when was the first home security system invented
Marie Van Brittan Brown Marie Van Brittan Brown (October 30, 1922 â€“ February 2, 1999) was an African-American inventor, becoming the originator of the home security system ( U.S. Patent 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;[1] she died there at the age of 76.