Object-recognition lock
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorCurtis C. Ballard
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Abstract
An object-recognition lock and method for operation thereof. According to one embodiment, the object-recognition lock comprises a scanner, the scanner generating at least one image signal indicative of a surface texture of an object. A controller is communicatively coupled to the scanner, the controller determining the surface texture from the at least one image signal, the controller comparing the surface texture of the object with a reference texture. A lock assembly is communicatively coupled to the controller, the lock assembly operable between a closed position and an open position by the controller when the surface texture of the object matches the reference texture.
Claims21
A method for operating an object-recognition lock, comprising:
- scanning an object for at least one surface texture of the object;
- comparing the at least one surface texture of the object with a reference texture;
- and
- actuating the lock assembly if the at least one surface texture of the object matches the reference texture.
An object-recognition lock, comprising:
- a scanner, said scanner generating at least one image signal indicative of a surface texture of an object;
- a controller communicatively coupled to said scanner, said controller determining said surface texture from said at least one image signal, said controller comparing said surface texture of said object with a reference texture;
- and
- a lock assembly communicatively coupled to said controller, said lock assembly operable between a closed position and an open position by said controller when said surface texture of said object matches said reference texture.
An object-recognition lock, comprising:
- means for generating an image signal indicative of at least one surface texture of an object;
- means for comparing said at least one surface texture indicated by said image signal with a reference texture;
- and
- means for actuating said lock when said at least one surface texture of said object matches said reference texture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.