Patents by Inventor Roger DREYER
Roger DREYER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11946307Abstract: A control arrangement for an entrance system has one or more movable door members and an automatic door operator for causing movements of the one or more movable door members between closed and open positions. The door members comprise one or more swing doors. The control arrangement comprises a controller and a plurality of sensors. Each sensor is connected to the controller and is configured to monitor a respective zone at the entrance system for presence or activity of a person or object. Each sensor has an active mode and an inactive mode, wherein the sensor consumes no electric power in the inactive mode or substantially less electric power in the inactive mode than in the active mode. The controller is configured to determine a current operational state of the entrance system among a plurality of possible operational states, and selectively cause at least one of the sensors to be in its active mode or in its inactive mode depending on the determined current operational state of the entrance system.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems ABInventor: Roger Dreyer
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Publication number: 20240091631Abstract: An animated puzzle and/or animated puzzle kit comprising at least two puzzle pieces and at least one animated component. The at least two puzzle pieces being configured into shapes that fit together to form an assembled puzzle. The assembled puzzle having at least one pre-determined pre-cut section for placement of the at least one animated component. At least one animating device being connected to the at least one animated component, whereby operation of the at least one animating device animates the at least one animated component.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Bradley N Litwin, Roger Dreyer
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Publication number: 20230220718Abstract: A belt tensioning system (170) for tensioning a belt (171) of a belt drive system (970) for transferring torque from a drive unit (112) of a door operating system (100) to a sliding door leaf (101) of a sliding door assembly (200), the belt tensioning system comprising a belt wheel (176) connectable to the belt (171) for torque transfer between said belt wheel (176) and an additional belt wheel (175) of the belt drive system (970); a belt wheel guiding arrangement (330), the belt wheel (176) being movably connected to said belt wheel guiding arrangement (330); and a belt tensioning arrangement (470) operatively connecting the belt wheel (176) and the belt wheel guiding arrangement (330) for adjusting the position of the belt wheel (176) relative the belt wheel guiding arrangement (330).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Roger DREYER, Simon ONNERED
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Patent number: 11692385Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a door management system comprising at least one door leaf, at least one a door operator, an electronic communication unit and at least one detector unit wherein the door operator comprise a control unit and a drive unit, wherein the drive unit is connected to and adapted to move the at least one door leaf between an open and a closed position, the control unit comprise a first set of configuration parameters and is adapted to control the drive unit based on the first set of configuration parameters, the at least one detector unit comprise a second set of configuration parameters and is configured to survey the environment of the at least one door leaf based on the second set of configuration parameters, the electronic communication unit comprise a user interface and is configured to receive and display the first and second set of configuration parameters on the user interface, receive and transmit an updated first set of configuration parameters to the control unit and the uType: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems ABInventor: Roger Dreyer
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Publication number: 20230082098Abstract: The disclosure relates to a revolving door assembly (1) comprising a central column (2) and at least one door panel connected to the central column (2) and rotatably arranged around a central axis (X) of the central column (2). The revolving door assembly (1) comprises a drive unit (6) enclosed within the central column (2), the drive unit (6) comprising a motor (13) for rotating the door panel (3). According to the revolving door assembly, the motor (13) has a central through hole (H1), wherein one or more cables (C1) of a cable configuration (C) are configured to pass through the central through hole (H1).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventor: Roger DREYER
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Patent number: 11536078Abstract: An entrance system is disclosed which has a movable door member having a door leaf with a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge. A sensor unit monitors a zone at or near the door leaf for presence or activity of a person or object, and captures an image of an external object at the first vertical edge of the door leaf, and processing the captured image to identify an optical code and recognize a learning mode trigger instruction encoded therein. Triggered by the recognizing of the learning mode trigger instruction, a learning mode of the sensor unit is automatically entered into, in which a distance between the sensor unit and the external object at the first vertical edge is automatically measured and a field width parameter value of the sensor unit is set based on the measured distance.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems ABInventor: Roger Dreyer
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Publication number: 20220268091Abstract: A control arrangement for an entrance system has one or more movable door members and an automatic door operator for causing movements of the one or more movable door members between closed and open positions. The door members comprise one or more swing doors. The control arrangement comprises a controller and a plurality of sensors. Each sensor is connected to the controller and is configured to monitor a respective zone at the entrance system for presence or activity of a person or object. Each sensor has an active mode and an inactive mode, wherein the sensor consumes no electric power in the inactive mode or substantially less electric power in the inactive mode than in the active mode. The controller is configured to determine a current operational state of the entrance system among a plurality of possible operational states, and selectively cause at least one of the sensors to be in its active mode or in its inactive mode depending on the determined current operational state of the entrance system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventor: Roger DREYER
