IP Library Granted Patent US 11,195,354
Granted Patent B2
US 11,195,354 · App. 17/046,189 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

Gesture access control system including a mobile device disposed in a containment carried by a user

Inventors: Pedro Fernandez-Orellana (Shanghai, CN); Ankit Tiwari (South Windsor, CT); Kunal Srivastava (Manchester, CT); Paul C. O'Neill (New Britain, CT)
Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
G07C9/00182G06F3/017G06F3/0346
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Patent No.
US 11,195,354
App. No.
17/046,189
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gesture access system adapted to operate in conjunction with a containment carried by a user. The access system includes an access assembly, a mobile device, a storage medium, and a processor. The assembly is adapted to operate between an access and no-access states, and includes a controller, and a signal receiver. The device is disposed in the containment and includes an inertial measurement unit sensor system configured to measure a device motion of the device to conditionally detect an intentional body gesture of the user indicative of an intent to gain access. The intentional body gesture is contrary to routine containment motions caused by routine body motions of the user. The storage medium and the processor are configured to store and execute an application and preprogrammed motion scenario data to analyze the device motion and conditionally send a command signal to the assembly.

Claims (8)

1. A gesture access system adapted to operate in conjunction with a containment carried by a user, the gesture access system comprising:

a local access assembly adapted to operate between an access state and a no-access state, the local access assembly including a controller to effect actuation between the access state and the no-access state and a signal receiver;

a mobile device disposed in the containment and including an inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor system configured to measure a mobile device motion of the mobile device to conditionally detect an intentional body gesture of the user indicative of an intent of the user of the mobile device to gain access, wherein the intentional body gesture is contrary to routine containment motions caused by routine body motions of the user;

one or more electronic storage mediums configured to store an application and preprogrammed motion scenario data modeled in association with the intentional body gesture; and

one or more processors configured to receive the mobile device motion from the IMU sensor system, and execute the application to compare the mobile device motion to the preprogrammed motion scenario data, and thereby conditionally output a command signal to the controller of the local access assembly via the receiver to effect actuation from the no-access state to the access state, wherein the mobile device motion is a compound motion indicative of the routine body motion and the intentional body gesture, wherein the mobile device motion is indicative of a parameter factor associated with a location of the mobile device and a type of the containment, and wherein the mobile device includes an environment detection system configured to send information to the application for determining a location of the mobile device.

2. The gesture access system set forth in claim 1 , wherein the containment is a handbag grasped by a hand of the user, the routine containment motion includes swinging forward and rearward, and the intentional body gesture is a horizontal twisting motion of the hand.

3. The gesture access system set forth in claim 1 , wherein the containment is a handbag grasped by a hand of the user, the routine containment motion includes swinging forward and rearward, and the intentional body gesture is a repeating vertical motion of the hand resulting in a vertical shaking of the handbag.

4. The gesture access system set forth in claim 1 , wherein the containment is a backpack secured to a back of the user, the routine containment motion includes a forward motion indicative of walking in a forward direction, and the intentional body gesture is a twisting motion of a torso of the user.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2024
From: CARRIER CORPORATION
To: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Reel/Frame 069175/0204 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2020
From: FERNANDEZ-ORELLANA, PEDRO
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER (CHINA) LTD.
Reel/Frame 054177/0497 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2020
From: TIWARI, ANKIT; SRIVASTAVA, KUNAL; O'NEILL, PAUL C.
To: CARRIER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054177/0619 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2020
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER (CHINA) LTD.
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054177/0658 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2020
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: CARRIER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054177/0706 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810396976.3 · Apr 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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