Secure smartphone-operated gun lock with means for overriding release of the lock
First Claim
1. Apparatus for preventing a gun from firing under certain circumstances, said apparatus comprising, in combination:
- (1) a testing device for determining a level of intoxication of a person intending to use a gun and producing a first signal representing the level of intoxication;
(2) a mechanical locking member configured to be disposed on a gun and movable between a locked position which prevents the gun from firing and an unlocked position which enables the gun to be fired;
(3) a first logic device, coupled to receive the first signal, for producing a second signal indicative that the person'"'"'s level of intoxication exceeds a prescribed level; and
(4) an electromechanical actuator, mechanically coupled to the locking member and electronically coupled to said first logic device, for at least one of (1) moving said member from the unlocked position to the locked position and (2) holding said member in the locked position in response to the second signal;
whereby the apparatus is operative to maintain the locking member in a locked position and thereby to prevent the gun from firing when the level of intoxication of the person intending to use the gun is excessive for safe use of the gun.
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Abstract
A gun locking and unlocking device, which may be configured to be disposed adjacent the trigger of a gun to alternatively prevent or enable firing, includes a data receiver, a data memory and a logic device for determining whether data received by the receiver is the same, or substantially the same, as data stored in the data memory. One or more separate electronic gun keys are provided to transmit gun lock/unlock data to the data receiver of the gun lock device. The logic device responds to a gun control signal transmitted by one of the gun key devices with priority over a gun control signal transmitted by another gun key device. The logic device automatically locks the gun when it is located in a proscribed area, such as within a school zone or outside a prescribed protected area. The logic device also locks the gun when the gun user is intoxicated or acting in an irrational manner. Once locked, the user must set a timer which allows the gun to be unlocked only after a specified “wait” time. In case of emergency, when the gun must be available for immediate use, the user can override the safety features and unlock the gun by speaking a “secret word” or phrase.
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1. Apparatus for preventing a gun from firing under certain circumstances, said apparatus comprising, in combination:
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(1) a testing device for determining a level of intoxication of a person intending to use a gun and producing a first signal representing the level of intoxication; (2) a mechanical locking member configured to be disposed on a gun and movable between a locked position which prevents the gun from firing and an unlocked position which enables the gun to be fired; (3) a first logic device, coupled to receive the first signal, for producing a second signal indicative that the person'"'"'s level of intoxication exceeds a prescribed level; and (4) an electromechanical actuator, mechanically coupled to the locking member and electronically coupled to said first logic device, for at least one of (1) moving said member from the unlocked position to the locked position and (2) holding said member in the locked position in response to the second signal; whereby the apparatus is operative to maintain the locking member in a locked position and thereby to prevent the gun from firing when the level of intoxication of the person intending to use the gun is excessive for safe use of the gun. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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