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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2023
Assa Abloy Americas Residential Inc., New Haven, CT (US);
Elena Gorkovenko, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Matthew Denton Lovett, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Mark Bloom, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Ali Atash, Irvine, CA (US);
Donnie Viajar, Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Matthew Zimmer, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Elliott Schneider, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Subramanian Muthu, Middleton, WI (US);
ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc., New Haven, CT (US);
Abstract
An electronic lock includes an interior subassembly including a manual turnpiece, a control circuit, and a motor actuatable by the control circuit, and an exterior subassembly including a facial authentication circuit operatively connected to the control circuit. The electronic lock includes a latch operatively connected to the interior subassembly, the latch being engageable by the manual turnpiece or the motor to move the electronic lock between a locked state and an unlocked state. The facial authentication circuit includes at least one camera and is configured to generate an authentication signal to the control circuit, and wherein, at least in part in response to the authentication signal, the control circuit is configured to actuate the motor to move the electronic lock between the locked state and the unlocked state.