Remote access control system for controlling door lock to unlock remotely

• US 9,948,905 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2015
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brainchild Electronic Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Brainchild Electronic Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Peng, Tsu-Yi, Chong, Hee-Lup, Dong, Susan
• Primary Examiner(s): Geroleo, Francis G
• Application Number:
  US14/925,708
• Publication Number:
  US 20170064261A1
• Time in Patent Office: 902 Days
• Field of Search: 348156
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/186 Video door telephones

Abstract

A remote access control system comprising a remote host connected to a mobile device, a proximity sensor doorbell, a door lock device and a gateway device is provided. The proximity sensor doorbell triggers a doorbell signal when sensing a finger of a visitor approaches. The gateway device sends a first notification message to the mobile device via the remote host when recognizing that a captured monitoring video comprises image of the visitor, sends a second notification message to the mobile device via the remote host when receiving the doorbell signal, and controls the door lock device to unlock when receiving an unlocking message from the mobile device. This system facilitates the householder to control the entry remotely and effectively reduces the probability of doorbell failing.

Claims

1. A remote access control system, comprising:

a remote host connected to a mobile device via Internet;

a proximity sensor doorbell, comprising;

a proximity sensor comprising a sensing zone, the proximity sensor triggering a doorbell signal when sensing that a visitor'"'"'s finger approaches the sensing zone; and

a buzzer, sounding when the doorbell signal is triggered;

a door lock device; and

a gateway device connected to the proximity sensor doorbell, the gateway device comprising;

a camera unit capturing a monitoring video;

a network unit connected to Internet;

a first wireless unit wirelessly connected to the door lock device; and

a first control unit electrically connected to the camera unit, the network unit and the first wireless unit, the first control unit determining whether the monitoring video comprises image of a visitor, and counting a stay time which the image of the visitor is illustrated in the monitoring video when the monitoring video comprises the image of the visitor, the first control unit sending a first notification message to the mobile device via the remote host when the stay time exceeds a predetermined time, the first control unit sending a second notification message to the mobile device via the remote host when receiving the doorbell signal, and controlling the door lock device to unlock when receiving an unlocking message from the mobile device,

wherein the remote access control system further comprises an auxiliary sensor device connected to the gateway device via a wireless sensor network, the auxiliary sensor device sends a trigger signal to the gateway device when detecting the visitor, wherein the gateway device sends the first notification message to the mobile device when the stay time exceeds the predetermined time and the gateway device receives the trigger signal, and the gateway device sends the second notification message to the mobile device when receiving the doorbell signal and the trigger signal.

2. The remote access control system according to claim 1, wherein the gateway device retrieves a register identifying data corresponding to a user account from the remote host, and simultaneously sends an unlocking signal and the register identifying data to the door lock device when receiving the unlocking message, the door lock device unlocks according to the unlocking signal when verifying that the register identifying data is correct according to an identifying data of the door lock device.

3. The remote access control system according to claim 2, wherein the door lock device dynamically generates and sends the identifying data to the remote host when first time connecting to the gateway device, the remote host makes the identifying data correspond to the user account as the register identifying data.

4. The remote access control system according to claim 1, wherein the remote access control system further comprises a human-machine interface connected to the gateway device and used to accept operation or output message.

5. The remote access control system according to claim 4, wherein the human-machine interface is an unlocking button, and sends the unlocking message to the gateway device for leading the gateway device to control the door lock device to unlock when being pressed.

6. The remote access control system according to claim 4, wherein the human-machine interface is an interphone, the gateway device sends a third notification message to the mobile device via the remote host when receiving a monitoring voice via the human-machine interface.

7. The remote access control system according to claim 4, wherein the human-machine interface is a combination of an interphone used to receive a monitoring voice and a displayer, the gateway device uploads the monitoring video and the monitoring voice to the remote host, and downloads a returning voice or a returning video and transfers the returning voice or the returning video to the human-machine interface for playing, wherein the remote host allows the mobile device downloading the monitoring video and the monitoring voice, and uploading the returning voice and the returning video after the mobile device passed a verification.

8. The remote access control system according to claim 1, wherein the remote host records the first notification message, the second notification message or the unlocking message sent from the gateway device, and sifts the first notification message, the notification message or the unlocking message repeatedly received in the same threshold time interval.

9. The remote access control system according to claim 1, wherein the remote host is to connect to the plurality of the mobile devices via the Internet, and forwards the received message to the plurality of the mobile devices when receiving the first notification message or the second notification message.