SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DUPLICATING KEYS

摘要

Systems and methods for duplicating keys are provided. In some embodiments, a system for creating keys is provided, the system comprising: a kiosk comprising: a key scanner capturing geometric information of a key; and a hardware processor that: receives security information; automatically determines a key type and bit heights of the key and causes these, along with first identifying information based on the first security information, to be stored at a remote storage device; receives second security information corresponding to second identifying information; verifies the second security information and, in response, identifies stored geometric information about one or more keys that can be made, wherein the stored geometric information includes geometric information corresponding to the second security information; and a key shaping device that creates a third key using the second geometric information.

主权项

1. A system for creating keys, the system comprising:
a kiosk comprising:
a rotatable carousel configured to store a plurality of different types of key blanks;a key scanner;a key shaping device;a key movement mechanism that moves key blanks from the rotatable carousel to the key shaping device;a touchscreen;a communication network interface; anda hardware processor that is programmed to:
cause the key scanner to capture first geometric information about a first key;automatically determine that the first key is a first key type from a plurality of known key types based on the first geometric information about the first key;receive an instruction, via the touchscreen, to create a second key based on the first key;determine whether a key blank of the first key type is stored by the rotatable carousel;in response to determining that the key blank of the first key type is stored by the rotatable carousel, rotate the rotatable carousel such that the key movement mechanism can access the key blank of the first key type;cause the key movement mechanism to move the key blank of the first key type from the rotatable carousel to the key shaping device;cause the key shaping device to create the second key from the key blank based on the first geometric information;transmit, using the communication network interface, the first geometric information to a remote storage device; andcause the first geometric information to be stored at the remote storage device in association with an automatically generated identifier that is not based on identifying information provided by a user.