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US 9,109,378 B2Granted
Smart lock systems and methods
AssigneeSkyBell Technologies, Inc.
InventorJoseph Frank Scalisi
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Abstract
A lock can receive electricity from a transformer of a doorbell chime while the lock is mounted on a door. The lock can be electrically coupled to the face plate. The face plate can be electrically coupled to the strike plate of the door frame. The strike plate of the doorframe can be electrically coupled to the transformer of the doorbell chime.
Claims20
A lock system for a building door, comprising:
- a bolt configured to move between a locked position and an unlocked position;
- and
- an induction receiver configured to be coupled to a face plate of the building door, wherein the induction receiver is configured to inductively receive electricity from an induction transmitter coupled to a strike plate of a building, and wherein the induction receiver does not move with respect to the face plate.
A lock system for a building door, comprising:
- a face plate configured to be coupled to the building door;
- a bolt slidably received by the face plate, wherein the bolt is configured to move between a locked position and an unlocked position;
- an induction receiver coupled to the face plate, wherein the induction receiver is configured to inductively receive electricity, and
- wherein the induction receiver does not move with respect to the face plate as the building door moves between an open position and a closed position.
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A lock system for a building door, comprising:
- a housing;
- a camera coupled to the housing;
- a wireless data transmission system coupled to the housing, wherein the wireless data transmission system is configured to receive lock commands from a remote computing device, and wherein the wireless data transmission system is configured to transmit images captured by the camera to the remote computing device;
- a bolt slidably received by a face plate of the building door, wherein the bolt is configured to move between a locked position and an unlocked position such that the bolt moves with respect to the housing;
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- an induction receiver coupled to the face plate, wherein the induction receiver is configured to inductively receive electricity from an induction transmitter coupled to a strike plate of a building,
- wherein when the bolt is in the locked position, the induction receiver is located in a first location, and wherein when the bolt is in the unlocked position, the induction receiver remains located in the first location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.