ES2684593A1 - Control equipment for opening garage doors or similar and control procedure for opening said doors by said equipment. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Control equipment for opening garage doors or similar and control procedure for opening said doors by means of said equipment comprising, at least, a security receiver (1), consisting of a programmable electronic device with Internet connection (I), as a receiver connected to the mechanism for automatic opening of the door (2) and, at least one electronic transmitting device (3) "hands-free", consisting of a BLE dongle or electronic module with microprocessor, memory and Bluetooth antenna, as emitter of the radio frequency signal, which, when connected to a USB port, for example of a vehicle (5), emits, constantly and without user intervention, a radiofrequency signal via Bluetooth protocol that detects said security receiver (1) when It is within a preset range. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

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DESCRIPTION

Control equipment for opening garage doors or similar and control procedure for opening said doors by means of said equipment.

Object of the invention

The invention, as expressed in the description of the present specification, refers to a garage door opener control device or the like and a procedure for controlling the opening of said doors by means of said equipment which represents a novelty in its field of application.

More specifically, the object of the invention is focused on equipment that, comprising at least one security receiver, which is connected to the Internet and to the automatic opening mechanism of a garage door or similar enclosure, and at least an electronic sending device, which we will call "hands-free" because it acts without user intervention when connected to a USB port of the computer hardware of your vehicle, and that consists of what is known as "dongie" (or security key) BLE type (Bluetooth Low Energy), that is, an electronic module with microprocessor, memory and Bluetooth antenna, which emits a radio frequency signal code via bluetooth protocol, causing the opening of said door automatically when the vehicle approaches to it at a predetermined distance, without the user having to interact in anything for it, at the same time that the door security receiver checks the identification of l code that emits the device and, optionally, makes an update of said code, being possible the use of the device for several receivers belonging to the system of the equipment that are located in different doors, so that a user accesses any of them with his vehicle , as well as the use of multiple devices with the same receiver of each door for different users to access them. It is, therefore, a second aspect of the invention, the opening control procedure of said garage doors or similar enclosures that is performed with said equipment.

Field of application of the invention

The field of application of the present invention falls within the sector of the industry of the manufacture of electronic devices and access control and automatic door opening devices.

Background of the invention

As is known, when a vehicle, of any type, accesses an enclosure with access restriction, such as a public or private parking, it uses an identification and authentication mechanism to access. In this way there is a mechanism to allow a vehicle to access the site under the service being offered.

The common aspect among all the available systems, in public or private parking, in gates and elevating fences, or in any other type of restricted access for vehicles, is that at the time of identification, user interaction is required. That is, the person, when arriving at the access control, is forced to perform an action, either pick up a card, show an identifier, or operate an electronic device to identify and authenticate, regardless of whether this identification is more or less safe.

This is the first element of traditional systems, user interaction.

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The second element is security, that is, what security is in the process of identification and authentication of the user.

Other systems that share this same concept are based on the use of active and passive RF technology, such as RFID to identify the person. The problem with the use of this technology is that it is a unique identification, not upgradeable and, therefore, static.

Thus, there are many patents and state of the art reports that make use of automatic garage door opening systems and other types of enclosures. However, all of them imply user interaction at the time of identification and authentication.

The most common systems use a device or remote control, issuer of the code that the user has beforehand and that is ready to open the door. However, this control is unique to a single garage door and always requires user interaction when activating the opening. In addition, these devices are powered by batteries or batteries so they require periodic maintenance.

This already implies two nuisance factors for the user: interaction and maintenance.

Additionally, traditional access devices have security ranges from none to very high. However, these security options are limited to the use of a single opening device with a single receiver, that is, the user A control 1 only allows access to the R enclosure, but not to another enclosure.

The aim of the present invention is, therefore, to develop an improved automatic garage door opening system that allows avoiding such inconveniences and, at the same time, increasing their safety, that is, avoiding the need for the user to interact or tighten no button or electronic application of the vehicle or a remote control, which should not worry about its maintenance, avoiding the risk and inconvenience of running out of batteries in the remote control or without a battery in the electronic device and not being able to access the opening of the door unless you do it manually, and, in addition, securely protect yourself against possible impersonations of code and improper access to the enclosures by unauthorized persons.

