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US 12,723,462 B2Granted
Doors and systems for control of internet of things (IoT) devices and methods thereof
AssigneeMasonite Corporation
InventorAlex Bodurka
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a door or door system, including one or more doors configured with wireless power transfer system transmitters and/or receivers to power smart doors and/or peripheral wirelessly powered devices and, optionally, wireless data transmitters and/or receivers.
Claims17
A door network system, comprising:
- a first door assembly comprising a first smart door and a first door frame, the first door assembly having a plurality of first door assembly wireless protocol components, wherein the plurality of first door assembly wireless protocol components comprise:
- a wireless power transfer system (WPTS) device configured to wirelessly transmit power;
- an Internet of Things (IoT) gateway or repeater;
- at least two Internet of Things (IoT) devices integrated within the first smart door and configured to wirelessly communicate with each other through the first smart door;
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- a controller configured to automatically cause the WPTS device to cease transmitting power to at least one IoT device from among the at least two IoT devices to automatically disable said at least one IoT device;
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- at least a second door assembly comprising a second smart door and a second door frame, the second door assembly having at least one second door assembly wireless protocol component, wherein the at least one second door assembly wireless protocol component comprises one or more of an Internet of Things (IoT) device and a WPTS receiver,
- wherein at least one of the WPTS device, the IoT gateway or repeater and the controller is disposed at least partially within or connected to a door jamb member of the first door frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.