Doorbell package detection systems and methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9799183-B2
Application number	US-201615008304-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 27, 2016
Priority date	Dec 6, 2013
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

Delivery parcel detection systems can include a doorbell having a first wireless communication system and a floor covering configured for placement on an entryway floor. The doorbell can be communicatively coupled to the floor covering. The floor covering can comprise a sensor configured to detect a delivery parcel located on the floor covering. Systems can include a first communication sent from the floor covering to the doorbell in response to the floor covering detecting an arrival, a movement, or a removal of the delivery parcel. Systems can also include a second communication sent from the doorbell to a remote computing device in response to the doorbell receiving the first communication.

First claim

The following is claimed:

1. A delivery parcel detection system, the system comprising:
a doorbell having a first wireless communication system;
a floor covering communicatively coupled to the doorbell, the floor covering comprising a sensor configured to detect a removal of a delivery parcel from the floor covering, wherein the system sends a first communication from the floor covering to the doorbell in response to the floor covering detecting the removal of the delivery parcel, and the system sends a second communication from the doorbell to a remote computing device in response to the doorbell receiving the first communication; and
a camera electrically coupled to at least one of the doorbell and the floor covering, wherein the second communication comprises a picture taken by the camera within five seconds of the sensor detecting the first indication.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the floor covering is a mat.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second communication comprises a first picture taken by the doorbell such that the doorbell is configured to send the first picture to the remote computing device in response to the floor covering detecting a presence of the delivery parcel.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the first picture shows the delivery parcel.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system is configured to detect an arrival of the delivery parcel to the floor covering.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein a first alert is displayed on the remote computing device in response to the remote computing device receiving the second communication from the doorbell.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a graphical user interface displayed on the remote computing device, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to display information regarding the delivery parcel.

8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a graphical user interface displayed on the remote computing device, wherein the doorbell comprises at least one light, and the graphical user interface is configured to enable changing at least one setting of the light of the doorbell.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the setting comprises a color of the light.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the setting comprises a brightness of the light.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the system automatically changes the setting in response to the floor covering detecting a presence of the delivery parcel.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first communication is a first wireless communication, and the second communication is a second wireless communication.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the doorbell comprises an electrical power consumption rate that increases in response to the floor covering detecting a presence of the delivery parcel.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the camera is configured to take at least one picture in response to the floor covering detecting a presence of the delivery parcel.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a pressure sensor configured such that placing the delivery parcel on the floor covering enables the pressure sensor to detect at least one of the removal of the delivery parcel and a presence of the delivery parcel.

16. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a video taken by the camera in response to the system detecting the removal of the delivery parcel.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the camera is configured to take a video in response to the camera detecting an object that has moved into a field of view of the camera during a period when the system has determined the delivery parcel is located on the floor covering.

18. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a motion detector electrically coupled to at least one of the doorbell and the floor covering, wherein the camera takes a video in response to the motion detector detecting a motion indication during a period when the system has determined the delivery parcel is located on the floor covering.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the first communication is sent from the floor covering to the doorbell in response to the floor covering detecting a presence of the delivery parcel.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the second communication comprises the video.

21. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a warning sound emitted from the doorbell in response to the system detecting a removal of the delivery parcel from the floor covering.

22. The system of claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a warning light and a warning sound emitted from at least one of the doorbell and the floor covering in response to the system detecting at least one of a motion and an object that has moved into a field of view of a camera of the doorbell, and in response to the system determining the delivery parcel is located on the floor covering.

23. The system of claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a warning light and a warning sound emitted from at least one of the doorbell and the floor covering in response to the system detecting a removal of the delivery parcel from the floor covering during a period when the system has determined that the remote computing device is at least one of not located within a predetermined distance of the doorbell and not located within a detection range of the doorbell.

24. A delivery parcel detection system, the system comprising:
a doorbell having a first wireless communication system;
a floor covering communicatively coupled to the doorbell, the floor covering comprising a sensor configured to detect a presence of a delivery parcel from the floor covering, and wherein the system sends a first communication from the floor covering to the doorbell in response to the floor covering detecting the presence of the delivery parcel, and the system sends a second communication from the doorbell to a remote computing device in response to the doorbell receiving the first communication; and
a camera electrically coupled to at least one of the doorbell and the floor covering, wherein the second communication comprises a picture taken by the camera within five seconds of the sensor detecting the first indication.

25. The system of claim 24 , further comprising a remote computing device communicatively coupled to at least one of the doorbell and the floor covering.

26. The system of claim 25 , wherein an alert is displayed on the remote computing device in response to the remote computing device receiving the second communication from the doorbell.

27. The system of claim 24 , further comprising a motion detector electrically coupled to at least one of the doorbell and the floor covering.

28. The system of claim 27 , wherein the camera takes a video in response to the motion detector detecting a motion indication during a period when the system has determined the delivery parcel is located on the floor covering.

29. The system of claim 24 , further comprising a light coupled to at least one of the doorbell and the floor covering, wherein the light automatically illuminates in response to the floor covering detecting the presence of the delivery parcel.

30. The system of claim 24 , further comprising a speaker coupled to at least one of the doorbell and the floor covering, wherein the speaker automatically emits a sound in response to the floor covering detecting the presence of the de

Assignees

• Skybell Technologies Inc

Inventors

• Harrison Gregory Saul
• Mejia Desiree
• Thomas Andrew Paul
• Scalisi Joseph Frank

Classifications

• G08B13/19619

  Details of casing · CPC title

• G08B13/10

  by pressure on floors, floor coverings, stair treads, counters, or tills · CPC title

• G08B13/19695

  Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves · CPC title

• G08B13/1472 Primary

  with force or weight detection · CPC title

• G08B3/10

  using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission · CPC title