Abstract: A smoke detector includes a tamper indicator that can prevent a cover from at least partially covering a battery location and/or mounting of a detector body to a detector mount if a battery is not located at the battery location of the detector body. The detector mount and/or cover can engage with the detector body by relative rotation about an engagement axis, and the tamper indicator can pivot about a pivot axis that is parallel to the engagement axis and/or move along a linear path. The tamper indicator can prevent engagement of a portion of the detector mount, such as an intermediate component between the detector body and a base of the detector mount, with the detector body. The intermediate component can at least partially cover the battery location when engaged with the detector body. The base of the detector mount can engage with the detector body via the intermediate component.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 12, 2023
Publication date:
August 3, 2023
Applicant:
SimpliSafe, Inc.
Inventors:
Chaim Carmiel Futran, Scott Joseph Thorne, Dirk Ahlgrim, Scott A. Conner
Abstract: A smoke detector includes detector mount that can define a cavity into which air can flow to a detector component of a detector body engaged with the detector mount. The detector mount can include a base, e.g., that defines a cavity into which air can flow and/or into which a portion of the detector body can extend, and an intermediate component that can removably engage with both the base and the detector body so the base is engaged with the detector body via the intermediate component. The intermediate component can include fins or other features to direct air flow in the cavity to one or more portions of the detector body.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 12, 2022
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2023
Assignee:
SimpliSafe, Inc.
Inventors:
Chaim Carmiel Futran, Scott Joseph Thorne, Dirk Ahlgrim
Abstract: A smoke detector includes a tamper indicator that can prevent a cover from at least partially covering a battery location and/or mounting of a detector body to a detector mount if a battery is not located at the battery location of the detector body. The detector mount and/or cover can engage with the detector body by relative rotation about an engagement axis, and the tamper indicator can pivot about a pivot axis that is parallel to the engagement axis and/or move along a linear path. The tamper indicator can prevent engagement of a portion of the detector mount, such as an intermediate component between the detector body and a base of the detector mount, with the detector body. The intermediate component can at least partially cover the battery location when engaged with the detector body. The base of the detector mount can engage with the detector body via the intermediate component.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 14, 2021
Date of Patent:
June 13, 2023
Assignee:
SimpliSafe, Inc.
Inventors:
Chaim Carmiel Futran, Scott Joseph Thorne, Dirk Ahlgrim, Scott Conner
Abstract: The techniques described herein relate to computerized methods, systems and non-transitory computer-readable media for determining a plurality of regions of interest from an image of a scene for motion detection. The methods can include generating the regions of interest using image segmentation techniques and receiving user selection to designate one or more regions as motion detection zones. The methods can also automatically recommend motion detection zones. The methods can include subsequently capturing one or more images of a scene and performing motion detection in the one or more images of the scene using the designated motion detection zones.
Abstract: A camera includes an always on circuit including a motion or other sensor and/or communications module that are always provided with electrical power, and a sleep circuit including an imaging module configured to activate and provide power to components of the sleep circuit only intermittently and based on a signal from the always on circuit. The communications module can send a notification that the motion sensor has detected motion before or during a start up time period when the imaging module is not ready to capture image data. The communications module can receive a signal while components of the sleep circuit are in a low power mode indicating that a user has activated an application via which the user can request image data from the imaging module, and in response the imaging module can be activated to be in an operational state.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 23, 2022
Publication date:
March 2, 2023
Applicant:
SimpliSafe, Inc.
Inventors:
Jason Carter, Roy Grindall, Kensly Plimouth, Mo Zhu, Rahul Subramany
Abstract: A smoke detector includes detector mount that can define a cavity into which air can flow to a detector component of a detector body engaged with the detector mount. The detector mount can include a base, e.g., that defines a cavity into which air can flow and/or into which a portion of the detector body can extend, and an intermediate component that can removably engage with both the base and the detector body so the base is engaged with the detector body via the intermediate component. The intermediate component can include fins or other features to direct air flow in the cavity to one or more portions of the detector body.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 12, 2022
Publication date:
November 17, 2022
Applicant:
SimpliSafe, Inc.
Inventors:
Chaim Carmiel Futran, Scott Joseph Thorne, Dirk Ahlgrim
Abstract: A smoke detector includes a tamper indicator that can prevent a cover from at least partially covering a battery location and/or mounting of a detector body to a detector mount if a battery is not located at the battery location of the detector body. The detector mount and/or cover can engage with the detector body by relative rotation about an engagement axis, and the tamper indicator can pivot about a pivot axis that is parallel to the engagement axis and/or move along a linear path. The tamper indicator can prevent engagement of a portion of the detector mount, such as an intermediate component between the detector body and a base of the detector mount, with the detector body. The intermediate component can at least partially cover the battery location when engaged with the detector body. The base of the detector mount can engage with the detector body via the intermediate component.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 14, 2021
Publication date:
November 17, 2022
Applicant:
SimpliSafe, Inc.
Inventors:
Chaim Carmiel Futran, Scott Joseph Thorne, Dirk Ahlgrim, Scott Conner
Abstract: An optical device, such as a camera or spot light, having first and second removably engagable components. Disengagement of the components exposes a battery compartment in the second component. The first component can include all optical components of the optical device, such as a camera or light. A magnetic mount can provide a secure and adjustable mounting for the optical device housing on a support.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 13, 2022
Publication date:
November 3, 2022
Applicant:
SimpliSafe, Inc.
Inventors:
Scott Joseph Thorne, Dirk Ahlgrim, Rahul Subramany, Rebecca Petersen, Darrell Andrew Holigan