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US 11,764,713 B2Granted
Control system and movable folding partition
AssigneeWon-Door Corporation
InventorsE. Carl Goodman, Duane O. Hall, Nathan Godwin, Daniel L. Steadman
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate, generally, to a control system for a movable partition. In one embodiment, the control system is an access control system that includes a lock control interface and a remote line interface at which lock modes are asserted, and which are communicated to a door controller. Protocols installed at the controller enable the controller to provide control signals to the movable partition responsive to the various lock modes asserted at the lock control interface and remote line interface.
Claims23
An access control system operably coupled to a movable partition having a motor and brake system that is operable to extend and retract the movable partition responsive to one or more control signals received from motor control circuitry, the access control system comprising:
- a remote interface comprising:
- at least one remote input configured to be activated by an access device;
- and
- at least one output, wherein the remote interface is configured to activate the at least one output responsive to the activated at least one remote input;
- a lock control interface comprising inputs including at least one monitored input configured to be coupled to the at least one output of the remote interface and an access control device input, the lock control interface configured to:
- monitor for fault conditions present at an electrical connection between the monitored input and the at least one output of the remote interface;
- determine an input condition responsive to a voltage value received via the electrical connection;
- disable the access control device responsive to the determined input condition being a lock condition, or enable the access control device input responsive to the determined input condition being an unlock condition;
- and
- communicate an instruction to a door controller responsive to the determined input condition, the communicated instruction indicative of a closed and locked door responsive to the determined input condition being the lock condition, and the communicated instruction indicative of an unlocked door responsive to the determined input condition being the unlock condition;
- wherein the door controller is configured to provide one or more control signals to the motor control circuitry responsive to the communicated instruction,
- wherein the one or more control signals provided responsive to the communicated instruction being indicative of a closed and locked door comprise control signals configured to:
- cause the movable partition to extend to a closed position and resist retraction responsive to the movable partition being open;
- or
- cause the movable partition to resist retraction responsive to the movable partition being closed,
- wherein the one or more control signals provided responsive to communicated instructions indicative of an unlocked door comprise control signals configured to:
- cause the movable partition to permit retraction;
- or
- cause the movable partition to permit retraction and retract to an open position.
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A system, comprising:
- a movable partition having a motor and brake system that is operable to extend and retract the movable partition responsive to one or more control signals received from a motor control circuitry;
- an interface comprising inputs including a monitored circuit between a first activatable input, a second activatable input, and an access control device input, wherein the interface is configured to:
- monitor for fault conditions present at an electrical communication provided by the monitored circuit;
- determine an input condition responsive to a voltage value received via the electrical communication;
- disable or enable one or more other activatable inputs responsive to activation of the first activatable input, the activation communicated via the monitored circuit;
- disable the access control device responsive to the determined input condition being a lock condition, or enable the access control device input responsive to the determined input condition being an unlock condition;
- a door controller communicatively coupled to the interface and operatively coupled to the motor control circuitry, wherein the door controller is configured to:
- receive an instruction responsive to the input condition, the instruction indicative of a closed and locked door responsive to the input condition being the lock condition, and the instruction indicative of an unlocked door responsive to the determined input condition being the unlock condition;
- associated with the first activatable input from the interface system;
- provide one or more control signals to the motor control circuitry responsive to the instruction;
- wherein the one or more control signals provided responsive to the instruction being indicative of a closed and locked door comprise control signals configured to:
- cause the movable partition to extend to a closed position and resist retraction responsive to the movable partition being open;
- or
- cause the movable partition to resist retraction responsive to the movable partition being closed,
- wherein the one or more control signals provided responsive to the instruction indicative of an unlocked door comprise control signals configured to:
- cause the movable partition to permit retraction;
- or
- cause the movable partition to permit retraction and retract to an open position.
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A method of operating a movable partition having a motor and brake system that is operable to extend and retract the movable partition, the method comprising:
- defining a first operation of the movable partition;
- monitoring for fault conditions present at an electrical connection between a monitored input and a remote input;
- receiving, via the electrical connection between the monitored input and the remote input, an indication of an input condition via the remote input, the input condition indicative of modifying operation of the movable partition;
- disabling an access control device responsive to the input condition being a lock condition, or enable the access control device responsive to the input condition being an unlock condition;
- providing one or more control signals to motor control circuitry of the movable partition;
- causing the movable partition to extend to a closed position and resist retraction responsive to the movable partition being open or causing the movable partition to resist retraction responsive to the movable partition being closed responsive to the input condition being indicative of a closed and locked door;
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- causing the movable partition to permit retraction or causing the movable partition to permit retraction and retract to an open position responsive to the input condition being indicative of an unlocked door.
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A method of operating a movable partition having a motor and brake system that is operable to extend and retract the movable partition, the method comprising:
- defining a first operation of the movable partition;
- monitoring for fault conditions present at an electrical connection between a monitored input and a remote input;
- receiving, via the electrical connection between the monitored input and the remote input, an indication of a protection mode being asserted at the first input of a remote interface, the protection mode indicative of modifying operation of the movable partition;
- determining at least one input condition responsive to the received indication of the protection mode;
- disabling an access control device responsive to the input condition being a lock condition, or enable the access control device responsive to the input condition being an unlock condition;
- and
- providing one or more control signals to motor control circuitry of the movable partition;
- causing the movable partition to extend to a closed position and resist retraction responsive to the movable partition being open or causing the movable partition to resist retraction responsive to the movable partition being closed responsive to the input condition being indicative of a closed and locked door;
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- causing the movable partition to permit retraction or causing the movable partition to permit retraction and retract to an open position responsive to the input condition being indicative of an unlocked door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.