Cloud Door Intercom With Remote Visitor Notification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing door lock intercom systems are inadequate for residences or communities with property management and front desk management, and cannot notify residents of visitor arrivals, especially for online shopping deliveries, leading to inconvenience and potential safety risks.
Innovation Solution
An electronic door lock intercom system with a cloud platform, indoor and outdoor units, and application devices connected via an Internet service provider, enabling remote monitoring and control through wireless networks, incorporating features like face and palm vein recognition, virtual passwords, and near-field communication for secure access and notification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional intercom system with mechanical door locks is used, then the system structure is simple, but it cannot provide remote monitoring and notification capabilities for visitors or deliveries
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud platform as an intermediary between the intercom system and users' mobile devices. The cloud platform receives data from the intercom system (visitor information, delivery notifications) and transmits it to users' smartphones, enabling remote monitoring and notification capabilities without requiring direct connection between the intercom and user devices. This resolves the contradiction by adding a mediator that provides advanced functionality while keeping the intercom system structure relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The intercom system is designed to perform multiple functions: traditional intercom communication, visitor identification and notification, delivery management, and remote door unlocking. By integrating these diverse functions into a single system that communicates through the cloud platform, the patent achieves multi-functionality that resolves the contradiction between reliability (providing comprehensive notification capabilities) and device complexity (maintaining a unified system architecture).
2Reliability
If the resident is not at home, then the traditional system cannot notify the resident of visitor arrival, but adding cloud-based notification increases system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically notifies users of visitor arrivals or deliveries through the cloud platform without requiring manual intervention. When a visitor or delivery person arrives, the intercom system automatically sends notifications to the user's mobile device via the cloud platform, and can even automatically unlock the door if pre-authenticated. This self-service automation improves notification reliability while the cloud-based infrastructure handles the complexity of remote communication.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops where the intercom system continuously monitors for visitor arrivals, deliveries, or abnormal situations and automatically communicates this information to users through the cloud platform. This feedback mechanism ensures reliable notification regardless of whether the resident is at home, while the cloud platform manages the complexity of real-time communication and data transmission.
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AI summary
An electronic door lock intercom system. The electronic door lock intercom system is disclosed. The electronic door lock intercom system involves a cloud platform; an Internet service provider, communicated with the cloud platform; at least one indoor unit provided indoors, at least one first electronic door lock provided at a near-end door, an outdoor unit provided outdoors, and a second electronic door lock provided at a far-end door, communicated with the Internet service provider; and at least one application device, communicated with the Internet service provider. Through different arrangements of each component, it can be applied to different scenarios and can be remotely monitored through the application devices of user, property management or front-end management to achieve safety management.