IP Library Granted Patent US 10,755,499
Granted Patent B2
US 10,755,499 · App. 16/077,606 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Opening-closing control device, opening-closing control method, and opening-closing control system

Inventors: Takashi Miyamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Katsuyuki Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP); Shinichi Fukuda (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshihito Ishibashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: Sony Corporation; Sony Mobile Communication Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,755,499
App. No.
16/077,606
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An opening-closing control device of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit that perform communication with an authenticated communication device; an authentication processor that performs authentication processing on the authenticated communication device on a basis of a result of the communication with the authenticated communication device; an opening-closing operation unit that performs an operation on a lockable opening-closing unit; an operation detector that detects an operation state of the opening-closing operation unit; and a controller that locks or unlocks the opening-closing unit on a basis of a result of the authentication processing and a result of detection of the operation state.

Claims (76)

1. An opening-closing control device, comprising:

a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit that perform communication with a communication device that is subject to a first authentication processing to result in an initially authenticated communication device, wherein the first authentication processing includes confirming receipt of an authentication ID of the communication device;

an authentication processor that performs a second authentication processing on the initially authenticated communication device on a basis of a result of the communication with the communication device;

an opening-closing operation unit that performs an operation on a lockable opening-closing unit;

an operation detector that detects an operation state of the opening-closing operation unit; and

a controller that locks or unlocks the opening-closing unit on a basis of a result of the second authentication processing and a result of detection of the operation state;

wherein the controller locks or unlocks the opening-closing unit in a case where the second authentication processing of the initially authenticated communication device is approved and a predetermined state is detected as the operation state;

wherein the opening-closing operation unit includes

an inside opening-closing operation unit that performs an operation on the opening-closing unit from inside the opening-closing unit, and

an outside opening-closing operation unit that performs an operation on the opening-closing unit from outside the opening-closing unit;

wherein the operation detector includes

an inside operation detector that detects an operation state of the inside opening-closing operation unit, and

an outside operation detector that detects an operation state of the outside opening-closing operation unit;

wherein the first electrode unit includes

an inside electrode unit, and

an outside electrode unit provided closer to a location outside the opening-closing unit than a position of the inside electrode unit; and

wherein the controller causes the operation detector to detect an operation state of one of the inside opening-closing operation unit and the outside opening-closing operation unit on a basis of a signal related to a received voltage of the inside electrode unit and a signal related to a received voltage of the outside electrode unit.

2. The opening-closing control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the communication device is held by an operator of the opening-closing unit,

the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit are mounted on the opening-closing unit, and

one of the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit performs communication using a human body as a communication medium with the communication device.

3. The opening-closing control device according to claim 1 , wherein the operation detector starts detection of the operation state of the opening-closing operation unit after the second authentication processing of the initially authenticated communication device is approved.

4. The opening-closing control device according to claim 1 , wherein the authentication processor performs the second authentication processing in a case where the predetermined state is detected.

5. The opening-closing control device according to claim 1 , further comprising an opening-closing detector that detects an opening-closing state of the opening-closing unit, wherein

the controller locks the opening-closing unit on a basis of a result of detection by the opening-closing detector.

6. The opening-closing control device according to claim 5 , wherein the controller locks the opening-closing unit in a case where the opening-closing detector detects that the opening-closing unit is closed.

7. The opening-closing control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller performs comparison between a first signal value related to the received voltage of the inside electrode unit and a second signal value related to the received voltage of the outside electrode unit,

in a case where the first signal value is larger, the controller causes the inside operation detector to detect the operation state of the inside opening-closing operation unit, and

in a case where the second signal value is larger, the controller causes the outside operation detector to detect the operation state of the outside opening-closing operation unit.

8. The opening-closing control device according to claim 1 , wherein the inside opening-closing operation unit and the outside opening-closing operation unit are electrically insulated from each other.

9. The opening-closing control device according to claim 1 , wherein the inside electrode unit and the outside electrode unit are electrically insulated from each other.

10. The opening-closing control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a selector that selects one of the inside electrode unit and the outside electrode unit through which communication is to be performed.

11. The opening-closing control device according to claim 10 , wherein the selector selects the inside electrode unit in a case where the operation state of the inside opening-closing operation unit is the predetermined state, and selects the outside electrode unit in a case where the operation state of the outside opening-closing operation unit is the predetermined state.

