Electronic door system
AssigneePassiveBolt, Inc.
InventorsKabir Zachary Maiga, Philip Michael Johnson, Simon Forster
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Abstract
An electronic door system is disclosed for a door that selectively closes a door opening of a building structure. The electronic door system includes two or more of a gyroscope that senses angular velocity of the door, an accelerometer that senses acceleration of the door, a capacitive sensor that capacitively senses the building structure, or a microphone that senses sound of the door. The electronic door system also includes a controller that assesses a physical position of the door according to the two or more of the gyroscope, the accelerometer, the capacitive sensor, or the microphone.
Claims20
An electronic door system for a door that selectively closes a door opening of a building structure, the system comprising:
- a gyroscope that senses angular velocity of the door;
- an accelerometer that senses acceleration of the door;
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- a controller that assesses a physical position of the door according to the gyroscope and the accelerometer;
- wherein the controller assesses the physical position of the door by determining an angular position assessment of the door according to the gyroscope, and if the angular position assessment is below an angular threshold of 10 degrees or less from a closed physical position, the controller assesses whether the door is in the closed physical position according to the accelerometer.
An electronic door system for a door that selectively closes a door opening of a building structure, the system comprising:
- a capacitive sensor that capacitively senses the building structure, the capacitive sensor being configured to electrically couple to a deadbolt of the door for the deadbolt to function as an electrode of the capacitive sensor for capacitively sensing the building structure;
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- a controller that assesses whether the door is closed according to the capacitive sensor.
An electronic door system for a door of a building structure, the system comprising:
- an accelerometer that senses acceleration of a door;
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- a controller that assesses whether the door is closed by comparing the acceleration of the door sensed by the accelerometer to a first peak acceleration of an acceleration profile of the door and a second peak acceleration of the acceleration profile of the door, the first peak acceleration representing the door engaging a door stop of the building structure and the second peak acceleration representing a spring latch of the door engaging a corresponding latch receptacle of the building structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.