Patent ID: 8941736
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G08B,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for using a doorbell system to detect a first visitor, wherein the doorbell system comprises a doorbell and a remote computing device, the method comprising: obtaining the doorbell that comprises a camera and a button, wherein the button is configurable to enable the first visitor to sound a chime; configuring the camera of the doorbell such that the camera comprises a field of view; using the camera of the doorbell to take a first image; sending the first image from the doorbell to the remote computing device, wherein the remote computing device comprises an electronic display; displaying the first image on the electronic display of the remote computing device; prompting a user of the remote computing device to select a first detection zone within the first image, wherein the first detection zone comprises a portion of the first image; displaying a grid pattern on the first image on the electronic display of the remote computing device such that the first image is divided into at least six sections by lines that cross each other; selecting the first detection zone within the first image by the user touching at least a first subset of the sections on the electronic display of the remote computing device, wherein touching the first subset causes the first subset to be included in the first detection zone; using the camera of the doorbell to take a second image; analyzing the second image to detect a first indication of the first visitor and determining that the first indication of the first visitor in the second image is located outside of the first detection zone, and then the doorbell system deciding to not send an alert to the remote computing device in response to determining that the first indication of the first visitor in the second image is located outside of the first detection zone, wherein the alert is configured to notify the remote computing device regarding a presence of the first visitor; using the camera of the doorbell to take a third image; analyzing the third image to detect a second indication of the first visitor and determining that the second indication of the first visitor in the third image is located inside of the first detection zone; and sending the alert to the remote computing device in response to determining that the second indication of the first visitor in the third image is located inside of the first detection zone.