Wireless ultra-low power portable lock
AssigneeVelo Labs, Inc.
InventorsJack Al-Kahwati, Gerardo Barroeta Perez
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Abstract
A wireless ultra-low power portable lock may be realized as a lock apparatus including: a locking mechanism having at least locked and unlocked states, the locking mechanism operable to provide physical resistance to being unlocked when in the locked state; an actuator operable to move the locking mechanism from the locked state to the unlocked state in response to a received signal; and a controlling unit configured to control the actuator and to receive one or more signals from one or more devices external to the lock apparatus.
Claims19
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- identifying, at an electronic device, an authenticated connection between the electronic device and a lock apparatus, the authenticated connection comprising at least one wireless link;
- receiving, at the electronic device from the lock apparatus, via the authenticated connection, information associated with the lock apparatus, wherein the information associated with the lock apparatus includes at least one of a locked or unlocked state of the lock apparatus or one or more configuration settings of the lock apparatus;
- displaying, at the electronic device, via a graphical user interface, at least a portion of the received information associated with the lock apparatus;
- receiving, at the electronic device, via the graphical user interface, a user input associated with the displayed information, the user input comprising a user selection of a sensitivity of at least one sensor of the lock apparatus;
- and
- sending instructions, from the electronic device to the lock apparatus, via the authenticated connection, to control the lock apparatus based on the user input, wherein the controlling of the lock apparatus includes setting the sensitivity of the at least one sensor based on the user selection.
An electronic device for communicating with a lock apparatus, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled with the memory, the processor being configured to read instructions from the memory that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- identify an authenticated communication path between the electronic device and the lock apparatus, the authenticated communication path comprising one or more wireless links;
- receive, from the lock apparatus, via the authenticated communication path, information associated with the lock apparatus, wherein the information associated with the lock apparatus includes at least one of a locked or unlocked state of the lock apparatus or one or more configuration settings of the lock apparatus;
- display, via a graphical user interface, at least a portion of the received information associated with the lock apparatus;
- receive, via the graphical user interface, a user input associated with the displayed information, the user input comprising a user selection of a sensitivity of at least one sensor of the lock apparatus;
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- send, to the lock apparatus, via the authenticated communication path, instructions to control the lock apparatus based on the user input, wherein the controlling of the lock apparatus includes setting the sensitivity of the at least one sensor based on the user selection.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform a method comprising:
- identifying an authenticated connection between the electronic device and a lock apparatus, the authenticated connection comprising at least one wireless link;
- receiving, from the lock apparatus, via the authenticated connection, information associated with the lock apparatus, wherein the information associated with the lock apparatus includes at least one of a locked or unlocked state of the lock apparatus or one or more configuration settings of the lock apparatus;
- displaying, via a graphical user interface, at least a portion of the received information associated with the lock apparatus;
- receiving, via the graphical user interface, a user input associated with the displayed information, the user input comprising a user selection of a sensitivity of at least one sensor of the lock apparatus;
- and
- sending instructions, to the lock apparatus, via the authenticated connection, to control the lock apparatus based on the user input, wherein the controlling of the lock apparatus includes setting the sensitivity of the at least one sensor based on the user selection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.