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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2022
Nxp B.v., San Jose, CA (US);
Rinze Ida Mechtildis Peter Meijer, Herkenbosch, NL;
Pramod Rajan Kesavelu Shekar, Bangalore, IN;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method and apparatus of access control as described. A touch of a touch zone of an access controller including a body area network (BAN) transceiver is detected. In response to detecting the touch, a request from an access controller comprising a BAN transceiver via a body area network is transmitted to a user of a portable device including a BAN transceiver and a biometric sensor. The request is received by the portable device via the BAN network. In response to receiving the request, the portable device transmits a digital key comprising biometric data detected by the biometric sensor and a digital identifier from the portable device to the access controller via the BAN network. The user is authenticated by the access controller using the digital key. The access controller controls and actuator to lock or unlock a door in response to the user being authenticated.