Patent ID: 11959308
Assignee: ASSA ABLOY RESIDENTIAL GROUP INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  G | IPC E  G

Claim 11:
12. A method of operating a door lock, the method comprising:
rotating a driveshaft to move a bolt of the door lock between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein rotating the driveshaft includes:
rotating a transmission coupled to the driveshaft, wherein the transmission includes at least one gear coupled to the driveshaft, and
rotating a magnetic encoder coupled to the at least one gear;
determining a position of the driveshaft, wherein determining the position of the driveshaft comprises determining a position of the at least one gear using the magnetic encoder;
generating a signal indicative of a position of the at least one gear; and
transmitting the signal to a processor;
wherein the signal is a non-incremental signal; and
wherein the signal is indicative of the position of the at least one gear following an erasure of memory associated with the processor.