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US 10,590,693 B2Granted
Moving door system synchronized with pedestrians passing there-through
OwnerRobert Osann, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A portal apparatus for securely controlling passage is described. The apparatus uses a passageway which includes at least two moveable door panels that operate in conjunction with at least two sidewalls including at least one linear sidewall. The apparatus includes position sensors for tracking a position of a subject passing through the passageway and determining a rate of movement of the subject. While the subject is walking through the passageway, each door panels is controlled to move at the determined rate of movement of the subject.
Claims18
A portal apparatus for securely controlling passage, said apparatus comprising:
- a passageway including at least two moveable door panels operating in conjunction with at least two sidewalls including at least one linear sidewall;
- wherein the portal apparatus includes position sensors for tracking a position of a subject passing through the passageway and determining a rate of movement of the subject;
- wherein for at least a portion of time that the subject is moving through the passageway, at least one of said door panels is controlled, responsive to the determined rate of subject movement, to move with the subject in a direction parallel to the linear sidewall and at same rate as the subject;
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- wherein each of said at least two door moveable panels is individually controlled with respect to rotation and at least movement in the direction parallel to the linear sidewall.
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