Digital lock
A locking system is described. The locking system, includes a lock. The lock includes a semi-hard magnet and a hard magnet. The hard magnet is configured to move to open or close the lock, the lock is self-powered using near field communication (NFC), and the lock is digitally controlled using a mobile application.
1. A locking system, comprising:
a lock, comprising:
a semi-hard magnet; and
a hard magnet,
wherein
the hard magnet is configured to move to open or close the lock,
the lock is self-powered using near field communication (NFC), and
the lock is digitally controlled using a mobile application.
2. The locking system of claim 1 , wherein:
the semi-hard magnet has a first coercivity less than a second coercivity of the hard magnet.
3. The locking system of claim 1 , wherein:
the lock is configured to open or close based on identifying a user at the mobile application.
4. The locking system of claim 3 , wherein:
the mobile application is associated with a mobile computing device, and
the lock is configured to be powered by NFC from the mobile computing device.
5. The locking system of claim 3 , wherein:
the mobile application is configured to identify the user based on biometric identification at a mobile computing device.
6. The locking system of claim 5 , wherein:
the biometric identification comprises at least one of: (i) fingerprint identification or (ii) identification using an image of the user generated using a camera associated with the mobile computing device.
7. The locking system of claim 3 , wherein:
the mobile application is configured to identify the user based on communicating with a cloud service using a communication network.
8. The locking system of claim 3 , wherein:
the mobile application is configured to provide notification to the user relating to success in identifying the user.
9. A software program product configured to perform one or more operations for controlling a lock, the operations comprising:
digitally controlling operation of the lock using a mobile application, wherein:
the lock comprises a semi-hard magnet and a hard magnet,
the hard magnet is configured to move to open or close the lock, and the lock is self-powered using near field communication (NFC).
10. The software program product of claim 9 , wherein:
the semi-hard magnet has a first coercivity less than a second coercivity of the hard magnet.
11. The software program product of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:
opening or closing the lock based on identifying a user at the mobile application.
12. The software program product of claim 11 , wherein:
the mobile application is associated with a mobile computing device, and
the lock is configured to be powered by NFC from the mobile computing device.
13. The software program product of claim 11 , wherein:
the mobile application is configured to identify the user based on biometric identification at a mobile computing device.
14. The software program product of claim 13 , wherein:
the biometric identification comprises at least one of: (i) fingerprint identification or (ii) identification using an image of the user generated using a camera associated with the mobile computing device.
15. The software program product of claim 11 , wherein:
the mobile application is configured to identify the user based on communicating with a cloud service using a communication network.
16. The software program product of claim 11 , wherein:
the mobile application is configured to provide notification to the user relating to success in identifying the user.