Method for controlling a gate using an automated installation entrance (AIE) system

• US 10,083,554 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2012
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HID Global Corporation (Assa Abloy AB)
• Original Assignee: Jeremy Keith Mattern
• Inventors: Mattern, Jeremy Keith
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Nam V
• Application Number:
  US13/621,742
• Publication Number:
  US 20140077927A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,199 Days
• Field of Search: 340 57, 340 101, 340 56, 340938, 34082531, 160188, 235382, 49 49, 382100, 382115, 704273
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence

Abstract

A method for controlling a gate using an AIE system is disclosed herein. The method can comprise receiving identification data from an identification card using an identification card reader mounted to a first surface of an enclosure and receiving biometric data from a biometric data reader mounted to a first surface of an enclosure. The method can further comprise searching for a profile within a memory that comprises an identification data and biometric data, as well as wirelessly sending an instruction to open a gate, if the profile is authorized.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a gate using an automated installation entry (ATE) system comprising:

receiving identification information identifying an entrant from an identification card associated with said entrant using an identification card reader mounted to a first surface of an enclosure;

receiving biometric data from a biometric data reader mounted to the first surface of said enclosure;

searching for a profile within a memory that comprises said identification information and said biometric data;

granting access to a facility controlled by a gate, by wirelessly sending an instruction to open said gate, if said profile indicates that said entrant is authorized, wherein said authorization is based at least in part on a previously performed background check; and

capturing an image of a license plate with a camera before entry, wherein granting access triggers capturing said image.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein wirelessly sending an instruction comprises sending said instruction over WIFI.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein wirelessly sending an instruction comprises sending said instruction over radio communications.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said identification card is a civilian identification card.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said identification card is a military identification card.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said identification information comprises a name and a date of birth.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said identification card reader reads a contactless smartcard on said identification card.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said identification card reader reads a magnetic strip on said identification card.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said biometric data comprises fingerprint data.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said fingerprint data comprises two fingerprints.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said fingerprint data comprises three fingerprints.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said camera is a second camera, the method further comprising capturing an image of an entrant with a first camera before entry.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said second camera is mounted within a second surface of said enclosure.

14. A non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, wherein the computer readable program code is adapted to be executed to implement the method of claim 1.