That is, the proposed equipment comes to improve, with different elements, the systems described above. The present invention, in the first place, eliminates the interaction that the user must carry out when he is in the access control in garage doors or parking lots or other enclosures and, in addition, implements an additional security to prevent impersonation attacks through an evolution collaborative of the fingerprints of code generation.

On the other hand, and as a reference to the current state of the art, it should be noted that, at least on the part of the applicant, the existence of any other garage door opening control equipment or invention of similar application that has technical characteristics is unknown. , structural and constitutive the same or similar to those presented by the one here recommended and as claimed.

In that sense, it is known, for example, document US20150339869, referring to an automatic garage door opening system enabled for Bluetooth®, door opener or other system and automatic door opening method consisting of an application to control, to through the Bluetooth protocol, an opener for a door by sending a Bluetooth signal to a receiver to activate the opening or closing of the door.

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Said system, however, although it has an application similar to the equipment of the invention, is essentially different, especially because, like most existing systems, it requires user intervention to interact in the application and to activate the opening of the door, while the equipment of the present invention is based, above all as the main advantage in that, thanks to the fact that the transmitter is a dongle type device, and that while it is connected it is emitting the signal continuously, the user does not it has to interact to activate the opening of the door, and, as an additional security advantage, it also differs with the system of said patent and with other known systems in which the receiver, permanently connected to the Internet, changes the signal code every Once it detects the presence of the issuer.

Explanation of the invention.

The opening control equipment for garage doors or similar and the opening control procedure for said doors by means of said equipment proposed by the invention are thus configured as a remarkable novelty within its scope, since, according to of its implementation and in a restrictive manner, the aforementioned objectives are satisfactorily achieved, the characterizing details making it possible and distinguishing them from what is already known conveniently included in the final claims that accompany the present description.

Specifically, what the invention proposes, as noted above, is a door opening control device comprising, on the one hand, at least one “hands-free” emitting device that emits a radio frequency signal that includes a secure code to identify and authenticate and thus activate an automatic garage door opening system or similar enclosure. This device consists of a “dongie” BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy), that is, an electronic module with microprocessor, memory and Bluetooth antenna, which we will call “hands-free” because it does not require user intervention for its operation.

This device acts only as a radio frequency transmitter using a bluetooth protocol, with the peculiarity of the secure generation of the authentication code and its synchronization with the receivers with which it is associated to considerably increase security.

The emitting device has minimal physical dimensions and does not have its own power or maintenance, since it works powered from the vehicle in which it is connected, be it a car or a motorcycle or a truck or any other vehicle to which, if you do not have it , a USB port must be installed or connected to make that connection. In this way, only when the vehicle is on, the device can operate, causing the device to not be emitting at any additional time, avoiding safety problems.

Additionally, if while the vehicle is on, and therefore, by issuing the code, an attempt is made to modify the code fraudulently, the sending device will be irremediably locked to guarantee the security of the entire network, which is possible because it will be scheduled for it.

In parallel, the equipment also includes at least one security receiver. The receiver is the electronic module that drives the automatic door opening mechanism in which it is installed. This receiver receives the codes issued by the “hands-free” emitting devices such as the one mentioned above from one or more users, conveniently assigned to the system, as well as those issued by other systems such as the mobile applications of Smartphones, if programmed for it.

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If the emitting device of a user is enabled to access the enclosure, because it is attached to the system, the receiver automatically activates the opening of the door when it is at the preset distance.

Users are enabled through the Internet by a system management server. The security receiver, which is connected to the Internet, receives a list of permissions from users who have access permission and, based on these permissions and their corresponding codes, the receiver activates the opening of the door or not.

More specifically, the equipment of the invention essentially comprises the following parts:

- Security receiver to activate the automatic opening of the door and allow the entrance to the corresponding enclosure.

- "Hands-free" emitting device for access to enclosures consisting of a BLE dongle.

Optionally, the device also includes the inclusion of other access devices that are not "hands-free" such as Smartphones.

