METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DOOR ACCESS USING BEACON SIGNAL

• US 20170148243A1
• Filed: 08/10/2016
• Published: 05/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Suprema Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Suprema Incorporated
• Inventors: SHIN, Dong Mok, CHOI, Seong Bin, LEE, Jae Won
• Granted Patent: US 9,805,533 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/63 Comprising locating means for detecting the position of the data carrier, i.e. within the vehicle or within a certain distance from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00563 using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00571 operated by interacting with a central unit
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and system for managing access to a door using a beacon signal. An access control method of a user access authority determination unit that controls access of a user to a target door based on a signal including beacon data from a plurality of beacons installed near a door, wherein the user carries a terminal and the terminal obtains the signal including the beacon data based on a proximity to the plurality of beacons may include identifying the target door based on an identification information of the plurality of beacons extracted from the beacon data, determining a type of user movement, wherein the type of user movement includes a entering movement that the user enters into an inner side from an outer side through the target door and a exiting movement that the user exits the inner side to the outer side through the target door, and determining an access authentication process to be performed to unlock the target door, wherein the access authentication process is determined according to the determined type of user movement.

Claims

1. An access control method of a user access authority determination unit that controls access of a user to a target door based on a signal including beacon data from a plurality of beacons installed near a door, wherein the user carries a terminal and the terminal obtains the signal including the beacon data based on a proximity to the plurality of beacons, the access control method comprising:

identifying the target door based on an identification information of the plurality of beacons extracted from the beacon data;

determining a type of user movement, wherein the type of user movement includes a entering movement that the user enters into an inner side from an outer side through the target door and a exiting movement that the user exits the inner side to the outer side through the target door; and

determining an access authentication process to be performed to unlock the target door, wherein the access authentication process is determined according to the determined type of user movement.

2. The access control method of claim 1, wherein, among the plurality of beacons, a first beacon is installed to the outer side, and a second beacon is installed to the inner side.

3. The access control method of claim 2, wherein the identifying the target door comprises identifying the target door using at least one of identification information of the first beacon and identification information of the second beacon.

4. The access control method of claim 2, wherein the determining a type of user movement comprises:

checking whether the user is located at the outer side or the inner side with respect to the target door; and

determining that the type of user movement is the entering movement when it is checked that the user is located at the outer side, or determining that the type of user movement is the exiting movement when it is checked that the user is located at the inner side.

5. The access control method of claim 4, wherein the identification information of the plurality of beacons is used to check whether the user is located at the outer side or the inner side with respect to the target door.

6. The access control method of claim 5, wherein determining a type of user movement comprises:

determining that the user is located at the outer side with respect to the target door when the terminal acquires only the identification information of the first beacon;

or

determining that the user is located at the inner side with respect to the target door when the terminal acquires only the identification information of the second beacon.

7. The access control method of claim 4, wherein a distance between the first beacon and the terminal and a distance between the second beacon and the terminal are used to check whether the user is located at the outer side or the inner side with respect to the target door.

8. The access control method of claim 7, wherein the checking whether the user is located at the outer side or the inner side with respect to the target door comprises:

determining that the user is located at the outer side with respect to the target door when the distance between the first beacon and the terminal is smaller than the distance between the second beacon and the terminal;

or

determining that the user is located at the inner side with respect to the target door when the distance between the first beacon and the terminal is greater than the distance between the second beacon and the terminal.

9. The access control method of claim 7, wherein

the distance between the first beacon and the terminal is checked based on a received-signal strength of a signal including the identification information of the first beacon, the received-signal strength being measured by the terminal, or

the distance between the second beacon and the terminal is checked based on a received-signal strength of a signal including the identification information of the second beacon, the received-signal strength being measured by the terminal.

10. The access control method of claim 9, wherein

the distance between the first beacon and the terminal is checked using information regarding a received-signal strength of a signal including first beacon data including the identification information of the first beacon at a position separated a predetermined distance from the first beacon, which is extracted from the first beacon data, or

the distance between the second beacon and the terminal is checked using information regarding a received-signal strength of a signal including second beacon data including the identification information of the second beacon at a position separated a predetermined distance from the second beacon, which is extracted from the second beacon data.

11. The access control method of claim 4, wherein additional information including at least one of access information of the user, commuting information of the user, and a log for the terminal is used to check whether the user is located at the outer side or the inner side with respect to the target door.

12. The access control method of claim 1, wherein the determining the access authentication process comprises determining the access authentication process as a first access authentication process including a user authentication operation when it is determined that the type of user movement is the entering movement, or determining the access authentication process as a second access authentication process not including the user authentication operation when it is determined that the type of user movement is the exiting movement.

13. The access control method of claim 12, further comprising, when the access authentication process is determined as the first access authentication process:

acquiring user authentication information of the user; and

determining whether to unlock the target door using the user authentication information of the user.

14. The access control method of claim 12, further comprising determining whether to unlock the target door without using user authentication information of the user when the access authentication process is determined as the second access authentication process.

15. The access control method of claim 12, wherein whether to unlock the target door is determined using user authentication information when the access authentication process is determined as the first access authentication process during a predetermined time after the target door is determined to be unlocked using the user authentication information acquired from the user at a first time.

16. The access control method of claim 12, wherein the determining the access authentication process comprises determining the access authentication process as the second access authentication process when it is determined that the type of user movement is the entering movement during a predetermined time after the access authentication process is determined as the first access authentication process and the target door is unlocked.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method of any one of claims 1.

17. An access control method of a user access authority determination unit that controls access of a user to a target door based on a signal including beacon data from a beacon installed near a door, wherein the user carries a terminal and the terminal obtains the signal including the beacon data based on a proximity to the beacon, the access control method comprising:

identifying the target door based on an identification information of the beacon extracted from the beacon data;

determining a type of user movement, wherein the type of user movement includes a entering movement that the user enters into an inner side from an outer side through the target door and a exiting movement that the user exits the inner side to the outer side through the target door; and

determining an access authentication process to be performed to unlock the target door, wherein the access authentication process is determined according to the determined type of user movement,

wherein additional information including at least one of access information of the user, commuting information of the user, and a log for the terminal is used to determination of the type of user movement.

19. An electronic device for controlling access of a user to a target door based on a signal including beacon data from at least one beacon installed near a door, wherein the user carries a terminal and the terminal obtains the signal including the beacon data based on a proximity to the at least one beacon, the electronic device comprising:

a communication interface configured to communicate with the terminal; and

a processor configured to acquire identification information of the at least one beacon extracted from the beacon data through the communication interface, identify the target door based on the identification information of at least one beacon, determining a type of user movement, wherein the type of user movement includes a entering movement that the user enters into an inner side from an outer side through the target door and a exiting movement that the user exits the inner side to the outer side through the target door, and determine an access authentication process to be performed to unlock the target door, wherein the access authentication process is determined according to the determined type of user movement.