Abstract: An electronic monitoring system is provided that implements at least two communication paths using primary and secondary radios for facilitating self-installation or setup of electronic devices such as monitoring devices and/or various smart home devices using one of the communication paths to transmit various network and other credentials. The system may allow a device to automatically set itself up by scanning for a cooperating network device, such as a hub, that can provide network and/or user account information to the device, facilitating integration or onboarding of the device with minimal or without user action. The secondary radio may have a range at least commensurate with, and typically longer than, the range of the primary radio, permitting device setup anywhere within the system's primary coverage area.

Abstract: In an electronic monitoring system, an array of ground-level sensors and aircraft sensors are integrated to provide comprehensive security and privacy sensing of different types of threats. Information from the ground-level sensors may be used to augment the detection and identification of aircraft such as piloted airplanes or unmanned drones, and a white list system may be used to reduce false positive alerts for routine delivery aircraft and the like.

Abstract: An electronic monitoring system and method are provided. The electronic monitoring system monitors communication of data between a device primary radio of a monitoring device and a hub primary radio through a primary communication path. Communication of the data is transferred to a secondary communication path between a device secondary radio of the monitoring device and a hub secondary radio in response to the detection of a disruption on the primary communication path resulting from interference or jamming of communications over the primary communication path. The primary and secondary radios operate a different frequencies.

Abstract: A safety button includes an activation element, a first communication device, a second communication device, and a controller. The first communication device is configured to connect the safety button to a WLAN, while the second communication device is configured to connect the safety button to a user device such as a smart phone. The controller is in communication with the first and second communication devices. The controller is configured to cause the safety button to communicate with the WLAN via the first communication device if the safety button is connected to the WLAN, and to cause the safety button to communicate with the user device via the second communication device if the safety button is not connected to the WLAN. Upon actuation of the activation element, an alert signal is communicated to a remote server by way of either the WLAN or the user device.

Abstract: An electronic monitoring system is provided that implements multiple wireless communication paths for facilitating connectivity evaluations of potential mounting locations of wirelessly networked devices, such as monitoring devices. The system can provide real-time feedback of when the monitoring device moves from within communication range of a hub to outside of its communication range. The feedback may be sent using a secondary communication path of the system, allowing the system to communicate information about the state of its primary communication path connectivity.

Abstract: A programmable smart button includes a housing, at least one interactive surface, a controller, and a programmable display adjustable by a user interfacing with a user device such as a smart phone. The display may include a module identifier indicator that identifies a module being controlled by the smart button as well as function indicator associated with an interactive surface of the smart button. The controller is in communication with the display and is configured to set the information in the indicators shown by the display and to determine the function(s) of the interactive surface(s). The display may be a low power display, such as a bistable display, having negligible effect on the battery life of the smart button.

Abstract: An electronic monitoring system is provided that implements primary and secondary communication paths for enabling monitoring activities and troubleshooting activities upon disruption or failure of communications through the primary communication path. When operational/monitoring communications through a primary communication path are compromised, the system communicates through a secondary communication path to facilitate diagnostics of the issues in the primary communication path. The primary and secondary communication paths may transmit data at different frequencies. The frequency of the secondary communication path may be lower than that of the primary communication path with a longer range and may be in a sub-GHz (gigahertz) frequency band.

Abstract: A method of and system are disclosed for detecting various gestures by an imaging device and executing a task assigned to these gestures. For instance, the task could include a number of smart home functions, as well as various text and other communication transmissions. The imaging device, which can be a digital camera, is wirelessly communicable with one or more base stations and/or access points over a wireless local area network. The imaging device transmits images and/or videos, which can be reviewed by a computer vision program (“CV”). CV can identify potential gestures in the images and/or videos and compare any such images and/or videos to a database of known gestures. When a gesture is detected, a corresponding task, such as a smart home action, may be executed. Additionally, CV may use facial recognition to first identify an individual, and then execute a task specific to the identified individual based on a detected gesture.

Abstract: A method and a smart security camera system are provided for automatically adjusting an activity zone relative to a field of view of a security system imaging device such as video camera. The activity zone is within an initial field of view of the imaging device's camera and includes a monitored area of interest. An image of the activity zone is compared with an image of the updated field of view to determine a position of the activity zone relative to the area of interest in the updated field of view. The activity zone is automatically moved in the updated field of view to the determined position, if necessary. The activity zone thus is shifted a necessary within the updated field of view to encompass the area of interest.

Abstract: A camera-based monitoring system is provided that that, upon generation of an alert or notification, can provide a video clip formed from multiple frames or images to the notification system of a user-accessible monitoring device, such as a cell phone, to make it easy detect an object that is moving in the camera's field of view. Since the human eye is extremely sensitive to motion, the “triggering object” whose activities triggered image acquisition can be identified more easily, rapidly, and reliably from the video clip than from a still image. In addition to including the camera and detector(s), the system may include a base station and a controller.

Abstract: A sanitizing system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the sanitizing system includes a sanitizing apparatus, the sanitizing apparatus including an ultraviolent light source and a processor configured to control operation of the ultraviolet light source based on one or more user inputs received by the processor; and a remote device configured to transmit the one or more user inputs to the processor.

Abstract: A lighting device formed of a FIPEL panel driven by electrical connection. For example, a frequency generator can create a frequency that creates a light output having any frequency in the spectrum. The light emitting panel can be flexible, and can be coded along a curved surface, such as the inner surface of a light bulb.

Abstract: A FIPEL device used as an illuminating part for a display.

Abstract: A display system, having an emissive body, emitting light in a way that is color temperature controllable. The light emission can be from zones. The emissive body can be a FIPEL type device with a first transparent conductive coating over a light emitting substrate. The zones are each separately controllable for color temperature.

Abstract: A display system, having an emissive body, emitting light in a way that is color temperature controllable. The light emission can be from zones. The emissive body can be a FIPEL type device with a first transparent conductive coating over a light emitting substrate. The zones are each separately controllable for color temperature.