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Guido Harucksteiner

Reinhard Surkau

Thomas Schlechter

Markus Leitner

In a method for operating a vehicle barrier () having a barrier column (), a barrier arm () and a drive mechanism for pivoting the barrier arm () between a blocking position and an open position, a camera () is used for vehicle recognition, for the license plate recognition, for recognizing a following vehicle and for monitoring for vandalism, and the images thereof are evaluated by an electronic evaluation logic that is coupled to control of the vehicle barrier ().

Method for operating a vehicle barrier

A turnstile personnel access-control device () has one or more blocking arms () connected to a drive element () mounted on a carrier () such that the blocking arms are rotatable about a main axis or shaft (). The blocking arms () assume a blocking position and at least one free position in dependence upon the rotation of the drive element (). Each blocking arm () includes a flat component () that is mounted to rotate about a longitudinal axis () thereof in dependence upon the rotation of the drive element (). In the blocking position of the blocking arms (), one such flat component assumes a pre-defined angular position with respect to the vertical, whereas in the free position, this flat component () is rotated such that passage of a person is allowed.

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Eugendorf, Austria

Guido Harucksteiner