US 11,910,266 B2
Method of controlling access
Santhosh Amuduri, Telangana (IN); Srinivasa Rao Veeravalli, Telangana (IN); and Subhash Reddy Gopavaram, Telangana (IN)
Assigned to CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/464,000.
Claims priority of application No. 202011038142 (IN), filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0078576 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/021 (2018.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G01J 5/00 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 4/021 (2013.01) [G07C 9/00563 (2013.01); G01J 5/0025 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling access of a person to a first area that is accessed via an access point having an associated set of access rights, the method comprising:
measuring a characteristic of a person; and
based at least in part on the measured characteristic, classifying the person as being in a high risk category of persons, wherein the associated set of access rights of the access point deny permission for the high risk category of persons to access the first area;
wherein the measuring of the characteristic of the person is automatically triggered by the person attempting to access a second area via a second access point, wherein the characteristic is measured using a characteristic measurement device located at the second access point;
wherein the first area is a communal area and the second area is a private area associated with the person, wherein the second access point has a second set of access rights that include permission for the person to enter the private area associated with them even if they are classified in the high risk category of persons.