Locking apparatuses, systems, and methods of providing access control
AssigneeHavenLock Inc.
InventorsAlexander Michael Bertelli, Kenneth Clay Banks, Fredrick Bachman Kuhlman, III
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for detecting an alert status of a locking apparatus for an entry point. An external force may be received at a locking apparatus operating in a locked state and determining a first indicia corresponding to the received external force, separately receiving an indication of the external force at an accelerometer of the locking apparatus and determining a second indicia corresponding to the received indication of the external force, comparing the first indicia and the second indicia to determine an alert condition, and selectively performing at least one alert operation corresponding to the determined alert condition.
Claims14
A method of detecting an alert status of a locking apparatus for an entry point, comprising:
- receiving an external force at a locking apparatus operating in a locked state and determining a first indicia corresponding to the received external force, wherein the first indicia is determined according to a status of an electromechanical switch of the locking apparatus;
- separately receiving an indication of the external force at an accelerometer of the locking apparatus and determining a second indicia corresponding to the received indication of the external force;
- comparing the first indicia and the second indicia to determine an alert condition;
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- selectively performing at least one alert operation corresponding to the determined alert condition.
A locking apparatus, comprising;
- a body;
- a lifting member coupleable to the body, at least a portion of the lifting member configured to move relative to the body according to a command position relating to a locking status, the lifting member comprising (i) a contact surface configured to restrict movement of an object, and (ii) an electromechanical switch, the lifting member configured to receive an external force;
- an accelerometer coupled to the body, the accelerometer configured to receive an indication of the external force received at the lifting member;
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- a control circuit configured to determine a first indicia corresponding to the received external force at the lifting member and to determine a second indicia corresponding to the received indication of the external force by the accelerometer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.