DUAL-SYSTEM LOCK

• US 20200137541A1
• Filed: 10/13/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Real Locks & Security Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Real Locks & Security Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: HO, Hsi-Hao
• Granted Patent: US 10,972,889 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00412 the transmitted data signal being encrypted
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00571 operated by interacting with a central unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A dual-system lock includes a lockset including a combination lock and a near field communication. The combination lock includes a contact. The near field communication includes a contacting pin. A mobile apparatus transmits a signal to the near field communication. The near field communication determines and verifies whether a verification code of the mobile apparatus is correct or not. If the near field communication determines that the verification code of the mobile apparatus is correct, the contacting pin of the near field communication is connected and contacted to the contact of the combination lock, and the near field communication transmits a message including a number to the mobile apparatus, wherein the number is a correct unlocking number. If the near field communication determines that the verification code of the mobile apparatus is incorrect, the near field communication does not transmit the message to the mobile apparatus.

Claims

1. A dual-system lock, a mobile apparatus having a near field communication apparatus reading a lockset equipped with a near field communication inside, the lockset comprising:

a combination lock comprising a contact; and

the near field communication comprising a contacting pin,

wherein the mobile apparatus is configured to transmit a signal to the near field communication of the lockset;

the near field communication is configured to determine and verify whether a verification code of the mobile apparatus is correct or not;

if the near field communication determines that the verification code of the mobile apparatus is correct, the contacting pin of the near field communication is connected and contacted to the contact of the combination lock, and the near field communication is configured to transmit a message with a number to the mobile apparatus, wherein at this time the number is a correct unlocking number;

if the near field communication determines that the verification code of the mobile apparatus is incorrect, the near field communication is configured to cease transmitting the message to the mobile apparatus.

2. The dual-system lock of claim 1, wherein the near field communication comprises:

a micro-controller comprising a plurality of general-purpose input/output sides;

a storage unit connected to the micro-controller, the micro-controller configured to compose a detected data into an encrypted data and store the encrypted data in the storage unit; and

an antenna electrically connected to the micro-controller.

3. The dual-system lock of claim 2, wherein the general-purpose input/output sides are the contacting pin of the near field communication.

4. The dual-system lock of claim 2, wherein the storage unit is a memory.

5. The dual-system lock of claim 2, wherein when the combination lock is a character wheel type;

each of character wheels of the combination lock comprises an internal sleeve;

each of the internal sleeves comprises a contact to be electrically contacted with the general-purpose input/output sides of the micro-controller.

6. The dual-system lock of claim 2, wherein the combination lock is a button type;

each of buttons of the combination lock corresponds to an internal sleeve;

each of the internal sleeves comprises a contact to be electrically connected to the general-purpose input/output sides of the micro-controller.

7. The dual-system lock of claim 2, wherein the combination lock is an electronic rotating disc lock;

each of rotating discs of the electronic rotating disc lock is a contact that is electrically connected to the general-purpose input/output sides of the micro-controller.