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CONFIGURABLE ACCESS CONTROL SENSING DEVICE

  • US 20130201286A1
  • Filed: 04/14/2011
  • Published: 08/08/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An access control device for monitoring and controlling the passage of persons through a passageway or a doorway between an outside area and an inside area, said access control device comprisingat least one transit authorization request device, said transit authorization request device to be activated by a person requesting authorization to pass through said passageway or doorway;

  • a presence detection and tracking device for detecting the presence of a person in the vicinity of said passageway or doorway and for tracking the movement of a person within said passageway or doorway,and a control unit operatively coupled to said at least one transit authorization request device and said presence detection and tracking device, said control unit being configured forcontrolling, upon activation of said transit authorization request device, said presence detection and tracking device to localize a person having activated said transit authorization request device;

    assigning a virtual transit ticket to said person after authorization to pass through said passageway or doorway has been granted to said person, said virtual transit ticket being representative of the transit privileges granted to said person, andfor controlling said presence detection and tracking device to track the movement of said person with the virtual transit ticket with respect to the granted transit privileges,said control unit comprising a processing module with a configurable decision table for generating an output control signal based on an output signal of said at least one transit authorization request device and an output signal of said presence detection and tracking device, said output control signal to be used for the controlling of the passage of persons through a passageway or a doorway.

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