Smart Building Access Hub for Unified Credential and Device Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional access control systems lack integration with smart building and home devices, requiring coordination of multiple credentials and systems, which leads to operational inefficiencies, security vulnerabilities, and increased energy costs due to inability to manage unoccupied areas effectively.
Innovation Solution
A centralized smart building access and device system that uses a cloud-based computing system to manage credentials and integrate access control with smart devices, allowing for unified control and management through a single interface, including smart locks, intercoms, and monitoring devices, using technologies like NFC, RFID, and beacons for secure and efficient access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional access control systems are used, then access management is implemented, but integration with smart building devices is lacking and multiple credentials must be coordinated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines access control functionality with smart device control into a single integrated system. The access control device now serves dual purposes: managing physical access while simultaneously controlling smart building devices through a unified credential verification process, eliminating the need for separate credential coordination between different systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The access control device is designed with multi-functionality, acting as both an access control point and a smart device hub. A single verified credential grants the user both physical access to the building and control rights over associated smart devices, making the system universally applicable across different building access scenarios and smart device types.
2Productivity
If centralized credential management is implemented, then operational efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The access control device serves as an intermediary between the centralized credential management system and the smart building devices. It receives credential verification from the centralized system and translates it into actionable control signals for smart devices, simplifying the overall architecture by providing a local mediation layer that reduces direct system-to-system complexity.
3Reliability
If multiple separate systems are used for access control and smart devices, then each system can be optimized independently, but coordination between systems creates security vulnerabilities and energy costs
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges access control and smart device management into a unified security framework. When a credential is verified for building access, the same verification event automatically triggers appropriate smart device configurations (such as lighting, HVAC, or appliance control), ensuring that security decisions simultaneously optimize energy management without requiring separate coordination protocols.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments are generally directed to systems, devices, methods, and techniques to control devices via a mobile device platform in a smart building system. Embodiments further include techniques to determine a device of the smart building system and an action to perform by the device. The techniques include establishing, a connection with a smart lock of the smart system, and communicating a request to perform the action to the smart lock of the smart system.