Locking device biometric access
AssigneeMaster Lock Company LLC
InventorScott Kalous
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Abstract
An electronic locking device includes an electronically controllable locking mechanism, a memory, a wireless transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with a user device to receive an encrypted package containing a biometric template corresponding to an authorized user, and a processor. The processor is configured to decrypt the encrypted package and store the biometric template in the memory, receive a biometric input corresponding to a user attempting to access the electronic locking device, determine if the biometric input matches the biometric template of the authorized user, and activate the electronically controllable locking mechanism in response to a determination that the biometric input matches the biometric template of the authorized user.
Claims17
A lock system comprising:
- a lock assembly for unlocking a door deadbolt, the lock assembly including a keypad device;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium for an electronic device, the non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions encoded therein, the instructions when executed by a first processor of the electronic device cause the first processor to:
- receive a request to enter the lock assembly into a biometric enrollment mode;
- and
- transmit, via a first wireless transceiver of the electronic device, a first signal to enter the keypad device into the biometric enrollment mode;
- wherein the keypad device includes:
- a biometric interface configured to receive biometric inputs;
- a second wireless transceiver configured to receive the first signal;
- a memory;
- and
- a second processor configured to:
- activate the biometric enrollment mode in response to receiving the first signal;
- receive one or more first biometric inputs acquired via the biometric interface;
- generate a biometric template based on the one or more first biometric inputs;
- store the biometric template within the memory;
- receive a second biometric input acquired via the biometric interface;
- compare the second biometric input to the biometric template;
- and
- activate the door deadbolt to unlock a door associated with the door deadbolt in response to the second biometric input matching the biometric template.
A lock system for a door deadbolt, the lock system comprising:
- a keypad device including:
- a biometric interface configured to acquire biometric inputs;
- a keypad;
- a wireless transceiver;
- a memory configured to store one or more passcodes and one or more biometric templates;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- activate a biometric enrollment mode in response to receiving an enrollment signal from an external device to enter the biometric enrollment mode;
- receive one or more first biometric inputs acquired via the biometric interface;
- generate a biometric template based on the one or more first biometric inputs;
- store the biometric template within the memory;
- receive a second biometric input acquired via the biometric interface;
- activate the door deadbolt to unlock the door deadbolt in response to the second biometric input matching the biometric template within the memory;
- receive touch inputs acquired via the keypad;
- and
- activate the door deadbolt to unlock the door deadbolt in response to the touch inputs matching a respective passcode of the one or more passcodes stored within the memory.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a portable electronic device, a request to enter a keypad device into a biometric enrollment mode;
- transmitting, by the portable electronic device, a first signal to enter the keypad device into the biometric enrollment mode;
- activating, by the keypad device, the biometric enrollment mode in response to receiving the first signal;
- receiving, by a biometric interface of the keypad device, one or more first biometric inputs acquired via the biometric interface;
- generating, by the keypad device, a biometric template based on the one or more first biometric inputs;
- storing, by the keypad device, the biometric template within a memory thereof,
- receiving, by the biometric interface of the keypad device, a second biometric input;
- and
- activating, by the keypad device, a door deadbolt associated therewith in response to the second biometric input matching the biometric template within the memory to facilitate unlocking the door deadbolt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.