US 12,345,848 B2
Interlock; system, comprising an interlock; method for controlling a flow of people and/or for security checking; computer program product
Franz-Josef Hoevener, Ennepetal (DE)
Assigned to DORMAKABA DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Ennepetal (DE)
Filed by dormakaba Deutschland GmbH, Ennepetal (DE)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/872,603.
Claims priority of application No. 21190115 (EP), filed on Aug. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0043595 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G01V 5/22 (2024.01); G07C 9/15 (2020.01); G07C 9/32 (2020.01); G07C 9/38 (2020.01)
CPC G01V 5/224 (2024.01) [G07C 9/15 (2020.01); G07C 9/32 (2020.01); G07C 9/38 (2020.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An interlock comprising: an entrance, an exit, and an inner region arranged between the entrance and the exit,
wherein the interlock has a body scanner and a separation sensor,
wherein the separation sensor is configured to measure the number of people in the inner region of the interlock,
wherein the body scanner is configured to scan a body of a person in the inner region of the interlock, and
the exit is configured to remain closed if the number of people measured in the inner region of the interlock is more than one or the body scanner indicates that one person in the interlock is carrying at least one hazardous object and a warning notification is configured for emitting by a playback device as a function of a measurement of the number of people and/or as a function of the scan of the body.