AN ELECTRONIC LOCKING SYSTEM WITH LOCK MECHANISM, KEY HANDLE, AND IDENTIFICATION ELEMENT

摘要

Disclosed are a system and a method for unlocking an individual lock having a lock ID and a lock mechanism and being part of an electronic locking system with a plurality of locks, at least one key handle, and at least one ID element. The ID element has an RFID tag that can be read by the key handle. When the key handle reads the ID element, the key handle retrieves predetermined permissions given to the ID element. When the key handle is then moved near the lock mechanism, the key handle reads the lock ID and compares the lock ID with the predetermined permissions. If the key handle determines that the ID element has the permission to open the individual lock, the key handle causes the lock mechanism to change from a locked state to an unlocked or unlockable state.