Door positioning system

A door positioning apparatus of comprising:

• a baseplate configured to be coupled to a bottom portion of a door, the door configured to be positioned in an open door position, a closed door position, and intermediate the open position and closed position;
• a motor;
• a circuitry electrically coupled to the motor and configured to be in communication with a remote computing device;
• at least one proximity sensor electrically coupled to the circuitry and configured to determine the door position with respect to a door frame;
• a drive wheel coupled to the motor and the circuitry, the drive wheel comprising a ground engaging external surface configured to rotatably contact a ground surface;
• and
• a latching doorknob comprising:
• a doorknob motor;
• doorknob circuitry electrically coupled to the doorknob motor and configured to be remotely connected to the remote computing device;
• a power transmission assembly coupled to the doorknob motor and configured to translate a rotational movement of the doorknob motor to a linear movement of a latch mechanism responsive to receipt of the signal,
• the motor configured to be remotely activated by the remote computing device to engage and rotate the drive wheel to reposition the door responsive to receipt of a signal.

A door positioning apparatus comprising:

• a first doorknob;
• a second doorknob;
• a latch mechanism coupling the first doorknob and the second doorknob;
• a doorknob motor;
• doorknob circuitry electrically coupled to the doorknob motor and configured to be in communication with a remote computing device, wherein the doorknob motor is configured to be remotely activated by the remote computing device responsive to receipt of a signal;
• and
• a power transmission assembly coupled to the doorknob motor and configured to translate a rotational movement of the doorknob motor responsive to receipt of the signal to a linear movement of the latch mechanism;
• the door positioning apparatus configured to be coupled to a door, with the first doorknob positioned on an interior side or exterior side of the door, and the second doorknob positioned on the other of the interior side or exterior side of the door, and the latch mechanism extending through a portion of the door between the interior side and exterior side of the door.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a door positioning device comprising:
• a baseplate configured to be coupled to a bottom portion of a door, the door configured to be positioned in an open door position, a closed door position, and between the open position and closed position;
• a motor;
• circuitry electrically coupled to the motor and configured to be in communication with a remote computing device;
• at least one proximity sensor electrically coupled to the circuitry and configured to determine the door position;
• and
• a drive wheel coupled to the motor and the circuitry, the drive wheel comprising an external ground engaging surface;
• a latching doorknob comprising:
• a doorknob motor;
• doorknob circuitry electrically coupled to the doorknob motor and configured to be in communication with the remote computing device;
• a power transmission assembly coupled to the doorknob motor and configured to translate rotational movement of the doorknob motor to linear movement of a latch mechanism responsive to receipt of a signal;
• wherein the doorknob motor is configured to be remotely activated by the remote computing device to engage the power transmission assembly responsive to receipt of the signal to disengage the latch mechanism from a door frame;
• and
• wherein the motor is configured to be remotely activated by the remote computing device to actuate the drive wheel to rotatably contact the ground surface to reposition the door responsive to receipt of the signal and after the latch mechanism is confirmed to be disengaged from the door frame.