home security apartment

”Boggs hasn’t seen much competition or benefit from DIY and the outside players. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t affecting his business strategy. “We think there may be a place for us in that DIY market. I would hate to see as big a trend as that is going to be and ignore it. We are looking at options. ” What he is more excited about is the growing market overall.

alarms for homes

01.14.2007 | 34 Comments

g. , ZigBee, Z Wave, Insteon, Bluetooth, Wi Fi and other radio communication networks. In some implementations, the hub device 180 and devices coupled with/to the hub device can be controlled and/or interacted with via an application running on a smart phone, household controller, laptop, tablet computer, game console or similar electronic device. In some implementations, a user of such controller application can view status of the hub device or coupled smart devices, configure the hub device to interoperate with smart devices newly introduced to the home network, commission new smart devices, and adjust or view settings of connected smart devices, etc. In some implementations the hub device extends capabilities of low capability smart device to match capabilities of the highly capable smart devices of the same type, integrates functionality of multiple different device types—even across different communication protocols, and is configured to streamline adding of new devices and commissioning of the hub device. In some implementations, hub device 180 further includes a local storage device for storing data related to, or output by, smart devices of smart home environment 100.

cameras

01.14.2007 | 16 Comments

In some implementations, the lens assembly 704 is supported by a lens holder 1120 within the device housing 702, and the lens holder 1120 has a top edge raised towards the front cover plate 708 for blocking the infrared light generated by the array of IR illuminators 1105 from entering the lens assembly 704 directly. In some implementations, the IR illuminators 1105 include IR LEDs having a wavelength of 940 nanometers. In some implementations, the IR illuminators 1105 include IR LEDs having a wavelength of 850 nanometers. In some implementations, the image sensor for the doorbell camera 106 is less sensitive to 940 nm light than it is to 850 nm light. Therefore, IR LEDs having a 940 nm wavelength cause less interference with the image sensor than IR LEDs having an 850 nm wavelength. Further, in some implementations, a heat spreader 1128 is coupled to the IR illuminators 1105 to dissipate heat generated therefrom. The doorbell camera 106 may further include a speaker 1106 contained within a speaker box 1136 that is further disposed in proximity to speaker holes 718. When the speaker holes 718 are located on a bottom rim surface of the device housing 702, the speaker 1106 is placed behind the button assembly 1102 and faces the speaker holes 718. Given that the doorbell camera 106 includes both the microphone 1104 and the speaker 1106, a remote user may review live video streams captured by the camera module of the doorbell camera 106, and have a conversation in real time with the visitor. It is also desirable that the doorbell camera 106 can provide dynamic audio feedback to a user via the microphone 1104 and the speaker 1106. The feedback may concern an operational status of the doorbell camera 106 itself, a status of the outdoor environment surrounding the doorbell camera 106, the operational status of another electronic device associated with the doorbell camera 106, and/or the operational status of a set of electronic devices 106 associated with the doorbell camera.