CN211669693U - Meeting room entrance guard and equipment of registering - Google Patents

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CN211669693U
CN211669693U CN201922447271.2U CN201922447271U CN211669693U CN 211669693 U CN211669693 U CN 211669693U CN 201922447271 U CN201922447271 U CN 201922447271U CN 211669693 U CN211669693 U CN 211669693U
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The utility model provides a meeting room entrance guard and equipment of registering relates to the meeting room field of registering. A meeting room entrance guard and sign-in device comprises a gate machine with a gate and a controller electrically connected with a control end of the gate to control the gate to be opened or closed; the gate is characterized in that a verification unit which is electrically connected with the controller and is used for identifying whether personnel have the participation right, a notification unit which is electrically connected with the verification unit and is used for giving out a prompt according to whether the personnel have the participation right, and a sensing unit which is electrically connected with the controller and is arranged at one end of the gate inlet to sense whether the personnel are in a safe area are arranged on the gate; the notification unit is electrically connected with the sensing unit to prompt according to whether sensing personnel are in a safe area. The utility model provides a meeting room sign-in mode make mistakes easily and because the short problem that causes the pedestrian to block of entrance guard's passageway open time.

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Meeting room entrance guard and equipment of registering
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a meeting room field of registering particularly, relates to a meeting room entrance guard and equipment of registering.
Background
The conference room sign-in mode is generally a manual sign-in mode which is easy to forget and make mistakes, and particularly in conferences with numerous personnel, the number of the people who arrive at the conference room and the identity of the personnel cannot be orderly managed. In order to solve the problem that the manual sign-in mode of a conference room is easy to make mistakes, entrance guard equipment which enters in a card swiping mode is provided, the card swiping can only authenticate a worker card and cannot authenticate personnel information, potential safety hazards of worker card borrowing, falsifying, counterfeiting and the like exist, conference irrelevant personnel can enter a conference room area to influence normal office work of a company, and business secrets of the company can be stolen seriously. Moreover, the conventional access control equipment can not maintain the normal entrance order of the conference room and the safety of the participants because the problem that the personnel are blocked easily due to short opening time when the personnel enter the access control equipment in sequence.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a meeting room entrance guard and equipment of registering, its information that can authenticate the meeting room participant prevents the problem that the secret was revealed to avoid because the entrance guard equipment opening time short entrance order confusion that causes and the problem of threatening personnel's safety.
The embodiment of the utility model is realized like this:
a meeting room entrance guard and sign-in device comprises a gate machine with a gate and a controller electrically connected with a control end of the gate to control the gate to be opened or closed; the gate is provided with a verification unit, a notification unit and a sensing unit, wherein the verification unit is electrically connected with the controller and used for identifying whether personnel have the participation right, the notification unit is electrically connected with the verification unit and used for giving out a prompt according to whether the personnel have the participation right, and the sensing unit is electrically connected with the controller and arranged at one end of the gate inlet and used for sensing whether the personnel are in a safe area; the notification unit is electrically connected with the sensing unit to prompt according to whether sensing personnel are in a safe area.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the sensing unit comprises an illumination device and a photoelectric sensor, which are disposed at two ends of the gate machine to sense personnel entering the gate; the photoelectric sensor is respectively connected with the controller and the notification unit through signals.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the sensing unit comprises a pressure sensor disposed at the bottom of the gate machine to sense the entry of a person into the gate; the pressure sensor is respectively connected with the controller and the notification unit through signals.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the gate comprises a first coupling shaft and a second coupling shaft rotatably and vertically connected to two ends of the gate, respectively, a first gate connected to the first coupling shaft, a second gate connected to the second coupling shaft, and a first power machine and a second power machine respectively connected to the first coupling shaft and the second coupling shaft to drive the first coupling shaft and the second coupling shaft to rotate; the controller is electrically connected with the first power machine and the second power machine respectively so as to control the first connecting shaft and the second connecting shaft to synchronously and reversely rotate to simultaneously open and close the first gate and the second gate.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the verification unit comprises a fingerprint identification device connected at an inlet end of the gate and electrically connected to the controller.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the notification unit includes a speaker connected to the gate and electrically connected to the controller.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the fingerprint identification device comprises a storage module for storing fingerprints of persons having participation right; the storage module is connected with an input terminal for inputting the fingerprints of the people.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the present invention further comprises a protective door connected to one end of the gate entrance to separate people; and the switch control end of the protective door is connected with the controller.
