Security system coupled to a door lock system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10977919-B2
Application number	US-201916558696-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2019
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Apr 13, 2021
Grant date	Apr 13, 2021

Abstract

A security system is coupled to a door lock system at a dwelling. A lock device is provided with a lock and a drive shaft. An intelligent door lock system includes: a door status device configured to couple to the drive shaft of the lock device, the door status device determining lock or unlock status of a the lock device, an engine that provides power to lock and unlock the lock and coupled to the door status device, the engine coupled to at least one wireless communication device at the dwelling configured to with a mobile device of a dwelling occupant for communication with the intelligent door lock system to lock or unlock the door, a circuit coupled to the engine, and an energy source coupled to the circuit and providing power to lock or unlock the door, wherein an occupant/owner, or end-user of the dwelling communicates with a server to grant third party access to the dwelling. A security system is configured to be coupled to the intelligent door lock system. The security system includes a video apparatus that captures video is coupled to a motion detection device to take a video of an image of the person or an outline of the person. The video apparatus is configured to provide communication with a communication device of the third party. In response to a communication with the video apparatus and the communication device of the third party, the third party is granted controlled access to the dwelling.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A security system coupled to a door lock system at a dwelling, the door lock system comprising a lock device with a lock and a drive shaft and an intelligent door lock system, the intelligent door lock system including a door status device configured to couple to the drive shaft of the lock device, the door status device determining lock or unlock status of the lock device, an engine that provides power to lock and unlock the lock and coupled to the door status device, the security system coupled to the intelligent door lock system, the security system comprising:
a video apparatus configured to capture video; and
at least one processor configured to:
in response to a motion detection by a motion detection device, identify at least a portion of the video to be retained, at least some of the at least a portion of the video having been captured prior to the motion detection, wherein identifying the at least a portion of the video to be retained comprises selecting a buffer size based at least in part on analysis of the motion detection.

2. The security system of claim 1 , wherein the video apparatus comprises a doorbell camera.

3. The security system of claim 1 , Wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
in response to the motion detection, combine the at least some of the at least a portion of the video with video captured by the video apparatus after the motion detection.

4. The security system of claim 1 , wherein the motion detection is triggered in response to detection of motion at the dwelling.

5. The security system of claim 1 , wherein the motion detection is triggered in response to detection of a person at the dwelling.

6. The security system of claim 5 , wherein the detection of the person comprises detection of the person in one or more frames captured by the camera.

7. The security system of claim 5 , wherein the detection of the person comprises detection of a same person in two or more frames captured by the camera.

8. A system for monitoring access at a dwelling, comprising:
an intelligent door lock system comprising at least one sensor configured to output a value indicative of a lock or unlock status of a lock;
a camera coupled to the intelligent door lock system, the camera configured to capture video; and
at least one processor configured to:
in response to a motion detection by a motion detection device, identify at least a portion of the video to be retained, at least some of the at least a portion of the video having been captured prior to the motion detection, wherein identifying the at least a portion of the video to be retained comprises selecting a buffer size based at least in part on analysis of the motion detection.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least some of the at least a portion of the video is captured for a particular time period in accordance with the buffer size.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to buffer the at least some of the at least a portion of the video captured for the particular time period.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein in response to the motion detection, the at least one processor is further configured to:
combine the buffered at least some of the at least a portion of the video with video captured by the camera after the motion detection.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the motion detection is triggered in response to detection of motion at the dwelling.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the motion detection is triggered in response to detection of a person at the dwelling.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the detection of the person comprises detection of the person in one or more frames captured by the camera.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the detection of the person comprises detection of a same person in two or more frames captured by the camera.

16. A method for monitoring access to a dwelling, comprising:
capturing video using a camera coupled to an intelligent door lock system including at least one sensor configured to output a value indicative of a lock or unlock status of a lock;
detecting motion at the dwelling using a motion detection device; and
in response to a motion detection by the motion detection device, identifying at least a portion of the video to be retained, at least some of the at least a portion of the video having been captured prior to the motion detection, wherein identifying the at least a portion of the video to be retained comprises selecting a buffer size based at least in part on analysis of the motion detection.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
in response to the motion detection, appending the at least some of the at least a portion of the video to video captured by the camera after the motion detection.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the motion detection is triggered in response to detection of a person at the dwelling.

19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
initiating a communication session with a mobile device associated with an occupant, or owner, or end-user of the dwelling in response to the motion detection.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein initiating the communication comprises initiating a video call to the mobile device.

Assignees

• August Home Inc

Inventors

• Johnson Jason
• Letourneur Herve Jacques Clement
• Baradel Luca
• Dow Christopher

Classifications

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• G08B13/19695 Primary

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• G08B13/08

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• E05B2047/0091

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• E05B2047/002

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