System for opening and/or closing a door
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system and method to open and/or close a garage door enables a receiving unit to activate a door opening and/or closing operator mechanism in response to receiving a signal. The transmitting unit transmits a signal to the receiving unit in response to a pulsed light signal.
21 Citations
31 Claims
-
1-11. -11. (canceled)
-
12. An external interface to automatically open and or close a door in response to a pulsed light signal having a predetermined characteristic, a motor coupled to the door for moving the door between an open position and a closed position covering an opening, a controller controlling operation of the motor in response to received command signals, the external interface comprising:
-
a transmitting unit for generating and transmitting command signals to move the door to the open position;
at least one detector for detecting the pulsed light signal;
a detector interface, for stimulating said transmitting unit to generate and transmit command signals to move the door to the open position, in response to the pulsed light signal;
a programmable interface coupled to said detector interface wherein the predetermined characteristic of the pulsed light signal for said detector interface can be programmed;
wherein when said detector detects the pulsed light signal having the predetermined characteristic said detector interface stimulates said transmitting unit to generate and transmit said command signals to move the door to the open position. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
-
-
25. An system to automatically open and or close a door in response to a pulsed light signal having a predetermined characteristic, a motor coupled to the door for moving the door between an open position and a closed position covering an opening, a controller controlling operation of the motor in response to received command signals, the external interface comprising:
-
a transmitting unit for generating and transmitting command signals to move the door to the open position;
at least one detector for detecting the pulsed light signal;
a detector interface, for stimulating said transmitting unit to generate and transmit command signals to move the door to the open position, in response to the pulsed light signal;
a programmable interface coupled to said detector interface wherein the predetermined characteristic of the pulsed light signal for said detector interface can be programmed;
wherein when said detector detects the pulsed light signal having the predetermined characteristic said detector interface stimulates said transmitting unit to generate and transmit said command signals to move the door to the open position. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
-
-
26-1. The system as recited in claim 25 wherein said detector interface is responsive to a predetermined duration of the pulsed light signal.
Specification