The embodiment of the utility model provides an at least, have following advantage or beneficial effect:
1. the gate with the gate prevents the entry of external personnel, thereby avoiding the risk of company secret leakage caused by the entry of the external personnel into the conference room;
2. the controller controls the opening and closing of the gate, so that the personnel enter the meeting room in sequence, and the entrance order of the personnel participating in the meeting room is maintained;
3. the conference participation authority of the personnel is verified through the verification unit on the gate, and the gate is controlled to be opened and closed through the controller, so that the risk that irrelevant personnel enter a conference room during a conference is further avoided, and the normal operation of a company is ensured;
4. whether the personnel have the participation right is notified through the notification unit, so that the intrusion intentions of the personnel irrelevant to the conference can be reflected conveniently in time, and the alertness of the conference personnel is improved.
5. Whether the personnel are in the safe area through the response unit response to open and close through controller control gate, prevent that the gate from blocking personnel when closing, cause personnel's safety problem and the chaotic problem of the order of entry of meeting room.
6. Whether the personnel are in the safe area is prompted through the notification unit, so that the personnel can observe the entrance order voluntarily when entering, and the management of the entrance of the conference room is improved.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present invention, and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic front view of a conference room entrance guard and check-in device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Icon: 1-gate machine, 2-fingerprint identification device, 3-loudspeaker, 4-first gate, 5-second gate, 6-first connecting shaft, 7-second connecting shaft, 8-first power machine, 9-second power machine, 10-pressure sensor, 11-base, 12-pedal, 13-lighting device, 14-photoelectric sensor and 15-protective door.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention, as generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.
Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the accompanying drawings, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.
In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that, if the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "vertical", "inner", "outer" and the like indicate the position or positional relationship based on the position or positional relationship shown in the drawings, or the position or positional relationship which is usually placed when the products of the present invention are used, the description is only for convenience of description and simplification, but the indication or suggestion that the device or element to be referred must have a specific position, be constructed and operated in a specific position, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used merely to distinguish one description from another, and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
Furthermore, the term "vertical" and the like, if present, does not require that the components be perfectly vertical, but may be slightly inclined.
In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be further noted that unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "mounted," and "connected" should be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.
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Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 shows a conference room entrance guard and check-in device. The embodiment provides a meeting room entrance guard and check-in device, which comprises a gate 1 with a gate and a controller electrically connected with a control end of the gate. The gate 1 is provided with a verification unit electrically connected with the controller, a notification unit electrically connected with the verification unit and a sensing unit electrically connected with the controller and arranged at one end of the gate inlet; the notification unit is electrically connected with the sensing unit.
It should be noted that the gate is located in the middle of the gate 1, and the gate 1 with the gate is a prior art and need not be described in detail here. The controller may be a PLC or a computer processor, and the controller is electrically connected to the control end of the gate to send a control signal to control the gate to open or close, and the control manner is the prior art and need not be described herein.
In detail, the verification unit is connected to an entrance end of the gate 1 to judge whether the person has the participation right by acquiring the person information. The notification unit is electrically connected with the verification unit to acquire an electric signal indicating whether the person has the participation right or not, and sends corresponding prompt information to prompt the person who signs in or enters the conference. The sensing unit is arranged at the gate or at the entrance and the exit of the gate to sense whether a person is in a safe area, wherein the safe area is not in the opening and closing area of the gate. The sensing unit is electrically connected with the controller to send an electric signal indicating whether a person is in a safe area, and the controller controls the opening and closing of the gate to protect the person. The notification unit is electrically connected with the induction unit to receive an electric signal indicating whether a person is in a safe area or not, and when the person is not in the safe area, a prompt is sent to the person, so that the person can be reminded to rapidly pass through the notification unit, and the management of the entrance order of the conference room is improved.
When the gate is used, personnel sequentially pass through the verification unit to identify personal information, and when the verification is passed, the gate is opened by the controller; when the verification fails, the controller closes the shutter. After the personnel verification is passed, when the sensing unit senses that the personnel is positioned at the gate, the controller controls the gate to be kept open; when the sensing unit senses that the person passes through the gate, the controller controls the gate to be closed. And when the sensing unit senses that the personnel is positioned in the gate for a certain time, the personnel is judged not to be positioned in the safety area, the notification unit sends out prompt information,
as a preferred embodiment, the sensing unit comprises an illumination device 13 and a photoelectric sensor 14 which are arranged at two ends of the gate 1; the photoelectric sensor 14 is in signal connection with the controller and the notification unit, respectively.
