COMBINED MOTION DETECTION AND ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20170372538A1
• Filed: 06/27/2016
• Published: 12/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Original Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Zhevelev, Boris, Katz, Tuviya, Manela, Avi
• Granted Patent: US 10,169,936 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/64 using a proximity sensor
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00571 operated by interacting with a central unit
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/22 in combination with an identity check of the pass holder
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/27 with central registration
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/29 the pass containing active electronic elements, e.g. smartcards

Abstract

A combined motion detection and access control method and system, the system including a processor for receiving an indication of motion detection within a premises and for ascertaining an area within which the motion was detected; at least one transmitter operable, responsive to receiving, from the processor, an indication of the area, for broadcasting, within the area, an encoded identification of the area; a transceiver associated with an individual and operable for receiving the encoded area identification and, responsive thereto, for broadcasting an encoded identification of the individual and the encoded area identification; and at least one receiver operable for receiving the encoded identification of the individual and the encoded area identification and for communicating the encoded identification of the individual and the encoded area identification to the processor which is operable, thereto, for ascertaining whether the individual is allowed access to the area encoded in the encoded area identification.

Claims

1. A combined motion detection and access control method comprising:

receiving an indication of motion detection within a premises and ascertaining an indication of an area of said premises within which said motion was detected;

responsive to said ascertaining said area of said premises within which said motion was detected, broadcasting, within said area, an encoded identification of said area;

receiving, by a mobile transceiver associated with an individual, said broadcasted encoded area identification;

responsive to said receiving said encoded area identification, broadcasting, by said mobile transceiver associated with said individual, an encoded identification of said individual together with said encoded area identification;

receiving said broadcasted encoded identification of said individual together with said broadcasted encoded area identification; and

responsive to said receiving said encoded identification of said individual together with said encoded area identification, ascertaining whether said individual is allowed access to said area of said premises encoded in said encoded area identification.

2. A combined motion detection and access control method according to claim 1 and also comprising, responsive to said ascertaining that said individual is not allowed access to said area of said premises encoded in said encoded area identification, providing an indication of unauthorized access to said area.

3. A combined motion detection and access control method according to claim 1 and wherein said indication of motion detection is provided by a motion detector deployed within a particular area of said premises.

4. A combined motion detection and access control method according to claim 3 and wherein said ascertaining an area of said premises within which said motion was detected is achieved by ascertaining an area of said premises in which said motion detector is deployed.

5. A combined motion detection and access control method according to claim 1 and wherein said broadcasting, by said mobile transceiver associated with said individual, an encoded identification of said individual together with said encoded area identification is operative to attest to the presence of said individual in said area of said premises encoded in said encoded area identification.

8. A combined motion detection and access control system according to claim 5 and wherein said processor is a computing device.

6. A combined motion detection and access control system comprising:

a processor operable for receiving an indication of motion detection within a premises and ascertaining an area of said premises within which said motion was detected;

at least one transmitter communicating with said processor and operable, responsive to said receiving, from said processor, an indication of said area of said premises within which said motion was detected, for broadcasting, within said area, an encoded identification of said area;

at least one mobile transceiver being associated with an individual and being operable;

for receiving said encoded area identification broadcasted by said at least one transmitter; and

responsive to said receiving said encoded area identification, for broadcasting an encoded identification of said individual together with said encoded area identification; and

at least one receiver operable;

for receiving said broadcasted encoded identification of said individual together with said broadcasted encoded area identification; and

for communicating said encoded identification of said individual together with said encoded area identification to said processor;

wherein said processor is operable, responsive to said receiving said encoded identification of said individual together with said encoded area identification for ascertaining whether said individual is allowed access to said area of said premises encoded in said encoded area identification.

7. A combined motion detection and access control system according to claim 6 and wherein said processor is also operable, responsive to said ascertaining that said individual is not allowed access to said area of said premises encoded in said encoded area identification, for providing an indication of unauthorized access to said area.

9. A combined motion detection and access control system according to claim 6 and wherein said processor is a component of an intrusion detection system.

10. A combined motion detection and access control system according to claim 6 and wherein said processor is a component of an enterprise-wide access control system.

11. A combined motion detection and access control system according to claim 6 and wherein said processor communicates with an intrusion detection system.

12. A combined motion detection and access control system according to claim 6 and wherein said processor communicates with an enterprise-wide access control system.

13. A combined motion detection and access control system according to claim 6 and wherein said indication of motion detection is provided by a motion detector deployed within a particular area of said premises.

14. A combined motion detection and access control system according to claim 13 and wherein said ascertaining an area of said premises within which said motion was detected is achieved by ascertaining an area of said premises in which said motion detector is deployed.

15. A combined motion detection and access control system according to claim 6 and wherein said broadcasting, by said at least one mobile transceiver associated with said individual, an encoded identification of said individual together with said encoded area identification is operative to attest to the presence of said individual in said area of said premises encoded in said encoded area identification.