Method and system for access control
First Claim
1. An access control method for registering a vehicle contemporaneously with entry of the vehicle into a car park comprising:
- using an image processing device to ascertain a character string corresponding to a displayed registration number of a vehicle entering into the car park;
reading a credential, using a reading device, wherein the credential is assigned to a user of the vehicle and includes an identifying feature of the user;
determining whether the user-identifying feature is present in a user database; and
if the user-identifying feature is present in the user database, updating the user database to link the ascertained character string with the user-identifying feature, to thereby register the ascertained character string to indicate the vehicle as being associated with the user.
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Abstract
An entrance control system for a car park, in which entry is regulated by a barrier, comprises an image processing device for determining a character string on a vehicle number plate and a reader for reading a credential. The credential is assigned to a user of the vehicle and has a feature identifying the user. A control unit of the entrance control system is coupled for communication purposes to the image processing device and the reader coupled. The control unit determines whether the feature identifying the user is present in a user database, and associates the determined character string with the feature identifying the user when the feature identifying the user is present in the user database, in order thus to register the number plate of the vehicle as belonging to the user.
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18 Claims
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1. An access control method for registering a vehicle contemporaneously with entry of the vehicle into a car park comprising:
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using an image processing device to ascertain a character string corresponding to a displayed registration number of a vehicle entering into the car park; reading a credential, using a reading device, wherein the credential is assigned to a user of the vehicle and includes an identifying feature of the user; determining whether the user-identifying feature is present in a user database; and if the user-identifying feature is present in the user database, updating the user database to link the ascertained character string with the user-identifying feature, to thereby register the ascertained character string to indicate the vehicle as being associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An access control system for registering a vehicle contemporaneously with entry of the vehicle into a car park with an entry-controlled barrier, the system comprising:
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an image processing device configured to ascertain a character string corresponding to a displayed registration number of a vehicle entering into the car park; a reading device configured to read a credential assigned to a user of the vehicle and including an identifying feature of the user; and a control unit communicatively coupled to the image processing device and the reading device, wherein the control unit is configured to determine whether the user-identifying feature is present in a user database, and, if the user-identifying feature is present in the user database, to update the user database to link the ascertained character string with the user-identifying feature, to thereby register the ascertained character string to indicate the vehicle as being associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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