US 12,738,114 B2Granted

Door system with authentication and activation

AssigneeASSA ABLOY Accessories and Door Controls Group, Inc.

InventorsBrian D. Hass, Dustin Lawhon, David M. Price, Henry B. Wallace, Lisa Corte Lovejoy, Kenya A. Moses

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Abstract

A detection sensor or a user device is used to aid in providing authentication and activation of a door system when a user tries to access the door for ingress and egress. Operating parameters of the door systems may be set to allow ingress and egress only when a user is identified and authorized. As such, the operating parameters of the door systems may include authentication and activation parameters such that the door systems are controlled, at least in part, based on the presence of a user and/or a user device and the identification of the specific user. As such operating parameters may be different for different users or types of users. Moreover, the user device may be used to authenticate a user and control ingress and egress through the door automatically or through an authentication action taken by the user.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A door system comprising:

a drive system configured to operate a door, wherein the door is a swinging door and the drive system comprises:
a motor;
and
a linkage assembly operatively coupled to the motor, wherein the linkage assembly is configured to be operatively coupled to the door, a wall, or a door frame;
and
a controller configured to control the drive system, the controller comprising:
a communication interface;
a memory having computer readable code stored thereon;
and
a processor operatively coupled to the memory and the communication interface, wherein when executed the computer readable code is configured to cause the processor to:
capture a physical appearance of a user while the user is moving towards the door or past the door, via one or more door input devices, wherein the one or more door input devices comprise one or more detection sensors that capture the physical appearance;
identify physical information of the user from the physical appearance of the user captured;
identify a type of user from the physical information;
identify at least one operating parameter to optimize for the user based on the type of user, wherein the at least one operating parameter comprises a speed of opening or closing the door, a force for opening or closing the door, or open time for the door;
and
identify a direction of movement of the user as going to access the door or passing by the door based on the one or more detection sensors that capture the physical appearance of the user;
control the drive system based on the at least one operating parameter identified for the user when the direction of movement of the user is identified as going to access the door;
and
prevent opening of the door when the direction of movement of the user is identified as passing by the door.

16 more elements

A method of operating a door system comprising a drive system comprising a motor, a linkage assembly operatively coupled to the motor, wherein the linkage assembly is operatively coupled to a door, a wall, or a door frame;

a controller having one or more processors, wherein the controller controls the drive system;
and one or more door input devices operatively coupled to the controller, wherein the one or door input devices comprise one or more detection sensors, the method comprising:
capturing, by the one or more processors, a physical appearance of a user while the user is moving towards the door or past the door, via the one or more detection sensors;
identifying, by the one or more processors, physical information of the user from the physical appearance of the user captured;
identifying, by the one or more processors, a type of user from the physical information;
identifying, by the one or more processors, at least one operating parameter to optimize for the user based on the type of user, wherein the at least one operating parameter comprises a speed of opening or closing the door, a force for opening or closing the door, or open time for the door;
and
identifying, by the one or more processors, a direction of movement of the user as going to access the door or passing by the door based on the one or more detection sensors that capture the physical appearance of the user;
controlling, by the one or more processors, a drive system based on the at least one operating parameter identified for the user when the direction of movement of the user is identified as going to access the door;
and
preventing, by the one or more processors, opening of the door when the direction of movement of the user is identified as passing by the door.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/541,750Filed 15 Dec 2023 · continuation
Priority: 30 Aug 2019
Published: US 2024/0265757 A18 Aug 2024
Granted: 15 Sep 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G07C 9/22
Involving the use of a pass: in combination with an identity check of the pass holder
G06F 3/017
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a…
G06F 3/167
Sound input; Sound output: audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
G06F 21/35
Involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards: communicating wirelessly

Family

Application62/894,333Us provisional application · filed 30 Aug 2019
Application17/005,545Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Aug 2020
Application17/988,362Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Nov 2022
US 11,532,192 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 20 Dec 2022
US 11,847,864 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 19 Dec 2023
US 2024/0265757 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 Aug 2024
US 2021/0065489 A1Published application
US 2023/0073456 A1Published application
US 12,738,114 B2This patent

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