Gesture-Based Security System for Multi-Area Access

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing access control systems for secured areas require users to repeatedly provide credentials for multiple areas, making the process cumbersome, especially when accessing multiple areas in a short period.

Innovation Solution

A mobile device equipped with a processor, accelerometer, and wireless transceiver that detects predefined user gestures to automatically transmit credentials to access control devices associated with multiple secured areas, allowing seamless passage without repeated user intervention.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users provide credentials manually at each access control device, then security authentication is reliable, but the operation process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of accessVSAvoidtime for credential entry
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-determines the pathway and identifies all access control devices along the route in advance. When a gesture is detected, the mobile device automatically transmits credentials to multiple access control devices along the predetermined pathway without requiring manual intervention at each point, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and time consumption

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables automatic credential transmission initiated by a simple user gesture. The mobile device autonomously handles the authentication process by automatically sending credentials to multiple access control devices along the pathway, eliminating the need for repeated manual credential entry and significantly improving ease of operation while reducing time loss

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If manual credential entry is required at each secured area, then access control security is maintained, but productivity decreases due to repeated authentication steps

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeed of accessing multiple areasVSAvoidcomplexity of access control process
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges multiple authentication operations into a single gesture-triggered action. Instead of requiring separate credential entries at each access control device, the mobile device combines all authentication transmissions into one automated sequence along the predetermined pathway, significantly improving productivity while the systematic approach maintains security

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The pathway and sequence of access control devices are predetermined in advance. This preliminary setup allows the system to execute rapid sequential authentication without real-time decision-making, improving productivity by eliminating repeated manual steps while maintaining structured security control

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enables convenient and efficient access to a sequence of secured areas with a single gesture, reducing the need for repeated credential entry and enhancing user experience by automating the authentication process.

Implementation Method 1

A mobile device includes a processor, an accelerometer, a wireless transceiver, and memory storing a credential. The processor is configured to receive an indication from the accelerometer, detect a user gesture based on the indication from the accelerometer indicating a predefined movement of the mobile device

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAccelerometer: Accelerometer

Data Source

PatentEP3894996B1Gesture based security system
Publication Date: 2023.08.23 CARRIER CORP
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AI summary

An example security system includes a plurality of access control devices that each control access to a respective secured area. A mobile device includes a processor, an accelerometer, a wireless transceiver, and memory storing a credential. The processor is configured to receive an indication from the accelerometer, detect a user gesture based on the indication from the accelerometer indicating a predefined movement of the mobile device, determine a pathway based on the gesture that includes multiple ones of the secured areas, and utilize the wireless transceiver to automatically transmit the credential to the respective access control devices associated with each secured area of the pathway. An example method for a security system is also disclosed.