Patent ID: 9013575
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G01J,G06K,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 system that comprises a visitor detection system, wherein the visitor detection system comprises at least one of a camera, a motion detector, and an infrared detector, wherein the visitor detection system is configured to detect a first indication suggestive of the first visitor, wherein the doorbell comprises a button that is configurable to enable the first visitor to sound a chime; configuring the doorbell system such that the visitor detection system comprises a field of view; using the visitor detection system to detect the first indication suggestive of the first visitor within a first portion of the field of view; determining that the first indication detected within the first portion of the field of view is not associated with a triggering of the button; reducing a first sensitivity of the doorbell system to a second indication suggestive of a second visitor within the first portion of the field of view to reduce a first probability of causing a first alert configured to notify the remote computing device regarding a presence of the second visitor, wherein the reducing is at least partially in response to determining that the first indication detected within the first portion of the field of view is not associated with the triggering of the button; using the visitor detection system to detect a third indication suggestive of a third visitor within a second portion of the field of view; and receiving a second alert regarding the third visitor with the remote computing device in response to detecting the third indication within the second portion.