US 11,749,039 B2
Electronic access control system and method for arc flash prevention
Matthew Frank Trapani, Deerfield, IL (US); and Stacey Lee Krutz-Sabol, Attica, MI (US)
Assigned to Security Enhancement Systems, LLC, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed by Security Enhancement Systems, LLC, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/884,128.
Application 17/884,128 is a continuation of application No. 16/904,314, filed on Jun. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,410,479.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/862,532, filed on Jun. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0035016 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G06Q 50/26 (2012.01)
CPC G07C 9/00571 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/265 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
7. An electronic access control method comprising:
detecting, with at least one sensor communicably engaged with a controller comprising at least one processor, an occurrence of a precondition for an arc flash in an enclosure;
communicating, with the controller via a network interface, the precondition for the arc flash to at least one processing unit, wherein the at least one processing unit is communicably engaged with the controller via the network interface;
disabling, with the controller, one or more standard access protocols for the enclosure in response to the precondition for the arc flash in the enclosure to restrict access to the enclosure;
configuring, with the at least one processing unit, at least one arc flash safety protocol,
wherein the at least one arc flash safety protocol comprises communicating a notification of the precondition for the arc flash in the enclosure to an administrator user,
wherein the at least one arc flash safety protocol comprises configuring a compliance workflow comprising one or more steps for verifying one or more safety or compliance requirements for a technician user;
granting, with the controller, a temporary access permission for the enclosure to the technician user in response to an approval by the administrator user, wherein the approval comprises verification by the administrator user that the technician user has completed the compliance workflow;
verifying, with the at least one processing unit, resolution of the precondition for the arc flash in the enclosure in response to receiving one or more user-generated inputs from one or both of the technician user and the administrator user; and
enabling, with the controller, the one or more standard access protocols for the enclosure in response to verifying resolution of the precondition for the arc flash in the enclosure.