ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING ELECTRONIC LOCK

• US 20130307987A1
• Filed: 04/30/2013
• Published: 11/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LUO, WEN-DONG, CHUANG, TSUNG-JEN, CHIEN, CHIA-HUNG
• Application Number:
  US13/873,257
• Publication Number:
  US 20130307987A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/156
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00825 remotely by lines or wireless communication
• 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 9/00182 operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00563 using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns

Abstract

The disclosure relates to an electronic device and a method of unlocking an electronic lock for the device. The device defines an open mode and stores a first image, the first image is divided into a first plurality of bocks one of which is selected as an electronic key. The device includes a transmitter and a receiver communicated with the transmitter via wireless and connected with the electronic lock via wire. The method includes: when the device enters the open mode, capturing a second image; dividing the second image into a second plurality of blocks in response to user inputs; selecting one of the second plurality of blocks in response to user inputs; determining whether the selected block of the second image is similar to the selected block of the first image; and if yes, sending a control signal to control the receiver to unlock the electronic lock.

Claims

1. An electronic device for unlocking an electronic lock, wherein the electronic device defines an open mode, the electronic device comprising:

a storage unit to store a first image, the first image being divided into a first plurality of blocks one of which is selected as an electronic key;

a transmitter;

a receiver communicated with the transmitter via wireless and connected with the electronic lock via wire; and

a first control unit;

the transmitter comprising;

a capturing unit to capture images;

an input unit;

a second control unit to control the capturing unit to capture a second image when the electronic device enters the open mode, divide the second image into a second plurality of blocks in response to user inputs from the input unit, and select one of the second plurality of blocks in response to user inputs; and

the first control unit to determine whether the selected block of the second image is similar to the selected block of the first image, and send a control signal to control the receiver to unlock the electronic lock when the selected block of the second image is similar to the selected block of the first image.

2. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein when the selected block of the second image is not similar to the selected block of the first image, the first control unit generates a fail prompt.

3. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the first image is stored in the transmitter, the first control unit is replaced by the second control unit.

4. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the first image is stored in the receiver, the first control unit is replaced by the receiver, the receiver is configured to determine whether the selected block of the second image is similar to the selected block of the first image, and send the control signal to unlock the electronic lock when the selected block of the second image is similar to the selected block of the first image.

5. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the electronic device defines a setting mode, when the electronic device enters the setting mode, the second control unit is configured to control the capturing unit to capture the first image when the electronic device enters the setting mode, divide the first image into the first plurality of blocks in response to user inputs from the input unit, select one of the first plurality of blocks in response to user inputs, and store the selected block of the first image as the electronic key in the storage unit.

6. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the storage unit is embedded into the transmitter.

7. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the storage unit is embedded into the receiver.

8. A method of unlocking electronic lock for an electronic device, wherein the electronic device defines an open mode, the electronic device stores a first image, the first image is divided into a first plurality of bocks one of which is selected as an electronic key, and the electronic device comprises a transmitter and a receiver communicated with the transmitter via wireless and connected with the electronic lock via wire, the method comprising:

when the electronic device enters the open mode, capturing a second image;

dividing the second image into a second plurality of blocks in response to user inputs;

selecting one of the second plurality of blocks in response to user inputs;

determining whether the selected block of the second image is similar to the selected block of the first image; and

if the selected block of the second image is similar to the selected block of the first image, sending a control signal to control the receiver to unlock the electronic lock.

9. The method as recited in claim 8, further comprising:

if the selected block of the second image is not similar to the selected block of the first image, generating a fail prompt.

10. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the first image is stored in the transmitter.

11. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the first image is stored in the receiver.

12. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the electronic device defines a setting mode, the method further comprises:

when the electronic device enters the setting mode, capturing the first image;

dividing the first image into the first plurality of blocks in response to user inputs; and

selecting one of the first plurality of blocks in response to user inputs and storing the selected block of the first image as the electronic key.