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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2023
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Grzegorz Rozek, Cracow, PL;
Matthew J. England, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Oleksii Krasnoshchok, Gdynia, PL;
Maksym Yemelin, Gdansk, PL;
Artem Kavalerov, Veldhoven, NL;
Mikhail Donskoi, Brovary, UA;
Serhii Diahlev, Kyiv, UA;
Serhiy Borshch, Bucha, UA;
Anton Cholpukh, Kyiv, UA;
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A video doorbell device comprises a main unit with an output device such as a speaker and sensors such as a camera and microphone, as well as a faceplate interface. The faceplate interface includes mechanical and electrical connections. Faceplate accessories may be changed by a user to provide different functionality as needed. A faceplate accessory that is connected to the interface may exchange information with the main unit via the electrical connections. Different faceplate accessories may provide specialized input buttons, additional sensors, area illumination, display devices to show customized messages, and so forth. Some faceplate accessories provide enhanced access control functionality by providing a keypad, fingerprint sensor, or a near-field communication (NFC) interface, and so forth. Communications between the faceplate accessories and the main unit may be secured. The main unit may also detect installation and removal of a faceplate accessory.