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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2018
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Joshua Roth, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);

Trevor Phillips, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Jason Gluckman, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/196 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G08B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/19669 (2013.01); G08B 3/10 (2013.01); G08B 13/19656 (2013.01); G08B 13/19658 (2013.01); H04N 7/186 (2013.01); H04N 7/188 (2013.01); G08B 13/19667 (2013.01);
Abstract

Streaming and storing content captured by audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for transmitting and storing video images captured by an A/V recording and communication device including a camera and memory is provided, the method comprising: capturing video images of a field of view of the camera; detecting a person at the A/V recording and communication device; in response to detecting the person, storing a high-quality version of the video images at the memory of the A/V recording and communication device; determining an available network bit rate for video streaming; if the available network bit rate is above a threshold, then transmitting a high-quality video stream to a client device; and if the available network bit rate is below the threshold, then transmitting a low-quality video stream to the client device.


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