Mesh of cameras communicating with each other to follow a delivery agent within a dwelling
AssigneeAugust Home, Inc.
InventorsJason Johnson, Herve Jacques Clement Letourneur, Tejash Unadkat, Christopher Dow
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Abstract
An intelligent door lock system is 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 plurality of cameras that communicate with each other and with the lock device.
Claims26
A system comprising:
- an intelligent door lock system coupled to a door, the intelligent door lock system comprising a door status device coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device, the door status device determining lock or unlock status of a lock of the door;
- a plurality of cameras configured to operate in a first state and a second state, wherein cameras of the plurality of cameras are configured to record when in the first state and not to record when in the second state;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- send a command to a first camera of the plurality of cameras instructing the first camera to enter the first state and begin recording;
- subsequent to the first camera entering the first state, detect motion of a moving object in a field of view of the first camera of the plurality of cameras;
- in response to detection of the motion of the moving object in the field of view of the first camera, send a command to a second camera of the plurality of cameras instructing the second camera to enter the first state to begin recording, wherein the second camera is located inside of a building comprising the door and the second camera comprises a field of view being a greater distance from the door than the field of view of the first camera;
- subsequent to the second camera entering the first state, detect, with the second camera, motion of the moving object within the field of view of the second camera;
- based on the motion of the moving object within the field of view of the second camera, determine that the moving object has moved away from the door;
- in response to determining that the moving object has moved away from the door, determine whether the moving object has exceeded a scope of access for the moving object;
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- transmit an alert in response to determining that the scope of access has been exceeded.
A method for monitoring a path of a moving object using a system comprising an intelligent door lock system coupled to a door and comprising a door status device coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device, the door status device determining lock or unlock status of a lock of the door, a plurality of cameras configured to operate in a first state and a second state, wherein cameras of the plurality of cameras are configured to record when in the first state and not to record when in the second state, and at least one processor, the method comprising:
- sending a command to a first camera of the plurality of cameras instructing the first camera of the plurality of cameras to enter the first state and begin recording;
- subsequent to the first camera entering the first state, detecting motion of the moving object in a field of view of the first camera of the plurality of cameras;
- sending a command to a second camera of the plurality of cameras instructing the second camera to enter the first state to begin recording in response to detection of motion of the moving object in the field of view of the first camera, wherein the second camera is located inside of a building comprising the door and the second camera comprises a field of view being a greater distance from the door than the field of view of the first camera;
- subsequent to the second camera entering the first state, detecting, with the second camera, motion of the moving object within the field of view of the second camera;
- based on the motion of the moving object within the field of view of the second camera, determining that the moving object has moved away from the door;
- in response to determining that the moving object has moved away from the door, determining whether the moving object has exceeded a scope of access for the moving object;
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- transmitting an alert in response to determining that the scope of access has been exceeded.
At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a system, the system comprising an intelligent door lock system coupled to a door and comprising a door status device coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device, the door status device determining lock or unlock status of a lock of the door, a plurality of cameras configured to operate in a first state and a second state, wherein cameras of the plurality of cameras are configured to record when in the first state and not to record when in the second state, and the at least one processor, cause the system to perform a process comprising:
- sending a command to a first camera of the plurality of cameras instructing the first camera to enter the first state and begin recording;
- subsequent to the first camera entering the first state, detecting motion of a moving object in a field of view of the first camera of the plurality of cameras;
- sending a command to a second camera of the plurality of cameras instructing the second camera to enter the first state to begin recording in response to detection of motion in the field of view of the first camera, wherein the second camera is located inside of a building comprising the door and the second camera comprises a field of view being a greater distance from the door than the field of view of the first camera;
- subsequent to the second camera entering the first state, detecting, with the second camera, motion of the moving object within the field of view of the second camera;
- based on the motion of the moving object within the field of view of the second camera, determining that the moving object has moved away from the door;
- in response to determining that the moving object has moved away from the door, determining whether the moving object has exceeded a scope of access for the moving object;
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- transmitting an alert in response to determining that the scope of access has been exceeded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.