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Systems and methods for providing security at a vehicle yard

  • US 8,698,625 B2
  • Filed: 03/19/2012
  • Issued: 04/15/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communicator for use in a guard tour, the communicator comprising:

  • at least one scanning device configured to collect information associated with a plurality of vehicles or trailers during completion of a guard tour;

    at least one network interface configured to (i) communicate at least a portion of the collected information to a remote processing station via a network, and (ii) receive an instruction associated with an identified exception based at least in part on the at least a portion of collected information; and

    at least one processor configured to (i) direct a guard to utilize the at least one scanning device to collect information associated with the plurality of vehicles or trailers, wherein the information comprises a first number of manual openings, a second number of emergency openings, and a third number of automatic openings of a gate associated with a site at which the plurality of vehicles or trailers is parked, (ii) compare a first total comprising the first number, the second number, and the third number to a second total of a number of openings of the gate, (iii) identify the exception when the first total does not equal the second total, (iv) prompt the guard to collect additional information based at least in part on the instruction, and (v) direct the at least one network interface to communicate the collected information and the collected additional information to the remote processing station.

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