US 11,810,436 B2
Outdoor security systems and methods
Joseph Frank Scalisi, Yorba Linda, CA (US)
Assigned to SkyBell Technologies IP, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by SkyBell Technologies IP, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 31, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/139,614.
Application 17/139,614 is a continuation of application No. 16/734,221, filed on Jan. 3, 2020, granted, now 10,909,825.
Application 16/734,221 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/055,115, filed on Aug. 5, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/560,118, filed on Sep. 18, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0125473 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08B 13/196 (2006.01); G08B 5/38 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 13/19628 (2013.01) [G08B 5/38 (2013.01); G08B 13/1966 (2013.01); G08B 13/19619 (2013.01); G08B 13/19663 (2013.01); G08B 13/19684 (2013.01); G08B 13/19695 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A security system including an outdoor security device comprising:
a housing elongate along a first direction, the housing comprising a top end, a bottom end, and a hollow inner portion;
a light coupled to the housing and located within the hollow inner portion;
a camera and a lens coupled to the housing, the lens located between the camera and the top end such that the camera is configured to capture images around a perimeter of the outdoor security device; and
at least one directional microphone communicatively coupled to the camera and configured to determine a location of a detected sound whereby the camera performs a frame lock to capture an image associated with the detected sound.