A power assist device includes a motor that is operatively coupled to a door of a vehicle, a display for displaying a swing path of the door, a controller for controlling the motor, and a touchscreen device for supplying the controller with one or more user-inputted selections for controlling a door swing of the door, wherein the user-inputted selections are received by the touchscreen device via one or more touch events.

A method, apparatus and system is disclosed for automatically opening and closing a garage door without user intervention. A vehicle-mounted mobile transmitter autonomously and continuously transmits a repeating signal pattern when power is applied to the transmitter as a vehicle is started by a user. A movable barrier gateway device receives the signals from the mobile transmitter and compares an identification code contained in each of the signals to an identification code stored in memory. When a match is found, the movable barrier gateway device sends a signal to a movable barrier controller to open the garage door, and keep the door open as long as the movable barrier gateway continues to receive the signals from the mobile transmitter.

An apparatus for use with an auxiliary device for commanding a movable barrier operator, the apparatus having a first communication interface, a processor device, and a second communication interface. The first communication interface being configured to receive a status change request from the auxiliary device. The processor device runs a movable barrier controller application and is configured to generate a control signal for the movable barrier operator in response to receiving the status change request. The second communication interface is configured to send the control signal to the movable barrier operator through a network.

An embodiment method for controlling a physical object to be shared by several potential users and in an enclosure in an open state or in a closed state includes detecting a presence or an absence of the object in the enclosure in the closed state via a first wireless link between the object and a reader situated in the enclosure, the first wireless link being contained in the enclosure in the closed state. The method also includes transmitting a first information item representative of the presence or of the absence of the object in the enclosure to a computer server via a second link and an internet network, the computer server being accessible via a website configured to be managed by an administrator.

A message is received that a mobile device is in proximity to a vehicle. For example, a cloud system may receive a message that the mobile device is in proximity to the car of a specific person. Based on the mobile device being in proximity to the vehicle, sensor information is received from one or more sensors on the vehicle. For example, an array of cameras on the vehicle may be used to detect a gesture. The received information from the one or more sensors on the vehicle is processed to identify one or more actions to implement on the vehicle. One or more commands are then sent to implement one or more actions on the vehicle. For example, the one or more commands may be to open a specific door on the vehicle and to turn on a specific heating system in the vehicle.

A control arrangement (20) is disclosed for an entrance system (10) having one or more movable door members (D1 . . . Dm) and an automatic door operator (30) for causing movements of the one or more movable door members (D1 . . . Dm) between closed and open positions. The control arrangement (20) has a controller (32) and one or more sensor units (S1 . . . Sn), each sensor unit being connected to the controller (32) and being arranged to monitor a respective zone (Z1 . . . Zn) at the entrance system (10) for presence or activity of a person or object. At least one sensor unit of said one or more sensor units (S1 . . . Sn) is an image-based sensor unit (300) which has an image sensor (310) arranged for capturing an image of an external object (380) when presented at the image-based sensor unit (300), a memory (330) arranged for storing a plurality of settings (340-1, . . . , 340-n) for the image-based sensor unit, and a processing device (320) operatively connected with the image sensor (310) and the memory (330). The processing device (320) is arranged for processing the image captured by the image sensor (310) to identify a machine-readable optical code (360) therein, deriving at least one configuration instruction (370-1; 370-2; 370-3) encoded by the optical code, and executing the derived configuration instruction.

Methods and apparatus to wirelessly interlock doors are disclosed. A door system includes a user interface to receive interlock configuration data input from a user, the interlock configuration data to define an interlock condition to be satisfied before a first door is to undergo an operation, the interlock condition associated with a current state of a second door. The door system includes a first wireless transceiver to receive a signal from a second wireless transceiver associated with a second door. The method includes a door operation controller to at least one of (1) implement the operation of the first door in response to a request when the current state of the second door satisfies the interlock condition, (2) ignore the request, or (3) not execute the operation of the first door in response to the request when the current state of the second door does not satisfy the interlock condition.

A door operator (1) and a method for set-up of a door operator (1), the method comprising receiving a set of set-up parameters for the door operator (1), installing the set of set-up parameters in the control unit (9), controlling the drive unit (7) based on the set of setup parameters installed in the control unit (9) and sending the set of setup parameters to a remote server (110a, 110b, 110c) via a communication network (50) for storing a backup of the set of set-up parameters on the remote server (110a, 110b, 110c).

An object is to allow a signal to unfailingly reach a smartphone or the like carried by a customer in various places. An automatic door system (10) includes a BLE module (16) configured such that, in a predetermined direction from a surface of a door, a signal (containing information based on which the BLE module (16) can be identified) transmitted from the BLE module (16) reaches an area beyond a person sensing area covered by a sensor.

A system is provided for allowing temporary access to a desired area. The temporary access may be for the purposes of making a delivery. The system comprises a trainable transceiver configured to transmit an activation signal to a remote device; a mobile communications device in selective communication with the trainable transceiver; and an accessory selectively securable to mobile communications device and capable of transmitting information to trainable transceiver.