Garage door opener maintenance and services
AssigneeASSA ABLOY Residential Group, Inc.
InventorsGarrett Lovejoy, David P. Bresson, Vickie Lents, Mark Caterino, Jason Williams, Kevin C. Kraus
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Abstract
A garage door opener system includes a garage door opener having one or more sensors configured to monitor the status of a garage door as it moves between first and second positions. The garage door opener system may detect one or more anomalies in a profile generated from information from the one or more sensors and alert a user to the presence of those anomalies. The garage door opener system may allow a user to find and contact a service provider to address the one or more anomalies.
Claims25
A garage door opener system comprising:
- a motor configured to move a garage door between a first position and a second position;
- at least one sensor configured to collect information about the garage door as the garage door moves between the first position and the second position;
- memory including processor executable instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the processor executable instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor executable instructions include:
- establishing a baseline profile of the garage door from the information,
- determining one or more subsequent profiles of the garage door from information collected on movements of the garage door between the first position and the second position,
- comparing the one or more subsequent profiles to the baseline profile,
- identifying one or more anomalies in the one or more subsequent profiles based on comparing the one or more subsequent profiles to the baseline profile, and
- alerting a user to the one or more anomalies.
A garage door opener system comprising:
- a garage door opener including:
- one or more sensors configured to collect information about a garage door as the garage door moves between a first position and a second position, and
- a wireless transceiver;
- and
- a remote device in communication with the wireless transceiver including:
- a screen displaying a graphical user interface,
- memory including processor executable instructions, and
- a processor configured to execute the processor executable instructions stored in the memory on command from the graphical user interface,
- wherein the graphical user interface is operable to instruct the garage door opener to move the garage door between the first position and the second position, and wherein the graphical user interface is operable to initiate a diagnostics mode in which the processor:
- receives information from the one or more sensors,
- establishes a baseline profile of the garage door from the information,
- determines one or more subsequent profiles of the garage door from information collected on movements of the garage door between the first position and second position,
- compares the one or more subsequent profiles to the baseline profile,
- identifies one or more anomalies in the one or more subsequent profiles based on a comparison of the one or more subsequent profiles to the baseline profile, and
- alerts a user to the one or more anomalies.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.