Restricted area access control system
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1. An access control system to validate access to a restricted area, the system comprising:
- at least one electronically-controlled movable physical barrier and respective actuator drive circuit to control actuation of the at least one electronically-controlled movable physical barrier, wherein the at least one electronically-controlled movable physical barrier is located in a sub-location of a plurality of sub-locations of an access control area associated with the restricted area;
a beacon for each sub-location, wherein each beacon broadcasts a signal in its sub-location and the broadcasted signal include a beacon identifier specific to an associated sub-location; and
a server including at least one processor to;
receive a mobile device identifier from a mobile device, wherein the mobile device identifier is calculated by the mobile device based on the beacon identifier included in the broadcasted signal;
determine a proximity of the mobile device to a sub-location of the plurality of sub-locations;
determine whether the mobile device is in a sub-location of the plurality of sub-locations based on the determined proximity of the mobile device to the sub-location;
in response to a determination that the mobile device is in the sub-location, determine whether a user associated with the mobile device is validated to access the restricted area; and
in response to determining the user is validated, invoke opening the physical barrier for the sub-location by sending a validation signal to at least one of the mobile device and the respective actuator driver circuit.
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Abstract
An access control system controls access to a restricted area. A mobile device exchanges messages with a backend server to validate a user and to control an actuator for a physical barrier responsive to validation. Beacon-based unique identifiers are calculated at validation time for the current location to facilitate the validation.
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1. An access control system to validate access to a restricted area, the system comprising:
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at least one electronically-controlled movable physical barrier and respective actuator drive circuit to control actuation of the at least one electronically-controlled movable physical barrier, wherein the at least one electronically-controlled movable physical barrier is located in a sub-location of a plurality of sub-locations of an access control area associated with the restricted area; a beacon for each sub-location, wherein each beacon broadcasts a signal in its sub-location and the broadcasted signal include a beacon identifier specific to an associated sub-location; and a server including at least one processor to; receive a mobile device identifier from a mobile device, wherein the mobile device identifier is calculated by the mobile device based on the beacon identifier included in the broadcasted signal; determine a proximity of the mobile device to a sub-location of the plurality of sub-locations; determine whether the mobile device is in a sub-location of the plurality of sub-locations based on the determined proximity of the mobile device to the sub-location; in response to a determination that the mobile device is in the sub-location, determine whether a user associated with the mobile device is validated to access the restricted area; and in response to determining the user is validated, invoke opening the physical barrier for the sub-location by sending a validation signal to at least one of the mobile device and the respective actuator driver circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer readable medium of an access control server controlling access to a restricted area, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium stores machine readable instructions executable by at least one processor of the access control server, to:
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receive a mobile device identifier from a mobile device, wherein the mobile device identifier is calculated by the mobile device based on information received from at least one beacon, the at least one beacon being associated with a sub-location of a plurality of sub-locations within the restricted area; determine a proximity of the mobile device to a sub-location of the plurality of sub-locations; determine whether the mobile device is in a sub-location of the plurality of sub-locations based on the determined proximity of the mobile device to the sub-location; in response to a determination that the mobile device is in the sub-location, determine whether a user associated with the mobile device is validated to access the restricted area; and in response to determining the user is validated, send a validation signal to at least one of an actuator driver circuit and the mobile device to invoke opening a physical barrier associated with the sub-location. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A mobile device comprising:
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at least one short-distance communication interface to receive a beacon identifier from at least one beacon; a data storage to store an operating system and an access control application; and a processor to execute the operating system, wherein the operating system determines whether the received beacon identifier is a registered beacon identifier, and in response to a determination that the received beacon identifier is a registered beacon identifier, the processor launches the access control application stored on the mobile device, wherein the access control application, in response to being launched, is executed by the processor, and the access control application determines whether the mobile device is at a sub-location of an access control area associated with a restricted area, wherein the access control area includes a plurality of sub-locations, wherein in response to determining the mobile device is at the sub-location, the access control application enters into an activation mode and calculates a mobile device identifier for the mobile device based on the beacon identifier, wherein the mobile device identifier is valid for only the sub-location where the mobile device is currently located, and wherein the access control application sends the mobile device identifier to a server to validate a user associated with the mobile device and to allow access to the restricted area through the sub-location if the user is validated. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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