Patent ID: 9587420
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: E05F,E05Y,G07C,H04L

Claim:
1. A wireless obstacle detector and communication module combination comprising: an obstacle detector configured to detect an obstacle in or near a path of a movable barrier, the obstacle detector comprising a wireless transmitter configured to wirelessly send communications regarding presence or absence of an obstacle in or near the path; and a communication module configured to receive the communications from the wireless transmitter of the obstacle detector and to communicate with a plurality of different movable barrier operator types having at least two different protocols for receiving obstacle detector information, the communication module comprising: a wireless module configured to wirelessly receive the communications from the wireless transmitter of the obstacle detector; a barrier operator communication module configured to transmit communications to a separate movable barrier operator having one of the plurality of different movable barrier operator types and configured to move the movable barrier; a processing device in operative communication with the wireless module and the barrier operator communication module, the processing device configured to effect transmission of a barrier operator communication to the separate movable barrier operator conveying information regarding the presence or absence of the obstacle in or near the path using one of the at least two different protocols for receiving obstacle detector information based on the communication received from the obstacle detector.