US 12,243,367 B2
Access control arrangement, reading module and access control method
Ulrich Pinsdorf, Herzogenrath (DE)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/868,089.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 207 700.5 (DE), filed on Jul. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0036382 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G07C 9/28 (2020.01)
CPC G07C 9/28 (2020.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An access control arrangement (1) comprising:
a reading module (3) comprising a coupling interface;
a mobile terminal (5) comprising a mating interface configured to wirelessly connect, via a wireless connection (6), to the coupling interface, the mobile terminal (5) being configured to transmit an authorization notification to the reading module (3) via the wireless connection (6); and
a control module (4) connected to the reading module (3) using data technology and is configured to grant or deny access based on the authorization notification transmitted to the reading module (3),
wherein the reading module (3) forms an active reading module (3) configured to search for offer notifications broadcasted by the mobile terminal (5) and determine, based on the offer notification, whether to establish the wireless connection (6) with the mobile terminal (5), wherein the mobile terminal (5) forms a peripheral device for the wireless connection (6) and the mobile terminal (5) is configured to automatically repeatedly broadcast the offer notifications, and
wherein the reading module (3) establishes the wireless connection (6) with the mobile terminal (5) based on the offer notification.