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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2011
Paul Schockmel, Fischbach, LU;
Laurent Uhres, Warsaw, PL;
Patrick Roulling, Ospern, LU;
Sam Calmes, Luxembourg, LU;
Marc Schifflers, Konz, DE;
Stephen Fuks, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Paul Schockmel, Fischbach, LU;
Laurent Uhres, Warsaw, PL;
Patrick Roulling, Ospern, LU;
Sam Calmes, Luxembourg, LU;
Marc Schifflers, Konz, DE;
Stephen Fuks, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A., Echternach, LU;
Abstract
An access control device comprises at least one transit authorization request device, such as an ID sensor activated by access card or badge or a biometric sensor (fingerprint, retina), said transit authorization request device to be activated by a person requesting authorization to pass through said passageway or doorway and 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 or through said passageway or doorway. According to the invention, the access control device further comprises a control unit configured for assigning a virtual transit ticket to a 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, i.e. the privileges regarding the transit direction through said passageway of doorway, and for controlling said presence detection and tracking device to track the movement of the 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.