<P> Marie Van Brittan Brown ( October 30 , 1922 -- February 2 , 1999 ) was an African - American inventor , becoming the originator of the home security system ( patent number 3,482,037 ) in 1966 , along with her husband Albert Brown , a patent was granted in 1969 . Brown was born in Jamaica , Queens , New York ; she died there at the age of 76 . </P>
who invented the first home video security system
Marie Van Brittan Brown her husband Albert Brown