In any case, the security receiver and the sending device have the following features and features:

The security receiver is the device that has bluetooth communications reception operational in any version.

The receiver is the device that is connected to the Internet.

The receiver is the one that receives a request for access through a BLE dongle emitting device or through a Smartphone.

The receiver is the one that first validates the user and, if it is enabled for access, activates the opening.

The "hands-free" emitting device is a "dongle" bluetooth low energy electronic device, whose programming is prepared to communicate with any security receiver associated with the system of the equipment, issuing its identifier and its authentication code .

The "hands-free" emitting device never needs an interaction from the user. The user only places it in their vehicle, connected to a USB port of the same to issue the access code.

The hands-free issuing device is ready to update its authentication code after each opening process.

The "hands-free" emitting device is universal, that is, it can be connected to any USB port of any vehicle, and unique to each user and communicates with any security receiver of the system for which it has been enabled.

The "hands-free" emitting device can be manually disconnected by disconnecting it from the vehicle power.

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The equipment does not limit the possibility that a Smartphone of a user, through a specific mobile application that is incorporated to it, can perform the same process of issuing the code as the “hands-free” emitting device with a security receiver of the equipment for which it has been enabled, thus, a user can access an enclosure with a security receiver, using either a "hands-free" dongle emitting device connected to the vehicle and / or his smartphone by manually activating the application for it, being able to do so either from the vehicle itself or to access on foot. Likewise, it is not ruled out that said user, to access the enclosure on foot, can momentarily connect the emitter device "hands-free" dongle, through the corresponding connector with USB port, to your smartphone, electronic tablet, laptop, external battery, or other device suitable for it.

With all this, the main advantages provided by the equipment of the invention, with respect to other door opening control systems are the following:

- Free hands. The equipment of the invention supposes an improvement of the existing systems of opening the garage door via Bluetooth through an application making use of the mobile, since it does not require the activation of the person to execute the opening action on the door, but it happens automatically since the emitting device constantly releases the opening signal while the vehicle in which it is connected is on, and when it is close enough for the receiving device to receive the signal with the opening code individualized

This sending device allows identification and authentication and does not require interaction, so the interaction factor already explained is eliminated.

The "hands-free" emitting device is prepared so that, dynamically and automatically, it is updated so that its code is at all times different.

The hands-free emitting device can only interact with specific receivers of this system.

This emitting device does not require power. It works connected to the vehicle and it is this that feeds it for the device to issue its identification and authentication code. In addition, it is removable manually if necessary.

- Drums. The equipment of the invention is an improvement with respect to the use of Bluetooth communications of mobile devices for the control of garage door opening, since it does not require the use of a battery to power it, since it uses the power of the vehicle itself.

With this it is possible to avoid failures due to depletion of power and the purchase of replacements, batteries and / or batteries.

The device is not constantly issuing the code, because when the vehicle is turned off it also turns off.

In this way, the device does not require maintenance, which means a very important saving for the user, who not only does not have to acquire new batteries or batteries, but also avoids unnecessary displacements to those specific establishments to which the supplier from the door forces to go to their customers.

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- Universal access. Another factor that supposes an advantage in the equipment of the invention consists in that the access by means of the "hands-free" emitting device is universal for all those enclosures that have a security receiver connected to the door opening system and for those that have been enabled, that is, for those who have the entry permit.

In this way, the same "hands-free" emitting device can be used to access two or more different enclosures, with unrelated access.

In addition, the “hands-free” emitting device is not only an element to access any enclosure with a security receiver of this system, but also, although it cannot access because it does not have permission and the receiver does not activate the access, it also performs a security process on the receiver.

- Intelligent access management receiver. The security receiver of the equipment of the invention is a device to be placed in the access control to an enclosure connected to the drive mechanism of the door opening, gate, fence, etc.

The security receiver has a Bluetooth wireless communications mechanism, of all possible versions, from 1.0 to 5.X at this time.

Likewise, the receiver also has a wireless communications mechanism via Wi-Fi, of all possible versions, from Wi-Fi 802.11b to Wi-Fi 802.11ah and higher; and / or a mobile communications mechanism by 3G, 4G and up to 5G technology; and / or a wireless communications mechanism according to the NB-loT (NarrowBand loT) standard.

