US 12,254,726 B2
Monitoring items in an area accessible through an electronic locking device
Ramesh Lingala, Miyapur (IN); Ashis Kumar Sinha, Chandanagar (IN); and Jeetendra Kumar Mallireddy, Serilingampally (IN)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/831,777.
Claims priority of application No. 202111025434 (IN), filed on Jun. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0392285 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01)
CPC G07C 9/00309 (2013.01) [G07C 9/00944 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00952 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic locking device, comprising:
a lock that selectively allows access to an area when the lock is unlocked;
a processor that is configured to control whether the lock is locked or unlocked; and
a transceiver that is configured to communicate with a communication hub that is remote from the lock, wherein:
the processor is configured to cause the transceiver to provide an indication to the communication hub when the lock has been unlocked;
the indication includes an instruction that the communication hub should begin monitoring a condition of at least one preselected item within the area, and wherein any change in a condition of the at least one preselected item is communicated to at least one remote device via the communication hub; and
the device includes at least one detector comprising a camera supported on a mobile drone, and wherein the mobile drone is activated in response to an indication that the lock been unlocked; and wherein an individual that enters the area after the lock has been unlocked is followed by the mobile drone until that individual leaves the area.