Method and device for pass-through control and/or singling-out of persons

• US 20060225352A1
• Filed: 05/04/2006
• Published: 10/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fastcom Technology SA
• Original Assignee: Fastcom Technology SA
• Inventors: Fischer, Stefan, Legon, Skye
• Application Number:
  US11/417,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20060225352A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 49/49
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition

Abstract

A pass-through system (110) which is arranged between at least one freely accessible area (100) and at least one area which is only accessible to authorized people comprises: a pass-through (5) area which is marked on the floor and/or defined by mobile blocking devices (13); at least one image capturing device (7); at least one image processing device (8) and at least one alarm triggering device (9). At least one specific signal can be transmitted to the alarm triggering device (9) by the image processing device (8) when at least one person respects or violates the rules which govern access, passage or exit from the pass-through system (110) or if objects have been left behind in the pass-through system (110). The invention also relates to a method for pass-through control and/or singling-out of people through a pass-through system (110) between a freely accessible area (100) and at least one area which is only accessible to authorized people, said method comprising the following steps: the pass-through area (5) of the pass-through system (110) is monitored in order to automatically determine whether at least one person respects or violates the rules which govern access, passage or exit from the pass-through system (110) or if objects have been left behind in the pass-through system (110). An access limiting device (132, 133) of the pass-through system (110) for the singling-out of people is activated when at least one person respects or violates the rules which govern access, passage or exit from the pass-through system (110) or if objects have been left behind in the pass-through system (110).

Claims

1. Pass-through gate arranged between at least one freely accessible area and at least one area that is only accessible to authorized people, with:

a pass-through area which is marked on the floor and/or defined by mobile blocking devices,

at least one image capturing device,

at least one image processing device,

at least one alarm triggering device,

an access limiting device for singling-out persons,

whereas at least a specific signal can be transmitted to the alarm triggering device by said image processing device and whereas a specific signal for activating the access limiting device is triggered by the alarm triggering device when at least one person respects or violates the rules which govern access, passage and exit from the pass-through gate or if objects have been left behind in the pass-through gate,

wherein it includes a buffer zone that is at least partly delimited by walls and can be closed by the access limiting device,

and wherein said buffer zone includes an identification system for identifying and/or authenticating a person that is in said buffer zone.

2. Pass-through gate according to claim 1, with an image capturing device for monitoring said buffer zone.

3. Pass-through gate according to claim 1, said identification system of the buffer zone including a reader.

4. Pass-through gate according to claim 1, said pass-through area being capable of being monitored through said image capturing device and said image processing device.

5. Pass-through gate according to claim 1, with at least one access control device for determining whether one person respects or violates the rules which govern access, passage or exit from the pass-through gate.

6. Pass-through gate according to claim 1, said pass-through area being delimited only through markings on the floor and/or through mobile blocking device.

7. Pass-through gate according to claim 1, with an identification system for identifying at least one person that is in said pass-through area.

8. Pass-through gate according to claim 7, said identification system including readers for reading electronic identifications.

9. Pass-through gate according to claim 7, said identification system including readers for reading biometric data of said at least one person that is in said pass-through area.

10. Method for pass-through control and/or singling-out of persons through a pass-through gate between one freely accessible area and at least one area that is only accessible to authorized people, with the following steps:

monitoring a pass-through area of the pass-through gate for automatically determining whether at least one person respects or violates the rules which govern access, passage and exit from the pass-through gate or whether objects have been left behind in the pass-through gate,

activating an access limiting device of said pass-through gate for singling-out persons when at least one person respects or violates the rules which govern access, passage and exit from the pass-through gate or if objects have been left behind in the pass-through gate,

closing off a buffer zone through said access limiting device when at least one person respects or violates the rules which govern access, passage and exit from the pass-through gate or if objects have been left behind in the pass-through gate,

identifying and/or authenticating a person that is in said buffer zone when at least one person respects or violates the rules which govern access, passage and exit from the pass-through gate or if objects have been left behind in the pass-through gate.

11. Method according to claim 10, with the following additional step:

recording and storing an image of said pass-through area when at least one person respects or violates the rules which govern access, passage and exit from the pass-through gate or if objects have been left behind in the pass-through gate.

12. Method according to claim 10, said monitoring being performed with the aid of an image capturing device and an image processing device, the images recorded by said image capturing device being processed by said image processing device for automatically determining whether the rules which govern access, passage and exit from the pass-through gate have been respected or violated.

13. Method according to claim 10, said monitoring being performed with the aid of at least one access control device that is outside or inside said pass-through area.

14. Method according to claim 10, said identification and/or authentication of a person that is in said buffer zone being performed with the aid of an image capturing device.

15. Method according to claim 11, said identification and/or authentication of a person that is in said buffer zone being performed with the aid of a reader.