Electronic key with interactive graphic user interface

US4914732A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Supra Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Walter G. Henderson · Salem, US
• John Q. Archer, II · Salem, US
• Gerald R. Daum · Salem, US
• George A. Ellson · Salem, US
• John Gray · Parramatta, AU
• Wayne F. Larson · Salem, US
• Rockne M. Olds · Salem, US
• Jerry P. Scansen · Salem, US
• John W. Sherman · Houston, US
• Edgar J. Unrein · Steilacoom, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 8, 1989
• Grant date: Apr 3, 1990
• Expiry date: Sep 8, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T70/7062
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An electronic key for an electronic lock system is provided with graphical user interface which can display a plurality of symbols corresponding to a plurality of functions that the key can cause the lock to execute. An operator of the key moves a visual indicia among these symbols to select a desired function. The key then transmits instructions to the lock causing the selected function to be executed.