The receiver connects to an Internet server to have a list of user permissions and their identification and authentication codes.

The receiver is programmed to check, in each attempt of access by a "hands-free" sending device or by mobile application, if the identification and authentication codes are correct to allow the passage.

The receiver updates the collaborative security system with each access attempt, whether positive or negative, updating the synchronized fingerprint matrix between all receivers.

- Update security codes. The equipment of the present invention is an improvement with respect to the use of opening systems by means of wireless fixed code communications, such as passive RFID cards, since the USB Bluetooth dongle format allows updating and reconfiguration of the identification and authentication code via software, No need to remove the device.

The identification and authentication code can be modified and updated wirelessly and automatically.

Each time one of the “hands-free” or Smartphone emitting devices tries to access a receiver of the equipment, it uses its identification code and its authentication code and, regardless of whether the access is positive or negative, its authentication code will change for the next access.

The security code is updated by the receiver on the device, be it the hands-free transmitter or a Smartphone.

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Additionally, the receiver, after the attempt to access the device, be "hands-free" or Smartphone, updates its receiver code in the system through a collaborative process.

- Synchronization of collaborative security. The "hands-free" issuing device has various security options in the creation of the authentication code. The security receiver is in charge of modifying the authentication code of the hands-free emitting device, so that the evolutionary encryption systems of The security controls.

This allows the "hands-free" emitting device, without any user interaction at any time, to be a maximum security encryption system.

This is possible because the security receiver is the one that updates the footprint of the "hands-free" emitting device, which is the one that generates the authentication code for the next use. However, all the receivers of the equipment are connected to the Internet, and the evolution of the security and traceability codes is carried out through the interaction between all the receivers, therefore, the more receivers there are in the receiver network, as well as users, the greater the security of the system, since the security It is distributed and not centralized.

- Synchronization of extended collaborative security. Collaborative security is an increase in the security options that the team of the invention has, since it is the users who, constantly, and transparently for them, without interaction of any kind, affect the security system updates .

For this reason, the greater the number of users with “hands-free” sending devices and Smartphones, with a greater number of receivers, the security increases, given that the interaction of the users when accessing or leaving the enclosures is due to the use that the users themselves make , so that the generation of fingerprints and their evolution is unpredictable within the system, and all "hands-free" emitting devices and Smartphones are updated by the interaction of other users of the system.

- Interrelated security. The use of the "hands-free" emitting device provides an additional safety improvement.

This additional security measure is based on the fact that a user's Smartphone, which also has a "hands-free" emitting device, is in the vicinity of said "hands-free" device, which allows to deduce if the user is in the vehicle at the moment in which an opening occurs.

In this way, when an opening is made through a “hands-free” device, the Internet system can consult the corresponding user's Smartphone if the Smartphone itself is in the vicinity of the enclosure itself and the “hands-free” emitting device. concrete and thus have more information to detect security alerts.

The system consults the smartphone its geographical location thanks to the use of GPS technology, being able to infer anomalous situations, consult the user and verify the proper functioning or alert the user in case of security breach.

The equipment allows to include in the interrelated security system any other use of smartphone sensor data such as accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, barometer and antennas and check them with the sensors installed in the receiver or with the user's pattern of behavior to establish anomalous situations the dangerous.

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This security triangle formed between the security receiver, the "hands-free" emitting device and the Smartphone can be made exclusively thanks to these elements and thanks to their interrelation.

The described garage door opener control equipment or the like and the opening control procedure of said doors thus represents an innovation of structural and constitutive characteristics unknown until now, reasons that together with their practical utility, provide it with a foundation. enough to obtain the privilege of exclusivity that is requested.

