Method for causing a change of operating mode

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10580241-B2
Application number	US-201615167719-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2016
Priority date	Dec 5, 2013
Publication date	Mar 3, 2020
Grant date	Mar 3, 2020

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method including the steps of: detection of a presence of an access authorization verification apparatus in surroundings of an access control apparatus by first communication means of the access control apparatus, and prompting, when the presence of the access authorisation verification apparatus in the surroundings of the access control apparatus is detected, of a change of operating mode for second communication means of the access control apparatus. In addition, the disclosure relates to an access control apparatus, a computer program, a recording apparatus, a system and a use for an access authorisation verification apparatus.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
detecting a presence of an access authorization verification apparatus in surroundings of an access control apparatus by first communication means of the access control apparatus, and
causing when the presence of the access authorization verification apparatus in the surroundings of the access control apparatus is detected, a change of an operating mode of second communication means of the access control apparatus,
wherein the first communication means are configured to communicate wirelessly in accordance with a first communication technique, wherein the second communication means are configured to communicate wirelessly in accordance with a second communication technique, which is different than the first communication technique, wherein the detecting by the first communication means of the access control apparatus is effected without communication between the first communication means of the access control apparatus and the access authorization verification apparatus, wherein the presence of the access authorization verification apparatus in the surroundings of the access control apparatus alters at least one physical quantity that is capturable by the first communication means of the access control apparatus, and wherein the physical quantity is altered solely by virtue of the access authorization verification apparatus being brought into the surroundings of the access control apparatus.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first communication technique and the second communication technique are communication techniques according to one of the following communication standards: radio frequency identification-specification, near field communication-specification or Bluetooth®-specification.

3. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:
calibrating the first communication means for detecting a presence of an access authorization verification apparatus in the surroundings of the access control apparatus, wherein the presence of the access authorization verification apparatus in the surroundings of the access control apparatus renders at least one physical quantity that is capturable by the first communication means alterable, and wherein the first communication means capture the physical quantity for calibrating the first communication means in a state, in which the access authorization verification apparatus is not present in the surroundings of the access control apparatus.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one physical quantity is a current strength of a current in an antenna of the first communication means when a signal is sent.

5. The method according to claim 3 , the method comprising:
capturing the at least one physical quantity for detecting a presence of an access authorization verification apparatus in the surroundings of the access control apparatus, and
comparing a measured value that represents the at least one physical quantity captured for the detecting with at least one calibration value.

6. The method according to claim 3 , the calibrating comprising:
capturing the at least one physical quantity by the first communication means for calibrating the first communication means for the detecting, and
determining the at least one calibration value at least in part on the basis of the physical quantity captured for the calibrating.

7. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:
generating, when the presence of the access authorization verification apparatus in the surroundings of the access control apparatus is detected, a piece of information about the presence of the access authorization verification apparatus in the surroundings of the access control apparatus.

8. The method according to claim 7 , the method further comprising:
storing the piece of information in a memory of the first communication means, and/or
transmitting the piece of information to control means of the access control apparatus and/or to the second communication means.

9. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:
obtaining access authorization information from the access authorization verification apparatus by the first communication means and/or the second communication means,
deciding whether access can be granted, at least in part on the basis of the obtained access authorization information, and
causing unlocking of one or more doors of a receiving apparatus if it has been decided that access can be granted.

10. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:
causing a change of the operating mode of the first communication means, of the second communication means and/or of the access control apparatus from an energy saving mode to an active mode when the presence of the access authorization verification apparatus in the surroundings of the access control apparatus is detected.

11. The method according to claim 10 , the method further comprising:
measuring the active time since at least one event captured by the access control apparatus has taken place, and
causing, when the measured active time exceeds a predefined active time threshold value, changing the operating mode of the first communication means, of the second communication means and/or of the access control apparatus from the active mode to the energy saving mode.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first communication means are in a detection mode for the detecting, and wherein the second communication means are in an energy saving mode for the detecting.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon a computer program, comprising program instructions that cause a processor to perform and/or control the method according to claim 1 when the computer program runs on the processor.

14. An access control apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory that contains program code, wherein the memory and the program code are configured to with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform:
detecting a presence of an access authorization verification apparatus in surroundings of an access control apparatus by first communication means of the access control apparatus, and
causing when the presence of the access authorization verification apparatus in the surroundings of the access control apparatus is detected, a change of an operating mode of second communication means of the access control apparatus,
wherein the first communication means are configured to communicate wirelessly in accordance with a first communication technique, wherein the second communication means are configured to communicate wirelessly in accordance with a second communication technique, which is different than the first communication technique, wherein the detecting by the first communication means of the access control apparatus is effected without communication between the first communication means of the access control apparatus and the access authorization verification apparatus, wherein the presence of the access authorization verification apparatus in the surroundings of the access control apparatus alters at least one physical quantity that is capturable by the first communication means of the access control apparatus, and wherein the physical quantity is altered solely by virtue of the access authorization verification apparatus being brought into the surroundings of the access control apparatus.

15. A receiving apparatus comprising:
a housing,
at least one door for closing at least one housing opening,
a locking means that is configured to lock and u

Assignees

• Carstens Christian
• Dautz Christoph
• Jansen Jochen
• Benz Ramin
• Eisenhart Christian
• Deutsche Post Ag

Inventors

• Carstens Christian
• Dautz Christoph
• Jansen Jochen
• Benz Ramin
• Eisenhart Christian

Classifications

• H04L9/302

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• G06Q10/0836

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• G07C9/00309

  operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks · CPC title

• G07C9/00182

  operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks · CPC title

• E05B65/0003

  for locking a plurality of wings, e.g. simultaneously (E05B65/0017, E05B77/46, E05B65/462, E05C7/00 take precedence) · CPC title