12. An opening-closing control method, comprising:

performing communication, through a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit provided in an authentication communication device, between the authentication communication device and a communication device that is subject to a first authentication processing to result in an initially authenticated communication device, wherein the first authentication processing includes confirming receipt of an authentication ID of the authentication communication device;

performing a second authentication processing on the initially authenticated communication device on a basis of a result of the communication between the authentication communication device and the communication device;

detecting an operation state of an opening-closing operation unit that performs an operation on a lockable opening-closing unit;

locking or unlocking the opening-closing unit on a basis of a result of the second authentication processing and a result of detection of the operation state;

wherein the controller locks or unlocks the opening-closing unit in a case where second authentication processing of the initially authenticated communication device is approved and a predetermined state is detected as the operation state;

wherein the opening-closing operation unit includes

an inside opening-closing operation unit that performs an operation on the opening-closing unit from inside the opening-closing unit, and

an outside opening-closing operation unit that performs an operation on the opening-closing unit from outside the opening-closing unit;

wherein the operation detector includes

an inside operation detector that detects an operation state of the inside opening-closing operation unit, and

an outside operation detector that detects an operation state of the outside opening-closing operation unit;

wherein the first electrode unit includes

an inside electrode unit, and

an outside electrode unit provided closer to a location outside the opening-closing unit than a position of the inside electrode unit; and

causing, by the controller, the operation detector to detect an operation state of one of the inside opening-closing operation unit and the outside opening-closing operation unit on a basis of a signal related to a received voltage of the inside electrode unit and a signal related to a received voltage of the outside electrode unit.

13. An opening-closing control system provided with an authentication communication device that performs authentication processing on a communication device, the authentication communication device comprising:

a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit that perform communication with the communication device, the communication device being subject to a first authentication processing to result in an initially authenticated communication device, wherein the first authentication processing includes confirming receipt of an authentication ID of the communication device;

an authentication processor that performs second authentication processing on the initially authenticated communication device on a basis of a result of the communication with the communication device;

an opening-closing operation unit that performs an operation on a lockable opening-closing unit;

an operation detector that detects an operation state of the opening-closing operation unit; and

a controller that locks or unlocks the opening-closing unit on a basis of a result of the second authentication processing and a result of detection of the operation state;

wherein the controller locks or unlocks the opening-closing unit in a case where the second authentication processing of the initially authenticated communication device is approved and a predetermined state is detected as the operation state;

wherein the opening-closing operation unit includes

an inside opening-closing operation unit that performs an operation on the opening-closing unit from inside the opening-closing unit, and

an outside opening-closing operation unit that performs an operation on the opening-closing unit from outside the opening-closing unit;

wherein the operation detector includes

an inside operation detector that detects an operation state of the inside opening-closing operation unit, and

an outside operation detector that detects an operation state of the outside opening-closing operation unit;

wherein the first electrode unit includes

an inside electrode unit, and

an outside electrode unit provided closer to a location outside the opening-closing unit than a position of the inside electrode unit; and

wherein the controller causes the operation detector to detect an operation state of one of the inside opening-closing operation unit and the outside opening-closing operation unit on a basis of a signal related to a received voltage of the inside electrode unit and a signal related to a received voltage of the outside electrode unit.

14. The opening-closing control system according to claim 13 , wherein

the communication device is held by an operator of the opening-closing unit,

the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit are mounted on the opening-closing unit, and

one of the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit performs communication using a human body as a communication medium with the communication device.

15. The opening-closing control system according to claim 13 , wherein the operation detector starts detection of the operation state of the opening-closing operation unit after the second authentication processing of the initially authenticated communication device is approved.

16. The opening-closing control system according to claim 13 , wherein the authentication processor performs the second authentication processing in a case where the predetermined state is detected.

17. The opening-closing control system according to claim 13 , further comprising an opening-closing detector that detects an opening-closing state of the opening-closing unit, wherein

the controller locks the opening-closing unit on a basis of a result of detection by the opening-closing detector.

18. The opening-closing control system according to claim 17 , wherein the controller locks the opening-closing unit in a case where the opening-closing detector detects that the opening-closing unit is closed.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2019
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049404/0887 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2018
From: MIYAMOTO, TAKASHI; TANAKA, KATSUYUKI; FUKUDA, SHINICHI; ISHIBASHI, YOSHIHITO
To: SONY CORPORATION; SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 046628/0333 →