Granted Patent B2

US 11,250,655 · App. 16/929,296 · Granted Feb 15, 2022

Inventor: I-Ting Shen (Tainan, TW)

G07C9/00563G01K13/20A61L2/0047A61L2202/122A61L2202/14

Abstract

Claims (14)

1. A door access control method comprising:

detecting whether a person is intending to pass through a door access control device;

identifying whether a body temperature of the person near the door access control device exceeds a threshold value, wherein the door access control device carries out an unlocking judgment procedure when the body temperature of the person is below the threshold value, and wherein the unlocking judgment procedure is not carried out when the body temperature of the person is not below the threshold value;

identifying whether the person is qualified to pass through the door access control device based on a result of the unlocking judgment procedure, wherein the door access control device remains in a locking state when the person is identified as not qualified to pass through the door access control device, and wherein the unlocking state of the door access control device is lifted when the person is identified as qualified to pass through the door access control device; and

identifying whether a primary disinfection operation is completed before lifting the unlocking state of the door access control device, wherein the primary disinfection operation starts during the unlocking judgment procedure and is identified whether completed or not, and wherein the locking state of the door access control device is not lifted before the primary disinfection operation is completed.

2. The door access control method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the primary disinfection operation includes illuminating a first handle of the door access control device with a first handle disinfection device for a period of time.

3. The door access control method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting whether the person has left first and second disinfection areas respectively on two sides of the door access control device while the door access control device is in an unlocking state, wherein a secondary disinfection operation is carried out to disinfect the door access control device and a disinfection area around the door access control device when the person has left the first and second disinfection areas and is identified whether completed or not, and wherein the second disinfection operation is not carried out when the person is in the first or second disinfection area;

continuing the secondary disinfection area until it is completed;

detecting whether any person is in the first or second disinfection area; and

terminating the secondary disinfection operation when completed or any person is in the first or second disinfection area.

4. The door access control method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the disinfection area has an outer edge spaced from the door access control device by a spacing not larger than 10 m.

5. The door access control method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the primary disinfection operation is considered as complete after proceeding for about 5-15 seconds, and wherein the secondary disinfection operation is considered as complete after proceeding for about 10-30 minutes.

6. The door access control method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the secondary disinfection operation includes disinfecting the disinfection area with at least one first disinfection device in the first disinfection area and at least one second disinfection device in the second disinfection area and includes illuminating a first handle of the door access control device with a first handle disinfection device for 1-3 minutes.

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