Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Camera networked by light bulb socket
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Application No.: US16299642Application Date: 2019-03-12
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Publication No.: US10587846B1Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Benjamin Asher Berg , Charles Richard Alpert
- Applicant: Alarm.com Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US VA Tysons
- Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Tysons
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; H04N5/225 ; F21K9/237 ; F21V29/70

Abstract:
Techniques are described for using an integrated lightbulb camera system for monitoring a property. The integrated lightbulb camera system can have a housing that includes one or more cameras, a power-line communication (PLC) chip, and one or more processors. The PLC chip can be configured to enable communications between the lightbulb camera system and one or more external devices. The one or more processors can be configured to control the one or more cameras to capture one or more images and control the PLC chip to transmit at least one of the one or more captured images over a power-line to at least one of the one or more external devices. The integrated lightbulb camera can also have a lightbulb compatible screw base that is configured to mount the housing to a lightbulb socket and accept electrical current that is provided to the housing.
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