Systems, Methods, and Devices for Managing Coexistence of Multiple Transceiver Devices by Optimizing Component Layout

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016286169-A1
Application number	US-201615085927-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 30, 2016
Priority date	Feb 6, 2015
Publication date	Sep 29, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A camera assembly includes an enclosed housing having a rear surface, a front surface, and a periphery. The camera assembly also includes a lens module located within the housing and configured to receive light via the front surface, and a circuit board comprising communication circuitry located within the housing and configured to wireless communicate over a plurality of different communication protocols. The camera assembly further includes a first antenna arranged at a location on the circuit board, the first antenna configured for communication over a first one of the communication protocols, and a second antenna arranged at a location on the inner surface of the periphery, the second antenna configured for communication over a second one of the communication protocols.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A camera assembly, comprising:
an enclosed housing having a rear surface, a front surface, and a periphery; a lens module located within the housing and configured to receive light via the front surface; a circuit board comprising communication circuitry located within the housing and configured to wirelessly communicate over a plurality of different communication protocols; a first antenna arranged at a location on the circuit board, the first antenna configured for communication over a first one of the communication protocols; and a second antenna arranged at a location on the inner surface of the periphery, the second antenna configured for communication over a second one of the communication protocols.

2 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second antenna is arranged at the location on the inner surface of the periphery by an adhesive material.

3 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are configured to operate at the same frequency.

4 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are configured to operate at distinct frequencies.

5 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the communication circuitry includes a first circuit configured for communication over the first communication protocol and a second circuit configured for communication over the second communication protocol, wherein the first circuit and the second circuit are distinct.

6 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the communication circuitry is an integrated circuit configured for communication over both the first and second communication protocols.

7 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the communication circuitry is configured to wireless communicate over at least three different communication protocols.

8 . The camera assembly of claim 7 , wherein the second antenna is further configured for communication over a third one of the communication protocols.

9 . The camera assembly of claim 8 , wherein:
the first antenna is configured to transmit and receive, over the first communication protocol, signals comprising one or more of alerts, control signals and status information to and from other smart home devices; and the second antenna is configured to transmit and receive, over the second communication protocol signals for configuring the smart home device, and over the third communication protocol data corresponding to video captured by the smart home device.

10 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the communication circuitry is further configured to provide transmission access for communicating over the first communication protocol while denying transmission access for communicating over the second communication protocol, while detecting an activated priority control signal.

11 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna has a first orientation and the second antenna has a second orientation such that the impact from the presence and interference of each other antenna are suppressed.

12 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna or the second antenna is configured to transmit and receive wireless signals in a wireless local area network according to the IEEE 802.11 specifications.

13 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna or the second antenna is configured to transmit and receive wireless signals in a wireless personal area network according to the IEEE 802.15.4 standard.

14 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna or the second antenna is configured to transmit and receive wireless signals according to the Bluetooth Low Energy standard.

15 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are electrically coupled to a duplex that controls their connections to a single wireless receiver circuit.

16 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein video data captured by the lens module is exchanged between the camera assembly and a server using a wireless local area network.

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Sannala Mikko Pekka

Classifications

• H04L12/2836

  Protocol conversion between an external network and a home network (controlling appliance services of a home automation network from a device located outside the home and the home network H04L12/2818; protocol conversion H04L69/08; adaptation of digital video signals for transport over a specific home network H04N7/24) · CPC title

• H04L2012/2841

  Wireless · CPC title

• G08B17/113

  Constructional details · CPC title

• H04W48/10

  using broadcasted information · CPC title

• G08B13/19619 Primary

  Details of casing · CPC title