Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

Uday Krishna Garpathi

Christopher Stone

David Urban

Benny Pruden

Joseph Thomas Rodolico

Gary Michael Rekstad, Jr

Joseph Frank

Vijayanand Dubey

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for using one or more components of a device, such as a camera, to generate complementary heat for the device, such as a camera lens of the device. In one aspect this can be accomplished by activating the one or more components and/or by causing the one or more components to operate in a particular manner expected to generate heat. The generated heat may be instead of or in addition to heat generated by one or more dedicated heaters. The selected components may produce heat as an incidental effect for performing other functions of the device.

Device temperature control using device components

A device (e.g., a security device, a video doorbell, a security camera, etc.) may receive an input voltage and based on the input voltage may determine the input power available to the device. The device may access various power level requirements associated with one or more functional components associated with the device. The device may then determine one or more functional components to activate or set to an active status on the device based on the input power available to the device, component power level requirements for one or more of the functional components, and other factors such as priority levels and preferences.

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for power management of a video doorbell

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