Multidirectional barcode reader
AssigneeTeamAxess Ticketing GmbH
InventorsWolfram Kocznar, Josef Fischer, Roman Wagner
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Abstract
In a device for access control, the authorizations are stored on tickets in the form of a barcode. A reader unit is connected to an evaluating unit and controls devices that signal and/or block access. The reader unit has an insertion zone for a ticket wherein the insertion zone is larger than a ticket dimension. A multidirectional laser scanner scans the entire insertion zone in several lines oriented at an oblique angle relative to one another. The device can be used with different ticket formats such as air-travel tickets and check cards.
Claims10
A device for access control based on an access authorization code being stored on a ticket in the form of a barcode, comprising:
- a reader unit adapted to read the access authorization code, the reader unit including a multi-directional laser scanner which scans along several scan lines oriented at an oblique angle relative to one another,
- an evaluation unit connected to the reader unit and evaluating a validity of the access authorization code to provide an access control signal, and
- blocking means blocking access based on the access control signal, wherein the reader unit is provided with an insertion zone for the ticket that is larger than a linear dimension of the ticket and wherein the multi-directional laser scanner scans the entire insertion zone.
A device for access control based on an access authorization code being stored on a ticket in the form of a barcode, comprising:
- a reader unit adapted to read the access authorization code, the reader unit including a multi-directional laser scanner which scans along several scan lines oriented at an oblique angle relative to one another;
- an evaluation unit connected to the reader unit and evaluating a validity of the access authorization code to provide an access control signal;
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- at least one of a signaling means and blocking means providing access based on the access control signal, wherein the reader unit is provided with an insertion zone for the ticket having a V-shaped or U-shaped opening that is larger than a linear dimension of the ticket and wherein the multi-directional laser scanner scans the entire insertion zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.