ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE

• US 20130002399A1
• Filed: 03/22/2011
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KABA Gallenschuetz GmbH (dormakaba Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: KABA Gallenschuetz GmbH (dormakaba Holding AG)
• Inventors: Frueh, Bernhard
• Granted Patent: US 9,129,451 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.53
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence

Abstract

From the prior art, access control devices are already known in which a distinction is made between a first detection device (2) and the actual access and access is enabled or not, on the basis of a comparison of the data detected by the first detection device (2) with the data detected again at the actual access lock (7). Starting from the prior art, the solution according to the invention proposes an expansion of the system such that modern Internet booking procedures are considered and furthermore the new possibilities of facial recognition are performed in a quasi manner as the last examination before access is enabled, and access is granted or rejected depending on the examination result, in other words the examination of a biometric feature. The invention can be used for a border crossing control device.

Claims

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.

2. Access control device according to claim 1, wherein the person passage gate (7) comprises a document reading unit (12) for recording a person-identifying document and after the scan of the person-identifying document, the content of the scan can be read out by computer, by means of an evaluation unit, and a comparison of the person-identifying data recorded in this manner with the data stored in the flight record that was called up takes place, with formation of a checksum, and the procedure can only be continued if a defined minimum sum is exceeded.

4. Access control device according to claim 1, wherein one or more fingerprints of the user (1), in each instance, are recorded by means of the optical recording device (13), and are entered into the flight record, in each instance, as a biometric datum or as biometric data.

5. Access control device according to claim 1, wherein the person passage gate (7) has an optical and/or acoustic signal unit (10) assigned to it, in such a manner that the users (1) of the person passage gate (7) can be requested, by way of this signal unit (10), to present a document, for example a boarding card with the imprinted flight ID, or a biometric characteristic, such as a fingerprint, to the document reader (12) assigned to the person passage gate (7) or to a biometric recording unit assigned to the person passage gate (7), for the purpose of identification, and wherein the flight record, in each instance, can be identified within the central database (6), by way of the formation of a checksum, in other words the summation of the agreements found within the scope of a comparison of a minimum number or all of the available data, with regard to a previously established required checksum as a minimum standard, by means of the data recorded in this way.

6. Access control device according to claim 5, wherein the person passage gate (7) has an additional optical recording device, for example a camera (13) or a second fingerprint reader (11), assigned to it, in such a manner that an image, preferably a facial image, of the user (1) can be recorded with this recording device, and wherein facial recognition can be carried out by means of a software tool contained in the control unit of the person passage gate (7), on the basis of the image stored in the corresponding flight record, which image has already been identified by means of the checksum, and wherein access can be released if successful facial recognition occurs.

7. Access control device according to claim 5, wherein the signal unit (10) assigned to the person passage gate (7) is provided with a traffic light system (14), preferably having the signal lights red, yellow, and green, and wherein the traffic light system (14) switches from one traffic light signal to the next upon recognition of the flight record assigned to the user (1), and after subsequent successful facial recognition, changes to the next following traffic light signal to signal successful release of the pass-through.

8. Access control device according to claim 1, wherein the flight record can be automatically deleted after release of the person passage gate (7), at the earliest, but after expiration of a defined time interval, at the latest.

9. Access control device according to claim 1, wherein the data of the flight record stored in the central database (6) are compared, at the latest before release of access by the person passage gate (7), with the data stored in a so-called blacklist, and if a critical checksum is exceeded, release of access by the person passage gate (7) is blocked.

10. Access control device according to claim 1, wherein a document checking unit for checking the authenticity of the person-identifying documents presented is additionally assigned to the preceding recording device (2) and/or the person passage gate (7).

3. (canceled)