Defense: QR code access control for residential communities, without gatehouse registration

Residential gatehouses often mean lines and paperwork: a resident notifies the gatekeeper, the gatekeeper registers the guest, and the guest waits. On event days, the workload multiplies. Defense was created to digitize this process and remove manual registration from the gatehouse.

• Access QR codes generated in the app for residents and guests, including batch generation for events.
• Integration with gatehouse readers: the reader validates the code and grants access.
• Profiles and permissions for residents, guests, and service providers, with validity periods and rules for each type.
• A community dashboard with access history and analytics.

Software communicating with hardware. QR code scanning at the gatehouse had to be accurate and fast: nobody waits five seconds at the gate. Communication between the app, server, and reader also had to work with the community's actual network infrastructure, rather than ideal conditions.

Safer, faster access: immediate profile validation without manual gatehouse registration. For the first time, the community gained access data — who enters, when, and how often — to make security and operational decisions based on concrete information.