Home automation system-initiated calls

A stand-alone camera for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
• receive a tactile input at the stand-alone camera of a home automation system;
• identify, via the stand-alone camera, a characteristic associated with the tactile input, the characteristic comprising a duration of the received tactile input;
• determine, via the stand-alone camera, an identity of a person performing the tactile input based at least in part on captured facial data via the stand-alone camera;
• detect, via the stand-alone camera, a gesture performed in-line of sight of the stand-alone camera by the person;
• identify, via the stand-alone camera, a predetermined contact in a contact database associated with the person based at least in part on correlating the duration of the received tactile input and the detected gesture, wherein the contact database comprises a set of predetermined contacts and each predetermined contact having a unique correlation between a gesture and a duration of a tactile input;
• and
• establish, via the stand-alone camera, a wireless communication link between the stand-alone camera and a remote device of the predetermined contact.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code, the code executable by a processor to:

• receive a tactile input at a stand-alone camera of a home automation system;
• identify, via the stand-alone camera, a characteristic associated with the tactile input, the characteristic comprising a duration of the received tactile input;
• determine, via the stand-alone camera, an identity of a person performing the tactile input based at least in part on captured facial data via the stand-alone camera;
• detect, via the stand-alone camera, a gesture performed in-line of sight of the stand-alone camera by the person;
• identify, via the stand-alone camera, a predetermined contact in a contact database associated with the person based at least in part on correlating the duration of the received tactile input and the detected gesture, wherein the contact database comprises a set of predetermined contacts and each predetermined contact having a unique correlation between a gesture and a duration of a tactile input;
• and
• establish, via the stand-alone camera, a wireless communication link between the stand-alone camera and a remote device of the predetermined contact.