Device, system and method for transmitting unlock codes via display augmentation
AssigneeDavinci Lock LLC
InventorsBradford A. Minsley, Clifton P. Minsley
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device and method for displaying an unlock code for a lock upon lock related indicia being detected by a mobile communications device. The lock related indicia can be captured via a camera of the mobile communications device. In various embodiments, the unlock code can be revealed via an augmented reality display of the mobile communications device.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for retrieving an unlock code for a physical lock, comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, lock related indicia via an interface for a software application operable by a mobile communications device, wherein the interface comprises a captured image of the lock related indicia;
- retrieving, by the computing device, an unlock code for a physical lock associated with the lock related indicia, wherein the physical lock is not capable of electronic communication;
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- transmitting the unlock code by the computing device to the mobile communications device, whereupon the unlock code is overlain upon the captured image of the lock related indicia on the interface for the software application operable by the mobile communications device.
A method for displaying an augmented reality display using lock related indicia, comprising:
- detecting, via a camera of a mobile communications device, a first lock related indicia on a physical lock, wherein the camera has a field of view;
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- generating, on a display of the mobile communications device, an augmented reality display when the camera contains at least a portion of the physical lock within the field of view, and wherein the augmented reality display comprises an unlock code for the physical lock.
A lock arrangement, comprising:
- a physical lock;
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- a first lock related indicia detectable by a camera of a mobile communications device, wherein upon detection of the first lock related indicia, an augmented reality display is generated on a display of the mobile communications device, wherein the augmented reality display comprises an unlock code for the physical lock overlain upon an image of the physical lock or the first lock related indicia.
A method for displaying an augmented reality display using lock related indicia, comprising:
- detecting, via a mobile communications device, a first lock related indicia on or proximate a physical lock, wherein the first lock related indicia comprises an NFC tag;
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- generating, on a display of the mobile communications device, an augmented reality display when a camera of the mobile communications device contains at least a portion of the physical lock or the first lock related indicia within a field of view, and wherein the augmented reality display comprises an unlock code for the physical lock overlain upon an image of the physical lock or the first lock related indicia.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.