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, this descriptive report is attached, as an integral part thereof, of a set of drawings, in which with character Illustrative and not limiting, the following has been represented:

Figures number 1.- Shows a schematic representation of an example of the garage door opener control equipment or the like, object of the invention, showing the main parts and elements it comprises, as well as its configuration and arrangement.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In view of the described figure 1 and only, and according to the numbering adopted therein, it can be seen how the equipment in question comprises, at least, a security receiver (1), consisting of a programmable electronic device with connection to the Internet (I), and connected to the automatic opening mechanism of a door (2) for access to a garage or similar, and, at least, an electronic transmitter device (3) "hands-free", consisting of a dongle BLE or electronic module with microprocessor, memory and Bluetooth antenna that, when connected to a USB port (4), for example of a vehicle (5) of a user, emits a radio frequency signal via bluetooth protocol that is detected by said receiver security (1) when approaching a preset radius, at which time, said security receiver (1), if the code and authentication included in said signal from the emitting device (3) dongle are enabled for said security receiver (1), automatically activates the opening of the door (2), without the user having to interact in anything for it.

The existence of a single security receiver (1) and a single emitter device (3) dongle, is the basic option of the equipment, suitable for a single user to access a single enclosure and automatically open the door (2) of the Same when approaching. However, the equipment is preferably designed for a more plural use, that is, of access control to multiple enclosures and by multiple users.

Therefore, preferably, the equipment comprises two or more security receivers (1) connected in a network, via the Internet, and each installed in different doors (2) of different enclosures, being able to detect the signal, and check the code and authentication of the same emitting device (3) dongle, so that the same user can access any of them, as well as, preferably, includes multiple emitting devices (3) dongle of different users whose signals are detected, and checked their codes and authentications, by one or more of said security receivers (1).

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Optionally, the equipment also includes the inclusion of additional access devices, such as Smartphones (6), which emit, via Bluetooth, the signal with the code and authentication for the security receiver (1) when activating said broadcast the user through an application installed for that purpose, and that it detects when it is within its range of equally preset range.

The enabling of the emitting devices (3) dongle and, where appropriate, of the additional smartphones access devices (6), is carried out via the Internet by a system management server (7). The security receiver (1) or receivers, which are connected to the Internet, receive a list of user devices that have access permission and, based on these permissions and their corresponding codes, after enabling the first time anybody detects it of said receivers, they activate the opening of the door or not in later occasions in they are detected.

In addition, preferably, each security receiver (1) is capable of updating said code of each sending device (3) or smartphone (6) each time it is detected in its range.

Each security receiver (1) has a Bluetooth wireless communications mechanism in any of its versions, to detect the signal of the hands-free emitting devices (3) or smartphones (6) and, for the Internet connection, of the wireless communications via Wi-Fi, also in any of its versions, from Wi-Fi 802.11b to Wi-Fi 802.11 Ah or higher; and / or a 3G, 4G or 5G mobile communications mechanism; and / or a wireless communications mechanism according to the NB-loT (NarrowBand loT) standard.

With all this, the control procedure for opening garage doors (2) or the like with the described equipment essentially comprises enabling one or more emitting devices (3) dongle through a system management server (7), with the one that connects one or more security receivers (1) through the Internet, and from which they receive a list of user devices that have access permission and, based on which, generates and assigns codes for each of said devices emitters (3) that, after enabling the first time that any of the security receivers (1) detects the radio frequency signal that they emit via bluetooth when these emitting devices (3) are connected to a USB port (4), activate the opening the door or not on subsequent occasions when they are detected when they are within range.

In the same way, additional access devices such as smartphones (6), are also enabled by security receivers (1) the first time they detect them, when activating the application implemented in them to emit the radio frequency signal, and activate the opening of the door or not on subsequent occasions when they are detected, in this case, when activated by the user, in addition to being within range.

And, preferably, each security receiver (1) carries out an update of the code assigned to each sending device (3) or, where appropriate, to each smartphone (6), each time it is detected in its range, regardless of whether or not you activate the door mechanism (2).

In figure 1 a schematic representation of the device (1) installed in a door has been made, showing all the elements involved for its operation, it can be seen that, it is connected in the door (2) to the control panel (8) that controls the motor drive that moves the opening mechanism of the motor, as well as having an antenna (9) for wireless communication with the Internet and sensors (10)

Bluetooth to detect the signal sent by the dongle (3) or smartphone (6) that the user carries in the vehicle (5).

