Electronic doorbell system with text communication
US11145171B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 28, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/12
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic doorbell system can be configured to enable remote audio communications between a visitor at the doorbell and a user of a mobile computing device by exchanging speech-to-text and/or text-to-speech messages in real time. Audio captured by the visitor can be transcribed into text messages and sent to the user of the mobile device using a speech-to-text service. The user of the mobile device can send text messages to the doorbell for playback to the visitor by using a text-to-speech service. The system can also use artificial intelligence to detect the language spoken by the visitor for translating between a predetermined language of the user and the language of the visitor. The system can also include a camera for capturing video of the visitor for display to the mobile device simultaneous with exchanging text messages between the visitor and the user, such as during a live Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) communication.
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