AUTOMATIC DOOR CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 20070186480A1
• Filed: 03/13/2007
• Published: 08/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brian Freeman
• Original Assignee: Brian Freeman
• Inventors: Freeman, Brian
• Application Number:
  US11/685,320
• Publication Number:
  US 20070186480A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 49/358
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/624 using friction wheels
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/77 using wireless control
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/216 Clutches
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/246 by auxiliary motors, magnets, springs or weights
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/462 Electromagnets
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/31 for refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 23/028 Details
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2700/04 Sensors detecting the presence of a person
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

The present invention provides an automatic door control system that includes a door, a control module assembly, and a drive train assembly. The control module assembly is coupled to the door. The drive train assembly is coupled to the control module assembly, where the drive train assembly is configured to receive a signal from the control module assembly to easily move the door, where the drive train assembly exerts a force to move the door.

Claims

1. An automatic door control system that is operable with a door, the system comprising:

a control module assembly having;

a microphone for receiving a voice command;

a voice recognizer that includes a processor for storing a plurality of waveforms in a voice database and a preset commands database, the voice recognizer comparing the voice command with the voice database and the preset commands database, determining whether the voice command matches the waveforms in the voice database and the present commands database, and generating a signal that corresponds to the voice command if the voice command matches the waveforms stored in the voice database and present commands database; and

a drivetrain assembly coupled to the control module assembly and the door, wherein the drivetrain assembly is configured to receive the signal from the control module assembly to move the door, wherein the drivetrain assembly is configured to open and close the door.

2. The automatic door control system of claim 1, wherein the drivetrain assembly uses the force required to move the door with a coefficient of friction between a wheel of the drivetrain assembly and a surface that the door interacts with to move the door.

3. The automatic door control system of claim 1, further comprising a motion detector being configured to detect an object within a predetermined range of the motion detector and transmit a signal to the voice recognizer indicating that the object has been detected.

4. The automatic door control system of claim 3, wherein the predetermined range includes a range of about 20 feet.

5. The automatic door control system of claim 1, further comprising a feedback device configured to transmit signals to the voice recognizer, wherein the signals indicate a positional state of the door.

6. The automatic door control system of claim 5, wherein the feedback device includes at least one of a hall effect sensor, transducer, and a switch.

7. The automatic door control system of claim 1, further comprising a force-producing device configured to create a normal force between a wheel of the drivetrain assembly and a surface beneath the door.

8. The automatic door control system of claim 7, wherein the force-producing device creates the normal force by converting magnetic energy or electro-magnetic energy to mechanical energy.

9. The automatic door control system of claim 8, wherein the force-producing device includes a solenoid.

10. The automatic door control system of claim 1, wherein the drivetrain assembly includes:

a motor that generates torque when the control module assembly generates the signal;

a clutch that is connected to the motor through the use of a shaft and is adapted to transmit the torque;

a wheel that receives the torque; and

a spring for exerting a normal force on the wheel to force the wheel to contact a surface beneath the door to open and close the door.

11. A method of operation for an automatic door control system, the method comprising:

sending a command to the automatic door control system;

analyzing and comparing the command with databases at the automatic door control system;

determining if the command can be performed based on a positional status of a door, if there is a match between the command and the databases;

activating a drivetrain assembly of the automatic door control system based on the command, if the positional status of the door is such that the command can be performed, wherein the drivetrain assembly applies a force to a wheel mounted on the drivetrain assembly to move the door.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the databases comprise sound databases and preset commands databases.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the command is a waveform.

14. An automatic door control system that is operable with a door, the system comprising:

a control module assembly having;

a microphone for receiving a voice command;

a voice recognizer that includes a processor for storing a plurality of waveforms in a voice database and a preset commands database, the voice recognizer comparing the voice command with the voice database and the preset commands database, determining whether the voice command matches the waveforms in the voice database and the present commands database, and generating a signal that corresponds to the voice command if the voice command matches the waveforms stored in the voice database and present commands database;

a drivetrain assembly coupled to the control module assembly and the door, wherein the drivetrain assembly is configured to receive the signal from the control module assembly to move the door, wherein the drivetrain assembly is configured to open and close the door;

a motion detector being configured to detect an object within a predetermined range of the motion detector and transmit a signal to the voice recognizer indicating that the object has been detected; and

a feedback device configured to transmit to the voice recognizer signals that indicate a positional state of the door.

15. The automatic door control system of claim 14, further comprising:

further comprising a force-producing device configured to create a normal force between a wheel of the drivetrain assembly and a surface beneath the door.