Video recording triggered by a smart lock device
AssigneeAugust Home, Inc.
InventorsJason Johnson, Herve Jacques Clement Letourneur, Tejash Unadkat, Christopher Dow, Christopher Kim
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Abstract
An intelligent door lock system coupled to a door at a dwelling. a door status device is at the dwelling. The door status device is coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device to assist in locking and unlocking a lock of a lock device at the door. The lock device is coupled to the door status device and includes a bolt. An engine, an energy source and a memory are coupled together. A camera is coupled to or part of the intelligent door lock system. The camera is configured to record in response to door lock status.
Claims33
An intelligent door lock system coupled to a door at a building, comprising:
- at least one sensor disposed at the building and coupled to the door, the at least one sensor configured to output information relating to an opening and closing of the door and to a change in lock status of a lock device of the door between a lock position and an unlock position;
- a camera adapted to operate in a lower-power mode and a higher-power mode, the camera consuming less power in the lower-power mode than in the higher-power mode;
- a motion detector;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- in response to the motion detector detecting motion of a person near the door at the building, instruct the camera to exit the lower-power mode;
- in response to a determination, based on information output by the at least one sensor coupled to the door, that the door has been opened,
- trigger the camera to capture one or more images and/or video including at least a portion of the person near the door at the building,
- wherein the camera exits the lower-power mode prior to capturing the one or more images and/or the video;
- and
- in response to a subsequent determination, based on information output by the at least one sensor, that the door has been closed and the lock device has been changed to the lock position,
- trigger the camera to cease recording the one or more images and/or the video including the at least the portion of the person near the door at the building.
An intelligent door lock system coupled to a door at a building, comprising:
- at least one circuit configured to be coupled to the door, the at least one circuit configured to output information relating to an opening and closing of the door and to a change in lock status of a lock device of the door between a lock position and an unlock position;
- a motion detector;
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- a camera configured to:
- in response to the motion detector detecting motion of a person near the door at the building, instruct the camera to exit a lower-power mode, the camera consuming less power in the lower-power mode than in a higher-power mode;
- in response to a determination based on information output by the at least one circuit coupled to the door, that the door has been opened, capture one or more images and/or video including at least a portion of the person near the door at the building,
- wherein the camera exits the lower-power mode prior to the one or more images and/or the video being captured;
- and
- in response to a subsequent determination, based on information output by the at least one circuit, that the door has been closed and the lock device has been changed to the lock position, cease recording the one or more images and/or the video including the at least the portion of the person near the door at the building.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.