Wireless ultra-low power portable lock
AssigneeVelo Labs, Inc.
InventorsJack AL-KAHWATI, Gerardo Barroeta PEREZ
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Abstract
A wireless ultra-low power portable lock may be realized as a lock apparatus including: a locking mechanism having at least locked and unlocked states, the locking mechanism operable to provide physical resistance to being unlocked when in the locked state; an actuator operable to move the locking mechanism from the locked state to the unlocked state in response to a received signal; and a controlling unit configured to control the actuator and to receive one or more signals from one or more devices external to the lock apparatus.
Claims21
A portable lock apparatus, comprising:
- a locking mechanism having at least locked and unlocked states, the locking mechanism operable to provide physical resistance to being unlocked when in the locked state;
- an actuator operable to move the locking mechanism from the locked state to the unlocked state in response to a received signal;
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- a controlling unit configured to control the actuator and to receive one or more signals from one or more devices external to the lock apparatus;
- wherein the portable lock apparatus is self-contained such that the locking mechanism, actuator, and controlling unit are components of the portable lock apparatus;
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- wherein the portable lock apparatus is portable.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- establishing a wireless connection with a lock apparatus;
- submitting credentials to the lock apparatus in order to authenticate a user;
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- in response to user input, sending instructions to control a locking mechanism of the lock apparatus.
A portable lock apparatus comprising:
- a lock having at least locked and unlocked states;
- an actuator operable to move the lock from the locked state to the unlocked state in response to a received signal;
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- a controller configured to receive one or more signals from one or more devices external to the lock apparatus over a wireless link and to control the actuator to unlock the lock based on instructions from the one or more signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.