Movable Barrier Operator
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220056751A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17275098

    申请日:2019-09-03

    IPC分类号: E05F15/668

    摘要: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a movable barrier operator including a body, a motor supported by the body, and a rotatable drive supported by the body and configured to be connected to an elongated driven member. The movable barrier operator further includes a shaft supported by the body and a compound gear mounted on the shaft. The compound gear includes a first gear operably coupled to a drive shaft of the motor and a second gear operably coupled to the rotatable drive. The first and second gears connected such that turning of the first gear causes turning of the second gear.

    Object Monitoring System and Methods

    公开(公告)号:US20220019810A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-20

    申请号:US17375340

    申请日:2021-07-14

    摘要: In one aspect of the present disclosure, an object monitoring system for a secured area is provided. The object monitoring system includes an image sensor operable to capture an image of the secured area and a memory configured to store a machine learning algorithm trained to identify a vehicle in the secured area, the machine learning algorithm including feature maps of training images captured by the image sensor. The object monitoring system further includes a processor operably coupled to the image sensor and the memory, the processor configured to calculate a feature descriptor of the image and to utilize the machine learning algorithm and the image of the secured area to determine whether a vehicle is present in the secured area by determining a correlation between the feature descriptor of the image and the feature maps of the training images.

    Movable barrier imminent motion notification system and method

    公开(公告)号:US11210875B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-28

    申请号:US17064255

    申请日:2020-10-06

    IPC分类号: G07C9/00 H04W4/021

    摘要: A movable barrier operator system is provided that includes a moving-barrier imminent motion notification apparatus, a motor, a controller, and communication circuitry configured to communicate with a remote control. In response to the communication circuitry receiving a communication from the remote control, the controller causes the motor to change the state of the movable barrier and additionally operate the moving-barrier imminent motion notification apparatus upon a determination of the remote control being beyond a physical proximity of a location associated with the movable barrier operator system. Upon a determination that the remote control is within the physical proximity, the controller refrains from operation of the moving-barrier imminent motion notification apparatus.

    Method and apparatus pertaining to message-based functionality

    公开(公告)号:US11200769B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-14

    申请号:US15654187

    申请日:2017-07-19

    摘要: A movable barrier operator transmits a message to a remote peripheral platform and, upon determining that the remote peripheral platform is presently able to carry out a given functionality, responsively permits a particular function to be carried out by the movable barrier operator. Conversely, upon determining that it cannot be ascertained whether the remote peripheral platform is presently able to carry out the given functionality, the movable barrier operator responsively prevents the movable barrier operator from carrying out the particular function. Also, upon detecting that a targeted remote platform does not acknowledge a previously re-transmitted message and further upon detecting that this same remote platform has also not acknowledged a subsequent wirelessly-transmitted second message, the system can switch to automatically retransmitting that second message a lesser number of times than would otherwise be required.

    Automatic Control of a Movable Barrier

    公开(公告)号:US20210246707A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-12

    申请号:US17241562

    申请日:2021-04-27

    IPC分类号: E05F15/73 G07C9/00

    摘要: In one aspect, an in-vehicle computing device is provided for controlling operation of a movable barrier operator. The in-vehicle computing device includes a sensor configured to detect a vehicle characteristic and communication circuitry operable to cause automatic operation of the movable barrier operator by communicating with the movable barrier operator. The in-vehicle device further includes a processor operatively coupled to the communication circuitry, the sensor, and the memory. The processor configured to determine satisfaction of a user account condition and, upon the user account condition not being satisfied, to inhibit the communication circuitry from initiating automatic operation of the movable barrier operator.

    Movable Barrier Operator and Gearbox Thereof

    公开(公告)号:US20210123286A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-29

    申请号:US16665920

    申请日:2019-10-28

    发明人: Zoltan Sostarecz

    IPC分类号: E05F15/67 F16H1/16

    摘要: In one aspect, a moveable barrier operator is provided that includes a motor, an armature shaft of the motor, and a worm screw assembled with a distal end portion of the armature shaft. The movable barrier operator further includes a worm wheel engaged with the worm and a rotatable drive member connected to the worm wheel. Turning of the armature shaft and worm screw mounted thereto causes turning of the worm wheel and rotatable drive member.

    System and Method for Movable Barrier Monitoring

    公开(公告)号:US20210047873A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-18

    申请号:US16992653

    申请日:2020-08-13

    IPC分类号: E05F15/40 G07C9/00 E05F15/686

    摘要: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a movable barrier operator system is provided that includes a motor configured to turn a drum to pay out a cable from the drum and permit a door connected to the cable to move from an open position toward a closed position. The system includes a memory configured to store an expected variable of the door, and a sensor configured to detect movement of the door. The system further includes a processor circuit operatively coupled to the motor, the memory, and the sensor. The processor circuit is configured to: use the sensor to estimate an actual variable of the door; determine whether the actual variable is acceptable based at least in part on the expected variable and the processor circuit causing the motor to turn the drum; and change operation of the movable barrier upon the actual variable of the movable barrier being unacceptable.

    Movable barrier operator having updatable security protocol

    公开(公告)号:US10907398B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-02

    申请号:US16272728

    申请日:2019-02-11

    摘要: A movable barrier operator system including a movable barrier operator configured to be connected to a movable barrier and move the movable barrier. The system includes a remote control configured to utilize a first security protocol to wirelessly transmit a communication to the movable barrier operator and cause the movable barrier operator to move the movable barrier. The movable barrier operator is configured to receive information representative of a second security protocol and to eliminate a compatibility of the movable barrier operator with communications from the remote control utilizing the first security protocol.

    Activity sensor
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10832543B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-10

    申请号:US16246368

    申请日:2019-01-11

    发明人: Fred Cheng Herman Yau

    摘要: An activity sensor system includes a library that stores image information. A low power artificial intelligence based image sensor captures images from a first location at a first image resolution. The sensor has access to the library that stores image information. The sensor is able to recognize images based on the image information in the image library.