Access control reader and complementary control module

• US 10,008,059 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2015
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Systemes Et Technologies Identification (STID)
• Original Assignee: Systemes Et Technologies Identification (STID)
• Inventors: Dupart, Vincent, Silve, Jrme, Poitrat, Sylvain
• Primary Examiner(s): Gudorf, Laura
• Application Number:
  US15/109,434
• Publication Number:
  US 20160328897A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,268 Days
• Field of Search: 235486
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/00 Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns methods or arrangements for marking the record carrier in digital fashion G06K1/00; pattern recognition G06F18/00; arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding G06V10/00; character recognition, recognising digital ink or document-oriented image-based pattern recognition G06V30/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10415 the interrogation device being fixed in its position, such as an access control device for reading wireless access cards, or a wireless ATM banking machines in general G07F19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/22 in combination with an identity check of the pass holder
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/26 using a biometric sensor integrated in the pass
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0873 Details of the card reader
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0047 having a two-part housing enclosing a PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0234 Feet; Stands; Pedestals, e.g. wheels for moving casing on floor
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0247 Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1417 having securing means for mounting boards, plates or wiring boards H05K7/1461 takes precedence

Abstract

An access control reader includes a housing with a base having a main wall for securing to a support and at least one front part mounted on the base. Each front part includes a front wall opposite the main wall of the base in a closed configuration of the housing. The access control reader further includes an electronic board incorporating at least one controller, a memory and a main access-control device, the controller driving the main access-control device by implementing a first drive algorithm loaded in the memory. The housing includes a component for securing a complementary access-control module and component for passing a connection cable between the module and a connector mounted on the electronic board. The electronic board memory is loaded with a second drive algorithm for driving the module such that the controller drives the module once the connection cable has been connected to the connector.

Claims

1. An access control reader comprising:

a casing provided with a pedestal having a main wall provided for a fastening on a support and at least a facing mounted on said pedestal, the facing comprising a front wall facing the main wall of the pedestal in a closed configuration of the casing; and

an electronic board integrating at least a controller, a memory and a main access control device, said controller driving said main access control device by the implementation of a first driving algorithm loaded in the memory;

wherein the casing includes fastening means for the fastening of a complementary access control module and passage means for the passage of a connection cable between said complementary access control module and a connector mounted on said electronic board, and the memory of the electronic board is loaded with a second driving algorithm to drive said complementary access control module so that the controller drives said complementary access control module once said connection cable is plugged onto said connector,

wherein the fastening means include;

fastening holes provided on the pedestal and on the facing for the passage of fastening screws; and

temporary holding and indexing means for holding and indexing said complementary access control module on the casing,

and wherein a temporary holding and indexing means comprise;

a lower edge of the pedestal protruding from the main wall; and

a lower edge of the facing protruding from the front wall where, in the closed configuration of the casing, the lower edge of the facing is in alignment with the lower edge of the pedestal with a given spacing between the two lower edges to form a lower slot under the casing, in order to allow the passage and the indexing of holding legs of the complementary access control module.

2. The access control reader according to claim 1, wherein the passage means comprise a line of weakness arranged on the lower edge of the pedestal to form an incipient crack of a fuse notch.

3. The access control reader according to claim 2, wherein the facing further includes a lower plate protruding from the front wall and disposed above the lower edge where, in the closed configuration of the casing, said plate bears against the lower edge of the pedestal, and the passage means also comprise a notch arranged in said plate and which is, in the closed configuration of the casing, positioned opposite the fuse notch provided on the lower edge of the pedestal.

4. The access control reader according to claim 3, wherein the lower edge of the pedestal is tilted downward relative to the main wall at a non-right angle and, in the closed configuration of the casing, the plate of the facing is orthogonal to the main wall of the pedestal.

5. The access control reader according to claim 1, wherein the casing of the access control reader comprises at least another facing interchangeable with the facing of the casing, said another facing being equipped with a secondary access control device, and where the memory of the electronic board is loaded with a third driving algorithm to drive said secondary access control device so that the controller drives said secondary access control device, once the other facing has replaced the facing on the casing and the secondary access control device is connected to the electronic board.

6. The access control reader according to claim 1, wherein the facing includes snap-fit means adapted for a snap-fit fastening of the electronic board.

7. The access control reader according to claim 6, wherein the snap-fit means comprise bearing stops for the electronic board and elastically deformable legs equipped respectively with snap-fit teeth.

8. The access control reader according to claim 7, wherein the snap-fit teeth are provided with fixed retaining hooks.

9. An access control system comprising an access control reader according to claim 1 and a complementary access control module, wherein said complementary access control module comprising:

a casing equipped with complementary fastening means shaped to cooperate with the fastening means of the casing of the access control reader; and

a complementary access control device, disposed in said casing of the complementary access control module and connected to a connection cable outgoing from said casing of the complementary access control module and shaped to pass through the passage means provided on the casing of the access control reader, said connection cable having a free end provided with a complementary connector shaped to be plugged onto the connector of the electronic board of the access control reader;

wherein the complementary fastening means comprise;

holes arranged on the complementary access control module and adapted to match with the fastening holes of the access control reader, in order to allow the mating fastening of the complementary access control module on the casing of the access control reader and of the facing of the complementary access control module on the pedestal of the complementary access control module with the same fastening screws; and

complementary temporary holding and indexing means shaped to cooperate with a temporary holding and indexing means of the access control reader;

wherein the complementary temporary holding and indexing means include holding legs adapted to be engaged through the lower slot provided under the casing of the access control reader and to bear on the lower edge of the facing of the access control reader;

and wherein the casing of the complementary access control module is fastened on the casing of the access control reader and the complementary access control device is connected to the electronic board of the access control reader by means of the connection cable passing through the passage means provided on the casing of the access control reader (L).

10. The access control system according to claim 9, wherein the complementary access control device is a biometric control device or a keyboard control device.

11. The access control reader according to claim 1, wherein said main access control device is a radio-identification RFID reader.

12. A complementary access control module, adapted to be fastened and connected to an access control reader said complementary access control module comprising:

a casing equipped with complementary fastening means shaped to cooperate with fastening means of a casing of the access control reader; and

a complementary access control device, disposed in said casing of the complementary access control module and connected to a connection cable outgoing from said casing of the complementary access control module and shaped to pass through passage means provided on the casing of the access control reader, said connection cable having a free end provided with a complementary connector shaped to be plugged onto a connector of an electronic board of the access control reader;

wherein the complementary fastening means comprise;

holes arranged on the complementary access control module and adapted to match with fastening holes of the access control reader, in order to allow the mating fastening of the complementary access control module on the casing of the access control reader and of the facing of the complementary access control module on a pedestal of the complementary access control module with same fastening screws; and

complementary temporary holding and indexing means shaped to cooperate with a temporary holding and indexing means of the access control reader; and

wherein the complementary temporary holding and indexing means include holding legs adapted to be engaged through a lower slot provided under the casing of the access control reader and to bear on a lower edge of the facing of the access control reader.

13. The complementary access control module according to claim 12, wherein the complementary access control device is a biometric control device or a keyboard control device.