ENTRANCE CONTROL SYSTEM AND ENTRANCE CONTROL DEVICE

• US 20090101709A1
• Filed: 04/20/2007
• Published: 04/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
• Original Assignee: Aruze Corp., SETA Corporation (Universal Entertainment Corporation)
• Inventors: Nonaka, Nobuyuki
• Application Number:
  US12/297,648
• Publication Number:
  US 20090101709A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/382
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/15 with arrangements to prevent the passage of more than one individual at a time
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

Abstract

An access control system and device is provided which is capable of preventing, if the system operates, and then, a door, etc., is opened, the entry of a third party due to abuse of an opportunity of the opening. An access control system (1) includes: a reader/writer (30) for reading the identification information and measuring a signal state at a time of reading the identification information; an imaging device (50) for imaging periphery of the pass point; and an access control device (10), which judges whether or not an access is possible, based upon outputs of the reader/writer (30) and the imaging device (50). The access control device (10) judges whether or not the person has an access right about the wireless IC tag (20) on the basis of the unique ID, computes the position and movement state of the wireless tag holder (201) from the signal state established at the time of reading the unique ID, judges whether or not there is any wireless IC tag non-holder (202) from the image data output from the imaging device (50), and judges whether or not the pass point is placed in a pass permission state according to whether or not the person has a right to access the room, the position and movement state of the wireless IC tag holder (201), and whether or not there is any wireless IC tag non-holder (202).

Claims

1. An access control system of reading identification information from an identification information storage medium storing the identification information which is wirelessly readable, and controlling an access passing through a pass point, based upon the read identification information, said system comprising:

a reading portion for reading the identification information and measuring a signal state at a time of reading the identification information;

an imaging portion for imaging periphery of the pass point; and

an access control device, which judges whether or not an access is possible, based upon outputs of the reading portion and imaging portion,

wherein the access control device serves to;

judge presence or absence of an access right relevant to the identification information storage medium, based upon the identification information, and compute a position and a movement state of the identification information storage medium from the signal state at the time of reading the identification information;

judge presence or absence of a target other than that which owns the identification information storage medium, from image data output by the imaging portion; and

judge whether or not the pass point is placed in a pass permission state, based upon the presence or absence of the access right, the position and movement state of the identification information storage medium, and the presence or absence of said other target.

2. The access control system according to claim 1, wherein the access control device judges the position and movement state of said other target from image data output by the imaging portion, and judges whether or not the pass point is placed in a pass permission state, based upon the position and movement state of the other target.

3. The access control system according to claim 1, wherein the reading portion measures, as the signal state, at least one of electric field intensity at the time of reading the identification information and number of successes of reading the identification information.

4. The access control system according to claim 1, wherein the access control system controls a pass on the pass point instead of an access passing the pass point;

and the access control device serves to judge the presence or absence of a pass access right relevant to the identification information storage medium, based upon the identification information, and judges whether or not the pass point is placed in a pass permission state, based upon the presence or absence of the pass access right.

5. An access control device, comprising:

a right judging portion for judging presence or absence of an access right for passing through a pass point, based upon identification information read from an identification storage medium;

a movement analyzing portion for computing a distance from the identification information storage medium, based upon a signal state at a time of reading the identification information, and then, computing a position and a movement state of the identification information storage medium, based upon the computed distance; and

an image analyzing portion for analyzing image data obtained by imaging periphery of the pass point, thereby sampling a target existing in an imaging range which is an area of the periphery of the pass point and computing a position and a movement state of a target which does not correspond to the identification information storage medium, from among the sampled target,

wherein it is judged whether or not the pass point is placed in a pass permission state, based upon the presence or absence of a right of the access, the position and movement state of the identification information storage medium, and the position and movement state of the target which does not correspond to the identification information storage medium.

6. The access control device according to claim 5, wherein the movement analyzing portion computes, as the signal state, a distance from the identification information storage medium, in response to at least one of the electric field intensity at the time of reading the identification information and the number of successes of reading the identification information.

7. The access control device according to claim 5, wherein the presence or absence of passing on the pass point is judged instead of an access passing the pass point, based upon the identification information, and whether or not the pass point is placed in a pass permission state is judged based upon the presence or absence of a right of the pass.