Wireless access control system and methods for intelligent door lock system

• US 9,691,198 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2016
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: August Home, Inc. (Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: August Home, Inc. (Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kim, Christopher, Aranda, Joseph, Cheng, Shih Yu Thomas, Johnson, Jason
• Primary Examiner(s): File, Erin
• Application Number:
  US15/227,756
• Publication Number:
  US 20160343181A1
• Time in Patent Office: 328 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00507 keyless data carrier having more than one function
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00944 Details of construction or manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/20 involving the use of a pass

Abstract

A wireless access control system to lock or unlock a first door at a dwelling of a user. A user remote access device transmits a first signal and a second signal. The user remote access device includes a vibration mode that provides an alert to the user of the remote access device. The user remote access device is configured to be in communication with an intelligent door lock system at the dwelling with the first door. The intelligent door lock system includes: a drive shaft, a circuit coupled to an engine configured to cause a rotation of the drive shaft, and an energy source coupled to the drive shaft, the user remote access device configured to provide the first signal to the intelligent lock system for locking or unlocking of the first lock, the intelligent door lock system configured to allow controlled access to the dwelling that includes an occupant of the dwelling as well as a designated third person granted access rights by the occupant. The user remote access device is configured to be in communication to a second lock at a vehicle of the user or at an office of the user. The user remote access device is configured to communicate with the second lock with the second signal to cause the second lock to lock or be unlocked. The remote access device has a controller for generating the first and second signals.

Claims

1. A wireless access control system to lock or unlock a first door at a dwelling of a user, comprising:

a user remote access device transmitting a first signal and a second signal, the user remote access device including a vibration mode provides an alert to the user of the remote access device;

the user remote access device in communication with;

an intelligent door lock system at the dwelling with the first door that controls transmission of displacement or rotational mechanical energy of a door lock system drive shaft, the drive shaft associated with the first door and assists in locking and unlocking a bolt in response to receiving the first signal, a circuit coupled to an engine of the intelligent door system to cause a rotation of the drive shaft, and an energy source coupled to the drive shaft, the intelligent door lock system allowing controlled access to the dwelling that includes an occupant of the dwelling as well as a designated third person granted access rights by the occupant;

the user remote access device in communication with a second lock at a vehicle of the user or at an office of the user, in response to the second signal the second lock is locked or unlocked; and

wherein the remote access device has a controller for generating the first and second signals.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second signals are different.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second signals are the same.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the user remote access device includes audio circuitry.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user remote access device includes a speaker.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the speaker converts an electrical signal to a human audible sound.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the user remote access device includes a microphone.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the user remote access device includes a touch screen.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the user remote access device includes a display controller.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the touch screen has a touch-sensitive surface.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the user remote access device includes a touchpad.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote access device includes a power system.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the remote access device includes a power management system.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote access device includes one or more sensors.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote access device includes an optical sensor.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote access device includes a proximity sensor.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote access device is a mobile device.