Access control via a mobile device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9589403-B2
Application number	US-201514919304-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2015
Priority date	May 15, 2015
Publication date	Mar 7, 2017
Grant date	Mar 7, 2017

Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods for access control via a mobile device are described herein. One device includes instructions stored thereon executable by a processor to receive location information associated with a mobile device in a facility, determine that the mobile device is within a particular distance of an area of the facility based on the location information, receive an indication of a user input by the mobile device, determine whether a user of the mobile device is allowed access to the area, and allow access to the area via a relay associated with the area responsive to a determination that the user is allowed access and the user input.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon executable by a processor to:
receive location information associated with a mobile device in a facility;
determine that the mobile device is within a particular distance of an area of the facility based on the location information;
receive an indication of a user input by the mobile device, wherein a performance of the input is determined using the mobile device;
determine whether a user of the mobile device is allowed access to the area; and
allow access to the area via a relay associated with the area responsive to a determination that the user is allowed access and the user input.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions include instructions to receive the location information responsive to a communication being established between the mobile device and a beacon of the facility.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to determine whether a user of the mobile device is allowed access to the area include instructions to determine whether the mobile device has been provided with a digital identity.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the user input is a gesture made using the mobile device.

5. The computer-readable medium of claim 4 , wherein the gesture includes a knock by the user on the mobile device.

6. The computer-readable medium of claim 4 , wherein the gesture includes a manipulation of an orientation of the mobile device.

7. The computer-readable medium of claim 4 , wherein the gesture includes an impact between the mobile device and an object.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions include instructions to:
deny access to the area responsive to a determination that the user is not allowed access; and
provide a notification via the mobile device responsive to the denial, wherein the notification includes a reason for the denial.

9. A system for providing access control via a mobile device, comprising:
an access control system configured to:
determine an area of a facility to which a user is authorized access; and
provide a digital identity configured to allow the user access to the area;

a mobile device configured to:
receive the digital identity;
determine that the mobile device is within a particular distance of the area;
determine a gesture made by the user; and
determine whether the user of the mobile device is allowed access to the area based on the digital identity; and

a relay configured to grant the user access to the area of the facility, subsequent to the mobile device determining the gesture, responsive to:
the determination that the mobile device is within the particular distance of the area; and
the determination by the mobile device that the user is allowed access to the area.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the access control system is remote with respect to the facility.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the access control system is local with respect to the facility.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the system includes a beacon configured to determine that the user is in within the particular distance of the area.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the beacon is Bluetooth low energy beacon.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the mobile device is configured to prompt the user to make the gesture.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the relay does not include a controller.

16. A method for providing access control via a mobile device, comprising:
receiving an indication that a mobile device is within a particular distance of an area of a facility;
receiving an indication that a user performed a gesture using the mobile device, wherein a performance of the input is determined using the mobile device;
determining whether a user of the mobile device is allowed access to the area; and
causing a relay associated with the area to allow the user access to the area responsive to a determination that the user is allowed access.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein determining whether the user of the mobile device is allowed access includes determining whether the user is allowed access at a time that the mobile device is within the particular distance of the area.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the gesture includes a plurality of knocks by the user on the mobile device.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the gesture includes a presentation of the mobile device to an object associated with the area.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the gesture includes a particular manipulation of the mobile device, and wherein the particular manipulation does not include the mobile device impacting an object.

Assignees

• Honeywell Int Inc

Inventors

• Lingan Magesh
• Palanivel Rajkumar
• Gopalan Murugan
• Tigga Mandar
• Kalyan Vivek
• Roy Sanjay
• Lin Frank
• Jones Bryan
• Godbole Datta
• Khurana Himanshu

Classifications

• H04W4/021 Primary

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title

• H04W4/023

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title

• G07C9/00309

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

• H04W4/026

  using orientation information, e.g. compass · CPC title

• G07C9/28 Primary

  the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence · CPC title