Stacked Access Control Devices with Dynamic Door Panels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current security access control devices are inefficient in managing high traffic flow while preventing individuals carrying weapons from entering secured areas, as they often waste space and can impede flow, especially during peak times, and existing systems fail to effectively stop determined perpetrators.
Innovation Solution
The development of electro-mechanical and electronically controlled access devices that allow unidirectional flow, can be stacked for increased throughput, and incorporate sensors for threat detection, with door panels that move automatically to match the pace of individuals and fill gaps to prevent weapon passage, using bulletproof materials and biometric verification for disabled individuals and accompanied persons.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional security access control devices are used, then security detection capability is provided, but traffic flow is impeded and space is wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The access control system is divided into multiple independent access control devices that can be stacked together. Each device operates independently with its own door panels and detection systems, allowing parallel processing of multiple individuals simultaneously, thereby maintaining security while improving traffic flow capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from traditional horizontal placement of security devices to a vertical stacking configuration. By arranging access control devices in a vertical dimension, the system maximizes space utilization while enabling multiple devices to process traffic simultaneously, resolving the conflict between security coverage and traffic flow efficiency.
2Productivity
If access control devices are stacked for increased throughput, then traffic flow capacity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each access control device in the stack is designed as a universal, standardized unit that can perform the complete function of access control independently. The modular design allows multiple identical units to be stacked, where each unit handles specific individuals, simplifying the overall system architecture while increasing throughput capacity through parallel operation.
3Ease of operation
If door panels move automatically to match individual pace, then ease of operation is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The door panels are designed with dynamic movement capability that automatically adjusts their motion speed to match the pace of individuals passing through. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to provide ease of operation for users while consuming energy only when and as needed, rather than operating continuously at fixed speed.
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
These devices provide a space-efficient, high-throughput security solution that can adapt to traffic demands, effectively prevent weapon passage, and ensure secure access while allowing disabled individuals and accompanied persons to pass through safely, even during emergencies.
Implementation Method 1
using bulletproof materials
Data Source
AI summary
Electro-mechanical and electronically controlled access devices are described for automatically controlling passage between two areas, and where a plurality of such access control devices may be ganged or clustered to provided additional throughput and directional control, including stacking a plurality of access control devices side by side within a cluster. Each access control device contains multiple rotatable and moveable door panels. The door panels are controlled by various drive mechanisms to enable passage through the device, while ensuring by the use of sensors that door panels avoid touching subjects as they traverse the device. The direction of flow through a device according to these embodiments is electronically controlled and may be changed from time to time. At any instant in time while being traversed, the flow through each device is unidirectional. Multiple devices within a cluster can be directionally controlled according to traffic, demand, time of day, or other factors.