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US 2020/0225798 A1Published application
Touch input lock
AssigneeSchlage Lock Company LLC
InventorsAndrew Setter, Scott Baxter, Chris R. Snider
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Abstract
An exemplary credential reader includes a touch-sensitive region and is configured to generate tap information and/or swipe information in response to the touch-sensitive region being tapped and/or swiped. In certain forms, the touch-sensitive region is a non-displaying track pad. In other forms, the touch-sensitive region is a touch-sensitive display. A lockset including the credential reader further includes a controller configured to generate credential information based upon information received from the credential reader. The controller may compare the credential information to an authorized credential and transmit a grant/deny signal based upon the comparing.
Claims22
A lockset, comprising:
- a locking member movable between a locking position and an unlocking position to adjust a locked/unlocked state of the lockset between a locked state and an unlocked state;
- an electronic actuator configured to move the locking member from the locking position to the unlocking position in response to receiving an unlock signal;
- an outside assembly configured for mounting to an outer side of a door, wherein the outside assembly includes a credential reader comprising a touch-sensitive track pad configured to generate coordinate information in response to being touched, the coordinate information relating to a location of the touch on the track pad;
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- a controller in communication with the credential reader and the electronic actuator, wherein the controller is configured to:
- generate credential information based upon the coordinate information;
- compare the credential information to an authorized credential;
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- transmit the unlock command to the electronic actuator in response to the credential information matching the authorized credential.
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A lockset, comprising:
- a locking member movable between a locking position and an unlocking position to adjust a locked/unlocked state of the lockset between a locked state and an unlocked state;
- an electronic actuator configured to move the locking member from the locking position to the unlocking position in response to receiving an unlock signal;
- an outside assembly configured for mounting to an outer side of a door, wherein the outside assembly includes a credential reader comprising a touch-sensitive display operable to display a displayed code character, wherein the displayed code character is an alphanumeric character, wherein the credential reader is configured to adjust the displayed code character in a first adjusting manner in response to the touch-sensitive display being touched in a first touching manner, and to transmit code character information relating to the code character in response to the touch-sensitive display being touched in a second touching manner;
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- a controller in communication with the credential reader and the electronic actuator, wherein the controller is configured to:
- generate credential information based upon code character information received from the credential reader;
- compare the credential information to an authorized credential;
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- transmit the unlock command to the electronic actuator in response to the credential information matching the authorized credential.
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A lockset, comprising:
- a locking member movable between a locking position and an unlocking position to adjust a locked/unlocked state of the lockset between a locked state and an unlocked state;
- an electronic actuator configured to move the locking member from the locking position to the unlocking position in response to receiving an unlock signal;
- an outside assembly configured for mounting to an outer side of a door, wherein the outside assembly includes a credential reader comprising a touch-sensitive region operable to distinguish between swipes and taps, to transmit swipe information in response to a swipe on the touch-sensitive region, and to generate tap information in response to a tap on the touch-sensitive region;
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- a controller in communication with the credential reader and the electronic actuator, wherein the controller is configured to:
- generate credential information based upon the swipe information and the tap information;
- compare the credential information to an authorized credential;
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- transmit the unlock command to the electronic actuator in response to the credential information matching the authorized credential;
- wherein the credential reader comprises a display including a first touch-sensitive display region configured to display a displayed code character, wherein the displayed code character is selected from a set of available code characters including a plurality of alphanumeric characters;
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- wherein the controller is configured to adjust the displayed code character within the set of available code characters in response to the swipe information, and to include the displayed code character in the credential information in response to the tap information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.