Drawer control apparatus
AssigneeMV Circuit Design Inc.
InventorsWilliam C. Colley, III, Markos Pantelis Paradissis
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Abstract
A device for selectively controlling access to a plurality of secure areas includes a driver circuit including a plurality of drivers, and a plurality of access modules each assigned to a corresponding secure area of the plurality of secure areas. Each access module is operatively coupled to at least one actuator operative to grant or deny access to the corresponding secure area. Unused drivers provided to a first access module of the plurality of access modules are cascaded to a second access module of the plurality of access modules.
Claims17
A dispensing system for selectively controlling access to a plurality of secure areas, comprising:
- a control module including a first communication device for communicating control data generated by said control module, said first communication device including a plurality of communication channels each assigned to a corresponding one of the plurality of secure areas;
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- a plurality of access modules each assigned to a corresponding one of the plurality of secure areas, each access module of the plurality of access modules including a plurality of inputs corresponding to the plurality of communication channels,
- wherein each access module enables or inhibits access to the corresponding secure area based on the control data from the control module as provided on at least one of the inputs, and
- wherein unused inputs within each access module are output in a cascaded configuration.
An access module for use in a system for selectively controlling access to a corresponding secure area, the access module comprising:
- a plurality of inputs for receiving control data;
- access logic communicatively coupled to at least one input of the plurality of inputs, said access logic configured to enable or inhibit access to the corresponding secure area based on the control data,
- wherein the plurality of inputs are arranged such that unused inputs are output in a cascaded configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.