Apparatus and method for providing audio delivery notification with a doorbell

1. A system for providing audio notification comprising:

a communication device configured to communicate with a delivery arrival detection system;

a doorbell coupler configured to couple to a stationary doorbell device; and

a control circuit coupled to the communication device and the doorbell coupler, the control circuit being configured to:

receive a delivery notification from the delivery arrival detection system via the communication device; and

cause the stationary doorbell device to produce an audible sound via the doorbell coupler.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the delivery arrival detection system comprises a central server communicating with a delivery device comprising one or more of: an autonomous motored delivery device, a semiautonomous motored delivery device, an unmanned aerial vehicle, an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle, a delivery vehicle, and a portable user device carried by a delivery person.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the central server sends the delivery notification to the control circuit based on tracking a location of the delivery device.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the delivery arrival detection system comprises a sensor configured to detect a proximity of a delivery device comprising one or more of an autonomous motored delivery device, a semiautonomous motored delivery device, an unmanned aerial vehicle, an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle, a delivery vehicle, and a portable user device carried by a delivery person.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the sensor comprises one or more of a radio frequency beacon sensor, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag reader, a Wi-Fi transceiver, a short range radio receiver, a geofence sensor, a Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor, an infrared sensor, a motion sensor, and a range sensor.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the stationary doorbell device comprises a sound-making device and a button located at an entrance of a building.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the control circuit is configured to cause the sound-making device to produce the audible sound such that the audible sound is audibly distinguishable from a sound produced by the sound-making device when the button is actuated.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the doorbell coupler is wired to a power source of the stationary doorbell device and a sound-making device of the stationary doorbell device.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is coupled to a plurality of stationary doorbell devices each associated with a difference entrance of a building, and the control circuit is configured to select at least one of the plurality of stationary doorbell devices to actuate based on a delivery location indicated in the delivery notification.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is configured to cause the stationary doorbell device to produce a plurality of audibly distinguishable sounds.

11. A method for providing audio notification comprising:

coupling a delivery bell controller to a stationary doorbell device, the delivery bell controller comprises:

a communication device configured to communicate with a delivery arrival detection system;

a doorbell coupler configured to couple to the stationary doorbell device; and

a control circuit;

receiving, at the control circuit, a delivery notification from the delivery arrival detection system via the communication device; and

causing, with the control circuit, the stationary doorbell device to produce an audible sound via the doorbell coupler.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the delivery arrival detection system comprises a central server communicating with a delivery device comprising one or more of an autonomous motored delivery device, a semiautonomous motored delivery device, an unmanned aerial vehicle, an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle, a delivery vehicle, and a portable user device carried by a delivery person.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the central server sends the delivery notification to the control circuit based on tracking a location of the delivery device.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the delivery arrival detection system comprises a sensor configured to detect a proximity of a delivery device comprising one or more of an autonomous motored delivery device, a semiautonomous motored delivery device, an unmanned aerial vehicle, an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle, a delivery vehicle, and a portable user device carried by a delivery person.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the sensor comprises one or more of a radio frequency beacon sensor, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag reader, a Wi-Fi transceiver, a short range radio receiver, a geofence sensor, a Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor, an infrared sensor, a motion sensor, and a range sensor.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the stationary doorbell device comprises a sound-making device and a button located at an entrance of a building.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the control circuit is configured to cause the sound-making device to produce the audible sound such that the audible sound is audibly distinguishable from a sound produced by the sound-making device when the button is actuated.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the doorbell coupler is wired to a power source of the stationary doorbell device and a sound-making device of the stationary doorbell device.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the control circuit is coupled to a plurality of stationary doorbell devices each associated with a difference entrance of a building, and the control circuit is configured to select at least one of the plurality of stationary doorbell devices to actuate based on a delivery location indicated in the delivery notification.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the control circuit is configured to cause the stationary doorbell device to produce a plurality of audibly distinguishable sounds.

21. A system for providing audio notification comprising:

a doorbell device comprising:

a button located at an entrance of a building;

a sound-making device; and

a power source; and

a delivery bell controller coupled to the doorbell device comprising:

a communication device configured to communicate with a delivery arrival detection system; and

a control circuit coupled to the communication device and configured to:

receive a delivery notification from the delivery arrival detection system via the communication device; and

cause the power source to supply power to the sound-making device of the doorbell device.