Firearm detection system including door fixing device

• US 20030174057A1
• Filed: 12/13/2002
• Published: 09/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bangsan Technologies Limited
• Original Assignee: Bangsan Technologies Limited
• Inventors: Park, Byong-Yong, Kim, Suk-Joon
• Application Number:
  US10/318,461
• Publication Number:
  US 20030174057A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/541
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 3/105 forming directly coupled primary and secondary coils or loops

Abstract

A firearm detection system for inspecting whether a person passing through a gate positioned near a metal door is carrying a firearm is disclosed. The system comprises a door fixing device; a first sensor mounted on a doorframe to detect the entrance of a person into the door; a second sensor mounted on an entrance side of the gate to detect the entrance of the person into the gate; a third sensor mounted on an exit side of the gate to detect the exit of the person from the gate; and a microcomputer for controlling the operation of the door fixing device based on the detection results by the three sensors. The efficiency in use is maximized because a door fixing device operates to stop the movement of a door during the inspection procedure so as to prevent the generation of an electromagnetic field by the movement of the door made of similar material to the firearm, thereby preventing a false alarm signal from being generated by the movement of the door when a person carrying no firearm enters the gate.

Claims

1. A firearm detection system for inspecting whether a person passing through a gate positioned near a metal door is carrying a firearm, the system comprising:

a door fixing device for fixing the door;

a first detection sensor mounted on a doorframe to detect the entrance of a person into the door;

a second detection sensor mounted on an entrance side of the gate to detect the entrance of a person into the gate;

a third detection sensor mounted on an exit side of the gate to detect the departure of a person from the gate; and

a microcomputer for controlling operation of the door fixing device based on the detection results by the first, second, and third detection sensors.

2. The firearm detection system according to claim 1, wherein the microcomputer controls the operation of the door fixing device in such a manner that the door is fixed simultaneously with the detection by the first detection sensor, and after the entrance of the person through the gate is confirmed by the detection by the second detection sensor, the door fixed state is released at the same time when the exit of the person from the gate is confirmed by the detection by the third detection sensor.

3. The firearm detection system according to claim 1, wherein the door fixing device includes:

first and second yokes disposed parallel to each other and including therein a solenoid connected to a power supply unit to receive an electrical power therefrom;

a plurality of disc-shaped metal desks positioned adjacent to the first and second yokes and having a center hole; and

a stopper pin positioned between the first and second yokes and inserted into the center hole of the metal desks.

4. The firearm detection system according to claim 1, wherein the door fixing device controls a gear using a solenoid.

5. The firearm detection system according to claim 1, wherein the door fixing device induces the stoppage of a motor using a plurality of gears connected to the motor.