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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2019
Schlage Lock Company Llc, Carmel, IN (US);
Schlage Lock Company LLC, Carmel, IN (US);
Abstract
An exemplary apparatus includes a sensor, control circuitry, and an alert mechanism. The sensor is configured to sense one or more users entering a passageway. The control circuitry in communication with the sensor and a credential reader, and is configured to count a number of the one or more users entering the passageway, to count a number of authorized credentials presented to the credential reader, and to transmit an alert signal based upon the number of the one or more users and the number of authorized credentials. The alert mechanism in communication with the control circuitry, and is configured to perform an alert operation in response to the alert signal.