Marie Van Brittan Brown was an American inventor. She was the inventor of the home security system in 1966, along with her husband Albert Brown. In the same year they jointly applied for a patent, which was granted in 1969. Brown was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York; she died there at the age of 76.
Marie Van Brittan Brown was the inventor of the first home security system. She is also credited with the invention of the first closed circuit television. ... The patent for the invention was filed in 1966, and it later influenced modern home security systems that are still used today.