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Publication number: 20220268090Abstract: A control arrangement for an entrance system has one or more movable door members and an automatic door operator for causing movements of the one or more movable door members between closed and open positions. The door members comprise one or more swing doors. The control arrangement comprises a controller and a plurality of sensors. Each sensor is connected to the controller and is configured to monitor a respective zone at the entrance system for presence or activity of a person or object. Each sensor has an active mode and an inactive mode, wherein the sensor consumes no electric power in the inactive mode or substantially less electric power in the inactive mode than in the active mode. The controller is configured to determine a current operational state of the entrance system among a plurality of possible operational states, and selectively cause at least one of the sensors to be in its active mode or in its inactive mode depending on the determined current operational state of the entrance system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventor: Roger DREYER
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Patent number: 11408221Abstract: Present invention relates to an entrance system (10) comprising a control arrangement (20) for controlling the automatic door operator (30). The entrance system (10) is configured to operate in any one of the following states: an opening state (OPS) wherein the one or more movable door members (D1 . . . Dm) are moving between the closed position and the opened position towards the opened position; a closing state (CLS) wherein the one or more movable door members (D1 . . . Dm) are moving between the opened position and the closed position towards the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems ABInventors: Roger Dreyer, Rebeca Homssi
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Publication number: 20220235595Abstract: The disclosure relates to a swing door operator (10) for moving a swing door leaf (20) in a swing path between an open and closed position, the swing door operator (10) comprising at least one drive unit (100) being arranged to move the swing door leaf (10) between the open and closed position, the swing door operator (10) further comprising a control unit (103) being operatively connected to the drive unit (100) and a first sensor (106), wherein the first sensor (106) is configured to identify objects in front of a first side (201) of the swing door leaf (20), the control unit (103) is configured to react if an object is identified by the first sensor (106) in a safety zone (30) in front of the first side (201) of the swing door leaf (20), the control unit (100) is configured to adapt the size/area of the safety zone (30) based on the swing path of the swing door leaf (20) and the position of the swing door leaf (20). The disclosure further relates to a swing door and a room with a swing door.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventor: Roger DREYER
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Patent number: 11384579Abstract: A guiding assembly (300) for guiding a sliding door leaf (101) movable along a sliding door rail (110) is provided. The guiding assembly (300) comprises a bogie (130) having a first end (132) being provided with a first steering member (136) and a second steering member (138), and an opposite end (134) comprising at least one guiding element (122) being engaged with the sliding door rail (110), wherein the bogie (130) is connected to the sliding door leaf (101). The guiding assembly (300) further comprises a guiding rail (140) having first end section (140a) and a second end section (140b). The bogie (130) is configured to pivot relative the sliding door leaf (101) as the second steering member (138) travels along the guiding rail (140).Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems ABInventors: Roger Dreyer, Ola Ahlqvist, Ivan Rajic
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Publication number: 20220195780Abstract: A sliding door assembly (200) comprising at least one sliding door leaf (121, 122), a sliding door rail (110), a door operating assembly (100) for operating the at least one sliding door leaf (121, 122), comprising a drive unit (112) being configured to drive the at least one sliding door leaf (121, 122) along the sliding door rail (110), at least one wagon member (130) movable along the sliding door rail (110), each sliding door leaf (121, 122) having one of the at least one wagon member (130) attached thereto, said one of the at least one wagon member (130) being in driving connection with the drive unit (112), an electric component (61, 62) mounted to the sliding door leaf (121, 122) and a cable arrangement (70) for transferring power and/or communication signals between the door operating assembly (100) and the electric component (61, 62). The cable arrangement (70) is routed to the electric component (61, 62) from the door operating assembly (100).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Roger DREYER, Max KOSKINEN, Jakob ALVELID
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Publication number: 20220178188Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a swing door system and a swing door operator (10) for moving a swing door leaf (20) between a closed and an open position (C, O), the swing door operator (10) comprising at least one drive unit (100), a control unit (200) and a sensor (300), the control unit (200) is operatively connected to the drive unit (100) and to the sensor (300) and configured to regulate the drive unit (100) to move the swing door leaf (20) between the closed and open position (C, O), wherein the sensor (300) is configured to identify an object (30) in a safety volume (400) in front of a first side (21) of the swing door leaf (20), the safety volume (400) comprising a first volume (401) and a second volume (402).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventor: Roger DREYER
