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 system comprising:
- an electronic doorbell including a housing;
- a light source coupled to the housing;
- a detection device, coupled to the housing, selected from the group consisting of a microphone, a motion detector, a camera, a user-activated button and combinations thereof;
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- a canister coupled to a bottom surface of the housing adjacent the light source, wherein the canister comprises at least one lens coupled to a film holder, wherein the at least one lens is configured to allow light from the light source to pass through the at least one lens, the light source being operable to project an illumination onto a ground surface, in front of the electronic doorbell, in response to an event detected by the detection device.
A method of projecting an illumination by an electronic doorbell comprising at least one lens removably coupled to a film holder, a detection device coupled to the electronic doorbell wherein the detection device 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 detection device, wherein the light is configured to pass through the at least one lens and project the illumination through the at least one lens onto a ground surface, the method comprising:
- detachably coupling the film holder to the at least one lens of the electronic doorbell;
- receiving, by the electronic doorbell, a notification of a trigger event;
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- in response to the receiving, projecting, by the light, the illumination onto the ground surface, wherein the projecting comprises emitting, by the light, the illumination through the at least one lens and onto the ground surface, such that a design of the illumination is determined by the at least one lens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.