An access control system and method for monitoring an access point are disclosed. Preferably, a positioning unit of the system includes a primary antenna and a directional antenna that determine close proximity of users to the access point while also allowing the system to continuously monitor the locations of the users. The primary antenna preferentially receives wireless signals sent from user devices (e.g. mobile phones, fobs) of the users while the directional antenna receives the wireless signals within a threshold area of the access point. The system authorizes users to enter each access point by matching user information of the users extracted from the wireless signals to locally stored user information for the users, and determining that the matched user information is referenced within locally stored authorization information indicating which users can access the access point. The system can pre-authorize the users as they approach the threshold area.

A building automation system (BAS) controller configured for use in a BAS is disclosed. The BAS controller includes an internal storage device for storing a first type of data and a second type of data, and a processor in operative communication with the internal storage device. The BAS controller is configured to automatically store the first type of data and the second type of data to the internal storage device and the second type of data to an external storage device.

A system for a frictionless access control automatically identifies users and enables access to restricted areas of a building for example via access points such as locked doors. The system allows access when authorized users are in the vicinity of doors without requiring the users to swipe access keycards (or badges) at keycard terminals located at the doors, as in current systems. The system includes user devices such as key fobs and mobile phones that wirelessly broadcast user information and unique IDs for each of the devices in data packets, which are received by positioning units. The positioning units determine locations of the user devices, and send the packet data and the location data to a verification and tracking system. Preferably, the positioning units include two or more antennas that determine close proximity of users to access points while also allowing the system to continuously monitor the locations of the users.

A learning-control device includes a feedback-control unit 30 and a learning-control unit 40. The feedback-control unit 30 outputs, based on an input signal according to a tracking error between an operation-result-state of a control target operating according to an input-control-signal based on a feedback-signal and a target-state, the feedback-signal causing the operation-result-state of the control target 34 to track the target-state. The learning-control unit 40 outputs to the feedback-path F, through which the input signal according to the tracking error is input to the feedback-control unit 30, the learning-control input updated according to the tracking error causing the tracking error to approach zero asymptotically. The evaluation section length of an evaluation section by the learning-control unit 40 for the tracking error is longer than the output section length of the output section in which the learning-control unit 40 outputs the learning-control inputs to the feedback-path F.

A learning-control device includes a feedback-control unit 30 and a learning-control unit 40. The feedback-control unit 30 outputs, based on an input signal according to a tracking error between an operation-result-state of a control target operating according to an input-control-signal based on a feedback-signal and a target-state, the feedback-signal causing the operation-result-state of the control target 34 to track the target-state. The learning-control unit 40 outputs to the feedback-path F, through which the input signal according to the tracking error is input to the feedback-control unit 30, the learning-control input updated according to the tracking error causing the tracking error to approach zero asymptotically. The evaluation section length of an evaluation section by the learning-control unit 40 for the tracking error is longer than the output section length of the output section in which the learning-control unit 40 outputs the learning-control inputs to the feedback-path F.