Marie Van Brittan Brown

Marie Van Brittan Brown invented the home security system (patent number 3,482,037) in 1966, along with her husband Albert Brown. Marie Brown was born on 30 October 1922 and died on 2 February 1999 at the age of 76 in the same place she was born. Queens, New York. Brown got a good education. The patent was granted in 1969.

Brown's system had a set of 4 peep holes and a camera that could slide up and down to look at each one. Anything and everything the camera picked up would appear on a monitor. Also, a resident could unlatch the door by remote control.

Sources

• Social Security Death Index
• United States Patent Office
• Black Stars: African American Women Scientists and Inventors, by Sullivan et al., publ. Jossey-Bass, 2001, [ISBN 0-471-38707-X]
• http://www.black-inventor.com/Marie-Van-Brittan-Brown.asp

Persondata
Name	Brown, Marie Van Brittan
Alternative names	brown, Albert
Short description	Along with her husband brown,Albert they invented the home secerity system.
Date of birth	Monday 30 October 1922
Place of birth	Queens, New York
Date of death	Wednesday 2 February 1999
Place of death	Queens, New York