Modular Security Camera Housing for Multi-Sensor Threat Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional security camera devices are aesthetically unappealing, have large form factors, and suboptimal audio and video characteristics, and often fail to accurately detect imminent threats such as intruders or unwelcome guests.
Innovation Solution
A security camera device with a modular design comprising a first housing containing a camera, passive infrared (PIR) sensor, and RADAR, and a second housing with a loudspeaker, which together provide improved image and audio capturing capabilities, motion detection, and threat alert functionality through a combination of image processing, PIR sensor detection, and RADAR object positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If conventional security camera devices are used, then basic security monitoring is provided, but the devices are aesthetically unappealing and have large form factors
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into two separate housings: a first housing containing the camera and sensors, and a second housing containing the loudspeaker. This segmentation allows each housing to be optimized independently for both aesthetics and functionality, resolving the contradiction between compact form factor and comprehensive security features.
2Measurement precision
If conventional security camera devices are used, then basic monitoring is provided, but audio and video characteristics are suboptimal
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple detection technologies (passive infrared sensing and RADAR) with the camera and loudspeaker into a single integrated security device. This merging of functions improves audio and video characteristics through coordinated operation while managing device complexity through unified housing design.
3Measurement precision
If conventional security camera devices are used, then basic threat detection is provided, but the devices fail to accurately warn of imminent threats
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces passive infrared sensors and RADAR as intermediary detection layers between the camera and the threat. These intermediaries provide early warning of imminent threats by detecting motion and heat signatures before visual confirmation is possible, improving threat detection accuracy while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular integration.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The device offers enhanced threat detection and alert capabilities with improved aesthetics and performance, including efficient low-power operation and effective audio and video recording, addressing the limitations of existing devices.
Implementation Method 1
A security camera device with a modular design comprising a first housing containing a camera, passive infrared (PIR) sensor, and RADAR
Implementation Method 2
RADAR, and a second housing with a loudspeaker, which together provide improved image and audio capturing capabilities, motion detection, and threat alert functionality through a combination of image processing, PIR sensor detection, and RADAR object positioning
Data Source
AI summary
An audio/video (A/V) device includes a first housing and a second housing rotatably coupled to the first housing. The first housing includes a camera oriented in a first direction, one or more microphones oriented in the first direction, one or more first lighting elements oriented in the first direction, one or more second lighting elements oriented in a second direction, one or more third lighting elements oriented in a third direction, and one or more first contacts. The second housing includes a loudspeaker oriented in a fourth direction and one or more second contacts configured to engage with the one or one first contacts. An engagement between the one or more first contacts and the one or more second contacts communicatively couples the loudspeaker to computing components with the first housing.