Patents by Inventor Ethan Shayne
Ethan Shayne has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230110877Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for detecting packages delivering in the camera's blindspot. One of the methods includes detecting, using one or more images captured by a camera at a property, movement in an area of interest i) at the property, ii) that is included in a field of view of the camera and iii) was generated using historical data for packages delivered to the property; determining, using the detected movement in the area of interest, that a package was likely delivered; and in response to determining that the package was likely delivered, performing one or more automated actions for the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Ethan Shayne, Donald Gerard Madden, Allison Beach, Narayanan Ramanathan, Daniel Todd Kerzner
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Patent number: 11610320Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for remote camera-assisted robot guidance are disclosed. A method includes obtaining images of objects approaching a door of a property; identifying candidate paths to the door based on the images of the objects approaching the door of the property; determining movement capabilities of the objects; storing the candidate paths to the door labeled by the movement capabilities of the objects that took the paths; determining capability information for a robot at the property that indicates movement capabilities of the robot; selecting, from the candidate paths, a path for the robot to take to the door based on the movement capabilities of the robot and the labels of the candidate paths; and providing guidance information to the robot that guides the robot to the door along the selected path.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Object Video Labs, LLCInventors: Donald Gerard Madden, Ethan Shayne
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Patent number: 11587318Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for finding lost objects. In some implementations, a video frame is displayed. An input drawing a shape around an area of the video frame is received. A second video frame is displayed. An indication of the shape in the second video frame is displayed. An input to adjust the shape such that the shape is drawn around a second area is received.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: ObjectVideo Labs, LLCInventors: Ethan Shayne, Donald Gerard Madden, Brian Blue
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Publication number: 20220398750Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring delivered packages using video. A method includes obtaining a notification of a delivery of a package at a property that includes a first image depicting the package; obtaining a second image captured by a camera at the property; determining, using the first image and the second image, that the package has been delivered to the property; generating a package model that represents an appearance of the package; and tracking a location of the package for use in determining whether to provide an alert to a device about the location of the package. Determining that the package has been delivered to the property comprises: comparing the first image to a model of a scene of the property; determining that the first image satisfies similarity criteria for matching the model of the scene; and determining that the second image likely depicts the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Daniel Todd Kerzner, Allison Beach, Donald Gerard Madden, Ethan Shayne
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Publication number: 20220385767Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing targeted notifications. One of the methods includes determining a likely identity of a visitor who arrived at a property that is associated with two or more people, selecting, from the two or more people, a target person using the likely identity of the visitor, and sending, to a device of the target person, a notification that indicates that the visitor arrived at the property.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Donald Gerard Madden, Ethan Shayne
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Publication number: 20220307907Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for using thermal imaging to configure and/or augment temperature regulation operations within a property. In some implementations, a computing device obtains a thermal image of a region of a property. The thermal image identifies at least a surface within the region. A surface temperature of the surface is determined. An ambient temperature for the region is determined based at least on the surface temperature. The one or more temperature controls for the region are adjusted based at least on the ambient temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Ethan Shayne, Donald Gerard Madden
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Publication number: 20220295019Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for reducing a likelihood that a doorbell might be used. One of the methods includes determining that a visitor arrived at a premises; determining that the visitor used a computing device at a first time; determining that a user device of a person of the premises received a message at a second time; determining that the first time and the second time both satisfy a timing criteria; and in response to determining that the first time and the second time both satisfy the timing criteria, sending, to the user device, a notification that indicates that the visitor arrived at the premises.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Donald Gerard Madden, Ethan Shayne
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Publication number: 20220254004Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and monitoring areas of water damage or water management problems in a property are described. Monitoring devices can be deployed at different locations of a property to obtain sensor data and image data regarding the environmental conditions in potentially problematic areas of the property. An image obtained by the monitoring devices can be processed and compared with reference images or other image data that is filtered in a different manner that the image to identify portions of the image in which water damage or water management problems exist.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Ethan Shayne, Dana Eubanks, Donald Gerard Madden
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Patent number: 11359969Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for using thermal imaging to configure and/or augment temperature regulation operations within a property. In some implementations, a computing device obtains a thermal image of a region of a property. The thermal image identifies at least a surface within the region. A surface temperature of the surface is determined. An ambient temperature for the region is determined based at least on the surface temperature. The one or more temperature controls for the region are adjusted based at least on the ambient temperature.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: ObjectVideo Labs, LLCInventors: Ethan Shayne, Donald Gerard Madden
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Patent number: 11350243Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for location tracking. In some implementations, a corresponding method includes obtaining images of one or more persons within a property; identifying a heartbeat for each person of the one or more persons within the images; identifying a location for each person within the images; receiving a request that indicates a heartbeat signature generated from heartbeats sensed by a device worn by a user; determining that an identified heartbeat of a person of the one or more persons matches the heartbeat signature; in response to determining that the identified heartbeat of the person of the one or more persons matches the heartbeat signature, selecting the person as the user; and in response to selecting the person as the user, providing a response to the request based on a location of the person.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: ObjectVideo Labs, LLCInventors: Ethan Shayne, Donald Gerard Madden
