Intelligent lock, method for operating the same, and intelligent safe deposit box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10403073-B2
Application number	US-201816015572-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2018
Priority date	Sep 14, 2017
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an intelligent lock, a method for operating the same, and an intelligent safe deposit box. The intelligent lock comprises: a mechanical lock body; an identity recognition module configured to acquire identity information of a user; a password input module configured to acquire a password input by the user; a controller electrically connected to the identity recognition module and the password input module, and configured to: determine whether the user is a legitimate user according to the identity information, determine whether the password is consistent with a reference unlocking password, and control a state of the mechanical lock body, wherein the controller controls the mechanical lock body to be in an unlocked state only on condition that it is determined that the user is a legitimate user and the password is consistent with the reference unlocking password.

First claim

I claim:

1. An intelligent lock, comprising:
a mechanical lock body;
an identity recognition module configured to acquire identity information of a user;
a password input module configured to acquire a password input by the user;
a controller electrically connected to the identity recognition module and the password input module, and configured to:
determine whether the user is a legitimate user according to the identity information,
determine whether the password is consistent with a reference unlocking password, and
control a state of the mechanical lock body,

wherein the controller controls the mechanical lock body to be in an unlocked state only on condition that it is determined that the user is a legitimate user and the password is consistent with the reference unlocking password,
wherein the controller is further configured to, on condition that it is determined that the user is not a legitimate user or that the identity information has not been acquired, set the reference unlocking password to be a random password when first M digits of the password have been acquired by the password input module, wherein M is greater than or equal to 1 and less than a total number of digits of the reference unlocking password.

2. The intelligent lock according to claim 1 , wherein the intelligent lock operates in one of a collection mode and a recognition mode, wherein
in the collection mode, the controller is configured to store the acquired identity information in a memory of the intelligent lock as pre-stored identity information, and
in the recognition mode, the controller is configured to compare the acquired identity information with the pre-stored identity information, and determine whether the user is a legitimate user according to a comparison result.

3. The intelligent lock according to claim 1 , wherein the identity information is one of card reading information, fingerprint information, iris information, face recognition information, and voice feature information.

4. The intelligent lock according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to set the reference unlocking password to be an original unlocking password when it is determined that the user is a legitimate user.

5. The intelligent lock according to claim 1 , further comprising an alert module configured to provide an alert when receiving an alert instruction from the controller, wherein
the controller is further configured to transmit the alert instruction to the alert module when it is determined that the user is not a legitimate user or that the identity information has not been acquired but the password has been acquired.

6. An intelligent safe deposit box, comprising the intelligent lock according to claim 1 .

7. The intelligent safe deposit box according to claim 6 , further comprising a proximity sensor electrically connected to the intelligent lock and configured to detect a distance between the user and the intelligent safe deposit box, and trigger the identity recognition module in the intelligent lock to acquire the identity information of the user on condition that the distance is less than a predetermined distance.

8. The intelligent safe deposit box according to claim 6 , wherein the identity recognition module of the intelligent lock is imperceptible by the user.

9. An intelligent safe deposit box, comprising the intelligent lock according to claim 4 .

10. A method for operating the intelligent lock according to claim 1 , comprising:
acquiring identity information of a user;
acquiring a password input by the user;
determining whether the user is a legitimate user according to the identity information;
determining whether the password is consistent with a reference unlocking password; and
controlling a state of the mechanical lock body,
wherein the intelligent lock controls the mechanical lock body to be in an unlocked state only on condition that it is determined that the user is a legitimate user and the password is consistent with the reference unlocking password,
wherein the method further comprises:
on condition that it is determined that the user is not a legitimate user or that the identity information has not been acquired, setting the reference unlocking password to be a random password when first M digits of the password have been acquired by the password input module, wherein M is greater than or equal to 1 and less than a total number of digits of the reference unlocking password.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the intelligent lock operates in one of a collection mode and a recognition mode, the method further comprising:
in the collection mode, storing the acquired identity information as pre-stored identity information, and
in the recognition mode, comparing the acquired identity information with the pre-stored identity information, and determining whether the user is a legitimate user according to a comparison result.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the identity information is one of card reading information, fingerprint information, iris information, face recognition information, and voice feature information.

13. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising: setting the reference unlocking password to be an original unlocking password when it is determined that the user is a legitimate user.

14. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
providing an alert when it is determined that the user is not a legitimate user or that the identity information has not been acquired but the password has been acquired.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Xiying

Classifications

• G07C9/00912

  for safes, strong-rooms, vaults or the like · CPC title

• G07C9/0069 Primary

  actuated in a predetermined sequence · CPC title

• E05B39/00

  Locks giving indication of {authorised} or unauthorised unlocking {(with key identification means E05B35/001; alarm locks E05B45/00)} · CPC title

• E05B65/0075

  for safes, strongrooms, vaults, fire-resisting cabinets or the like (safes, closures and fastenings therefor E05G) · CPC title

• G07C9/00563

  using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns · CPC title