Entering/leaving control system

• US 5,831,533 A
• Filed: 01/05/1996
• Issued: 11/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Kanno, Maiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lefkowitz, Edward
• Application Number:
  US08/583,464
• Time in Patent Office: 1,033 Days
• Field of Search: 340/825.54, 340/825.31, 340/825.32, 340/825.34, 340/527, 340/528, 340/573, 340/572
• US Class Current: 340/5.64
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/27 with central registration
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

Abstract

An entering/leaving control system for a user who is carrying a wireless medium which stores at least collating information and has a wireless communication function. The entering/leaving control system includes a receiving unit provided near a gate for entering/leaving a specified place. The receiving unit receives the collating information transmitted from the wireless medium. A collating unit collates the collating information received by the receiving unit with preset collating information. An intention detecting unit detects a specified place entering/leaving intention of a user who is carrying the wireless medium. A judging unit judges entering/leaving authorization to enter or leave the specified place based on the output of a collation intention detecting unit and the result of the collating unit. A control unit controls the opening/closing of the gate based on the output of the judging unit.

Claims

1. An entering/leaving control system for users who are each carrying a wireless medium storing at least collating information and having a wireless communication function, comprising:

means, provided near a gate for entering/leaving a specified place, for receiving the collating information sent from the wireless medium;

means for detecting a presence of an input for indicating an intention of one of the users to enter/leave the specified place;

judging means for collating the collating information received by the receiving means with a preset collating information and judging an entering/leaving authorization for a specified place based on an output of the intention detecting means and a result of the collation; and

means for controlling an opening and a closing of the gate based on a judging result of the judging means.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the intention detecting means includes a switch provided near the gate, the switch being operated by the one of the users who has the intention to enter or leave the specified place.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the intention detecting means includes a foot switch provided near the gate, the foot switch being stepped upon by the one of the users who has the intention to enter or leave the specified place.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the intention detecting means includes a voice sensor provided near to the gate so as to detect a voice generated by the one of the users who has the intention to enter or leave the specified place.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

means for counting a prescribed time from the collation until the input to the intention detecting means is received.

6. The entering/leaving control system as claimed in claim 5, further comprising:

means for discarding the collating information received by the receiving means when the intention detecting means does not detect the input before the counting means completes the counting of the prescribed time.

7. The entering/leaving control system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the switch is a touch sensor on the receiving means.

8. The entering/leaving control system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the switch is a touch sensor in a vicinity of the receiving means.

9. The entering/leaving control system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the switch is a push button.

10. The entering/leaving control system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the voice sensor is on the receiving means.

11. An entering/leaving control system for users who are each carrying a wireless medium storing at least collating information and having a wireless communication function, comprising:

means, provided near a gate for entering/leaving a specified place, for receiving the collating information sent from the wireless medium and judging whether the collating information is properly received;

means for detecting a presence of an input for indicating an intention of one of the users to enter or leave a specified place;

judging means for collating the received collating information with a preset collating information when the received collating information is properly received by the receiving means, and judging an entering/leaving authorization for the specified place based on an output of the intention detecting means and the collation result; and

means for controlling an opening/closing of the gate based on a judging result of the judging means.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the intention detecting means includes a switch provided near the gate, the switch being operated by the one of the users who has the intention to enter or leave the specified place.

13. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the intention detecting means includes a foot switch provided near the gate, the foot switch being stepped upon by the one of the users who has the intention to enter or leave the specified place.

14. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the intention detecting means includes a voice sensor provided near the gate so as to detect a voice generated by the one of the users who has the intention to enter or leave the specified place.

15. The system as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

means for counting a prescribed time from the collation by the collating means until the input to the intention detecting means is received.

16. The system as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

means for discarding the collating information when the intention detecting means does not detect the input before the counting means completes the counting of the prescribed time.

17. The entering/leaving control system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the switch is a touch sensor on the receiving means.

18. The entering/leaving control system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the switch is a touch sensor in a vicinity of the receiving means.

19. The entering/leaving control system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the switch is a push button.

20. The entering/leaving control system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the voice sensor is on the receiving means.

21. An entering/leaving control system for users who are each carrying a wireless medium storing at least collating information and having a wireless communication function, comprising:

means, provided near a gate for entering/leaving a specified place, for receiving the collating information sent from the wireless medium for judging whether the collating information is properly received, and for counting a prescribed time for successively receiving the collating information from the same wireless medium when the received collating information is successively properly received;

means for judging an entering/leaving authorization of one of the users for entering or leaving the specified place by collating the received collating information with a preset collating information when the collating information is received successively from the same wireless medium for the prescribed time as determined by the receiving means; and

means for controlling an opening/closing of the gate based on a result of the judgment of the judging means.