monitoring alarm systems
In some configurations, the controllable lighting characteristics include one or more of on/off state, hue, saturation and/or brightness/intensity. In some configurations, the lighting elements are controlled individually to display an overall pattern e. g. , an entire ring or one or more portions of a ring that can be static or dynamic e. g. , one or more rotating portions of a ring consisting of a single displayed color or two or more different displayed colors. Each of the patterns can conform to a visual language and correspond to a camera status and/or a camera processing operation. For example, a color or a pattern of two or more different colors static or dynamic can indicate that the camera is on or off, has an active or inactive connection to a server e. g. , a server that performs image processing or that distributes video and notifications to remote users, is actively processing local information from the environment, or has received a notification or status information from another smart device in the home environment or a server. In some implementations that include a speaker, the physical feature e.