Marie Van Brittan Brown - Wikipedia Marie Van Brittan Brown This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2010 ) Marie Van Brittan Brown ( 1922 - 10 - 30 ) 30 October 1922 2 February 1999 ( 1999 - 02 - 02 ) ( aged 76 ) Marie Van Brittan Brown ( October 30, 1922 -- February 2, 1999 ) was an African - American inventor, becoming the originator of the home security system ( patent number 3,482,037 ) in 1966, along with her husband Albert Brown, a patent was granted in 1969. Brown was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York ; she died there at the age of 76. Brown 's system had a set of four peep - holes and a camera that could slide up and down to look at each one. Anything and everything the camera picked up would appear on a monitor. Also, a resident could unlatch the door by remote control. Although the system was originally intended for domestic uses, many businesses began to adopt her system due to its effectiveness. For her invention she received an award from the National Science Committee. The system included a device that enabled a homeowner to use a television set to view the person at the door and hear the caller 's voice. Brown cited the inspiration for her invention as the long time it would take for police to arrive at a house after being called by residents. Sources Social Security Death Index United States Patent Office Black Stars : African American Women Scientists and Inventors, by Sullivan et al., publ. Jossey - Bass, 2001, ISBN 0 - 471 - 38707 - X References Jump up ^ Marie Van Brittan Brown biography at African American Registry. ^ Jump up to : `` Inventor Marie Van Brittan Brown born African American Registry ''. www.aaregistry.org. Retrieved 2016 - 02 - 22. Jump up ^ Webster, Raymond B. ( 1999 ). African American firsts in science & technology. Detroit ( u.a. ) : Gale. p. 127. ISBN 0787638765. This article about an American scientist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marie_Van_Brittan_Brown&oldid=817537733 '' Categories : 1922 births 1999 deaths American inventors Women inventors African - American inventors American scientist stubs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from December 2010 All articles needing additional references Articles with hCards All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Español Português Edit links This page was last edited on 29 December 2017, at 01 : 23. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

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