Patent ID: 9222740
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: F41A,G07C

Abstract:
1. Locking apparatus which is unlocked only by an authorized person, said apparatus comprising: (a) a locking device having a first source of electrical power and including, in combination: (1) a movable member, movable between a locked position, in which the locking device is locked, and an unlocked position in which the locking device is unlocked; (2) an electromechanical device coupled to the first source of power and to the moveable member for moving the movable member from the locked position to the unlocked position in response to at least one electric signal; (3) a first data memory, coupled to the first source of power, for storing first unlock data pertaining to at least one person who is authorized to unlock the locking device, said first unlock data including biologic identifying information of said at least one authorized person; (4) a wireless receiving (“R”) device, coupled to the first source of power, for receiving a transmitted signal representing second unlock data; and (5) a first logic device, coupled to the first source of power, to the first data memory and to the R device, for comparing said second unlock data represented by said transmitted signal with said first unlock data stored in the first data memory and for producing said at least one electric signal to actuate the electromechanical device, thereby to move the movable member to the unlocked position, when the first unlock data stored in said first data memory and the second unlock data received by the R device are substantially the same; (b) a phone app for a portable smartphone which includes a second source of electrical power and comprises the following components: (1) a wireless transmitting (“T”) device coupled to said second source of power for transmitting said signal representing said second unlock data to said R device; (2) an input device, coupled to said second source of power, for producing digital data representing biologic identifying information of a putative authorized person who wishes to unlock the locking device, and (3) a second logic device, coupled to said second source of power, to said T device and to said input device, for generating said second unlock data from said digital data representing said biologic identifying information; said phone app being operative to control said second logic device (i) to generate said second unlock data from said biologic identifying information and (ii) to cause said T device to transmit said signal representing said second unlock data to said R device;