Security System

• US 20080201774A1
• Filed: 07/11/2005
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Biometric Systems International Pty Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Biometric Systems International Pty Ltd.
• Inventors: Bruce, Francis Ormond
• Application Number:
  US11/571,888
• Publication Number:
  US 20080201774A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/19
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/33 by means of a password
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3206 Player sensing means, e.g. presence detection, biometrics

Abstract

A security system for controlling access to a plurality of secure areas, an interface to obtain verification data, particularly biometric scan data of the user, processing means arranged to compare the biometric scan data with stored template data and return a match condition, and signal means arranged to allow access to at least one of the plurality of secure areas if the match condition is satisfied.

Claims

1. A security system for controlling access to a plurality of secure areas comprising:

an interface to obtain biometric scan data of a user;

processing means arranged to compare the biometric scan data with stored template data and return a match condition; and

signal means arranged to allow access to at least one of the plurality of secure areas if the match condition is satisfied.

2. A security system in accordance claim 1, wherein each one of the plurality of secure areas corresponds to at least one secure area in each of a plurality of poker machines.

5. A security system in accordance with either claims 2 to 4, wherein the at least one secure area comprise one of a main door, stacker housing door, belly door, service door and cash box door.

6. A security system in accordance with any one of claims 1, 2 or 4, wherein the biometric scan data is finger scan data.

7. A security system in accordance with any one of the preceding claims, further comprising an interface to allow a user to enter data nominating at least one of the plurality of secure areas and wherein the signal means is arranged to allow access to these nominated secure areas if the match condition is satisfied.

8. A security system in accordance with claim 7, wherein the biometric scan data and the secure area nominating data are transmitted as a single string of data to the processing means.

9. A security system in accordance with claim 8, wherein the single string of data is transmitted in the form of a wiegand string.

10. A security system in accordance with claim 9, wherein the wiegand string is encrypted.

11. A security system in accordance with any one of the preceding claims, wherein the interface is further arranged to allow the user to enter a personal identification code to further identify the user.

12. A security system in accordance with any one of the preceding claims, wherein the processing means is a computing system.

13. A security system in accordance with claim 12, wherein the computing system further includes a database arranged to store template data.

14. A security system in accordance with any one of the preceding claims, wherein, when template data is stored in the database, the personal identification data of the user is replicated and associated with each secure area to create a unique id record for each combination of the user identification data and secure area nomination data.

15. A security system in accordance with claim 14, wherein the processing means further includes logging means arranged to store, in the database, a record of each attempted or successful access to each secured area.

16. A security system in accordance with any one of the preceding claims, wherein the signal means sends a signal via a network to a lock which is arranged to release on receipt of the signal, thereby allowing a user to gain access to the secure area.

17. A security system in accordance with claim 16, wherein the lock is released by actuation of a motor in communication with the lock.

18. A security system in accordance with claim 16 or claim 17, wherein the network further includes a striker board, the striker board being arranged to selectively control at least one of a plurality of locks.

19. A security system in accordance with claim 18, wherein the striker board sends a return signal to the controller to indicate that at least one of the plurality of locks has been released.

20. A security system in accordance with claim 18 or claim 19, wherein the striker board may selectively control a lock on receipt of a plurality of signals.

21. A security system in accordance with any one of claims 16 to 20, wherein the signal means includes a delay means, to vary the time interval that passes before the signal is sent to the lock.

22. A security system in accordance with any one of claims 16 to 21, wherein the processing means includes a time delay means, wherein a lock is only released if the request by a user is made during a predefined time period.

23. A security system in accordance with any one of claims 16 to 22, wherein the processing means includes a cancellation means, wherein a request to release a lock is cancelled if the cancellation means sends a cancellation signal to the lock.

24. A security system in accordance with any one of the preceding claims, wherein the plurality of secure areas includes at least one of a plurality of sections within the internal space of a poker machine.

25. A security system in accordance with any one of the preceding claims, wherein the interface is located remotely of the processing means.

3. A security system for controlling access to at least one secure area in each of a plurality of poker machines comprising:

an interface to obtain verification data of a user;

processing means configured to communicate with the interface and compare the verification data with a stored template to return a match condition; and

signal means arranged to allow access to the at least one secure area in at least one of the plurality of poker machines if the match condition is satisfied.

4. A security system in accordance with claim 3, wherein the verification data comprises biometric scan data.