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ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE

  • US 20130002399A1
  • Filed: 03/22/2011
  • Published: 01/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Access control device, having a person passage gate (7) that releases or blocks access to an aircraft, wherein this person passage gate (7) has at least one document reading unit (12) and at least one biometric recording device assigned to it, which are connected with a control unit of the person passage gate (7), which unit in turn is connected with a central database (6), and releases or blocks the person passage gate (7) as a function of a comparison of the data recorded with one or more of the recording devices with the data stored in the central database (6), wherein an individual, temporary flight record is stored in the central database (6) for every passenger and every flight, which record was compiled at the time of booking of the flight, in each instance, wherein this individual flight record at first comprises at least the booking data of the flight and an ID of the flight record, wherein further data recorded in the region of a first recording device (2) that precedes the person passage gate (7), particularly a boarding unit, are entered into the flight record after comparison of the ID at this recording device (2), namely at least a scan of a person-identifying document, particularly a passport or a personal identity card, along with a facial image recorded by means of a biometric recording device, wherein the control unit only releases the person passage gate (7) if first, by means of the document reading unit, the ID was recorded in the region of the person passage gate (7), and a current facial image of the user was generated by means of the recording device, and was successfully compared with the facial information stored in the flight record, and wherein the ID of the flight procedure and flight record has been stored as a preferably two-dimensional barcode, and a barcode scanner (4) is assigned to the first recording device (2), with which scanner a barcode generated in connection with the booking of the procedure, particularly on a ticket, a laptop display, or a cell phone display, can be recorded, and the flight record corresponding to the ID, in each instance, compiled at the time of booking, can be called up by means of this flight ID and wherein after comparison of the data of the flight record with those of the recorded person-identifying document, by means of an additional optical recording device (13), for example by means of a first fingerprint reader (5), at least one further biometric characteristic of the user (1), for example one or more fingerprints, is recorded and entered into the flight record that has been called up, in each instance.

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