Combination electrical lock device and method for activating the same

• US 20050231037A1
• Filed: 04/19/2004
• Published: 10/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jian-Choug Doong, Jin-In Chen
• Original Assignee: Jian-Choug Doong, Jin-In Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Jin-In, Doong, Jian-Choug
• Application Number:
  US10/828,368
• Publication Number:
  US 20050231037A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/10.100
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00642 by battery
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/0065 by solar energy
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00182 operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks

Abstract

A combination electrical lock is operated in association with a control server disposed near the electrical lock. When a remote user sends a signal to the control server through a wireless device, such as a cellular phone, the control server generates an activating signal to activate the electrical lock, wherein such an activating signal may be in the form of a static magnetic field, a light signal, a sound signal etc. Because the lock device only consumes power when the remote signal is received, accordingly unnecessary electricity consumption is effectively mitigated in the rest of time.

Claims

1. A combination electrical lock device comprising an electrical lock and a control server,

wherein the control server comprises:

a server control circuit, which controls all elements in the control server;

an activating signal transmitting circuit connected to the server control circuit, which outputs an activating signal to activate the electrical lock;

an AC power supply circuit connected to the server control circuit to supply an operating voltage for the control server; and

an electromagnetic signal transceiver connected to the server control circuit to receive a remote control signal;

wherein the electrical lock comprises;

a main control circuit, which controls all elements in the electrical lock device;

an activating signal receiving circuit connected to the main control circuit to receive the activating signal; and

a power supply circuit connected to the main control circuit to provide operating voltage for the electrical lock;

wherein when the electrical lock receives the activating signal from the control server, the power of the electrical lock is thus being activated.

2. The combination electrical lock device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the activating signal transmitting circuit of the control server has a magnetic field generating circuit having an input terminal connected to the server control circuit and having an output terminal connected to a first induction coil;

wherein the activating signal receiving circuit of the electrical lock has a signal amplifier having an input terminal connected to the main control circuit and having an output terminal connected to a second induction coil;

when the control server receives the remote signal, a static magnetic field is generated by the magnetic field generating circuit whereby when the second induction coil detects the static magnetic field, the electrical lock is then activated.

3. The combination electrical lock device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the activating signal transmitting circuit of the control server is a light signal transmitting circuit and the activating signal receiving circuit of the electrical lock is composed of a light signal receiving circuit and a signal amplifier.

4. The combination electrical lock device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the activating signal transmitting circuit of the control server is a sound signal transmitting circuit and the activating signal receiving circuit of the electrical lock is composed of a sound signal receiving circuit and a signal amplifier.

5. The combination electrical lock device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the power supply circuit of the electrical lock is provided by dry batteries.

6. The combination electrical lock device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the power supply circuit of the electrical lock is provided by dry batteries.

7. The combination electrical lock device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the power supply circuit of the electrical lock is provided by dry batteries.

8. The combination electrical lock device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the power supply circuit of the electrical lock is provided by dry batteries.

9. The combination electrical lock device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the power supply circuit of the electrical lock is provided by a solar energy circuit

10. The combination electrical lock device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the power supply circuit of the electrical lock is provided by a solar energy circuit.

11. The combination electrical lock device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the power supply circuit of the electrical lock is provided by a solar energy circuit.

12. The combination electrical lock device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the power supply circuit of the electrical lock is provided by a solar energy circuit.

13. A method for activating an electrical lock by a control server disposed near the electrical lock, comprising the acts of:

receiving a remote signal by the control server;

issuing an activating signal from the control server to the electrical lock; and

activating the electrical lock based on reception of the activating signal.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the activating signal is in the form of a static magnetic field.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the activating signal is in the form of a light signal.

16. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the activating signal is in the form of a sound signal.

17. A combination electrical lock device comprising an electrical lock and a control server,

wherein the control server comprises:

a server control circuit, which controls all elements in the control server;

a first electromagnetic signal transceiver connected to the server control circuit to receive a remote control signal; and

an AC power supply circuit connected to the server control circuit to supply an operating voltage for the control server;

wherein the electrical lock comprises;

a main control circuit, which controls all elements in the electrical lock device;

a first electromagnetic signal transceiver connected to the main control circuit to output a query signal to detect whether the control server has received the remote signal; and

a power supply circuit connected to the main control circuit to provide operating voltage for the electrical lock;

wherein when the control server receives the remote signal, the electrical lock is activated based on the detected result.