Patents Assigned to Tapplock Corporation
  • Padlock device, systems including a padlock device, and methods of operating therefor
    Patent number: 11348390
    Abstract: A padlock device includes a housing; a shackle associated within the housing and having, with respect to the housing, a closed configuration and an open configuration; a latch subsystem associated with the housing for securely retaining the shackle in the closed configuration, the latch subsystem electrically operable to release the shackle; a biometric sensor associated with the housing to electronically sense fingerprint data from a finger being sensed; a control subsystem in the housing in communication with the biometric sensor and the latch subsystem, the control subsystem comprising: internal processor-readable memory configured to store one or more fingerprint records, each fingerprint record comprising authorized fingerprint data associated with a respective fingerprint identifier; processing structure configured to receive sensed fingerprint data from the biometric sensor and to cause the latch subsystem to release the shackle in the event of a release condition requiring at least that the sensed fin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Tapplock Corporation
    Inventors: Ran Tao, Jing Yang Wang, Jing Hua Ye, Weijie Li
  • PADLOCK DEVICE, SYSTEMS INCLUDING A PADLOCK DEVICE, AND METHODS OF OPERATING THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20190156607
    Abstract: A padlock device includes a housing; a shackle associated within the housing and having, with respect to the housing, a closed configuration and an open configuration; a latch subsystem associated with the housing for securely retaining the shackle in the closed configuration, the latch subsystem electrically operable to release the shackle; a biometric sensor associated with the housing to electronically sense fingerprint data from a finger being sensed; a control subsystem in the housing in communication with the biometric sensor and the latch subsystem, the control subsystem comprising: internal processor-readable memory configured to store one or more fingerprint records, each fingerprint record comprising authorized fingerprint data associated with a respective fingerprint identifier; processing structure configured to receive sensed fingerprint data from the biometric sensor and to cause the latch subsystem to release the shackle in the event of a release condition requiring at least that the sensed fin
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Tapplock Corporation
    Inventors: Ran Tao, Jing Yang Wang, Jing Hua Ye, Weijie Li