Automatic opening/closing door

• US 10,546,442 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2017
• Issued: 01/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiyasu Matsuyama
• Original Assignee: Toshiyasu Matsuyama
• Inventors: Matsuyama, Toshiyasu
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, K.
• Application Number:
  US15/441,262
• Publication Number:
  US 20180247474A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,068 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00928 for garage doors
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/08 With time considerations, e.g. temporary activation, valid time window or time limitations
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00571 operated by interacting with a central unit
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00896 specially adapted for particular uses

Abstract

An automatic opening/closing door 10 has an opening/closing portion 11 located at a lower side and a storage portion 12 located at an upper side. The opening/closing portion 11 has vertically arranged guide rails 14, 14 having a U-shaped cross section for guiding both ends of a roll-type shutter 13 in the width direction. The shutter 13 is slidable in the vertical direction without being detached from the guide rails 14, 14. When the shutter motor 15 is rotated in a predetermined direction, the shutter 13 located between the guide rails 14, 14 is wound up and the opening/closing portion 11 is opened. When the shutter motor 15 is rotated in a reverse direction, the shutter 13 is fed between the guide rails 14, 14 and the opening/closing portion 11 is closed. A controller 24 performs a predetermined guiding according to the approaching of the small-sized flying object.

Claims

1. An automatic opening/closing door having a predetermined openable opening to be opened to a desired degree for a flying object to which an identification code is set, the door comprising:

an identification code storage unit that stores a plurality of identification codes set to a plurality of flying objects which are allowed to pass the automatic opening/closing door by predetermined registering process;

an identification code recognition unit that recognizes the identification code of the flying object;

an identification code matching judgment unit, when the identification code recognition unit recognizes the identification code of the flying object, judges whether or not the recognized identification code matches with one of the stored identification codes;

an opening control unit that controls to open/close the opening according to a judgment result by the identification code matching judgment unit; and

a guide unit that guides the flying object to the opening.

2. The automatic opening/closing door according to claim 1, wherein

the identification code includes a first identification code not depending on distance and a second identification code for short distance, and

the identification code storage unit, the identification code recognition unit and the identification code matching judgment unit use both the first identification code and second identification code.

3. The automatic opening/closing door according to claim 1, wherein

the identification code includes a third identification code, and

the identification code matching judgment unit judges the third identification code recognized by the identification code recognition unit to be matched with the stored identification code regardless of an actual matching of the stored identification code and the recognized identification code.

4. The automatic opening/closing door according to claim 1, wherein

the identification code includes an occasional identification code, and

the identification code matching judgment unit has a clocking unit so that the occasional identification code is valid only when the occasional identification code is within a valid period based on a clocking result of the clocking unit.

5. The automatic opening/closing door according to claim 1, the door further comprising:

a standby instruction unit that instructs the flying object to stand by; and

a priority judgment unit that identifies a priority order of a plurality of flying objects, wherein

the standby instruction unit instructs the plurality of flying objects to stand by except for the flying object having a highest priority order according to an identification result of the priority judgment unit, and

the guide unit guides the flying object having the highest priority order.

6. The automatic opening/closing door according to claim 1, wherein

the guide unit has a light guide unit having a plurality of light emitting elements,

the light guide unit provides a positional information to the flying object by controlling independently the plurality of light emitting elements in a proximity mode, and

the light guide unit provides the positional information by integrally controlling the plurality of light emitting elements in a far distance mode.