US 12,333,060 B2
Attendance recording terminal and method of operation to protect against acts of sabotage
Andreas Reinbold, Villingen-Schwenningen (DE); and Martin Ruof, Villingen-Schwenningen (DE)
Assigned to DORMAKABA EAD GMBH, Villingen-Schwenningen (DE)
Filed by dormakaba EAD GmbH, Villingen-Schwenningen (DE)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/106,808.
Claims priority of application No. 22156207 (EP), filed on Feb. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0252194 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/86 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/86 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for the protected operation of an attendance recording terminal, for recording attendance information of a person on the basis of an action of the person, the method including the following steps:
a) detecting a physical external influence on the attendance recording terminal;
b) checking whether the physical external influence fulfills a predefined trigger condition;
c) triggering at least one protective function if the check results in the external physical influence fulfilling the trigger condition,
wherein the protective function in method step c) comprises:
recording at least one photo by a camera,
wherein an illumination value of a display of the attendance recording terminal is increased for recording the photo;
and/or
recording at least one sound recording by a microphone.