Describing sufficiently the nature of the present invention, as well as how to put it into practice, it is not considered necessary to extend its explanation so that any person skilled in the art understands its scope and the advantages that derive from it, stating that , within its essentiality, may be carried out in other embodiments that differ in detail from that indicated by way of example, and to which it will also achieve the protection that is sought as long as it is not altered, changed or modified. fundamental principle.

Claims (11)

5 10 fifteen twenty 25 30 35 40 Four. Five fifty 1. OPENING CONTROL EQUIPMENT OF GARAGE OR SIMILAR DOORS which, being those comprising at least one receiver connected to the automatic opening mechanism of a door (2) for access to a garage or similar, and, at least one emitter capable of emitting a radiofrequency signal detectable by said receiver to activate the door mechanism (2), is characterized by comprising, as a receiver connected to the automatic opening mechanism of a door (2), at least , a security receiver (1) consisting of a programmable electronic device with an Internet connection (I), and as an emitter of the radio frequency signal, at least one "hands-free" electronic device (3), consisting of a dongle BLE or electronic module with microprocessor, memory and Bluetooth antenna, which, when connected to a USB port, for example of a vehicle (5), emits, constantly and without user intervention, a radio frequency signal ia via bluetooth protocol that detects said security receiver (1) when it is within a preset range. 2. OPENING CONTROL EQUIPMENT OF GARAGE OR SIMILAR DOORS, according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises two or more safety receivers (1) connected in a network, via the Internet, and each installed in different doors (2) from different enclosures, all of them being able to detect the signal, from the same emitting device (3) dongle. 3. OPENING CONTROL EQUIPMENT OF GARAGE OR SIMILAR DOORS, according to claim 2, characterized in that it comprises multiple emitting devices (3) dongle of different users whose signals are detectable by one or more security receivers (1). 4. OPENING CONTROL EQUIPMENT OF GARAGE OR SIMILAR DOORS, according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it also comprises one or more additional access devices, such as Smartphones (6), which emit, via Bluetooth, a signal detectable by a security receiver (1) when activated through an application installed for this purpose. 5. GARAGE OR SIMILAR DOOR OPENING CONTROL EQUIPMENT, according to any of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that each security receiver (1) has a Bluetooth wireless communications mechanism in any of its versions, to detect the signal of the emitting devices (3) dongle and, where appropriate, of smartphones (6). 6. OPENING CONTROL EQUIPMENT OF GARAGE OR SIMILAR DOORS, according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that each security receiver (1) has, for connection to the Internet, a wireless communications mechanism via Wi-Fi. 7. OPENING CONTROL EQUIPMENT OF GARAGE OR SIMILAR DOORS, according to any of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that each security receiver (1) has, for connection to the Internet, a 3G, 4G or mobile communication mechanism 5G 8. GARAGE OR SIMILAR DOOR OPENING CONTROL EQUIPMENT, according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that each security receiver (1) has, for Internet connection, a wireless communications mechanism according to the NB- standard loT (NarrowBand loT). 9. DOOR OPENING CONTROL PROCEDURE, by means of a device such as that described in claims 1 to 8, characterized by comprising the enabling of one or more emitting devices (3) dongle through a system management server (7), with which you connect one or more security receivers (1) over the Internet, and from which they receive a list 5 of user devices that have access permission and, on the basis of which, generates and assigns the codes that, after enabling the first time any of the security receivers (1) detects the radio frequency signal they emit via bluetooth when they are connected to a USB port (4) each of said emitting devices (3), they activate the opening of the door or not on subsequent occasions when they are detected when they are in their range. 10 10. DOOR OPENING CONTROL PROCEDURE, according to claim 9, characterized in that additional access devices such as smartphones (6) are also enabled by security receivers (1) the first time they are detected, when activating the application implemented in they to emit the radio frequency signal, and activate the 15 opening the door or not on subsequent occasions when they are detected when activated by the user and are within range. 11. DOOR OPENING CONTROL PROCEDURE according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that each security receiver (1) performs an update of the 20 code assigned to each sending device (3) or, where appropriate, smartphone (6), each time it is detected within its range, regardless of whether or not it activates the door mechanism (2).