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Publication number: 20220087498Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for automatically cleaning a portion of an environment. One of the methods includes detecting, by an automated cleaning system, movement within a physical environment; determining, by the automated cleaning system and using data that represents the movement, that one or more threshold criteria for cleaning at least a portion of the physical environment are satisfied; and in response to determining that the one or more threshold criteria for cleaning at least the portion of the physical environment are satisfied, sending, by the automated cleaning system, an instruction to a device in the physical environment to cause the device to initiate a cleaning process of at least the portion of the physical environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Donald Gerard Madden, Michael Kelly, Matthew Daniel Correnti, Ethan Shayne, Robert Nathan Picardi
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Publication number: 20220067337Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for drone-assisted thermal monitoring. One of the methods includes determining a first temperature measurement at a first location of a property, navigating from the first location to a second location of the property, determining a second temperature measurement at the second location, generating a thermal model for the property based on the first temperature measurement and the second temperature measurement, and providing the thermal model for output.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Babak Rezvani, Ahmad Seyfi, Glenn Tournier, Donald Gerard Madden, Ethan Shayne
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Patent number: 11250271Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for finding lost objects. In some implementations, an unassociated object that appeared in a video from a property is identified. Known entities for the property are identified. A number of times that the known entities appeared in videos from the property is obtained. An order to display the known entities for the property based on a number of times that the known entities appeared in videos from the property are determined. An indication that the unassociated object is associated with a particular entity of the known entities is received. An image of the unassociated object from the video in association with the particular entity of the known entities is stored.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: ObjectVideo Labs, LLCInventors: Ethan Shayne, Donald Gerard Madden, Gang Qian, Weihong Yin
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Publication number: 20220027637Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for property management and monitoring using a drone. In some implementations, images of an outside area corresponding to a property are obtained. From the images, it is determined that a person is approaching the property. A state of the property is identified. An action to perform by a drone is determined based on the images and a state of the property. The drone is instructed to navigate to the person and perform the action.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Donald Gerard Madden, Ethan Shayne, Babak Rezvani, Ahmad Seyfi, Glenn Tournier
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Publication number: 20210368279Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for emphasizing a portion of audio data. In some implementations, a method may include determining that a first person is wearing a hearing aid, determining, from images captured by a camera, that a second person is speaking to the first person, determining an audio stream for an environment in which the first person is located, determining whether more than one sound stream is encoded in the audio stream, based on determining that more than one sound stream is encoded in audio data, identifying a portion of captured sounds that corresponds to the second person speaking to the first person, and providing, to the hearing aid, audio data that increases a volume of the portion of captured sounds relative to other portions of the captured sounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Ethan Shayne, Donald Gerard Madden
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Publication number: 20210350680Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are described for implementing a smart security fastener. The smart security fastener includes a body configured to be installed at a property; and a head that is supported by the body. The head has circuitry that includes: a micro-processor that generates control signals; and a radio device that is coupled to the micro-processor. The radio device is operable to: i) transmit data to a property monitoring system based on the control signals, where the data indicates an installation status of the smart security fastener; and ii) receive a command from the property monitoring system that indicates authorization to uninstall the smart security fastener. The circuitry also includes a power source that powers each of the micro-processor and the radio device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Donald Gerard Madden, Ethan Shayne
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Publication number: 20210274133Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for pre-generating video event notifications are disclosed. A method includes obtaining images of a scene from a camera; determining that an event is likely to occur at a particular time based on the obtained images; in response to determining that the event is likely to occur at the first time, generating an instruction that triggers a user device to provide an alert to a user of the user device at the particular time; and providing the instruction to the user device. Providing the instruction to the user device includes providing alert data and an instruction to pre-cache the alert data until the particular time. The alert data includes at least one of: the obtained images; notification text to be displayed; a classification of an object identified in the images; the particular time that the event is likely to occur; or a classification of the event.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Donald Gerard Madden, Ethan Shayne
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Publication number: 20210256709Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for remote camera-assisted robot guidance are disclosed. A method includes obtaining images of objects approaching a door of a property; identifying candidate paths to the door based on the images of the objects approaching the door of the property; determining movement capabilities of the objects; storing the candidate paths to the door labeled by the movement capabilities of the objects that took the paths; determining capability information for a robot at the property that indicates movement capabilities of the robot; selecting, from the candidate paths, a path for the robot to take to the door based on the movement capabilities of the robot and the labels of the candidate paths; and providing guidance information to the robot that guides the robot to the door along the selected path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Donald Gerard Madden, Ethan Shayne
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Publication number: 20210251568Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for monitoring a person's sleep are described. Thermal images of a person sleeping can be captured using an infrared camera and processed to determine the body temperature of the person. A particular sleep stage and its duration can be determined using the body temperature. In addition, the data obtained from monitoring the person can be used to determine if the person is suffering from one or more sleep disorders or other health problems. In this manner, a person's sleep quantity and quality can be determined in a non-invasive, efficient, and comfortable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Ethan Shayne, Dana Eubanks, Donald Gerard Madden
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Publication number: 20210239534Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for using thermal imaging to configure and/or augment temperature regulation operations within a property. In some implementations, a computing device obtains a thermal image of a region of a property. The thermal image identifies at least a surface within the region. A surface temperature of the surface is determined. An ambient temperature for the region is determined based at least on the surface temperature. The one or more temperature controls for the region are adjusted based at least on the ambient temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Ethan Shayne, Donald Gerard Madden