Audio-based access control

US11302336B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schlage Lock Company LLC · US

Inventors

• Daniel Langenberg · Zionsville, US
• Joseph W. Baumgarte · Carmel, US
• Joshua Long · Greenwood, US
• Brady Plummer · Fishers, US
• John D. Goodwin · Carmel, US
• Dakoda Johnson · Carmel, US
• Benjamin J. Hopkins · Zionsville, US
• Robert Prostko · Carmel, US
• Robert Martens · Carmel, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 2019
• Grant date: Apr 12, 2022
• Expiry date: May 18, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G10L2015/223
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method according to one embodiment includes receiving audio input by a microphone of an access control device that controls access through a passageway, processing an audio signal associated with the audio input to identify and authenticate a user, determining a command corresponding with the audio signal in response to identification and authentication of the user, and performing at least one action that corresponds with the command.