# US 2021/0280031 A1 · Intelligent door lock system with camera and motion detector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0280031 A1 - Document ID: US20210280031A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/218,253 - Filed: 2021-03-31 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2015-06-04 - Assignees: August Home, Inc. - Applicants: August Home, Inc. - Inventors: Jason Johnson; Peter Fornell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210280031A1 ## CPC - G08B 13/19695: {Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves} - G07C 9/00: Individual registration on entry or exit - G07C 9/00904: {for hotels, motels, office buildings or the like} - G08B 13/1966: {Wireless systems, other than telephone systems, used to communicate with a camera} - H04L 12/282: {based on user interaction within the home (receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204)} - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - G07C 2209/64: using a proximity sensor - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A wireless camera system. One or more wireless bridges include a computing device, an internet-facing radio, and a second radio, a first radio within communication range of the second radio of the wireless bridge, and a third internet-facing radio responsible for transmitting video. One or more cameras are provided. A motion detection device coupled to the one or more cameras. In a first step the motion detection device detects motion of an individual approaching a dwelling, and in a second step if the motion detector detects the approach then the camera is turned on in sufficient time to take a face or body picture of the individual. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -20. (canceled) ### Claim 21 An apparatus for use with a motion detector and a camera, the 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, the apparatus comprising: at least one processor; a first transceiver to communicate wirelessly according to a first wireless communication protocol; and at least one storage medium 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, the method comprising: in response to the motion detector detecting motion at a dwelling, instructing the camera to exit the lower-power mode, wherein instructing the camera to exit the lower-power mode comprises communicating at least one message to the camera via the first transceiver and according to the first wireless communication protocol; and in response to determining that the motion at the dwelling satisfies at least one condition, triggering the camera to capture an image and/or video and to transmit the image and/or video to the Internet via a second wireless communication protocol. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the first wireless communication protocol is a wireless personal area network protocol (WPAN) and the second wireless communication protocol is a wireless local area network (WLAN) or wireless wide area network (WWAN) protocol. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein: the camera comprises a second transceiver to communicate wirelessly according to the first wireless communication protocol, the camera further comprises a third transceiver to communicate wirelessly according to the second wireless communication protocol, and triggering the camera to capture an image and/or video comprises instructing the camera to capture the image and/or video and to transmit the image and/or video to the Internet via the third transceiver. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein determining that the motion at the dwelling satisfies at least one condition comprises: determining that the motion corresponds to a body; and detecting the body within a threshold distance of the dwelling. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The apparatus of claim 24, wherein: the threshold distance is a second threshold distance; detecting motion at the dwelling with the motion detector comprises detecting motion within a first threshold distance of the dwelling, the first threshold distance being greater than the second threshold distance. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The apparatus of claim 24, wherein triggering the camera to capture an image and/or video comprises triggering the camera to capture an image and/or video of the body. ### Claim 27 (depends on 24) The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the body comprises a human body. ### Claim 28 A system comprising: a motion detector; a camera comprising a first transceiver and a second transceiver, the camera adapted to operate in a lower-power mode in which the second transceiver is disabled and a higher-power mode in which the second transceiver is enabled, the camera consuming less power in the lower-power mode than in the higher-power mode, the first transceiver configured to communicate according to a first wireless communication protocol and the second transceiver configured to communicate according to a second wireless communication protocol; and at least one computing device comprising: a third transceiver configured to communicate according to the first wireless communication protocol; and at least one control circuit configured to: in response to receiving an indication that the motion detector detected motion at a dwelling, communicating to the camera, via at least one first message transmitted from the third transceiver, an instruction to exit the lower-power mode; and in response to determining that the motion at the dwelling satisfies at least one condition, communicating to the camera, via at least one second message transmitted from the third transceiver, an instruction to capture an image and/or video. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The system of claim 28, wherein the first wireless communication protocol is a wireless personal area network protocol (WPAN) and the second wireless communication protocol is a wireless local area network (WLAN) or wireless wide area network (WWAN) protocol. ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The system of claim 28, wherein: the motion detector comprises a fourth transceiver configured to communicate according to the first wireless communication protocol; and receiving the indication that the motion detector detected motion comprises receiving at least one third message via the third transceiver, the at least one third message indicating that motion was detected. ### Claim 31 (depends on 28) The system of claim 28, wherein the camera is configured to, in response to receiving the at least one second message, capture the image and/or video and transmit the image and/or video via the second transceiver and according to the second wireless communication protocol. ### Claim 32 (depends on 28) The system of claim 28, wherein determining that the motion at the dwelling satisfies at least one condition comprises: determining that the motion corresponds to a body; and detecting the body within a threshold distance of the dwelling. ### Claim 33 (depends on 32) The system of claim 32, wherein: the threshold distance is a second threshold distance; detecting motion at the dwelling with the motion detector comprises detecting motion within a first threshold distance of the dwelling, the first threshold distance being greater than the second threshold distance. ### Claim 34 (depends on 32) The system of claim 32, wherein the body comprises a human body. ### Claim 35 A method performed by a wireless bridge in communication with a motion detector and a camera, the 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, the wireless bridge comprising a first transceiver to communicate wirelessly according to a first wireless communication protocol, the method comprising: in response to the motion detector detecting motion at a dwelling, instructing the camera to exit the lower-power mode, wherein instructing the camera to exit the lower-power mode comprises communicating at least one message to the camera via the first transceiver and according to the first wireless communication protocol; and in response to determining that the motion at the dwelling satisfies at least one condition, triggering the camera to capture an image and/or video and to transmit the image and/or video to the Internet via a second wireless communication protocol. ### Claim 36 (depends on 35) The method of claim 35, wherein the first wireless communication protocol is a wireless personal area network protocol (WPAN), and the second wireless communication protocol is a wireless local area network (WLAN) or wireless wide area network (WWAN) protocol ### Claim 37 (depends on 35) The method of claim 35, wherein: the camera comprises a second transceiver to communicate wirelessly according to the first wireless communication protocol; the camera further comprises a third transceiver to communicate wirelessly according to the second wireless communication protocol; and triggering the camera to capture an image and/or video comprises instructing the camera to capture the image and/or video and to transmit the image and/or video to the Internet via the third transceiver. ### Claim 38 (depends on 35) The method of claim 35, wherein determining that the motion at the dwelling satisfies at least one condition comprises: determining that the motion corresponds to a body; and detecting the body within a threshold distance of the dwelling. ### Claim 39 (depends on 38) The method of claim 38, wherein: the threshold distance is a second threshold distance; detecting motion at the dwelling with the motion detector comprises detecting motion within a first threshold distance of the dwelling, the first threshold distance being greater than the second threshold distance. ### Claim 40 (depends on 38) The method of claim 38, wherein the body comprises a human body.