US 12,223,785 B2
Electric lock control method, electric lock control system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
Masashi Hisai, Osaka (JP); Manabu Maeda, Osaka (JP); Ryo Kato, Osaka (JP); Naohisa Nishida, Osaka (JP); Kenji Harada, Osaka (JP); Tomoyuki Haga, Nara (JP); and Yuji Unagami, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/218,807.
Application 18/218,807 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/037479, filed on Oct. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/139,407, filed on Jan. 20, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-125241 (JP), filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0351825 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/25 (2020.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01)
CPC G07C 9/00309 (2013.01) [G07C 9/00563 (2013.01); G07C 9/00571 (2013.01); G07C 9/253 (2020.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G07C 2209/63 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric lock control method comprising:
performing a first determination of whether a person is present in a predetermined region surrounding an electric lock, based on first information generated by an electronic device;
when it is determined that a first person is present in the predetermined region in the performing of the first determination, performing a second determination of whether the first person is a person who is permitted to unlock the electric lock, based on second information related to movement of the first person; and
controlling a state of the electric lock based on a result of the second determination, the state being a locked state or an unlocked state, wherein
the electric lock is settable to one of at least two security levels,
the at least two security levels include a first security level and a second security level, and
the controlling includes:
when it is determined that the first person is the person who is permitted to unlock the electric lock in the performing of the second determination, putting the electric lock in an unlocked state; and
when it is not determined that the first person is the person who is permitted to unlock the electric lock in the performing of the second determination,
(i) when the electric lock is preset to the first security level, putting the electric lock in the unlocked state, and
(ii) when the electric lock is preset to the second security level: receiving an input indicating whether to permit unlocking of the electric lock;
(ii-i) when the input received indicates that unlocking of the electric lock is permitted, putting the electric lock in the unlocked state; and
(ii-ii) when the input received indicates that unlocking of the electric lock is not permitted, not putting the electric lock in the unlocked state.