Patent ID: 8207816
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: A47B,E05B,G06K,G07C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A biometric access control system for authorizing acquisition and return of critical assets in a secure and automatically verifiable fashion, comprising: a user operated ID station incorporating a software based processor and memory which contains records for each of a plurality of individuals having varying access privileges to asset categories, said ID station further including a biometric input, a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, a touch screen, and at least one of a wired or wireless device in communication with said processor, wherein said biometric input receives a biometric parameter from a user for user log in, said processor accesses the user's record to determine approved categories of assets for the user, said touch screen displays only those asset categories with assigned privileges available to the user and receives a selection of one of said displayed asset categories from the user, and then said touch screen displays a plurality of pieces of equipment from the selected asset category and receives a selection of one of the pieces of equipment from the user, and then said touch screen receives a choose equipment selection from the user; at least one remotely positioned structure for holding a plurality of categories of different assets in individualized locked fashion, said structure communicating with said ID station and, upon receipt of said choose equipment selection from the user, issuing an authorization signal from said ID station to release a locking sub-assembly containing a selected one of the assets within a pre-approved category for permitting removal of the asset; and an RFID identifying tag incorporated into a location associated with the asset such that, upon presentation of the asset to said RFID reader, said processor logs the asset into an appropriate user identified field associated with said system.