Sensor system for a locking system and method for detecting tamperings at a locking system

• US 9,702,165 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2014
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Feirer, Michael, Stark, Philipp, Schindler, Frank, Bartholomeyczik, Julian
• Primary Examiner(s): Fan, Hongmin
• Application Number:
  US14/778,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20160290009A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,257 Days
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2045/063 by movement of the wing
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2045/065 Switch or sensor type used in alarm locks
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 45/10 by introducing the key or another object
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/06 by tampering with fastening
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/08 by opening, e.g. of door, of window, of drawer, of shutter, of curtain, of blind

Abstract

A sensor system for a locking system of a door includes: an acceleration sensor which is designed to detect movements of the door in at least two dimensions and to record a time-resolved acceleration profile; a magnetic field sensor which is designed to detect a magnetic field in the area of the locking system, to detect changes of the magnetic field and to record a time-resolved magnetic field change profile; and a control device which is coupled to the acceleration sensor and to the magnetic field sensor and which is designed to correlate the acceleration profile to the magnetic field change profile, to compare the profile correlation to a predetermined correlation signature, and to output an alarm signal if the profile correlation matches the correlation signature.

Claims

1. A sensor system for a locking system of a door, comprising:

an acceleration sensor configured to detect movements of the door in at least two dimensions;

a magnetic field sensor configured to detect a magnetic field in the area of the locking system and to detect changes of the magnetic field; and

a control device coupled to the acceleration sensor and to the magnetic field sensor, wherein the control device is configured to (i) record a time-resolved acceleration profile from the detected movements of the door, (ii) record a time-resolved magnetic field change profile from the detected changes of the magnetic field, (iii) determine a profile correlation between the time-resolved acceleration profile and the time-resolved magnetic field change profile, (iv) compare the determined profile correlation to a predetermined correlation signature, and (v) output an alarm signal if the profile correlation matches the predetermined correlation signature.

2. The sensor system as recited in claim 1, wherein the control device includes one of a microcontroller or a microprocessor.

3. The sensor system as recited in claim 2, wherein the control device includes a memory area configured to store the at least one predetermined correlation signature.

4. The sensor system as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

a signal output device coupled to the control device.

5. The sensor system as recited in claim 4, wherein the signal output device is configured to output the alarm signal via an output interface to an alarm transmitter.

6. The sensor system as recited in claim 4, wherein the signal output device is configured to output the alarm signal via wireless communication to an alarm transmitter.

7. A locking arrangement for a door, comprising:

a locking system; and

a sensor system including;

an acceleration sensor configured to detect movements of the door in at least two dimensions;

a magnetic field sensor configured to detect a magnetic field in the area of the locking system and to detect changes of the magnetic field; and

a control device coupled to the acceleration sensor and to the magnetic field sensor, wherein the control device is configured to (i) record a time-resolved acceleration profile from the detected movements of the door, (ii) record a time-resolved magnetic field change profile from the detected changes of the magnetic field, (iii) determine a profile correlation between the time-resolved acceleration profile and the time-resolved magnetic field change profile, (iv) compare the profile correlation to a predetermined correlation signature, and (v) output an alarm signal if the profile correlation matches the predetermined correlation signature;

wherein the sensor system is situated in an internal area of the door and is configured to detect a magnetic field at an outside area of the door and to output the alarm signal in the case of an unauthorized opening attempt of the locking system.

8. A method for detecting tampering of a locking system of a door, comprising:

performing time-resolved detection of movements of the door in at least two dimensions;

recording a time-resolved acceleration profile based on the detected movements of the door;

detecting a magnetic field in the area of the locking system;

performing a time-resolved detection of changes of the magnetic field;

recording a time-resolved magnetic field change profile;

determining a profile correlation between the time-resolved acceleration profile and the time-resolved magnetic field change profile;

comparing the determined profile correlation to a predetermined correlation signature; and

outputting an alarm signal if the determined profile correlation matches the predetermined correlation signature.