US 12,331,548 B2
Locking apparatuses, systems, and methods of providing access control
Alexander Michael Bertelli, Nashville, TN (US); Kenneth Clay Banks, Franklin, TN (US); and Fredrick Bachman Kuhlman, III, Nashville, TN (US)
Assigned to HavenLock Inc., Nashville, TN (US)
Filed by HavenLock Inc., Franklin, TN (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/390,025.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/058,970, filed on Jul. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0034123 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. E05B 45/08 (2006.01); E05B 45/12 (2006.01); E05B 45/06 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 45/083 (2013.01) [E05B 45/12 (2013.01); E05B 2045/064 (2013.01); E05B 2045/067 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of detecting an alert status of a locking apparatus for an entry point, comprising:
receiving an external force at a locking apparatus operating in a locked state and determining a first indicia corresponding to the received external force, wherein the first indicia is determined according to a status of an electromechanical switch of the locking apparatus;
separately receiving an indication of the external force at an accelerometer of the locking apparatus and determining a second indicia corresponding to the received indication of the external force;
comparing the first indicia and the second indicia to determine an alert condition; and
selectively performing at least one alert operation corresponding to the determined alert condition.