INTELLIGENT DOOR LOCK SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 20160049025A1
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Published: 02/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: August Home, Inc. (Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: August Home, Inc. (Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.)
• Inventors: Johnson, Jason
• Granted Patent: US 9,530,262 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0048 Circuits, feeding, monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0072 Operation
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0095 Mechanical aspects of locks controlled by telephone signals, e.g. by mobile phones electronic locks G07C9/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/00 Operating or controlling locks or other fastening devices by electric or magnetic means electric permutation locks E05B49/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00793 by Hertzian waves
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/63 Comprising locating means for detecting the position of the data carrier, i.e. within the vehicle or within a certain distance from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00563 using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00571 operated by interacting with a central unit
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00904 for hotels, motels, office buildings or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19636 pertaining to the camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1966 Wireless systems, other than telephone systems, used to communicate with a camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3833 Hand-held transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/65 Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 : for indoor environments, e.g. buildings
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 : in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A wireless access control system locks or unlocks a door at a dwelling. A remote access device transmits a signal. A lock system, for locking and unlocking a door in which the lock is located, includes a lock, a processor with a memory, one or more wireless communication devices coupled to a circuit and one or more motion transfer device coupled to a drive shaft. The lock receives the signal and enables the lock to be one of locked or unlocked in response to the signal. The remote access device has a controller for generating the signal, and an accelerometer providing an acceleration signal to the controller when the accelerometer experiences an acceleration. The controller generates the signal in response to the acceleration signal.

Claims

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

a remote access device transmitting a signal;

a lock system for locking and unlocking a door in which the lock is located, the lock system including a lock, a processor with a memory, one or more wireless communication devices coupled to a circuit and one or more motion transfer device coupled to a drive shaft, the lock receiving the signal, and enabling the lock to be one of locked or unlocked in response to the signal; and

wherein the remote access device has a controller for generating the signal, and an accelerometer providing an acceleration signal to the controller when the accelerometer experiences an acceleration, the controller generating the signal in response to the acceleration signal.

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

3. The wireless access control system of claim 1, wherein the memory further stores an identifier associated with a respective remote access device, the lock only providing access to a predetermined remote access device having an identifier stored in the memory during a respective predetermined time period associated in the memory with the remote access device.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a proximity detector configured to determine a presence of a user upon receipt of a proximity detector input.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote access device includes a geo positioning system, the signal including a geo location of the remote access device, the lock exhibiting a low power broadcast state and a high rate broadcast and listening state, the lock including a lock controller, the lock controller causing the lock to exhibit a high rate broadcast and listening state as a function of the geo location of the remote access device.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a lock controller and a proximity detector, the proximity detector detecting the presence of a user and sending a presence signal to the lock controller when the presence of a user is detected, the lock controller causing the lock to change the status of the lock from one of locked to unlocked and unlocked to locked in response to the presence signal.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote access device includes a geo positioning system, the signal including a geo location of the remote access device, the lock controller causing the lock to change from one of locked to unlocked and unlocked to locked as a function of the geo location.

8. A system for locking and unlocking a lock at a dwelling, comprising:

a lock system for locking and unlocking a door in which the lock is located, the lock system including a lock, a processor with a memory, one or more wireless communication devices coupled to a circuit and one or more motion transfer device coupled to a drive shaft; and

a proximity detector for detecting a presence of a user of the lock and outputting a presence signal in response to a determination that a user is present, wherein in response to the lock receiving the presence signal the lock can be locked or unlocked.

9. A system for locking ad unlocking a lock at a dwelling, comprising:

a lock system for locking and unlocking a door in which the lock is located, the lock system including a lock, a processor with a memory, one or more wireless communication devices coupled to a circuit and one or more motion transfer devices coupled to a drive shaft;

at least one antenna for transmitting a signal;

an accelerometer for detecting acceleration of a door in which the lock is coupled to; and

a controller receiving an accelerometer signal and causing a signal to be transmitted by the antenna in response to the acceleration signal.