ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,973, issued on April 14, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Configurable motion detection and alerts for audio/video recording and communication devices" was invented by Aaron Harpole (Santa Monica, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments provide a method for separating the motion detection zone(s) of an A/V recording and communication device from the motion alert zone(s) of the A/V recording and communication device. For example, an A/V recording and communication device may be configured to generate motion alerts, and to record audio and video footage, when an event is detected within a selected mo...