Always-on lock indicator display technologies
AssigneeSchlage Lock Company LLC
InventorJonathan Everson
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Abstract
An electronic lock for leveraging always-on lock indicator display technologies according to an embodiment includes a bistable display, at least one processor, and at least one memory comprising a plurality of instructions that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, causes the electronic lock to perform a diagnostic on the electronic lock to determine a status of the electronic lock, determine whether an error has occurred on the electronic lock based on the determined status of the electronic lock, and modify a current display image of the bistable display to display an error code on the bistable display in response to a determination that the error has occurred on the electronic lock, wherein the error code is associated with the error that has occurred on the electronic lock.
Claims18
An electronic lock for leveraging always-on lock indicator display technologies, the electronic lock comprising:
- a bistable display;
- at least one processor;
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- at least one memory comprising a plurality of instructions that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, causes the electronic lock to:
- perform a diagnostic on the electronic lock to determine a status of the electronic lock;
- determine whether an error has occurred on the electronic lock based on the determined status of the electronic lock;
- modify a current display image of the bistable display to display an error code on the bistable display in response to a determination that the error has occurred on the electronic lock, wherein the error code is associated with the error that has occurred on the electronic lock;
- determine a lock status of the electronic lock in response to a determination that an error has not occurred on the electronic lock;
- modify the current display image of the bistable display to display a locked status indicator in response to a determination that the electronic lock is locked;
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- modify the current display image of the bistable display to display an unlocked status indicator in response to a determination that the electronic lock is unlocked.
A method for leveraging always-on lock indicator display technologies, the method comprising:
- performing, by an electronic lock, a diagnostic on the electronic lock to determine a status of the electronic lock;
- determining, by the electronic lock, whether an error has occurred on the electronic lock based on the determined status of the electronic lock;
- modifying, by the electronic lock, a current display image of a bistable display of the electronic lock to display an error code on the bistable display in response to determining that the error has occurred on the electronic lock, wherein the error code is associated with the error that has occurred on the electronic lock;
- determining, by the electronic lock, a lock status of the electronic lock in response to determining that an error has not occurred on the electronic lock;
- modifying, by the electronic lock, the current display image of the bistable display to display a locked status indicator in response to determining that the electronic lock is locked;
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- modifying, by the electronic lock, the current display image of the bistable display to display an unlocked status indicator in response to determining that the electronic lock is unlocked.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.