SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPEN OR CLOSED STATE OF OPENABLE AND CLOSEABLE PASSAGES

• US 20170356238A1
• Filed: 06/09/2016
• Published: 12/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lgn International LLC
• Original Assignee: Lgn International LLC
• Inventors: GITMAN, JACOB
• Granted Patent: US 10,087,679 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/28 Other arrangements on doors or windows, e.g. door-plates, windows adapted to carry plants, hooks for window cleaners edge protecting devices for door leaves E06B3/88; special glazing; emergency glazing; double glazing E06B3/66
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 5/241 by relative movement of capacitor electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 5/26 characterised by optical transfer means, i.e. using infrared, visible, or ultraviolet light
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/08 by opening, e.g. of door, of window, of drawer, of shutter, of curtain, of blind
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/18 Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/004 Alarm propagated along alternative communication path or using alternative communication medium according to a hierarchy of available ways to communicate, e.g. if Wi-Fi not available use GSM

Abstract

In a system and a method for determining closed and open states of closeable and openable passages of an object, components are configured to determine whether a closeable and openable passage is in an open state or in a closed state and are all arranged exclusively on one spot associated with the passage providing closing and opening of the passage.

Claims

1. A system for determining closed and open states of closeable and openable passages of an object, comprising components which are configured to determine whether a closeable and openable passage is in an open state or in a closed state and which are all arranged exclusively on one spot associated with the passage providing closing and opening of the passage.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the all components are arranged exclusively on a plate of a door or a window of the passage.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the all components are arranged exclusively on a frame of a door or a window of the passage.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the all components are arranged exclusively on a surface which is near a door or a window of the passage.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the system includes a radio frequency proximity sensor.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the system includes an optical proximity sensor.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the system includes a capacitance proximity sensor.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the system includes a unit which is not necessarily arranged on the one spot of the system, received a signal that the passage is in an open state, and provides at least one action as a reaction to the open state of the passage.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the system includes means for preliminary calibration and subsequent determination of the open state of the system based on deviation of obtained calibration data.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is formed as a unitary device, in which all components are confined in a single housing and which is installed as a whole in the single corresponding spot or component of a closeable and openable passage of an object.

11. A method for determining closed and open states of closeable and openable passages of an object, comprising configuring components to determine whether a closeable and openable passage is in an open state or in a closed state;

and arranging all components exclusively on one element associated with the passage providing closing and opening of the passage.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the all components are arranged exclusively on a plate of a door or a window of the passage.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the all components are arranged exclusively on a frame of a door or a window of the passage.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the all components are arranged exclusively on a surface which is near a door or a window of the passage.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the method includes using a radio frequency proximity sensor.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the method includes using an optical proximity sensor.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the method includes using a capacitance proximity sensor.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the method includes using a unit which is not necessarily arranged on the one element of the system, received a signal that the passage is in an open state, and provides at least one action as a reaction to the open state of the passage.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the method includes carrying out preliminary calibration and subsequent determination of the open state of the system based on deviation of obtained calibration data.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the method includes using a unitary device, in which all components are confined in a single housing and which is installed as a whole in the single corresponding spot or component of a closeable and openable passage of an object.