Doorbell communication systems and methods
AssigneeSkyBell Technologies IP, LLC
InventorJoseph Frank Scalisi
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Abstract
A doorbell system may project an illumination on a surface. The doorbell may include a housing, a button, a camera, a microphone, a speaker, a motion detector, and a light source. In some embodiments, the doorbell includes at least one lens coupled to a bottom surface of the housing adjacent the light source. The at least one lens may be configured to allow light from the light source to pass through the at least one lens such that when the electronic doorbell is attached to a building the light source projects an illumination onto a ground surface in front of the doorbell.
Claims20
An electronic doorbell, comprising:
- a housing;
- a button coupled to the housing;
- a camera coupled to the housing;
- a microphone coupled to the housing;
- a speaker coupled to the housing;
- a motion detector coupled to the housing;
- a light source coupled to the housing;
- and
- a canister coupled, via a locking device, to a bottom surface of the housing adjacent the light source, wherein the canister comprises at least one lens and a film coupled to a film holder, wherein the at least one lens comprises at least one magnification lens and at least one focus lens, and wherein the at least one lens is configured to allow light from the light source to pass through the at least one lens such that when the electronic doorbell is attached to a building the light source projects an illumination onto a ground surface in front of the electronic doorbell.
A method of projecting an illumination by a doorbell comprising an electronic doorbell, a visitor detection electronic doorbell coupled to the electronic doorbell wherein the visitor detection electronic doorbell comprises at least one of a button, a camera, a microphone, and a motion detector, and a light communicatively coupled to at least one of the electronic doorbell and the visitor detection electronic doorbell wherein the light is configured to project the illumination on a surface, the method comprising:
- detachably coupling, via a locking device, a canister comprising the lens to a housing of the electronic doorbell;
- receiving, by the electronic doorbell, a notification of a trigger event;
- and
- in response to the receiving, projecting, by the light, the illumination on the surface, wherein the projecting comprises emitting, by the light, the illumination through the lens and onto the surface, such that a design of the illumination is determined by the lens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.