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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2014
Lockmasters Security Institute, Inc., Nicholasville, KY (US);
James W. Day, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Matthew C. Myers, Lexington, KY (US);
Lockmasters Security Institute, Inc., Nicholasville, KY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments relate to replicating a key from an image of the key when the key is unavailable to replicate the key from the key itself. In a first embodiment, a key blank of the key is generated when an end image of the end of the key is rotated to create a mirror image of the end image so that an outline of the mirror image is similar to a corresponding keyhole. A key blank generating machine generates a key blank of the key from the mirror image. In a second embodiment, a replica of the key is cut from the key blank when the maximum depths of cuts in the key image are measured. A bitting number database is queried for bitting numbers that correspond to the measured maximum depths. The bitting numbers are provided to a key machine to cut the key blank to generate a replica.