EP0816601B1 - Optoelektronisches Schloss mit optischen Wellenleitern - Google Patents

Optoelektronisches Schloss mit optischen Wellenleitern Download PDF

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EP0816601B1
EP0816601B1 EP19970670003 EP97670003A EP0816601B1 EP 0816601 B1 EP0816601 B1 EP 0816601B1 EP 19970670003 EP19970670003 EP 19970670003 EP 97670003 A EP97670003 A EP 97670003A EP 0816601 B1 EP0816601 B1 EP 0816601B1
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
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    • G07C9/00174—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys
    • G07C9/00182—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
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    • G07C9/00174—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys
    • G07C2009/00753—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated by active electrical keys
    • G07C2009/00769—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated by active electrical keys with data transmission performed by wireless means
    • G07C2009/00785—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated by active electrical keys with data transmission performed by wireless means by light
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
    • G07C9/00174—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys
    • G07C9/00658—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated by passive electrical keys
    • G07C9/00706—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated by passive electrical keys with conductive components, e.g. pins, wires, metallic strips

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  • the present invention is an optoelectronic lock which uses optical guides. It is designed to protect access to areas, vehicles and machines and is specially suitable for uses reduiring high degrees of security.
  • the optoelectronic locks and security systems currently in existence can basically be grouped into three different categories, all of which incorporate a lock cylinder fitted with one or more photoelectronic pairs and operate by means of an electronic circuit.
  • Each photoelectronic pair operates by means of a light-emitting diode positioned on one side of the keyhole. On the opposite side is a photodetector. When the key is introduced into the keyhole, only some of the photodetectors receive light.
  • the first type of lock a description of which may be found in European Patent Application no. 85440011 by Radosavljevic, Milenko operates by means of a key with perforations in certain places which correspond to the arrangement of the photoelectronic couples. When inserted into the keyhole, the key allows some photodetectors to receive light while covering others.
  • the electronic circuit interprets the configuration of lit and unlit photodetectors to decide whether the key introduced is the correct one or not.
  • the second type of optoelectronic lock is a lock opening system which is proposed in Canadian Patent no. 1 057 377 by Diez, Angel and which uses a key consisting of a ring having a light decoding unit on its top.
  • the light decoding unit is a pyramid-shaped block having inside a network of optic fibers connecting a set of light receiving points placed in one face of said pyramid-shaped unit to a set of light emitting points placed in another face of that unit, according to the particular code of that key.
  • the output pattern of light emitting points is sent to a light-current transducer which generate an electric code which is checked against the internally programmed codes.
  • the third type of optoelectronic lock adopts a different approach, as described in International Patent Application PCT/US88/03345 by Pinnow, Douglas. This type operates by means of a single photoelectronic couple, which optically reads the contours of a conventional key.
  • the first and third type of locks nevertheless have the disadvantages of allowing only a small number of combinations and of using keys which are easily reproduced. Furthermore, all three types of locks have the photoelectronic pairs and even sometimes, the electronic circuit, inside the lock cylinder, which must be partially accessible from outside. Therefore, in many cases, it is possible to circumvent the locking system simply by the manipulation of the electric connections in the interior of the lock cylinder.
  • the third lock type has the added disadvantage of requiring a highly complex electronic circuit, which requires a microprocessor and is difficult to calibrate. This makes it prone to malfunctions and also reduces the security: price ratio.
  • This new lock overcomes the disadvantages and inconveniences of the optoelectronic security systems and locks currently in use by means of optical guides fitted in the lock cylinder and used in its connection to a remote optoelectronic circuit, and furthermore by the use of another device which we shall designate as an optical guides "collector"; therefore it has the following advantages:
  • the present lock basically comprises a lock cylinder 24, normally fitted to the object to be protected, a remote optoelectronic module 12, a set of optical guides 8, usually grouped in one or two cables linking the lock cylinder 24 to one or more optical guides collectors 9 and the optoelectronic module 12, and one or more keys 25.
  • the principal element of the lock cylinder 24 is a component which we shall designate as a lock-identifier 1.
