods529US 8,780,201 B1SkyBell Technologies, Inc. · 2014
- Doorbell communication systems and methods421US 8,872,915 B1SkyBell Technologies, Inc. · 2014
- Doorbell communication systems and methods392US 8,823,795 B1SkyBell Technologies, Inc. · 2014
- Home automation system391US 4,959,713 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1990
- Doorbell communication systems and methods391US 8,941,736 B1SkyBell Technologies, Inc. · 2015