In detail, the two ends of the gate 1 are respectively provided with an illumination device 13 and a photoelectric sensor 14 through bolts, and the illumination device 13 can be an LED lamp or an infrared lamp. When a person passes through the gate of the gate 1, because the light beam of the illumination device 13 is shielded by the person, the illumination intensity irradiated by the illumination device 13 received by the photoelectric sensor 14 becomes small, because the received illumination intensity is converted into an electric signal by the photoelectric sensor 14, the change of the electric signal is sent to the controller, and the controller judges whether the person is in a safe area outside the gate or not according to the change of the electric signal. Meanwhile, the notification unit sends a prompt to the person at the gate through the signal change of the photoelectric sensor 14, timely notifies the person to go in and out, and controls the gate to open or close through the controller, so that the person is prevented from being clamped by the gate to be injured, and the problem of order disorder when the number of the persons entering the conference room is large is also avoided.
As a preferred embodiment, the sensing unit comprises a pressure sensor 10 disposed on the gate machine 1 and located at the gate; the pressure sensor 10 is in signal connection with the controller and the notification unit, respectively.
In detail, the pressure sensor 10 is bolted through a base 11 provided at the bottom of the gate machine 1 and located at the gate to sense whether a person enters the gate. A pedal 12 made of rubber or foam soft material is arranged on the surface of the base 11, which is positioned on the pressure sensor 10, and two sides or one circle of the pedal 12 are installed on the base 11 or the gate 1 through bolts. When a person passes through the pedal 12, the pressure sensor 10 at the bottom of the pedal 12 senses the gravity of the person and converts the gravity into an electric signal to be sent to the controller, the controller judges whether the person passes through the gate and is positioned in a safe area outside the gate according to the change of the electric signal, the gate is controlled to be opened when the person is positioned in the gate, and when the person is opened for a certain time, prompt information is sent through a notice sheet; the controller controls the gate to close when the person is in a safe area outside the gate after stepping on the pedal 12.
As a preferred embodiment, the gate comprises a first connecting shaft 6 and a second connecting shaft 7 which are respectively vertically connected with the two ends of the gate 1 in a rotatable way, a first gate 4 connected with the first connecting shaft 6, a second gate 5 connected with the second connecting shaft 7, and a first power machine 8 and a second power machine 9 which are respectively connected with the first connecting shaft 6 and the second connecting shaft 7; the controller is electrically connected with the first power machine 8 and the second power machine 9 respectively to control the first connecting shaft 6 and the second connecting shaft 7 to synchronously rotate reversely so as to simultaneously open and close the first gate 4 and the second gate 5.
In detail, the first connecting shaft 6 and the second connecting shaft 7 are respectively connected to two opposite sides of the gate machine 1 through bearings so as to be rotatably connected to the gate machine 1. Or the first connecting shaft 6 and the second connecting shaft 7 are respectively connected on the gate 1 in a rotatable manner through the through holes which are respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the gate 1 and are matched with each other in a sliding manner along the circumferential direction of the through holes. The first power machine 8 and the second power machine 9 are electric motors or rotating electric machines. The output shafts of the first power machine 8 and the second power machine 9 are respectively connected with the end parts of the first connecting shaft 6 and the second connecting shaft 7 so as to respectively drive the first connecting shaft 6 and the second connecting shaft 7 to rotate, so that the first gate 4 and the second gate 5 respectively rotate around the central lines of the first connecting shaft 6 and the second connecting shaft 7, and the first gate 4 and the second gate 5 are opened or closed simultaneously. Optionally, the opening direction of the first gate 4 and the second gate 5 is towards the outlet end of the gate machine 1, so that the problem that people are easy to hit by the gates when entering the gates is avoided.
As a preferred embodiment, the authentication unit comprises a fingerprint identification device 2 connected to an inlet end of the gate 1 and electrically connected to the controller.
In detail, the fingerprint recognition device 2 is prior art and need not be described here too much. Alternatively, the fingerprint recognition device 2 may be replaced by a face recognition device with a camera. Personal information of the person is identified through the fingerprint identification device 2, and whether the person has the participation right to enter the conference room is judged. When the personnel do not have the participation right, the controller controls the gate to be kept closed; when the personnel have the participation right, the controller controls the gate to be opened, and controls whether the gate is closed or not according to whether the personnel judged by the induction unit pass through the gate or not. The notification unit is connected with the fingerprint identification device 2, and the notification unit sends out a result that whether the person judged by the fingerprint identification device 2 has the participation right.
In a preferred embodiment, the notification unit includes a speaker 3 connected to the gate 1 and electrically connected to the controller.
