Patent ID: 8269600
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling access to a secured area using an automated gate controlled secured environment, comprising: receiving an indication that an individual attempting to pass through a clearance area has not been authorized to pass through the clearance area; automatically moving two or more gates to create a channel for the non-authorized individual to be directed to a manual screening area, wherein one or more gates behind the non-authorized individual close so that the non-authorized individual cannot exit the clearance area once the non-authorized individual has entered the clearance area without being authorized or being sent to the manual screening area; determining if the non-authorized individual has passed one or more sensors linked to at least one of the two or more gates which create the channel, wherein if the non-authorized individual has been determined to have passed the one or more sensors linked to at least one of the two or more gates which create the channel, then moving at least one of the two or more gates linked to at least one of the sensors located behind the non-authorized individual to enable other authorized individuals to pass through the clearance area while maintaining the channel created to the manual screening area; and preventing the non-authorized individual from gaining access to the automated gate controlled secured environment once the non-authorized individual reaches the manual screening area and preventing other individuals from being authorized from the clearance area until the non-authorized individual has passed at least one of the sensors, wherein the sensors are one of an inactive state and an active state, one or more of the sensors be placed in the active state upon receiving the indication that an individual attempting to pass through a clearance area has not been authorized to pass through the clearance area.