Smart Doorbell Visitor Feedback via Segmented Mesh Network
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current smart home systems lack comprehensive and integrated solutions for managing visitor interactions, security, and automation across various devices and environments, leading to inefficiencies and potential security vulnerabilities.
Innovation Solution
The development of intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices that communicate with each other and a central server or cloud-computing system to provide comprehensive home security and automation features, including visitor management, security scoring, and enhanced delivery tracking, through a mesh network of low-power and spokesman nodes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If smart home systems use multiple network-connected devices for visitor management, then visitor interaction capabilities are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides visitor management functionality across multiple specialized devices: doorbell interface for detection, computing system for analysis, and separate notification devices for feedback. Each device performs a specific function rather than requiring all capabilities in a single complex unit.
Solution Approach 2:
A computing system acts as an intermediary between the doorbell interface and notification devices. It receives visitor information from the doorbell, processes the data, and generates appropriate status messages to send to notification devices, simplifying the overall system architecture.
2Reliability
If the system provides comprehensive visitor management and security features, then home security is enhanced, but processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Processing tasks are segmented between the doorbell interface (detection and data collection) and the computing system (analysis and decision-making). This distribution prevents any single device from requiring excessive processing power while maintaining comprehensive security functionality.
3Extent of automation
If the system integrates multiple smart devices for automated control, then automation capability is improved, but device integration complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The computing system serves multiple functions: it processes visitor information, generates status messages, and can control various notification devices (lights, displays, audio devices). This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate control systems for each device type.
Data Source
AI summary
This patent specification relates to apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for providing home security/smart home objectives. More particularly, this patent specification relates to a plurality of devices, including intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices, that communicate with each other and/or with a central server or a cloud-computing system to provide any of a variety of useful home security/smart home objectives.