Method and system for opening garage doors by means of georeferencing
OwnerScott Rieseboschinventor
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Abstract
A method and system for opening garage doors is disclosed. The invention being comprised of several parts: software for mobile devices, a vehicle-dedicated, Bluetooth™ enabled beacon and a wireless door controller unit. The aforementioned software transmitting a wireless open command to said garage door controller once said beacon is within a preset range determined by said mobile device's Global Positioning System (GPS). For example, in one embodiment users place a multitude of beacons in different vehicles. As one vehicle approaches a garage, a mobile device will decipher its location and interact with the door controller. Upon entering a preset boundary, the garage door associated with said vehicle will open. An object of the invention is to enhance garage door automation.
Claims20
A system for opening a garage door configured to be opened and shut by an operatively-connected garage door opener, the system comprising:
- a transmitter having a unique identifier, the transmitter being either:
- (i) configured for incorporation into and dedication to a vehicle, or (ii) already existing in the vehicle;
- the transmitter configured to continually transmit enabling real-time tracking;
- an application installable onto a mobile wireless device, the application configured to recognize the transmitter and the identifier, the application further configured to access a GPS source and determine whether the vehicle has entered into a geofence boundary;
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- a controller configured to receive an open command from the mobile wireless device when the application determines the geofence boundary has been entered met, and the application then transmitting an open signal to the garage door system opener to open the garage door.
A method for opening a door, the method comprising:
- providing an application for installation onto a user's hand-held mobile device;
- providing a transmitter to be included in, travel with, and remain within a vehicle, the transmitter emitting a signal indicating a unique identifier associated with the transmitter, the transmitter being configured to continually transmit enabling realtime tracking;
- configuring the application to recognize the identifier;
- incorporating a door-activation process into the application, the door-activation process using one of a system on the mobile device or a system of the vehicle to continually monitor a location, the door-activation process then causing the transmission of an open signal to a door opener system upon detection that both:
- (i) the location is at or within a proximity relative to the door, and (ii) confirmation that the unique identifier associated with the transmitter has been received by the hand-held mobile device.
A system comprising:
- an application installable onto a mobile wireless device, the application configured to recognize a vehicle-dedicated transmitter, the transmitter having a unique identifier and being associated by the application with the transmitter, the transmitter being configured to continually transmit enabling real-time tracking, the application further configured to access a GPS source and determine a location of the vehicle relative to a boundary condition determined based on a distance from a controller;
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- the controller configured to:
- (i) receive open and close signals from the mobile wireless device when the application determines the boundary condition has been met, and (ii) send a signal to operate a garage door opener to open a garage door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.