Emergency communications using client devices that are associated with audio/video recording and communication devices

    公开(公告)号:US11423764B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-23

    申请号:US17009049

    申请日:2020-09-01

    Abstract: Communicating with law enforcement agencies using client devices that are associated with audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices are provided. In one embodiments, a method for a client device for preventing redundant calls to an emergency call center is provided, the method comprising: receiving, at the client device, a notification, along with video footage associated with the notification, about an event generated by an A/V recording and communication device, the video footage captured by a camera of the A/V recording and communication device; receiving a request for contacting the emergency call center; informing one or more backend devices, in communication with the client device and a home security monitoring center that monitors a security system, of the received request to suppress a potential redundant call to the emergency call center from the home security monitoring center; and contacting the emergency call center.

    Monitoring and locating tracked objects using audio/video recording and communication devices

    公开(公告)号:US11381784B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-05

    申请号:US16114422

    申请日:2018-08-28

    Inventor: James Siminoff

    Abstract: Monitoring and locating tracked objects using audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for monitoring an object using a smart-home hub device in network communication with A/V recording and communication devices is provided, the method comprising: associating a tag having tag data compatible for use in a low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) with at least one tracked object to be located when missing; activating the smart-home hub device to monitor the at least one tracked object on a premises by listening for the tag data transmitted by the tag; determining when the at least one tracked object has been removed from the premises using the tag data; and transmitting to a first client device, an alert upon a determination that the at least one tracked object has been removed from the premises.

    Sharing video footage from audio/video recording and communication devices for parcel theft deterrence

    公开(公告)号:US11335172B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-17

    申请号:US17007298

    申请日:2020-08-31

    Inventor: James Siminoff

    Abstract: Systems and methods for communicating in a network using parcel theft share signals in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, an audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device comprises: a camera configured to capture first image data of a drop-off zone; a communication module; and a processing module comprising: a processor; and a parcel theft deterrence application that configures the processor to: monitor a parcel in the drop-off zone, wherein the parcel is associated with parcel tracking data; determine that the parcel has been removed from the drop-off zone; generate a parcel theft share signal using the first image data and the parcel tracking data, wherein the parcel theft share signal includes a command to share the first image data with a network of users; and transmit the parcel theft share signal to the backend server using the communication module.

    Wireless speaker devices for wireless audio/video recording and communication devices

    公开(公告)号:US11138867B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-05

    申请号:US16827535

    申请日:2020-03-23

    Abstract: A wireless speaker device configured for use with a wireless A/V recording and communication device, such as a doorbell. The wireless speaker device, which includes a speaker, may connect to the user's local area network (LAN), such as a Wi-Fi network. The LAN is connected to a wide area network (WAN), such as the Internet and/or a public switched telephone network (PSTN). When the wireless A/V recording and communication device detects a visitor, it sends a first signal, via the LAN, to device backend server in the WAN. In response, the back-end server in the WAN transmits a second signal, via the LAN, to the wireless speaker device. The second signal to the wireless speaker device includes a command for the wireless speaker device to emit a tone through its speaker. The wireless speaker device then emits a tone through its speaker to alert the user that a visitor is at the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

    Parcel delivery prediction-based theft detection

    公开(公告)号:US11049375B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-29

    申请号:US16735593

    申请日:2020-01-06

    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to identify a previously-not-present stationary object within a sequence of image frames. A system determines a first frame of the plurality of image frames where an object is not within a field of view of the camera of the A/V device. The system then analyzes other frames to determine that the object becomes present and is stationary within the field of view of the camera. The system may identify a person approaching and moving away from the A/V device. The system may identify a stationary vehicle within and subsequently not within the field of view of the camera. The system may use identification of the parcel to generate a control signal that changes the operational mode of the A/V device to parcel protect mode.

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