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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2021
Applicant:
Assa Abloy Ab, Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Hans-Juergen Pirch, Feldkirchen, AT;
Sylvain Jacques Prevost, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
ASSA ABLOY AB, Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/15 (2020.01); G01S 7/41 (2006.01); G01S 13/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/15 (2020.01); G01S 7/411 (2013.01); G01S 13/0209 (2013.01); G01S 13/765 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reader device of a physical access control system includes an ultra-wide band (UWB) physical layer and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is operatively coupled to the UWB physical layer and is configured to: receive access credential information from a separate second device; receive ranging information from the second device; grant access through a physical portal according to the access credential information and ranging information; determine a number of people intending to pass through the physical portal; and generate an indication according to the determined number.