Cork Institute of Technology

Merenda Limited

Expert Security Limited

Munster Technological University

Juan Francisco Martinez Sanchez

Paul McEvoy

Ronan Haslette

Paul Mcevoy

The method and system for access control, comprising detecting, by the electronic lock a tactile action by a body on a tactile sensor. The electronic lock transmitting a first signal using very low frequency band in response to said detection of tactile action through said body. The electronic key fob receives the first electromagnetic signal, where the first signal is transmitted through a body in contact with a transmitter of said first electromagnetic signal i.e. the electronic lock. Further, the electronic key fob transmits a second electromagnetic signal in response to receipt of said first electromagnetic signal. The electronic lock receives the second signal in response to said first signal and disengages or engages a lock in response to said received second signal.

Electronic lock with wireless control

A wood veneer product () comprises one or more layers of wood veneer (). A backing layer (), for example a cellulose-based backing layer, has a first outer surface bonded to the one or more layers of wod veneer (). Electrically conductive tracking () is arranged on or against a second outer surface of the backing layer () opposite to the first outer surface.

Wood veneer product comprising conductive tracking

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Cork, Ireland

Juan Francisco Martinez Sanchez