Intelligent door lock system with notification to user regarding battery status

• US 10,388,094 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2016
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: August Home, Inc. (Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: August Home, Inc. (Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.)
• Inventors: Johnson, Jason
• Primary Examiner(s): Small, Naomi J
• Application Number:
  US15/184,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20170263065A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,160 Days
• Field of Search: 340 61
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2045/069 Timers therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/002 Geared transmissions
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0048 Circuits, feeding, monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0058 by batteries
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0068 Door closed
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0069 bolt position
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0072 Operation
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0091 Retrofittable electric locks, e.g. an electric module can be attached to an existing manual lock electrically driven keys E05B2047/0083
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0095 Mechanical aspects of locks controlled by telephone signals, e.g. by mobile phones electronic locks G07C9/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 45/06 Electric alarm locks E05B45/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/0012 with rotary electromotors actuators with rotary electromotors per se H02K7/06, H02K23/68
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00642 by battery
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/62 Comprising means for indicating the status of the lock
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00174 Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys mechanical locks with electric permutation E05B49/00; arrangements for sensing or reading record carriers G06K7/00; electronic switching H03K17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00571 operated by interacting with a central unit

Abstract

An intelligent door lock system provides notification of energy source status. A position sensing device is configured to be coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device. The position sensing device sensing position of the drive shaft assists in locking and unlocking a lock of a lock device. An engine with a memory is provided, with the engine coupled to the positioning sensing device, and a circuit coupled to the engine. An energy source is coupled to the circuit. A server is associated with the intelligent door lock system and provides notification of energy source status.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a door lock device, comprising;

a motor to drive a lock of the door lock device to lock and unlock a door;

an energy source;

at least one transmitter;

at least one control circuit powered by the energy source and configured to;

in response to detecting a change in the lock from a locked position to an unlocked position or from the unlocked position to the locked position,

determine an energy source status of the energy source; and

operate the at least one transmitter to transmit the energy source status of the energy source from the door lock device to at least one server; and

the at least one server configured to;

in response to receipt of the energy source status of the energy source from the door lock device;

generate, based on the energy source status, a first prediction of remaining life for the energy source using a linear regression;

compare the first prediction of remaining life to a known life for the energy source;

in response to determining that the first prediction of remaining life is more than a threshold amount of the known life, set the estimate of remaining life of the energy source to the first prediction of remaining life generated using the linear regression;

in response to determining that the first prediction of remaining life is less than the threshold amount of the known life;

generate, based on the energy source status, a second prediction of remaining life for the energy source using a cubic regression; and

set the estimate of remaining life of the energy source to the second prediction of remaining life generated using the cubic regression; and

transmit a notification to at least one recipient, the notification indicating the estimate of remaining life of the energy source.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein transmitting the notification to the at least one recipient comprises transmitting the notification to one or more of a dwelling user, resource owner, or end-user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the energy source is one or more batteries.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein determining the energy source status comprises determining one or more battery voltages of the one or more batteries.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein determining the energy source status comprises determining battery life of the one or more batteries.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein determining the battery life comprises predicting when the one or more batteries will die.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein transmitting the notification to the at least one recipient comprises prompting the dwelling user to change one or more batteries.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein operating the at least one transmitter to transmit the energy source status of the energy source from the door lock device to the at least one server comprises wirelessly transmitting the energy source status from the door lock device to the at least one server via a mobile device or a bridge at a dwelling.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

the mobile device or the bridge,

wherein the mobile device or the bridge is configured to transmit the energy source status to the at least one server.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the mobile device or the bridge are configured to send the energy source status to the at least one server on a periodic basis.

11. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

a band pass filter,

wherein the at least one control circuit is configured to determine the energy source status at least in part by processing a voltage of the energy source using the band pass filter.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to be retrofitted to a pre-existing door lock installed within a door to create a retrofitted system to lock and unlock the pre-existing door lock.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a position sensing circuit configured to sense a position of the lock,

wherein the at least one control circuit is configured to detect the change in the lock from the locked position to the unlocked position or from the unlocked position to the locked position using the position sensing circuit.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the position sensing circuit is configured to sense a position of the lock at least in part by detecting a position of a drive shaft.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one control circuit is configured to determine the energy source status and operate the at least one transmitter to transmit the energy source status from the door lock device to at least one server in response to detecting each change in the lock from the locked position to the unlocked position or from the unlocked position to the locked position.

16. A method of operating at least one server for use in a system further comprising a motor to drive a lock of a door lock to lock and unlock a door, an energy source, at least one transmitter, and at least one control circuit powered by the energy source, the method comprising:

in response to receiving a notification of an energy source status together with a change in the lock from a locked position to an unlocked position or from the unlocked position to the locked position;

generating, based on the energy source status, a first prediction of remaining life for the energy source using a linear regression;

comparing the first prediction of remaining life to a known life for the energy source;

in response to determining that the first prediction of remaining life is more than a threshold amount of the known life, setting the estimate of remaining life of the energy source to the first prediction of remaining life generated using the linear regression;

in response to determining that the first prediction of remaining life is less than the threshold amount of the known life;

generating, based on the energy source status, a second prediction of remaining life for the energy source using a cubic regression; and

setting the estimate of remaining life of the energy source to the second prediction of remaining life generated using the cubic regression; and

transmitting a notification to at least one recipient, the notification indicating the estimate of remaining life of the energy source.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the energy source is one or more batteries.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein generating the first prediction of remaining life for the energy source comprises operating the at least one server to determine a battery life of the one or more batteries.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein operating the at least one server to determine the battery life comprises generating a prediction of when the one or more batteries will die.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein transmitting the notification to the at least one recipient comprises prompting a user to change the one or more batteries.

21. A server for use in a system further comprising a motor to drive a lock of a door lock to lock and unlock a door, an energy source, at least one transmitter, and at least one control circuit powered by the energy source, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform;

in response to receiving a notification of an energy source status together with a change in the lock from a locked position to an unlocked position or from the unlocked position to the locked position;

generating, based on the energy source status, a first prediction of remaining life for the energy source using a linear regression;

comparing the first prediction of remaining life to a known life for the energy source;

in response to determining that the first prediction of remaining life is more than a threshold amount of the known life, setting the estimate of remaining life of the energy source to the first prediction of remaining life generated using the linear regression;

in response to determining that the first prediction of remaining life is less than the threshold amount of the known life;

generating, based on the energy source status, a second prediction of remaining life for the energy source using a cubic regression; and

setting the estimate of remaining life of the energy source to the second prediction of remaining life generated using the cubic regression; and

transmitting a notification to at least one recipient, the notification indicating the estimate of remaining life of the energy source.