The Chamberlain Group, Inc.

Heathco LLC

Zenith Electronics Corporation

Zenith Radio Corporation

Other

The Chamberlin Group, Inc.

The Chamerlain Group, Inc.

James Joseph Fitzgibbon

Colin Barns Willmott

Edward Thomas Laird

Robert Roy Keller, Jr

Paul E Wanis

Bradford Lowell Farris

Casparus Cate

Eric M Gregori

John Victor Moravec

Robert John Olmsted

Cory Jon Sorice

Mark D Siegler

Christopher M Valente

Bradley Farris

Eric Bretschneider

Martin Rathgeber

James D Johnson

David R Morris

Ramon Tam

Timothy Gale Birdwell

Jeremy Eugene Jenkins

Robert Daniel-Wayman

Scott Blaise Tylicki

James S Murray

Eric J Robb

William George Gioia

Thomas A Brookbank

Christopher J Staub

Michael Aaron Burroughs

Thomas Jason Grinter

Larry Strait

Bradley Thomas Moore

Alan Dane Smith

Jordan Ari Farber

Roger William Lhotak

Jonathan Arnold Lee

Thomas Jason Jankovsky

Kenneth J Dombrowski

Robert Keller

David Thomas Mack

Nathan J Kopp

Gregory John Stanek

Carlos Jurado

Matthew C Stephan

Dan Lobbes

Martin B Heckmann

Michael Lorch

Bernard J Wojiak

Greg John Stanek

Robert Roy Keller

Walter Parsadayan

Brian Roy Skotty

Garth Wesley Hopkins

Sapta Gireesh Pudipeddi

Edward James Lukas

Loren E Doppelt

Leroy A Sutton

Joseph J Ergun

Bernard J Wojciak

Andrew Gavel

Mark L Karasek

Keith Johnson

Oddy Khamharn

Dilip Jagjivan Patel

John Steven Scaletta

Donald Richard Callentine

Adelaide Zhang

Leung Yu Tang

James J Johnson

Eric Templeton

William W Weissmueller

Michael C Brenner

Anders K Melberg

Steven Carl Crusius

Matthew Stephen

Meryldine Domenz

Dana M Brad

Barbara P Kelkhoff

Colin B Wilmott

Y Kevin Yeh

Martin Rathgebe

James C Griffin

Alonso Arteaga-King

David John Sklodowski

Jeremy E Jenkins

Eric Colin Bretschneider

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for managing and controlling movable barrier operator systems are described herein. A method for controlling a movable barrier operator system comprises receiving a credential associated with a first user account from a first user device, storing the credential in a memory of the movable barrier operator system, communicating the credential and an identifier of the movable barrier operator system to a remote computer to register the movable barrier operator system with the remote computer, and configuring the movable barrier operator system to change a state of a movable barrier in response to the movable barrier operator system receiving a state change request from a second user device associated with a second user account, the state change request from the second user device including the credential or a derivative of the credential received from the first user device.

Movable barrier operator with ultra-wideband device

In one respect, a method of controlling a movable barrier operator including receiving, via communication circuitry of an in-vehicle device, a wireless signal indicating communication of a state change request to the movable barrier operator, the state change request configured to cause the movable barrier operator to move a movable barrier from a first state toward a second state; presenting, via a user interface of the in-vehicle device, a notification of the communication of the state change request and an option to cancel the state change request; receiving, via the user interface of the in-vehicle device, a user input to cancel the state change request; and effecting cancelation of the state change request in response to the user interface receiving the user input to the cancel the state change operation.

System and methods for controlling a movable barrier operator

An encrypted rolling code, a plurality of differing data bit order patterns, and a plurality of differing data inversion patterns are provided. Based on the encrypted rolling code, patterns are selected from one or more of the plurality of differing data bit order patterns and the plurality of differing data inversion patterns. At least a part of the encrypted rolling code is transmitted to a movable barrier operator using the selected patterns as transmission characteristics.

Method and apparatus to facilitate transmission of an encrypted rolling code

A barrier operator feature enhancement device is designed to provide one or more features found in modern barrier operator devices and to incorporate those features into a previously installed barrier operator system. To facilitate ease of use, the barrier operator feature enhancement device can communicate with a large variety of barrier operators. Such communication may be wireless or wired, depending on the communication protocol implemented by a particular previously installed barrier operator. To facilitate the ease of installation, the device is designed to configure itself to operate with the communication protocol of the previously installed barrier operator. Once configured to be able to communicate with the previously installed barrier operator, the feature enhancement device works with the barrier operator to provide one or more additional features to enhance the capabilities of the previously installed barrier operator.

