Automated gate system

A method for automating a gate system (AGS) for a unified gate layout, comprising:

• receiving and processing vehicles using a single portal comprising ingress and egress traffic as a common traffic flow moving in a same direction sharing a same access road;
• obtaining and processing information relating to vehicles passing through the single portal;
• controlling ingress and egress movement of vehicles of the common traffic flow moving in a same direction into and out of a controlled access facility using a multi-lane gated sub-system having associated kiosks providing interface for obtaining vehicles and driver related information wherein each of the kiosks include a combined inbound/outbound gate;
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• receiving signals from the portal and the kiosks using a computer system including a program embodied on a non-transitory computer storage medium, wherein the signals represent a status of the vehicles alone or in combination with driver information;
• processing the signals to control operations of one or more gates traversing ingress and egress routes for the controlled access facility, wherein controlling gate operation of each of the gates thereby controls both ingress and egress routes and controls both ingress and egress movement of the vehicles to and from the controlled access facility, thereby the computer system receives information from the single portal and controls the gate operations of each of the gates in the multi-lane gated sub-system.

A computer program product for automating a gate system (AGS) with a unified gate layout, the computer program product including a computer program or program code embodied on a non transitory computer readable medium for causing a processor of a computer to initiate the steps of:

• receiving and processing vehicles using a single portal comprising ingress and egress traffic as a common traffic flow moving in a same direction sharing a same access road;
• obtaining and processing information relating to vehicles passing through the single portal;
• controlling ingress and egress movement of vehicles of the common traffic flow moving in a same direction into and out of a controlled access facility using a multi-lane gated sub-system having associated kiosks providing interface for obtaining vehicles and driver related information wherein each of the kiosks include a combined inbound/outbound gate;
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• receiving signals from the portal and the kiosks using a computer system including a program embodied on a non-transitory computer storage medium, wherein the signals represent a status of the vehicles alone or in combination with driver information;
• processing the signals to control operations of one or more gates traversing ingress and egress routes for the controlled access facility, wherein controlling gate operation of each of the gates thereby controls both ingress and egress routes and controls both ingress and egress movement of the vehicles to and from the controlled access facility, thereby the computer system receives information from the single portal and controls the gate operations of each of the gates in the multi-lane gated sub-system.