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US 10,832,542 B2Granted
Camera system and method
AssigneeGuardifi Security LLC
InventorSam Glover
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Abstract
A system and method for viewing what person or movement may be at their door via their smartphone, without having to do any destructive installation, is disclosed. The camera system attaches to the typical residential door via adhesive pad anchor which uses a hinge portion to orient the camera system through a peephole within the door. One purpose of the camera system is to enable a user to see what's happening at their door, and be alerted to what's going on outside their door at all times, and/or anytime they want to look.
Claims24
A method of manufacturing and installing a camera system, comprising:
- fabricating an enclosure to be suitable for being fastened to a peephole of a door;
- configuring a back cover to match with and be fastened to the enclosure;
- manufacturing an anchor to be available for attaching the enclosure system to the door;
- a hinge connecting the enclosure to the anchor;
- attaching the anchor to the door via a fastening mechanism;
- attaching the hinge and enclosure to the anchor;
- forming a positioner comprising two concentric lower and upper cylinders, where the lower cylinder is wider than the upper cylinder;
- configuring a portion of the positioner to protrude through the back cover;
- locating the positioner within the enclosure such that the positioner aids a user in guiding a camera toward the peephole;
- configuring a mobile app to facilitate connecting the camera system to a home's Wi-Fi;
- the mobile app having a GUI for facilitating setting an alert-disabled time period, where the motion detector may trigger but the alerts are available at predetermined times and screening or disabling alerts at other predetermined times;
- during alert-enabled periods, the camera system sending alerts during the day via a push notification GUI which shows up on the mobile device;
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- the GUI posting user-configurable language where users can click into the alert, open it up and read it, and delete the alert.
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