Invisible indication of duress via wearable
AssigneeAssa Abloy AB
InventorsMark Anthony CATERINO, Fredrik Carl Stefan EINBERG, Philip HOYER, Masha Leah DAVIS
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Abstract
Methods, devices, and systems are provided for invisibly indicating duress via a wearable device. In response to determining a duress condition associated with a user exists, a duress signal is provided to components of the access control system. The duress signal can identify a user associated with the duress, a duress type, and even include a location associated with the duress condition. An alert of the duress condition can be distributed to one or more devices in the access control system. These devices may be associated with users of the system and the alert may be configured to silently inform the users of the duress condition.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, from a wearable device associated with a user in an access control system, sensor information representing a condition of the user;
- determining whether the sensor information indicates that the user is under duress;
- determining a duress condition associated with the user;
- providing, in response to determining the duress condition, a duress signal to a communication device of the access control system;
- and
- determining, based at least partially on the duress signal, to limit or grant access via a reading device of the access control system.
An access control system, comprising:
- a reading device configured to receive duress signal information transmitted via at least one wearable device in the access control system;
- a wearable device associated with a user of the access control system, comprising:
- a memory having sensor information stored thereon;
- and
- a communications module configured to enable communications between at least one of the reading device and a mobile device;
- and
- a processor configured to determine whether the sensor information indicates that the user is under duress, determine a duress condition associated with the user, provide, via the communications module and in response to determining the duress condition, a duress signal to the reading device of the access control system, and determine, based at least partially on the duress signal, to limit or grant access via the reading device of the access control system.
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a communication device of an access control system, a duress signal provided by a wearable device associated with a user, the duress signal indicating that the user is under duress;
- determining, based at least partially on information in the duress signal, a duress type associated with the user;
- generating an alert based on the duress type determined;
- providing the alert to at least one other communication device associated with the access control system;
- and
- determine, based at least partially on the duress type determined, to limit or grant access via a reading device of the access control system.
The method 19, further comprising:
- controlling, based at least partially on the duress type, at least one of an environmental illumination, heating venting and air conditioning output, and lock status associated with one or more components in the access control system and in an environment proximate to the user under duress.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.