Intelligent Vehicle Access Control System
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Abstract
An apparatus for the automatic inspection of a motor vehicle has an identification and psychological profiling zone, an automatic inspection zone and a manual inspection zone. A biometric and heart rate detection station and an attached console are located in zone one. Undercarriage scanning equipment and an explosives detection portal are located in zone two. The apparatus also has one or more fixed cameras, an alarm or other alerting mechanisms and a physical barrier. A vehicle detection mechanism detects the entry of a vehicle into zone two and captures an image of the vehicle number plate. When the captured biometric data and number plate data indicate that the driver is authorized to drive the particular vehicle into the secured zone, and if no abnormalities or foreign objects in the undercarriage image are detected, the driver is allowed to proceed.
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44 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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14. An apparatus for automatically inspecting a vehicle being driven into a first area, the apparatus comprising:
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database means containing; driver identification data identifying drivers who are permitted to drive vehicles into the first area; number plate data identifying vehicles which are permitted into the first area; and
data identifying which driver is permitted to bring which vehicle into the secure site;means for capturing identification data about a driver who is driving the vehicle into the first area; number plate recognition means for capturing number plate data about the vehicle being driven into the first area; and means for interrogating the database means based on the captured identification data about the driver who is driving the vehicle into the first area and based on the captured number plate data to determine whether the driver is permitted to drive the vehicle into the first area; wherein the means for capturing identification data comprises; means for detecting physiological data about the driver who is driving the vehicle; means for inferring, from the detected physiological data, information about a current psychological profile of the driver; and means for triggering an alerting mechanism when the inferred current psychological profile of the driver matches specified criteria, wherein the specified criteria include a stress level of the driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method for automatically inspecting a vehicle being driven into a first area, the method comprising:
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capturing identification data about a driver who is driving the vehicle into the first area; reading a number on a vehicle number plate of the vehicle being driven into the first area; and based on captured identification data about the driver who is driving the vehicle into the first area, captured number plate data, and driver identification data identifying drivers who are permitted to drive vehicles into the first area, determining whether the driver is permitted to drive the vehicle into the first area, wherein capturing identification data comprises; detecting physiological data about the driver who is driving the vehicle; inferring, from the detected physiological data, information about a current psychological profile of the driver; and triggering an alerting mechanism when the inferred current psychological profile of the driver matches specified criteria, wherein the specified criteria include a stress level of the driver. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method of controlling vehicular access to a first area having at least one entrance with a plurality of inspection zones, each inspection zone being contiguous with at least one other inspection zone and at least one inspection zone being contiguous with a secure site, the method comprising:
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permitting a driver to bring a vehicle attempting access to the first area to enter into a first one of the inspection zones; conducting at least one inspection process in the first inspection zone, wherein the at least one inspection process comprises; capturing identification data about a driver who is driving the vehicle into the first area; reading a number on a vehicle number plate of the vehicle being driven into the first area; and based on captured identification data about the driver who is driving the vehicle into the first area, captured number plate data, and driver identification data identifying drivers who are permitted to drive vehicles into the first area, determining whether the driver is permitted to drive the vehicle into the first area, wherein capturing identification data comprises; detecting physiological data about the driver who is driving the vehicle; inferring, from the detected physiological data, information about a current psychological profile of the driver; and triggering an alerting mechanism when the inferred current psychological profile of the driver matches specified criteria, wherein the specified criteria include a stress level of the driver; wherein allowable outcomes of the at least one inspection process in the first inspection zone comprise; (i) the vehicle failing the at least one inspection process and; (a) the vehicle not being permitted to move out of the first inspection zone;
or(b) the vehicle being allowed to leave without proceeding into the first area; and (ii) the vehicle passing the at least one the inspection process and being permitted to move out of the first inspection zone into a second one of the inspection zones; and
if the vehicle has entered the second inspection zone conducting at least one other inspection process on the vehicle in the second inspection zone;wherein allowable outcomes of the at least one other inspection process in the second inspection zone comprise; (iii) the vehicle failing the at least one inspection process and; (c) the vehicle not being permitted to move out of the second inspection zone;
or(d) the vehicle being allowed to leave without proceeding into the first area; and (iv) the vehicle passing the at least one other inspection process and being permitted to move out of the second inspection zone. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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