Door lock system with contact sensor

US11527121B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• August Home, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jason Johnson · San Francisco, US
• Christopher Kim · Plano, US
• Karthikeyan Sivasambu · San Francisco, US
• Shannon Petty · San Francisco, US
• Kuy N. Mainwaring · San Francisco, US
• Peter Fornell · Lake Oswego, US
• Thomas P. Russo · Seattle, US
• Luca Baradel · San Francisco, US
• Christopher Dow · San Francisco, US
• Herve Jacques Clement Letourneur · San Francisco, US
• Mason Curry · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2020
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2022
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08B3/10
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An intelligent door lock system is coupled to a door at a dwelling. A first sensor is at the dwelling. The first sensor is coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device to assist in locking and unlocking a lock of a lock device at a door. The lock device is coupled to the first sensor and the lock device includes a bolt. An engine, an energy source and a memory are coupled together. A magnetic sensor provides a reading or measurement used to determine a door open or closed status.