Seamless access control
AssigneeSchlage Lock Company LLC
InventorsRobert Prostko, Robert Martens, Ryan C. Kincaid
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Abstract
A method for seamless access control according to one embodiment includes determining whether a user is authorized to access a passageway controlled by an access control device based on credential data received from a mobile device of the user, determining, by a RADAR system, a location of the user relative to the passageway, determining whether the user intends to access the passageway based on the determined location of the user relative to the passageway, and controlling, by the access control device, a lock mechanism to allow the user access to the passageway in response to determining that the user is authorized to access the passageway and the user intends to access the passageway.
Claims20
A method for seamless access control, the method comprising:
- determining, by an access control device, whether a user is authorized to access a passageway controlled by the access control device based on credential data received from a mobile device of the user over a Bluetooth communication connection established between the mobile device and the access control device;
- determining, by a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system, a location of the user relative to the passageway;
- determining whether the user intends to access the passageway based on the determined location of the user relative to the passageway;
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- controlling, by the access control device, a lock mechanism to allow the user access to the passageway in response to determining that the user is authorized to access the passageway and the user intends to access the passageway.
A system for seamless access control, the system comprising:
- a user mobile device;
- a barrier;
- an access control device coupled to the barrier and configured to (i) receive credential data from the user mobile device, (ii) determine whether a user is authorized to access a passageway secured by the barrier based on multifactor authentication of the user, wherein the multifactor authentication involves verification of the credential data received from the user mobile device and verification of biometric data of the user, (iii) determine whether the user intends to access the passageway based on an analysis of sensor data, and (iv) allow the user access to the passageway in response to a determination that the user is authorized to access the passageway and the user intends to access the passageway;
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- a monitoring device configured to monitor the passageway to detect passage of an unauthorized person through the passageway in response to allowing the authorized user to access the passageway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.