Operator system utilizing a position detector to initiate a closing sequence
AssigneeHomeRun Holdings Corporation
InventorWillis J. Mullet
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Abstract
Mobile transmitter configured to control any compatible barrier operator so as to move an access barrier to a closed position based on the change in angular and/or linear position of a carrying device. The mobile transmitter includes a position sensor and an activity sensor to monitor the change in position of the carrying device. Thus, when the angular and/or linear position of the carrying device changes by an amount greater than a predetermined threshold, the mobile transmitter automatically communicates a mobile command signal to the barrier operator commanding it to close the access barrier.
Claims8
A method of automatically closing an open access barrier based on a change in position of a carrying device in proximity to the access barrier comprising:
- providing a standalone mobile transmitter in a carrying device, said standalone mobile transmitter configured to internally detect movement and an angular change in position of the carrying device with an angular position detector;
- providing any barrier operator adapted for use with said standalone mobile transmitter to control the movement of the access barrier between limit positions without any other external data input;
- moving the carrying device from a first position to a second position;
- determining whether the movement and the angular change of the carrying device exceeds a predetermined threshold angle value and distance;
- automatically transmitting a signal from said mobile transmitter to said barrier operator;
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- automatically closing the open access barrier without any other external data input if the angular change in position of the carrying device detected by said angular position detector exceeds said predetermined threshold angle value and distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.