  • This lock-identifier 1 has a lengthwise hole which can be square, rectangular, circular or hexagonal (or other) in section and is the keyhole 16 in which the key 25, or part of the key, is inserted, except for the flat variety of the present lock, which has not a keyhole or has a different one.
  • the lock-identifier is a lengthwise hole which can be square, rectangular, circular or hexagonal (or other) in section and is the keyhole 16 in which the key 25, or part of the key, is inserted, except for the flat variety of the present lock, which has not a keyhole or has a different one.
  • N 2 being any whole number greater than zero
  • the cross holes are normally circular in section with a diameter usually ranging from two to five millimetres.
  • each cross hole 7 is the end of one optical guide 8, the other end of which is connected to an optoelectronic device 10 or to the optical guides collector 9 (see fig. 1A).
  • Optoelectronic devices 10 e.g. photodiodes, phototransistors, photoresistors etc.
  • photodetectors They are normally incorporated into the optoelectronic module 12.
  • each photodetector is associated to an electronic circuit which preamplifies the electrical signals produced.
  • the optical guides collector(s) 9 is (are) optical or electro-optical device(s) which combine in a single output - normally an optical guide - the electromagnetic radiation proceeding from any of the optical guides 8 connected to its inputs.
  • They may be positioned in the lock cylinder 24, in the optoelectronic module 12 or at any intermediate point between the two.
  • the key-identifier 2 is of a shape and dimensions which allow it to be neatly inserted into the keyhole 16. It is normally made of material(s) similar to those used for the lock-identifier 1 and has a longitudinal hole which does not generally span its length.
  • the longitudinal hole intercepts a series of N 1 radial holes 3 in the key-identifier 2.
  • These radial holes 3 are identical in format to the cross holes 7 and have a diameter which is equal to or slightly less than the diameter of the latter.
  • Their number N 1 is, in the basic version, smaller than the number N 2 of the aforementioned cross holes 7, often half or less than half the number.
  • the radial holes 3 are positioned on the surface of the key-identifier 2 in such a way that when the key-identifier is inserted fully and correctly into the lock-identifier 1 for which it was made, all its radial holes will coincide with some of the cross holes 7 of the latter.
  • the key 25 belonging to a certain lock will in these conditions incorporate a key-identifier 2 with eight radial holes 3, which will coincide with eight of the sixteen cross holes 7 of the lock-identifier 1 of the corresponding lock (when the key 25 is correctly inserted).
  • the N 1 cross holes 7 which coincide with the N 1 radial holes 3 of the correct key-identifier 2 are those whose optical guides 8 are connected directly and individually to photodetectors 10, while the remaining N 2 -N 1 cross holes 7 are those whose optical guides 8 are connected to the inputs of the optical guides collector(s) 9.
  • Each radial hole 3 contains in its interior an optical guide 83. Together in a beam these form the optical guide 82, located in the interior of the longitudinal hole 4 of the key-identifier 2.
  • Both the optical guides 8 and the optical guides 83 are of a diameter equal to or slightly less than the diameter of the holes in which they are inserted (the cross holes 7 and the radial holes 3 respectively, except in versions containing microlenses) and normally comprise one or more optical waveguides designed to conduct electromagnetic radiation from the optical spectrum, i.e. light radiation from either the visible or invisible spectrum.
  • optical waveguides normally operate by means of the principle of total internal reflection and are of the type normally designated as optical fibres.
  • employed fibres are multimedia step index fibers. More economical versions may use plastic optical fibres.
  • the key-identifier 2 fits entirely into the lock-identifier 1 and the source of light 6 is activated.
  • This source may consist of one or more LEDs, one or more small lasers or even a small light bulb.
  • the wavelength of the radiation emitted is suited to the type of optical waveguides and photodetectors used.
  • the source of light 6 located in the key 25, the optoelectronic module 12, the lock cylinder 24 or elsewhere, with the latter instance requiring an additional optical guide to transmit the emitted radiation to the lock cylinder 24
  • the radiation emitted is focused by one or more lenses 5 onto the extremity of the optical guide 82, which, by means of the optical guides 83 which comprise it, transmits it through the interior of the key-identifier (2), from where it is propagated via the radial holes 3.
