Luminous Access Barriers for Dynamic User Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current access control systems in restricted areas fail to accurately identify and track user categories, such as authorized, unauthorized, and special users, within the gated area, leading to delays and inefficiencies in security personnel's response to potential incidents, as they do not visually follow user movement and often incorrectly block authorized users.
Innovation Solution
A control and monitoring system that uses a processing unit connected to a user authentication device and an image capture device to activate luminous elements on barriers, creating indicative windows of specific colors for each user category, which follow the users' movements, allowing security agents to quickly identify and manage access to restricted areas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional access control systems use blocking devices to prevent unauthorized access, then security is improved, but authorized users may be incorrectly blocked and response time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses color-coded luminous elements to visually indicate user categories: green for authorized users, red for unauthorized users, and yellow for special users. This color-coding system enables security personnel to quickly identify user categories at a distance, eliminating the need for physical contact or close observation, thereby reducing response time while maintaining accurate identification.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces luminous indicative windows as an intermediary visual communication mechanism between the access control system and security personnel. These windows provide real-time visual information about user categories without requiring direct interaction or physical blocking, allowing security personnel to respond more quickly and accurately.
2Reliability
If access control systems block passage for unauthorized users, then security is improved, but authorized users experience delays and flow efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the blocking device state based on real-time visual identification of user categories. When authorized users are detected through the luminous indicative windows, the blocking device automatically opens to allow passage without delay. When unauthorized users are detected, the blocking device closes to prevent access. This dynamic response eliminates manual intervention and optimizes flow efficiency while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors user presence and category through image capture devices and luminous indicative windows, providing real-time feedback to the blocking device control mechanism. This feedback loop enables automatic adjustment of blocking device state based on current user conditions, ensuring authorized users experience minimal delays while unauthorized users are effectively blocked.
3Measurement precision
If visual identification systems are implemented to track user movement, then identification accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the visual identification function into separate modular components: image capture devices for data collection, processing units for analysis, and luminous indicative windows for display. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and simplifies maintenance while maintaining high identification accuracy through distributed functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates visual copies of user presence information through luminous indicative windows that replicate user category status in a simplified visual format. These windows serve as information copies that can be displayed at multiple locations simultaneously, providing accurate identification without requiring complex tracking mechanisms throughout the entire area.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This system enables fast and precise identification of user categories, facilitating unhindered access for authorized users while preventing unauthorized access, by dynamically controlling the blocking device based on user movement and category, thereby enhancing security and flow efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
activates one or more bars of luminous elements arranged in barriers which limit a Gated Area
Implementation Method 2
an image capture device and in turn activates one or more bars of luminous elements
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AI summary
We describe a control and monitoring system and method for access to a restricted area, such as mass transport systems (subways, trains, airports, ships and others), commercial buildings, schools, factories, datacenters, and other places with people moving, composed of a Processing Unit (10) that receives information both from a User Authentication Device (20) and an Image Capture Device (40). The Processing Unit (10) processes this information determining user category as well as user location, speed and direction of movement within a Gated Area (GA). In turn, the Processing Unit (10) triggers one or more Bars of Luminous Elements (31) arranged in Barriers (30) limiting a Gated Area (GA), giving every user (Authorized User [AU], Unauthorized User [UU] or Special User [SU]) a User Category Window (311, 312 or 313) that follows the movement of the user within the Gated Area (GA). A Blocking Device (50) can be activated by the Processing Unit (10) to be partially or fully closed or opened and at a speed proportional to the location, velocity and direction of movement of the user within the Gated Area (GA).