Lock system with multifactor authentication
OwnerMarc Tobias, Tobias Bluzmanisinventors
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Abstract
A security system with multifactor authentication, and may comprise a lock assembly configured to secure an object and having a secured condition and an unsecured condition, a lock actuating element for actuating the lock assembly between the secured and unsecured conditions, a first authentication structure configured to permit actuation of the lock assembly by the lock actuating element when authenticated by the first authenticating structure, and a second authentication structure configured to permit actuation of the lock assembly by the lock actuating element when authenticated by the second authentication structure, so that authentication by the first authentication structure and the second authentication structure is required to actuate the lock assembly.
Claims18
A security system with multifactor authentication, the system comprising:
- a lock assembly configured to secure an object, the lock assembly having a secured condition and an unsecured condition, the lock assembly including a plug defining a keyway elongated along a longitudinal axis extending into the plug;
- a lock actuating element for actuating the lock assembly between the secured and unsecured conditions, the lock actuating element including a blade portion being at least partially insertable into the keyway of the lock assembly;
- a first authentication structure of the lock actuating element having a first authentication characteristic configured to actuate the lock assembly when the lock actuating element is engaged with the lock assembly, the first authentication structure comprising a shape of the lock actuating element;
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- a second authentication structure of the lock actuating element having a second authentication characteristic configured to actuate the lock assembly when the lock actuating element is engaged with the lock assembly, the second authentication structure comprising a porosity of the lock actuating element;
- wherein authentication by the first authentication structure and the second authentication structure is required for the lock actuating element to actuate the lock assembly;
- wherein the lock actuating element is formed from a material, at least some areas of the material of the lock actuating element having a substantially uniform degree of porosity permitting electromagnetic radiation to at least partially pass through the areas of the material with a degree of intensity;
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- wherein the electromagnetic radiation comprises infrared (IR) light.
A security system with multifactor authentication, the system comprising:
- a lock assembly configured to secure an object, the lock assembly having a secured condition and an unsecured condition, the lock assembly including a plug defining a keyway elongated along a longitudinal axis extending into the plug;
- a lock actuating element for actuating the lock assembly between the secured and unsecured conditions, the lock actuating element including an elongated blade portion being at least partially insertable into the keyway of the lock assembly;
- a first authentication structure of the lock actuating element having a first authentication characteristic configured to actuate the lock assembly when the lock actuating element is engaged with the lock assembly, the first authentication structure comprising a shape of the lock actuating element;
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- a second authentication structure of the lock actuating element having a second authentication characteristic configured to actuate the lock assembly when the lock actuating element is engaged with the lock assembly, the second authentication structure comprising a porosity of the lock actuating element;
- wherein authentication by the first authentication structure and the second authentication structure is required for the lock actuating element to actuate the lock assembly;
- wherein the lock actuating element is formed from a material, at least some areas of the material of the lock actuating element having a degree of porosity permitting electromagnetic radiation to at least partially pass through the areas of the material with a degree of intensity;
- wherein the lock actuating element includes a plurality of subsections of the element arrayed on the blade portion along a longitudinal axis of the elongated blade portion;
- wherein the degree of porosity of the material of the lock actuating element is substantially uniform within each subsection of the lock actuating element;
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- wherein the degree of porosity of the material of the lock actuating element is variable between the subsections such that a degree of porosity of the material of a first said subsection of the lock actuating element being different than a degree of porosity of the material of a second said subsection of the lock actuating element.
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