US 10,013,833 B2Granted

Transponder key replication

AssigneeRB Distribution, Inc.

InventorsChristopher Blalock, Michael DiGregorio, Matthew Barnard, Brandon Graver

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for replicating a transponder key is disclosed. The transponder replication device includes an antenna that reads a transponder code from a transponder key; a camera, wherein the camera captures a bitting characteristic of the transponder key blade; a stabilizer that secures the transponder key in place while the camera captures the bitting characteristic; a memory device for storing the transponder data; means for transmitting the transponder code and the bitting characteristic of the transponder key blade to a remote location; and, a remote communication device that is compatible with the internet communications device that receives the transponder data and transmits it to a transponder duplication device at the remote location.

Claims2

Dependent claims

A system for replicating a vehicle transponder key that has a key blade and generates a transponder code associated with a predetermined vehicle, the system comprising:

a transponder key replication device having:
an outer shell,
a bottom,
a stabilizer that secures a transponder key in a predetermined location at least partially within the outer shell,
an antenna mounted to the outer shell that reads a transponder code from the transponder key,
a camera mounted to the bottom that captures bitting characteristics associated with the transponder key blade,
a memory that stores key data including the read transponder code and the bitting characteristics associated with the transponder key,
a transmitter configured to transmit the key data from the memory to a remote location, wherein the memory and the transmitter are arranged within the outer shell and the bottom.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/215,904Filed 17 Mar 2014 · us provisional application
Priority: 15 Mar 2013
Published: US 2014/0259582 A118 Sep 2014
Granted: 3 Jul 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G07C 9/00857
Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers…:…
B23C 3/35
Grooving workpieces: milling grooves in keys
H04N 7/183
Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast: for receiving images from a single remote source
G07C 2009/0088
Where the code of the data carrier can be programmed: centrally