Passage control device

• US 20080054069A1
• Filed: 08/31/2006
• Published: 03/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SKIDATA AG (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: SKIDATA AG (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Ponert, Gregor, Pamminger, Herbert
• Granted Patent: US 7,455,228 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/382
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 11/08 Turnstiles; Gates for control of entry or exit of persons, e.g. in supermarkets control gates on vehicles B60N5/00 ; bank protection devices E05G5/00; with registering means G07C9/10 ; coin-freed facilities for turnstiles G07F17/14

Abstract

A device for controlling passage in two passage directions has a blocking device (2) for the singling of persons and a card reading unit (4) having a slot (9) for inserting a card, both disposed on a frame (1′). The card reading unit (4), which upon validly reading the card actuates the blocking device (2) for releasing the passage (7), is slewably mounted on the frame (1′) and is slewable with an actuator as to direct the card insertion slot (9) to a person (12) stepping in front of the blocking device (2) from both the one or the other passage direction (A, B).

Claims

1. A device for controlling passage in two passage directions having a frame (1), on which is disposed a blocking device (2) for the singling of persons and a card reading unit (4) having a slot (9) for inserting a card, wherein upon validly reading the card the card reading unit (4) actuates the blocking device (2) for releasing the passage (7) and the card reading unit (4) is slewably mounted on the frame (1) and is slewable with an actuator as to direct the card insertion slot (9) toward a person (12) stepping in front of the blocking device (2) from both the one and the other passage direction (A, B), characterized by a sensor system, which detects the position of an approaching person (12) and activates the actuator for swiveling the card reading unit (4) in the direction of the approaching person (12).

2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the card insertion slot (9) is located obliquely opposite the person (12) stepping in front of the blocking device (2) such that the angle (α

) enclosed by the card insertion direction (13) into the card insertion slot (9) and the passage direction (A, B) is 20 degrees to 80 degrees.

3. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the card reading unit (4) is rotatably mounted on a platform (3) of the frame (1′

).

4. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the sensor system (2) comprises sensors (14, 15), the detection area (16, 17) of which extends from

5. The device according to claim 1, characterized by a reconfiguration of the software of the card reading unit (4) between admittance logic and exit logic when swiveling from the one into the other passage direction (A, B) and vice versa.

6. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the blocking device (2) for the singling of persons is formed by a turning blocking device that is driven by a drive in the direction of rotation, which corresponds to the passage direction of the person toward the card reading unit (4) is swiveled.

7. The device according to claim 6, characterized in that the drive of the turning blocking device at the same time is the drive for swiveling the card reading unit (4).

8. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the card reading unit (4) has a display (10).