IP Library Granted Patent US 9,928,675
Granted Patent B2
US 9,928,675 · App. 15/484,696 · Granted Mar 27, 2018

Digital doorlock system

Inventors: Chang Hoon Shin (Seongnam-si, KR); Sung Hyuk Kang (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: CHAHOO Co., Ltd.
G07C9/0069G07C9/00309H04W4/008H04W40/244G07C2009/00769
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,928,675
App. No.
15/484,696
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a digital doorlock system including a doorlock configured to transmit an iBeacon signal and reduce a period of Bluetooth connection when recognizing proximity of a user terminal and a touch or a press on a keypad, wherein the doorlock is wirelessly connected to the user terminal so that an opening/closing operation of the doorlock is controlled, a user application installed in the user terminal and configured to enter a state of being capable of controlling the doorlock upon receiving the iBeacon signal and control the opening/closing operation of the doorlock when wirelessly connected to the doorlock via the user terminal, and a management server configured to provide a password for controlling the opening/closing operation of the doorlock to the user application through user authentication.

Claims (17)

1. A digital doorlock system using Bluetooth beacon communication, the digital doorlock system comprising:

a doorlock configured to transmit an iBeacon signal and reduce a period of Bluetooth connection when recognizing proximity of a user terminal and at least one of a touch or a press on a keypad, wherein the doorlock is wirelessly connected to the user terminal so that an opening/closing operation of the doorlock is controlled;

a user application installed in the user terminal and configured to enter a state of being capable of controlling the doorlock upon receiving the iBeacon signal and control the opening/closing operation of the doorlock when wirelessly connected to the doorlock via the user terminal; and

a management server configured to provide a password for controlling the opening/closing operation of the doorlock to the user application through user authentication.

2. The digital doorlock system of claim 1 , wherein the doorlock comprises:

the keypad configured to operate in response to the touch or the press;

a Bluetooth beacon module configured to transmit the iBeacon signal and communicate with the user application by being wirelessly connected to the user terminal;

an opening/closing control module configured to request, via the Bluetooth beacon module, a password from the user application and open or close an entrance door according to the password received from the user application;

a proximity sensor configured to recognize a metal part of the user terminal positioned in front of the doorlock to detect proximity of the user terminal; and

a touch/pressure sensor configured to detect the touch or the press on the keypad.

3. The digital doorlock system of claim 2 , wherein the Bluetooth beacon module reduces a period of transmission of a Bluetooth connection signal when the proximity of the user terminal and at least one of the touch or the press on the keypad are recognized by the proximity sensor and the touch/pressure sensor, and releases a Bluetooth connection when control of the doorlock by the user application is completed.

4. The digital doorlock system of claim 1 , wherein, upon receiving the iBeacon signal from the doorlock, the user application operates in a background of the user terminal so as to enable control of the doorlock.

5. The digital doorlock system of claim 1 , wherein, when the user authentication is completed through the user application, the management server provides a user codebook comprising a plurality of passwords having different coordinate information.

6. The digital doorlock system of claim 5 ,

wherein the doorlock simultaneously requests, from the user terminal, a plurality of passwords assigned to arbitrary coordinates or a password obtained by combining, in a specific order, values from respective passwords corresponding to the arbitrary coordinates on the basis of a pre-stored manager codebook,

wherein the user application responds to the request from the doorlock on the basis of the user codebook,

wherein the doorlock checks, on the basis of the manager codebook, response information received from the user application, and operates according to whether the response information matches the manager codebook.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Feb 12, 2025
From: IMGATE, INC.
To: H2O HOSPITALITY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 070201/0655 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2021
From: CHAHOO CO., LTD.
To: IMGATE, INC.
Reel/Frame 056131/0540 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2017
From: SHIN, CHANG HOON; KANG, SUNG HYUK
To: CHAHOO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041968/0841 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0045132 · Apr 12, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170294061A1 · Oct 12, 2017