On this day in 1969 the patent for Security System Utilizing Television Surveillance was granted. U.S. Patent No. 3,482,037.
The Home Security System Utilizing Television Surveillance was invented by Marie Van Brittan Brown and Albert L. Brown, from Jamaica, New York on December 2, 1969 as U.S. Patent No. 3,482,037.
The video and audio security system is for a house under control of an occupant thereof. The system includes a video scanning device at the entrance door of the house to scan a visitor outside the door, and includes audio intercommunication equipment inside and outside the door for conversing with the visitor outside the door. A lock is provided for the door with releasing means for the lock manually controlled by the occupant of the house.
This invention may have been created almost 50 years ago but we still use it today. Apartment buildings with secured entries use this, so do certain stores, as well as houses. With crime rates going up in a lot of places, people want to feel more secure and this is a great way to help with that. With this invention you will always know who is at the door and what they want. This eliminates you having to open the door not knowing what is waiting for you on the other side.
One of the perks this invention is not just that it’s a security camera but that it is also a security system. An alarm can be triggered to deter the would-be criminal and to alert a security guard or the police. The new advances of this have led to things like ADT or other home security systems. The new systems can even monitor the inside of the house and alert the fire department if a smoke alarm should go off.
Before we end this article, let’s just take a minute to appreciate the drawing of this invention. You have to chuckle just a little at the criminal’s appearance; they did a great job of making him look like a creepy intruder.
