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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 16, 2019
Applicant:

Assa Abloy Ab, Stockholm, SE;

Inventor:

Fredrik Einberg, Huddinge, SE;

Assignee:

ASSA ABLOY AB, Stockholm, SE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00 (2020.01); E05F 15/77 (2015.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); E05F 15/77 (2015.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01); G07C 2009/0096 (2013.01); G07C 2209/64 (2013.01);
Abstract

It is provided a method for determining when access control of an electronic lock, controlling access to a restricted physical space, should be performed. The method is performed in an intent determiner and comprising the steps of: obtaining movement data from a first sensor of a portable key device, the movement data indicating movement of the portable key device; obtaining a distance indicator from a second sensor, the distance indicator being indicative of distance between the electronic lock and the user; determining when there is user intent to open based on both the movement data and the distance indicator; and triggering access control to be performed only when user intent has been determined.


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