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.
Claims20
A system for monitoring a dwelling comprising:
- a remotely operable lock coupled to a dwelling;
- at least one camera, including a first camera positioned at a door of the dwelling;
- at least one processor;
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- at least one storage having encoded thereon executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out a method comprising:
- in response to an instruction from a mobile device, unlocking the remotely operable lock, wherein unlocking the remotely operable lock causes the remotely operable lock to output data indicating an unlocked status of the remotely operable lock;
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- in response to receiving the data indicating the unlocked status of the remotely operable lock, initiating monitoring, with the at least one camera, motion of a moving object in a field of view of the first camera, wherein monitoring the motion of the moving object comprises determining whether the moving object has crossed a first boundary at least partially within the dwelling.
A method for controlling a system for monitoring a dwelling comprising a remotely operable lock coupled to the dwelling, the method comprising:
- in response to an instruction from a mobile device, unlocking the remotely operable lock, wherein unlocking the remotely operable lock causes the remotely operable lock to output data indicating an unlocked status of the remotely operable lock;
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- in response to receiving the data indicating the unlocked status of the remotely operable lock, initiating monitoring, with at least one camera including a first camera, motion of a moving object in a field of view of the first camera, wherein monitoring the motion of the moving object comprises determining whether the moving object has crossed a first boundary at least partially within the dwelling.
A system for monitoring a dwelling comprising:
- a remotely operable lock coupled to the dwelling;
- at least one camera, including a first camera positioned at a door of the dwelling;
- a server configured to communicate with the remotely operable lock, the at least one camera, and a mobile device, wherein the server is configured to:
- receive instruction from the mobile device to operate the remotely operable lock;
- in response to the instruction from the mobile device, unlocking the remotely operable lock, wherein unlocking the remotely operable lock causes the remotely operable lock to output data indicating an unlocked status of the remotely operable;
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- in response to receiving the data indicating the unlocked status of the remotely operable lock, cause the at least one camera to initiate monitoring motion of a moving object in a field of view of the first camera, wherein monitoring the motion of the moving object comprises determining whether the moving object has crossed a first boundary at least partially within the dwelling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.