Electronic lock system
OwnerJohn Joseph Ryaninventor
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Abstract
The embodiments presented within provide methods, devices, and systems that improve access control through the use of smart cylinder locks. In one embodiment, a smart cylinder may perform a process including receiving a key, emitting an energy source of electromagnetic radiation; detecting a change in the energy source due to a physical property of the key, determining the physical property of the key from the change in the energy source, comparing the physical property with a predetermined value, and engaging a mechanism operatively coupled to a locking device that allows the locking device to lock or unlock when the physical property matches the predetermined value.
Claims39
A process performed by a smart cylinder, comprising:
- receiving a key;
- emitting an energy source of electromagnetic radiation;
- detecting a change in the energy source due to a physical property of the key;
- determining the physical property of the key from the change in the energy source;
- comparing the physical property with a predetermined value;
- engaging a mechanism operatively coupled to a locking device that allows the locking device to unlock when the physical property matches the predetermined value;
- engaging the mechanism through an electromagnetic device at least partially housed in the smart cylinder;
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- powering the smart cylinder with energy generated in the electromagnetic device when configured to function as a generator.
A smart cylinder, comprising:
- a plug body comprising an energy emitter and an energy detector;
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- a control module operatively coupled to the energy emitter and the energy detector configured to
- emit an energy source of electromagnetic radiation from the energy emitter,
- detect a change in the energy source due to a physical property of a key as received in the energy detector,
- determine the physical property of the key from the change in the energy source,
- compare the physical property of the key with a predetermined value, and
- engage a mechanism operatively coupled to a locking device that allows the locking device to unlock when the physical property matches the predetermined value wherein the mechanism operatively coupled to the locking device is an electromagnetic device at least partially housed in the smart cylinder, wherein the control module is powered from stored energy generated in the electromagnetic device when the electromagnetic device is configured to function as a generator.
An electronic lock system, comprising:
- a smart cylinder further comprising
- a plug body comprising an energy emitter and an energy detector;
- a control module operatively coupled to the energy emitter and the energy detector configured to
- emit an energy source of electromagnetic radiation from the energy emitter,
- detect a change in the energy source due to a physical property of a key as received in the energy detector,
- determine the physical property of the key from the change in the energy source,
- compare the physical property of the key with a predetermined value, and
- engage a mechanism operatively coupled to a locking device that allows the locking device to unlock when the physical property matches the predetermined value wherein the mechanism operatively coupled to the locking device is an electromagnetic device at least partially housed in the smart cylinder, wherein the control module is powered from stored energy generated in the electromagnetic device when the electromagnetic device is configured to function as a generator;
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- a control system configured to provide the predetermined value to the control module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.