Patent ID: 6611195
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: E05G,E05Y,G07C

Abstract:
In a process for the recognition of persons authorized to transit through a controlled passage to access protected areas comprising the steps of;providing a booth having interblocking doors wherein a first booth door may be opened to admit the person carrying an identification card on which critical data including an identification code is recorded to enter the booth and the second booth door will only open to allow entry into the protected area after the person has been identified as having access to that area; opening the said first booth door in the event that the code is verified to admit the person into the booth; weighing the person entering into the booth to verify, with both booth doors closed, within a pre-determined tolerance, that this weight matches the weight of the authorized person who holds the identification code that allowed opening of the first booth door; performing a biometric reading on the person in the booth and matching the results of said reading with that person's identification code; and activating said second door and auxiliary devices after a determination that the person is allowed entry, so that the person may exit the booth into the access protected area; the improvement comprising, reading the identification code of the person in a hands-free manner utilizing an electromagnetic wave detector and antennas associated with the booth while the person is outside of and in close proximity to the booth in order to verify if the code is among those authorized to enter said area, to activate the opening of the entry door; a second reading of the identification code being made when the person is stepping into the booth and the weighing means begin to be activated, in order to verify that the entering person is the one carrying the authorized card and, if the two readings coincide, to activate the closing of the entry door.