Patent ID: 9121199
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: E05B,G07C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A miniature electronic lock comprising: a housing that includes a battery compartment; a shackle bar that fits into the housing; a movement sensor that is an acceleration or vibration sensor disposed within the housing and configured to detect a pattern of shaking of the miniature electronic lock; and an electronic system, protected by the housing, that includes memory storing a preprogrammed access code and that uses a microcontroller programmed by software to release the shackle bar upon the preprogrammed access code being received from a touch sensor and electronic display unit or from an electronic key, wherein the electronic system receives power from one or more batteries in the battery compartment, wherein the displacement sensor provides power saving activation for the electronic system by activating the electronic system in response to the detected pattern of shaking of the lock, and wherein the preprogrammed access code includes at least one shape and at least one color graphic.