Thermal management in smart doorbells
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsBrian Conner, Kelly Veit
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Abstract
Various smart doorbell arrangements are presented. Based on a measured temperature of the smart doorbell, operation of the smart doorbell device may be altered such that more heat or less heat is generated without affecting user-facing features. Based on another measured temperature, operation of the smart doorbell may be altered such that a chime that is electrically coupled to the smart doorbell device is not sounded in response to a doorbell actuation, but that a notification of the doorbell actuation is wirelessly transmitted by the smart doorbell device.
Claims20
A method for operating a smart doorbell device, the method comprising:
- measuring, using a temperature sensor of the smart doorbell device, a first measured temperature;
- determining, by the smart doorbell device, that the first measured temperature has crossed a first predefined temperature threshold;
- in response to determining that the first measured temperature has crossed the first predefined temperature threshold, altering operation of a component of the smart doorbell device such that user-facing functionality of the smart doorbell device is unchanged, wherein:
- altering the operation of the component of the smart doorbell device causes the component to generate more heat or less heat;
- measuring, using the temperature sensor of the smart doorbell device, a second measured temperature;
- determining, by the smart doorbell device, that the second measured temperature has crossed a second predefined temperature threshold;
- and
- in response to determining that the second measured temperature has crossed the second predefined temperature threshold, altering operation of the smart doorbell device such that a chime that is electrically coupled to the smart doorbell device is not sounded in response to actuation of a doorbell, but that a notification of the actuation of the doorbell is wirelessly transmitted by the smart doorbell device.
A smart doorbell device comprising:
- a housing;
- a doorbell interface, attached with the housing, that is configured to be actuated by a user;
- a battery module located within the housing;
- one or more temperature sensors located within the housing;
- a wireless interface located within the housing;
- chime activation circuitry located within the housing;
- one or more processors located within the housing that receives data from the one or more temperature sensors and the doorbell interface, communicates with the wireless interface, and controls the chime activation circuitry, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- receive measured temperatures from the one or more temperature sensors;
- determine that a first measured temperature received from the one or more temperature sensors has crossed a first predefined temperature threshold;
- in response to determining that the first measured temperature has crossed the first predefined temperature threshold, alter operation of a component of the smart doorbell device such that user-facing functionality of the smart doorbell device is unchanged, wherein:
- altering the operation of the component of the smart doorbell device causes the component to generate more heat or less heat;
- determine that a second measured temperature has crossed a second predefined temperature threshold;
- and
- in response to determining that the second measured temperature has crossed the second predefined temperature threshold, alter operation of the smart doorbell device such that a chime that is electrically coupled to the smart doorbell device is not sounded in response to actuation of the doorbell interface, but that a notification of the actuation of the doorbell interface is wirelessly transmitted by the wireless interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.