Example vehicle unlocking methods and apparatus are described. In one example method, wakeup keyword detection is performed on an obtained voice signal. If the voice signal includes a wakeup keyword, an acoustic source direction is determined, and a target camera is indicated to collect image data. The target camera is a target camera that is installed on the vehicle and whose angle of view can ensure that the acoustic source direction is captured. Then, the vehicle is unlocked based on the image data collected by the target camera.

The present invention provides a robust and effective solution to an entity or an organization for fully ensuring people and property security by designing and developing an intelligent access control system (ACS) that can provide a smart, swift and simplified user authentication and authorization mechanism. This proposed system may be an event-driven system. A plurality of events such as location-centric, people-inspired, unplanned, and the like can be captured and acted upon by using artificial intelligence along with an adaptive control system.

An electronic lock access management system includes an electronic lock and a server system. In some embodiments, the server system includes a memory storing a database including a plurality of user accounts, each user account being associated with a set of privileges and one or more properties, each property being associated with one or more locks, each of the locks being associated with one or more access codes that are specific to each user. In some embodiments, the electronic lock stores, in the lock memory, an encrypted copy of an access code list received from the server system based on a set of access codes that are associated with the electronic lock in the database.

The present disclosure provides a smart door lock and a method for controlling the smart door lock. The method may be implemented on a computing apparatus including a processor and a storage device. The method may include obtaining user information and determining whether the user information passes a verification. The method may further include in response to a determination that the user information passes the verification, controlling the smart door lock to perform an unlock operation. The method may further include determining whether the door on which the smart door lock is installed has a preset action within a preset time period and in response to a determination that the door has the preset action within the preset time period, controlling at least one component of the smart door lock to perform at least one operation.

A system for access control is provided. A computing device schedules a hardware service event for a hardware component, the hardware component locked in a physically locked position by a locking mechanism of a hardware lock. The computing device, at a time corresponding to the hardware service event, authorizes a service technician to access the hardware component. The computing device instructs the hardware lock to disengage the locking mechanism based, at least in part, on the authorizing of the service technician. The computing device determines that an end condition for the hardware service event has been met. The computing device terminates the hardware service event based, at least in part, on the determining that the end condition for the hardware service event has been met.

An embodiment vehicle includes a display device, an input device configured to obtain an input of a user, a smart key identifying device configured to search for a smart key of a plurality of smart keys, and a controller electrically connected to the display device, the input device, and the smart key identifying device, wherein the controller is configured to control the smart key identifying device to search for the smart key located inside the vehicle based on receiving a first command for executing a face registration process through the input device and to determine whether to proceed with the face registration process based on how many of the plurality of smart keys are identified as being inside the vehicle.

A method for face recognition based vehicle access control. The method may include acquiring one or more images of at least a face of a person that is positioned outside the vehicle and accesses a door of the vehicle in order to determine, based on the one or more images, whether the person is allowed to enter the vehicle. The determination may include matching the face of the person to a database of faces of allowed persons. The database is generated during a machine learning process that involves monitoring persons within the vehicle; and then granting access to the vehicle when determining that the person is allowed to enter the vehicle.

Location-based validation of a wireless authentication device. A request is received by a security hardware computing device for an action requiring authentication in connection with security hardware. A security hardware location is received or accessed. A wireless authentication device location of a wireless authentication device in possession of a requester is received by security hardware computing device. The security hardware computing device receives a mobile device location for a mobile device in possession of the requester. The security hardware computing device determines whether the security hardware location, the mobile device location, and the wireless authentication device location are in a proximity. The security hardware computing device performs the action requiring authentication in connection with the security hardware.

A vehicular security system includes a remote device with a first biometric sensor. An electronic control unit (ECU) of a vehicle processes data captured by the first biometric sensor to determine whether an identity of the user of the remote device matches an authorized user of the vehicle. The ECU, responsive to determining that the user is authorized to use the vehicle, unlocks a door of the vehicle to allow the identified authorized user to access the vehicle. The system includes a second biometric sensor disposed in the vehicle and, with the identified authorized user in the vehicle, the ECU, via processing data captured by the second biometric sensor, determines whether the identity of the identified authorized user of vehicle matches an authorized operator of the vehicle. The ECU, responsive to determining that the user is an authorized operator of the vehicle, allows operation of the vehicle.

Embodiments relate to a system comprising a drug storage comprising a container to hold a drug; a communication module; and a cyber security module. The system is operable to log record of an access of the drug and maintain a ledger of the record of the access of the drug using a blockchain technology. The access of the drug is secured by the cyber security module.