In detail, the loudspeaker 3 is prior art and need not be described more here. The loudspeaker 3 is installed on the gate 1 through the bolt, and the timely simultaneous attendance management personnel and the participant personnel can know whether the entering personnel have the participation authority or not, so that the conference attendance management efficiency is improved.
As a preferred embodiment, the fingerprint identification device 2 comprises a storage module for storing fingerprints of persons with participation rights; the storage module is connected with an input terminal for inputting the fingerprints of the persons.
In detail, the input terminal is a computer, and data is transmitted in a wireless network mode through the computer and the storage module, so that the fingerprint information of each participant in the conference room is input into the storage module. The storage module is an internal memory or an external memory of the fingerprint identification device 2, and the fingerprint identification device 2 compares the fingerprint heart deficiency recorded by the personnel with the fingerprint of the personnel with the participation authority, so that the qualification and the personal information of the participants are judged.
As a preferred embodiment, the conference room entrance guard and check-in device further comprises a protective door 15 connected to one end of the entrance of the gate 1 to separate people; the switch control end of the protective door 15 is connected with the controller.
In detail, the protection door 15 may be configured in the same structure as the shutter, and the specific manner of controlling the opening and closing of the protection door 15 by the controller may be the same as the shutter, and likewise, the protection door 15 may be configured in the same structure as the first shutter 4 or the second shutter 5. After getting into personnel and opening the floodgate according to verifying the unit discernment through the controller, when personnel have not passed through the gate yet in a certain period, controller control gate keeps the open mode, and the suggestion is sent to the notification unit simultaneously, and at this moment, controller control guard gate 15 is opened for the 15 separation of guard gate is between next personnel and last personnel, has avoided last personnel when leaving the back gate and close, and next personnel are rushing into the floodgate at the mistake and are leaded to the problem that blocks.
To sum up, the conference room access control and sign-in equipment of the embodiment of the utility model identifies the participation authority of personnel through the verification unit, thereby enhancing the confidential work of conference contents; the gate of the gate machine 1 is controlled to be opened or closed according to the participation right, and whether personnel leave through the gate or not is judged through the sensing unit after the gate is opened, so that the gate is controlled to be opened by the controller, and the problem that the personnel are clamped is prevented; and the attendance management personnel and the entering personnel are timely reminded through the prompt unit, and the management of the entrance order of the conference room is improved.
The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes will occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. A meeting room entrance guard and sign-in device comprises a gate machine with a gate and a controller electrically connected with a control end of the gate to control the gate to be opened or closed; the gate is characterized in that a verification unit which is electrically connected with the controller and is used for identifying whether personnel have the participation right, a notification unit which is electrically connected with the verification unit and is used for giving out a prompt according to whether the personnel have the participation right, and a sensing unit which is electrically connected with the controller and is arranged at one end of the gate inlet to sense whether the personnel are in a safe area are arranged on the gate; the notification unit is electrically connected with the sensing unit to prompt according to whether sensing personnel are in a safe area.
2. The conference room entrance guard and sign-in equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensing unit comprises an illumination device and a photoelectric sensor which are arranged at two ends of the gate machine to sense personnel entering the gate; the photoelectric sensor is respectively connected with the controller and the notification unit through signals.
3. The conference room entrance guard and sign-in equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensing unit comprises a pressure sensor arranged at the bottom of the gate machine to sense the entrance of people into the gate; the pressure sensor is respectively connected with the controller and the notification unit through signals.
4. The conference room entrance guard and sign-in device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the gate comprises a first connecting shaft and a second connecting shaft vertically connected to two ends of the gate in a rotatable manner, respectively, a first gate connected to the first connecting shaft, a second gate connected to the second connecting shaft, and a first power machine and a second power machine respectively connected to the first connecting shaft and the second connecting shaft to drive the first connecting shaft and the second connecting shaft to rotate; the controller is electrically connected with the first power machine and the second power machine respectively so as to control the first connecting shaft and the second connecting shaft to synchronously and reversely rotate to simultaneously open and close the first gate and the second gate.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the verification unit comprises a fingerprint recognition device connected to an entrance end of the gate and electrically connected to the controller.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the notification unit comprises a speaker connected to the gate and electrically connected to the controller.
7. The conference room entrance guard and check-in device of claim 5, wherein the fingerprint identification device comprises a storage module for storing the fingerprint of the person having the participation right; the storage module is connected with an input terminal for inputting the fingerprints of the people.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a protective door connected to an entrance end of the gate for isolating personnel; and the switch control end of the protective door is connected with the controller.
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CN112258678A (en) * 2020-10-28 2021-01-22 上海八彦图信息科技有限公司 Conference sign-in method and device based on barrier gate
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