Method for monitoring and controlling an access control system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016285950-A1
Application number	US-201615071473-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 16, 2016
Priority date	Mar 26, 2015
Publication date	Sep 29, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method of monitoring and controlling an access control system ( 12 ) comprising a server ( 18 ) and an access control device ( 22 ) connected to the server ( 16 ) for data communication. Data goggles ( 1 ) monitor and control the access control system. The data goggles are connected wirelessly to the server ( 16 ) and the access control device ( 22 ) for data communication and receive data in real time from the server ( 16 ) and/or the access control device ( 22 ), which enable monitoring of the access control system ( 12 ). The data is displayed to the user of the data goggles ( 1 ) by a display device ( 10 ). The access control system ( 12 ) is controlled by commands which are inputted by the data goggles ( 1 ) and transmitted to the server ( 16 ) and/or the access control device ( 22 ). The control commands are input either by voice control, by gesture control, by a touchpad or by eye tracking.

First claim

1 . A method for monitoring and controlling an access control system ( 12 ), comprising at least one server ( 18 ) and at least one access control device ( 22 ) which can be connected to a server ( 18 ) for the purpose of data communication, characterized in that data goggles ( 1 ) are used for monitoring and controlling the access control system, which data goggles are connected wirelessly to the at least one server ( 18 ) of the access control system ( 12 ) and the at least one access control device ( 22 ) for the purpose of data communication and receive data in real time from the at least one server ( 18 ) and/or the at least one access control device ( 22 ), which enable the monitoring of the access control system ( 12 ), wherein these data can be displayed to the user of the data goggles ( 1 ) by means of a display device ( 10 ) of the data goggles ( 1 ), wherein the access control system ( 12 ) can be controlled by control commands which can be input by means of the data goggles ( 1 ), which are transmitted to the at least one server ( 18 ) and/or to the at least one access control device ( 22 ), wherein the control commands are input by means of voice control via a microphone ( 8 ) integrated in the data goggles ( 1 ), by means of gesture control by means of a camera ( 7 ) integrated in the data goggles ( 1 ), by means of actuation of a touchpad integrated in the data goggles ( 1 ) or by means of eye tracking.

2 . The method for monitoring and controlling an access control system ( 12 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the control commands are input by means of a Bluetooth module ( 2 ) of the data goggles ( 1 ) or WLAN by means of input devices connected to the data goggles ( 1 ), wherein the control commands are transmitted via the data goggles ( 1 ) to the at least one server ( 18 ) and/or to the at least one access control device ( 22 ) of the access control system ( 12 ).

3 . The method for monitoring and controlling an access control system ( 12 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the control of the access control system ( 12 ) is initiated by the user of the data goggles ( 1 ) or is carried out as a response to notifications or requests of the at least one server ( 16 ) and/or the at least one access control device ( 22 ) of the access control system ( 12 ) which are displayed to the user via the display device ( 10 ) of the data goggles ( 1 ), wherein when the access control system ( 12 ) transmits notifications via the at least one server ( 18 ) to the data goggles ( 1 ), which require an action by the user, these notifications and the available control commands are displayed directly to the user.

4 . The method for monitoring and controlling an access control system ( 12 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that by means of the display device ( 10 ) of the data goggles ( 1 ) the user of the data goggles ( 1 ) is informed whether problems have occurred during the detection of a Bluetooth low energy, an RFID, a barcode or another access authorization via an access control device ( 22 ) of the access control system.

5 . The method for monitoring and controlling an access control system ( 12 ) according to claim 4 , characterized in that in the event of an invalid access authorization, the user of the data goggles ( 1 ) can manually grant access, view the profile associated with the respective access authorization, observe a live image by means of a camera associated with the access control device ( 22 ) via the display device ( 10 ) of the data goggles ( 1 ) and/or via the microphone ( 8 ) of the data goggles ( 1 ) and a loudspeaker device of the access control device ( 22 ) can give instructions to the person who possesses the access authorization.

6 . The method for monitoring and controlling an access control system ( 12 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that an access control is carried out by means of the data goggles ( 1 ), wherein for this purpose by means of the camera integrated in the data goggles ( 1 ) access authorizations comprising a barcode or by means of a Bluetooth low-energy module integrated in the data goggles ( 1 ) or an HF or UHF RFID reading device integrated in the data goggles ( 1 ), access authorizations based on Bluetooth low energy (BLE) or RFID standards are read out, wherein the evaluation of the validity of the access authorizations in the data goggles ( 1 ) is made by means of barcode reading software or software for evaluating RFID or Bluetooth low energy (BLE) access authorizations and a positive/negative list or whitelist stored in a storage medium ( 14 ) of the data goggles ( 1 ) which is updated by at least one server ( 16 ) at regular intervals or by a corresponding control by the user, or wherein the recording of the barcode or the read-out information of the RFID or Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) access authorizations are transmitted to the at least one server ( 18 ) and access is allowed or refused by means of the evaluation made in the data goggles ( 1 ) or in the server ( 18 ) with regard to the validity of the access authorization.

7 . The method for monitoring and controlling an access control system ( 12 ) according to claim 6 , characterized in that a face recognition is carried out by means of the camera ( 7 ) integrated in the data goggles ( 1 ), wherein upon identifying the presence of a person in the acquisition field of the camera ( 7 ), the face of the person is recorded, wherein if face recognition software is installed in the data goggles ( 1 ), a face recognition is performed by means of the face recognition software installed in the data goggles ( 1 ) or if no face recognition software is installed in the data goggles ( 1 ), the recording is transmitted to the at least one server ( 16 ) for face recognition, wherein the recorded image of the person is compared with a facial image associated with the access authorization, which serves as a reference image, and access is allowed when the reference image agrees with the recorded image of the person and a valid access authorization is present.

8 . The method for monitoring and controlling an access control system ( 12 ) according to a claim 1 , characterized in that in the case of access control by means of a camera associated with the respective access control device ( 22 ) of the access control system ( 12 ), facial views of the person whose access authorization is to be evaluated are prepared, wherein these views are transmitted to the data goggles ( 1 ) and displayed at the same time with a facial image serving as reference image, associated with a recorded ID of the access authorization, by means of the display device ( 10 ) of the data goggles ( 1 ) whereby the user of the data goggles ( 1 ) can allow access if the reference image agrees with the recorded image of the person and a valid access authorization is present.

9 . An apparatus for carrying out the method according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is designed as data goggles ( 1 ) comprising a processor ( 13 ), storage means ( 14 ), a Bluetooth module ( 2 ), a digital camera ( 7 ), a microphone ( 8 ), a loudspeaker ( 9 ) a display device ( 10 ) and a WLAN module ( 6 ), wherein a Bluetooth low energy module for reading out access authorizations based on Bluetooth low energy standards and/or an HF or UHF RFID reading device is integrated in the data goggles ( 1 ).

10 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , characterized in that it comprises a remote control by means of which commands for selecting the views in the display device ( 10 ) of the data goggles ( 1 ) and the control commands can be input to the at least one server ( 18 ) and/or to the at least one access control device ( 22 ) which is worn like a watch on the wrist of the us

Assignees

• Skidata Ag

Inventors

• Lang Christian
• Clemente Jorge

Classifications

• G07C9/10

  Movable barriers with registering means · CPC title

• G07C9/253

  visually · CPC title

• G07C9/27

  with central registration · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• G02B2027/0178

  Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C) · CPC title