US 11,962,944 B2
Electronic lock with remote monitoring
Nedal Akram Almomani, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Michael Maridakis, Garden Grove, CA (US); and Greg Gluchowski, Coto de Caza, CA (US)
Assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc., New Haven, CT (US)
Filed by ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc., NEw Haven, CT (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/832,231.
Application 17/832,231 is a continuation of application No. 16/878,107, filed on May 19, 2020, granted, now 11,356,642.
Application 16/878,107 is a continuation of application No. 16/042,161, filed on Jul. 23, 2018, granted, now 10,666,912, issued on May 26, 2020.
Application 16/042,161 is a continuation of application No. 14/183,668, filed on Feb. 19, 2014, granted, now 10,033,972, issued on Jul. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/779,145, filed on Mar. 13, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377288 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01)
CPC H04N 7/186 (2013.01) [G07C 9/00182 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic lockset comprising:
an internal assembly and an external assembly, wherein the internal assembly and the external assembly are configured to cooperatively mate with a bolt, each of the internal assembly and the external assembly being adapted to be mounted to a door, the external assembly including:
an external cover;
a camera mounted within the external assembly and orientated to capture content proximate to the external assembly through an opening in the external cover, wherein the opening is located at a top portion of the external cover; and
a touch screen for receiving a passcode, wherein the passcode received at the touch screen controls movement of the bolt from an extended position to a retracted position, wherein the external cover at least partially surrounds the touch screen below the top portion of the external assembly;
a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit the captured content to an electronic device via a wireless gateway; and
a controller in electronic communication with the camera and the wireless communication unit, wherein the controller is configured to control movement of the bolt between the extended position and the retracted position responsive to receiving an authorized credential.