Patent 11094153 was granted and assigned to Assa Abloy on August, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
It is provided a lock device for controlling access to a physical space. The lock device comprises: an electronically controllable lock; and a handle comprising a fingerprint sensor for capturing a fingerprint of a finger presented to the fingerprint sensor and obtaining fingerprint data based on a captured fingerprint, wherein the handle is configured to communicate wirelessly with the electronically controllable lock to selectively control unlocking of the electronically controllable lock based on the fingerprint data. The handle is configured to identify a user from the captured fingerprint, wherein an identifier of the identified user is communicated wirelessly from the handle to the electronically controllable lock to enable the electronically controllable lock to evaluate whether to perform an unlocking action.