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Patent number: 11339605Abstract: A control arrangement (20) 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 is provided. The control arrangement (20) comprising a controller (32) configured to control operation of the automatic door operator (30) in a selected operating mode among a plurality of operating modes. The control arrangement (20) is characterized in that it comprises communication means (58), and the controller (32) is configured to communicate via the communication means (58) with an external computing resource (110) to set the selected operating mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems ABInventor: Roger Dreyer
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Patent number: 11339604Abstract: A control arrangement (20) for an entrance system (10) has 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) comprises a controller (32) and a plurality of sensors (S1 . . . Sn). Each sensor is connected to the controller (32) and is configured to monitor a respective zone (Z1 . . . Zn) at the entrance system (10) for presence or activity of a person or object. Each sensor (S1 . . . Sn) has an active mode and an inactive mode, wherein the sensor consumes no electric power in the inactive mode or substantially less electric power in the inactive mode than in the active mode. The controller (32) is configured to determine a current operational state of the entrance system (10) among a plurality of possible operational states, and selectively cause at least one of the sensors (S1 . . .Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems ABInventor: Roger Dreyer
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Patent number: 11326385Abstract: A door operating assembly (100) for operating a sliding door leaf (101) driven by a drive unit (112) along a sliding door rail (110), said door operating assembly (100) comprising a door bracket (150) configured to position the door leaf (101) relative the rail (110), a drive member (170) adapted to be driven by the drive unit (112), and a lever arm (160) having one end (161) pivotally connected to the drive member (170) and a remote portion (167) pivotally connected to the door bracket (150) via a cam structure (194) such that the vertical position of the door leaf (101) relative the rail (110) varies when the lever arm (170) pivots.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems ABInventors: Roger Dreyer, Ivan Rajic, Ola Ahlqvist
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Patent number: 11248410Abstract: A control arrangement for an entrance system, having one or more movable door members and an automatic door operator for causing movements of the one or more movable door members between closed and open positions, includes a controller and one or more sensor units. Each sensor unit is connected to the controller and arranged to monitor a respective zone at the entrance system for presence or activity of a person or object. At least one sensor is an image-based sensor unit having an image sensor arranged for capturing an image of an external object, a memory arranged for storing a plurality of settings for the image-based sensor unit, and a processing device. The processing device is arranged for processing the image captured by the image sensor to identify a machine-readable optical code therein, deriving a configuration instruction encoded by the optical code, and executing the configuration instruction.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems ABInventors: Roger Dreyer, Sven-Gunnar Soderqvist, Philipp Triet
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Patent number: 11199038Abstract: A door operator and a method for moving a door leaf between a closed and open position utilize a drive unit, a control unit, and a supervise unit. The drive unit is connected to and moves the door leaf between the open and closed position. The control unit is connected to and controls the movement of the drive unit. The supervise unit includes a status management unit and one or more sensors that provide sensor data associated with an operation of the door leaf. The status management unit receives the sensor data from the one or more sensors, determines a status pattern from a plurality of status patterns of the operation of the door leaf at least based on the sensor data, with a first status pattern being associated with a status event, and triggers the status event in response to the first status pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems ABInventor: Roger Dreyer
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Patent number: 11168508Abstract: A control system for a sliding door operator system, having at least one sliding wing and a door header, includes a first sensor configured to define a first activation zone, a first wing presence zone and a first side presence zone, a second sensor configured to define a second activation zone, a second wing presence zone and a second side presence zone, and a controller configured to evaluate data from the first sensor and the second sensor for controlling operation of the at least one sliding wing in the sliding door operator system.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems ABInventor: Roger Dreyer
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Patent number: 11098519Abstract: A door operator system and a method for moving a door leaf between a closed and open position utilize a door operator and a supervise unit. The door operator includes a control unit, a presence sensor, activation sensors, and a drive unit. The drive unit is connected to the door leaf and moves the door leaf between the open and closed position to achieve a plurality of operational states. The presence sensor is configured to monitor a risk area and send presence data associated with an object detected in the risk area to the control unit. The activation sensors are configured to monitor respective activation areas near the door leaf and send activation data associated with an object detected in the respective activation areas to the control unit. The control unit controls a movement of the drive unit based on the activation and presence data.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems ABInventor: Roger Dreyer