Doorbell package detection systems and methods
AssigneeSkyBell Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGregory Saul Harrison, Joseph Frank Scalisi
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Abstract
Delivery parcel detection systems can include a remote computing device and a doorbell configured to detect a delivery parcel. The doorbell can have a wireless communication system and a radio frequency identification reader. The remote computing device can be communicatively coupled with the doorbell via the wireless communication system. The delivery parcel can have a radio-frequency identification tag. The doorbell can be configured to detect the delivery parcel by detecting the radio-frequency identification tag.
Claims30
A delivery parcel detection system, the system comprising:
- a doorbell having a first wireless communication system, a camera, and a radio-frequency identification reader;
- a remote computing device communicatively coupled with the doorbell via the first wireless communication system;
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- a delivery parcel having a radio-frequency identification tag, wherein the doorbell is configured to detect the delivery parcel by the radio-frequency identification reader reading the radio-frequency identification tag, and wherein the camera is configured to take a first picture of the delivery parcel when the delivery parcel is placed within a field of view of the camera and a second picture of the delivery parcel when the delivery parcel is removed from the field of view of the camera.
A method of using a delivery parcel detection system comprising a first wireless communication system, a camera, and a radio-frequency identification reader, the method comprising:
- detecting, by the radio-frequency identification reader, a delivery parcel having a radio-frequency identification tag;
- sending, by the doorbell, a first notification regarding the delivery parcel to a remote computing device;
- taking, by the camera, a first picture of the delivery parcel when the delivery parcel is placed within a field of view of the camera;
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- taking, by the camera, a second picture of the delivery parcel when the delivery parcel is removed from the field of view of the camera.
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