US 12,231,831 B2
Smart security camera with detection of suspicious cellphones
Frederic M Newman, Midland, TX (US); and Robert J Harter, La Crosse, WI (US)
Filed by Frederic M Newman, Midland, TX (US); and Robert J Harter, La Crosse, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/748,055.
Prior Publication US 2024/0348761 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 9/79 (2006.01); G08B 13/196 (2006.01); H04W 12/79 (2021.01)
CPC H04N 9/79 (2013.01) [G08B 13/19619 (2013.01); G08B 13/19656 (2013.01); G08B 13/19671 (2013.01); H04W 12/79 (2021.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A security camera method for monitoring an area associated with a resident and being accessible by a visitor with a mobile wireless device that has a MAC address; the security camera method involving the use of a security camera in the area, an internet-enabled device, and a packet scanner for receiving a plurality of probe requests including a first probe request from the first mobile wireless system and a second probe request from the second mobile wireless system; the security camera method comprising:
monitoring the area with the security camera;
monitoring the area with the packet scanner;
detecting, via the security camera, the visitor being in the area at a first instance of time, thereby defining a first event;
capturing, via the security camera, a first digital image of the visitor in the area at the first instance of time;
detecting, via the packet scanner, the first probe request transmitted from the mobile wireless system of the visitor proximate the first instance of time;
transmitting, via the packet scanner, the MAC address from the mobile wireless device of the visitor to the internet-enabled device proximate the first instance of time;
storing the first digital image of the visitor on the internet-enabled device;
storing the MAC address of the mobile wireless device of the visitor on the internet-enabled device;
pairing the first digital image and the MAC address to create a two-part digital ID of the visitor;
offering the resident, via the internet-enabled device, a labeling option to assign a label to the two-part digital ID of the visitor;
assigning a label to the two-part digital ID of the visitor via the resident interacting with the internet-enabled device;
detecting, via the security camera, the visitor being in the area at a second instance of time, thereby defining a second event;
capturing, via the security camera, a second digital image of the visitor in the area at the second instance of time;
detecting, via the packet scanner, the second probe request transmitted from the mobile wireless system of the visitor proximate the second instance of time;
transmitting, via the packet scanner, the MAC address from the mobile wireless device of the visitor to the internet-enabled device proximate the second instance of time; and
providing a notice to the resident, via the internet-enabled device, that the second event is associated with the label of the two-part digital ID based at least partially on the MAC address transmitted from the mobile wireless device of the visitor to the internet-enabled device proximate the second instance of time.