Patents by Inventor Ashwin G

Ashwin G has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Access control system based upon behavioral patterns
    Patent number: 8680995
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting behavioral changes in a security system is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a secured area having a plurality of security zones where access to each is controlled by an access controller, detecting entrances to at least some of the plurality of security zones by an authorized person through respective access controllers of the plurality of zones over a predetermined previous time period, forming a probability model of entry into each of the plurality of security zones from the detected entrances over the previous time period, detecting access requests for the authorized user from the access controllers during a current time period, and generating a security alert upon determining that an access request of the current access requests exceeds a probability threshold value associated with the probability model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Ashwin G, Santhanakrishnan Ponnambalam, Sriram Subramanian, Sivakumar Balakrishnan, Valerie Guralnik, Walt Heimerdinger
  • ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM BASED UPON BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS
    Publication number: 20110181414
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting behavioral changes in a security system is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a secured area having a plurality of security zones where access to each is controlled by an access controller, detecting entrances to at least some of the plurality of security zones by an authorized person through respective access controllers of the plurality of zones over a predetermined previous time period, forming a probability model of entry into each of the plurality of security zones from the detected entrances over the previous time period, detecting access requests for the authorized user from the access controllers during a current time period, and generating a security alert upon determining that an access request of the current access requests exceeds a probability threshold value associated with the probability model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Ashwin G, Santhanakrishnan Ponnambalam, Sriram Subramanian, Sivakumar Balakrishnan, Valerie Guralnik, Walt Heimerdinger