Wireless access control system including closed door position and interior area remote access wireless communications device based lock switching and related methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9697658
APP PUB NO 20170186254A1
SERIAL NO

14981151

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A wireless access control system may include a remote access wireless communications device and a lock assembly to be mounted on a door. The lock assembly may include a lock, a door position sensor, interior and exterior directional antennas, lock wireless communications circuitry, a touch sensor, and a lock controller. The lock controller may be configured to unlock the lock based upon the touch sensor, determine when the door is closed after being opened based upon the door position sensor, determine whether the remote access wireless device is in an interior or an exterior based upon the directional antennas, switch the lock to the locked position when the door is closed and when the remote access wireless device is in the interior, and not switch the lock to the locked position when the door is closed and when the remote access wireless device is in the exterior.

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UNIKEY TECHNOLOGIES INC2250 LEE ROAD STE 100 WINTER PARK FL 32789

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dumas, Philip C Orlando, US 25 1594
Wyckoff, Dirk State College, US 2 27

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