US 11,816,943 B2
System and method for visually aided access control
Alex Raj Arulanandan, Coonoor (IN); Nadeem Shaikh, Hyderabad (IN); YusufAli Ay, Madurai (IN); Avineet Nanda, Sirsa (IN); and Ramesh Lingala, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/305,519.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/705,748, filed on Jul. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0020238 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G07C 9/22 (2020.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 9/22 (2020.01) [G05B 15/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An access control system for providing visually aided access to a building location, the access control system comprising:
a building management system in communication with a wireless device, a smart lighting system and a locking device, the building management system configured to
assign a lighting attribute to a user;
communicating the lighting attribute from the building management system to the wireless device of the user;
displaying the lighting attribute on the wireless device;
communicating the lighting attribute to the smart lighting system to display the lighting attribute; and
terminating the lighting attribute when the locking device has been opened by the user.