doorbell
August 2022
As VP of Design, I led this project: a powerful doorbell camera designed to always know who or what has arrived at your door. It is packed with all the essential camera features that support open industry standards such as ONVIF and RTSP, a needed and first-of-its-kind feature. See more below…
Sub-team collaborators: Kevin Hoffman, Andy Rubin, Cody Proksa, Chris Coley, Farzin Dehmoubed.
Through the lens of a true 180° field of view, Doorbell can see everything, day or night. It supports AI object detection, two way talk, NFC mobile tap for convenient access control, and works over battery or legacy wired power.
Accommodating all these features led to many industrial design constraints, to name a few: IR LEDs, PIR motion & fresnel lens, protruding camera lens, a large battery surface area, driver, mic, and screw terminals. A fun challenge that contributed to the final design in completion.
The form and CMF of the doorbell was designed to ensure it has a sense of place in its environment: An architectural, monolithic form factor with matte, textured materials, reading as an extension of a buildings exterior, as opposed to an added consumer electronic product. The button takes center stage, illuminating when motion is detected, instructing the proper UX interaction (ring me).
