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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2023
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Masashi Hisai, Osaka, JP;
Manabu Maeda, Osaka, JP;
Ryo Kato, Osaka, JP;
Naohisa Nishida, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Harada, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyuki Haga, Nara, JP;
Yuji Unagami, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
An electric lock control method includes: performing a first determination of whether a person is present in a predetermined region surrounding an electric lock, based on first information generated by an electronic device; when it is determined that a first person is present in the predetermined region in the performing of the first determination, performing a second determination of whether the first person is a person who is permitted to unlock the electric lock, based on second information related to movement of the first person; and controlling a state of the electric lock based on a result of the second determination, the state being a locked state or an unlocked state.