Barrier operator feature enhancement

Electronic systems are provided for secure actuation of a remote device such as a moveable barrier operator. The systems address the 'man in the middle' problem of persons intercepting and duplicating radio frequency signals from a control device by introducing timing parameters into a bidirectional communication sequence between at least two devices.

Security system for a moveable barrier operator

Movable barrier operator system and methods of installation and use

A movable barrier operator includes a communication interface configured to receive commands that cause the motor to move the movable barrier. The movable barrier operator further includes a processing circuit configured to cause the motor to automatically move the movable barrier from a first open position toward a closed position and then from the closed position toward a second open position different from the first open position in response to receipt of an intermediate open command by the communication interface. The processing circuit can also cause the motor of the movable barrier operator to move the movable barrier toward the first open position in response to the processing circuit determining that the movable barrier had been obstructed while moving from the first open position toward the closed position.

Movable barrier operator and method

An obstacle detection system includes a light emitter that emits a light signal and a light detector configured to receive a portion of the light signal reflected back from an object. The system includes a processor operatively coupled to the light emitter and the light detector to determine a presence of an obstacle based on the portion of the light signal received by the light detector. The system includes a heater operatively coupled to a power source and at least one sensor configured to determine an ambient temperature and an ambient relative humidity. The processor is operatively coupled to the power source, the heater, and the at least one sensor. The processor is configured to calculate a dew point of the environment from the ambient relative humidity and the ambient temperature and to activate the heater in response to the ambient temperature being less than the dew point.

Obstacle detection systems and methods

In one aspect of the present disclosure, a movable barrier operator system is provided that includes a motor configured to turn a drum to pay out a cable from the drum and permit a door connected to the cable to move from an open position toward a closed position. The system includes a memory configured to store an expected variable of the door, and a sensor configured to detect movement of the door. The system further includes a processor circuit operatively coupled to the motor, the memory, and the sensor. The processor circuit is configured to: use the sensor to estimate an actual variable of the door; determine whether the actual variable is acceptable based at least in part on the expected variable and the processor circuit causing the motor to turn the drum; and change operation of the movable barrier upon the actual variable of the movable barrier being unacceptable.

System and method for movable barrier monitoring

In one aspect, a user device is provided that includes a processor configured to execute a user interface application, a controllable device application, and an operating system of the user device. The user device includes communication circuitry configured to facilitate communication between the controllable device application and the controllable device. The user interface application is configured to detect a notification of the controllable device application communicated to the operating system, the notification pertaining to a state of the controllable device associated with the controllable device application. The user interface application is configured to determine the state of the controllable device based at least in part on the notification of the controllable device application communicated to the operating system of the user device. The user interface application is configured to provide, via a user interface of the user device, the state of the controllable device determined by the user interface application.

Apparatus and method for controlling a device

An encrypted rolling code, a plurality of differing data bit order patterns, and a plurality of differing data inversion patterns are provided. One then selects a particular one of each of these patterns and uses those selected patterns as transmission characteristics when transmitting at least part of the encrypted rolling code.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein that may be used to monitor a movable barrier operated by a movable barrier operator. In some embodiments, a system includes a camera configured to capture frames, and a control circuit. The camera has a field of view that defines a boundary of each of the frames. The control circuit is configured to receive a first frame, identify a stationary object in the first frame, and define a region of interest 'ROI' relative to the stationary object in the first frame. The control circuit is further configured to receive a second frame, identify the stationary object in the second frame, determine whether at least a portion of the ROI is outside of the second frame, and cause the movable barrier operator to enter a failsafe mode upon the at least a portion of the ROI being outside of the second frame.

Systems and methods for monitoring a movable barrier

In one aspect, an in-vehicle computing device is provided for controlling operation of a movable barrier operator. The in-vehicle computing device includes a sensor configured to detect a vehicle characteristic and communication circuitry operable to cause automatic operation of the movable barrier operator by communicating with the movable barrier operator. The in-vehicle device further includes a processor operatively coupled to the communication circuitry, the sensor, and the memory. The processor configured to determine satisfaction of a user account condition and, upon the user account condition not being satisfied, to inhibit the communication circuitry from initiating automatic operation of the movable barrier operator.

Automatic control of a movable barrier

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James Joseph Fitzgibbon