Vehicle barrier system
AssigneeWestfield Retail Solutions, Inc.
InventorsAram Marabyan, Juan Antonio Guerrero
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Abstract
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure provides a vehicle barrier system that helps prevent instances of “tailgating,” where non-paying cars closely follow a paying car into (or out of) an automated garage facility or other venue to avoid fees and/or authentication.
Claims17
A vehicle barrier system comprising:
- a control system in communication with a sensor system for detecting a vehicle seeking passage through a gateway, a first gate system, and a second gate system, wherein the control system comprises:
- a processor;
- and
- memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the control system to:
- receive data from the sensor system indicating the presence of the vehicle;
- in response to receiving the sensor data indicating the presence of the vehicle, determine whether the second gate system is closed;
- in response to determining that the second gate system is closed:
- open the first gate system to allow the vehicle to pass the first gate system;
- and
- attempt to close the first gate system behind the vehicle after the vehicle passes the first gate system;
- in response to successfully closing the first gate system behind the vehicle, opening the second gate system to allow the vehicle to proceed through the gateway;
- and
- in response to unsuccessfully closing the first gate system behind the vehicle, generating an alarm.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a control system, data from a sensor system indicating the presence of a vehicle at a gateway, wherein the control system is in communication with the sensor system, a first gate system, and a second gate system that is subsequent to the first gate system;
- in response to receiving the sensor data indicating the presence of the vehicle, determining, by the control system, whether the second gate system is closed;
- in response to determining, by the control system, that the second gate system is closed:
- opening, by the control system, the first gate system to allow the vehicle to pass the first gate system;
- and
- attempting, by the control system, to close the first gate system behind the vehicle after the vehicle passes the first gate system;
- in response to successfully closing the first gate system behind the vehicle, opening, by the control system, the second gate system to allow the vehicle to proceed through the gateway;
- and
- in response to unsuccessfully closing the first gate system behind the vehicle, generating an alarm by the control system.
A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a control system in communication with a sensor system, a first gate system, and a second gate system that is subsequent to the first gate system, cause the control system to:
- receive data from the sensor system indicating the presence of a vehicle at a gateway;
- in response to receiving the sensor data indicating the presence of the vehicle, determine whether the second gate system is closed;
- in response to determining that the second gate system is closed:
- open the first gate system to allow the vehicle to pass the first gate system;
- and
- attempt to close the first gate system behind the vehicle after the vehicle passes the first gate system;
- in response to successfully closing the first gate system behind the vehicle, opening the second gate system to allow the vehicle to proceed through the gateway;
- and
- in response to unsuccessfully closing the first gate system behind the vehicle, generating an alarm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.