Entry Access Screening with Pre-Verified Mobile Questionnaires
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing entry systems for secure spaces face challenges in efficiently integrating identity verification with health screening, leading to long lines and inefficient access control, particularly in the context of contagious diseases like COVID-19, and require a system that can manage credentials and compliance in a time-saving manner.
Innovation Solution
An entry system that combines identity verification with health screening through a wireless communication network, utilizing user devices for questionnaire completion via geofencing, and multifactor authentication, including biometric and questionnaire validation, to ensure regulatory and corporate governance compliance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a guard asks questions or reviews a form at the door, then identity verification and health screening are performed, but long lines form at the entrance due to processing time
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs health screening and credential verification in advance before the individual reaches the entrance. Questionnaires are completed remotely, and credentials are pre-verified, so that upon arrival the individual only needs to present their device for rapid authentication, eliminating long wait times while maintaining thorough screening
Solution Approach 2:
The manual process of guards reviewing forms and asking questions is replaced with an automated electronic system. The entry system automatically processes questionnaire responses, verifies credentials, and authenticates individuals through wireless communication, dramatically reducing processing time while maintaining verification reliability
2Reliability
If credentials are verified periodically for security, then access control is maintained, but tracking individuals and verifying credentials becomes laborious and creates lines
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables individuals to self-verify their credentials using their own devices. The entry system communicates with the individual's device to automatically authenticate credentials and verify identity without requiring manual intervention from security personnel, maintaining security while dramatically improving processing efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The entry system integrates multiple functions into a single automated process: credential verification, identity authentication, health screening assessment, and access control decision-making. This multi-functional system handles all verification tasks electronically, eliminating the need for separate manual processes and improving overall productivity
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AI summary
An entry system includes a plurality of first user devices, such as key fobs, ID cards and the like. A plurality of second user devices are maintained by users, and may include mobile phones, smart watches and tablets. A main entry system controls a barrier to allow entry to approved individuals. An authorization system is configured to validate the first and second user devices, and to send an electronic questionnaire to the second user device. The user must complete the questionnaire and transmit it to the main entry system. The second user device, the main entry system, and the authorization system communicate with each other over a computer network. If the user successfully completes the questionnaire and the user's identity is authenticated, the main entry system allows the barrier to be opened so that the user may enter the facility.