  • the light is transmitted to the respective optical guides 8 and from here to the corresponding photodetectors 10 or the optical guides collector 9, depending on the case. Transmission does not occur when any of the radial holes 3-does not coincide with a cross hole 7.
  • each of the radial holes 3 will coincide with a cross hole 7, whose optical guide 8 is directly connected to a photodetector 10, while none will coincide with a cross hole 7 connected to the optical guides collector 9.
  • all the photodetectors 10 except the one connected to the output of the collector will be activated.
  • the electrical signals generated by the photodetectors will then permit the electronic circuit of the optoelectronic module 12 to determine if the inserted key is the correct one and in the affirmative case it will activate the required functions.
  • the key inserted is not the right one, not all the photodetectors 10 connected directly via the optical guides 8 to cross holes 7 will receive radiation, and/or the photodetector 10 connected to the output of the optical guides collector 9 shall be activated. This means that one or several of the radial holes 3 coincide with cross holes 7 connected to its inputs via optical guides; therefore the output of the optoelectronic module 12 shall fail to perform the desired functions.
  • some versions of the present lock are fitted with microlenses in their cross holes 7 and in the radial holes 3 of the key-identifier incorporated into the respective key(s) 25.
  • microlenses may either be conventional spherical lenses or graded-index lenses.
  • Fig. 1B shows a simplified longitudinal section of a given key-identifier equipped with graded-index rod lenses, which is inserted into a given lock-identifier similarly equipped with the same type of lens.
  • the lenses have a focal distance equal to the distance between their faces and therefore the ends of the optical guides are in direct contact with their inside faces. In this way the diverging beam of radiation at the end of each optical guide 83 is collimated by the corresponding lens 86, which is located in the respective radial hole 3.
  • optical guides 8 and optical guides 83 consist of only one optical waveguide which may even be of the single mode optical fiber variety.
  • the radial holes 3 and cross holes 7 have narrower parts, 3B and 7B respectively, where the end of the optical guide is located and parts of wider diameter, 3A and 7A respectively, in which the lenses are located.
  • the diameter of these wider parts is usually from two to five millimetres, while the diameter of the narrower parts is equal to or slightly wider than that of the optical guide they contain.
  • the radial holes 3 and cross hole's 7 may also have small discs 90 of a transparent material such as organic glass which protect the lenses while reducing the accumulation of dust and grime.
  • the interior of the lock keyhole 16 and the exterior of the key-identifier 2 may be coated with a high-durability material, such as plexiglass or lucite, which is transparent to the radiation emitted by the source of light 6 but coloured to prevent the location of the radial holes 3 and cross holes 7 from being visible to the naked eye.
  • a high-durability material such as plexiglass or lucite, which is transparent to the radiation emitted by the source of light 6 but coloured to prevent the location of the radial holes 3 and cross holes 7 from being visible to the naked eye.
  • This material would also replace the discs 90 in their protective function of the optical guide ends or the lenses.
  • a filler material 88 may also be used in certain cases to fill the empty space in the interior of the key-identifier and to hold the optical guides in place.
  • Figs. 2A, 2B and 2C shows respectively a frontal view, cross section and longitudinal section of a possible lock cylinder 24 for the present lock.
  • the lock cylinder 24 illustrated has an octagonal keyhole 16 incorporating a retractable shutter 21 which conceals the lock cylinder when the key 25 is not inserted.
  • Pin tumblers 18 are located in the interior of perforations 17 and 17B (of the lock cylinder and shutter respectively) to prevent the dislocation of the shutter 21 by the action of objects other than the key 25.
  • the shutter also incorporates a slot into which the tip 29 of the key 25 is inserted.
  • the key is inserted in two different stages. First its tip 29 is inserted into the shutter 21 slot; if the contoured edge or indentations of various depth of the key are correct, the pin tumblers 18 will align and allow the shutter 21 to slide back. In the second stage the key is inserted further, which forces the shutter to retract further, activating the switch or microswitch 22 and allowing the key-identifier of the key to be fully inserted into the lock-identifier. The switch or microswitch 22 then activates the optoelectronic circuit and the key is identified.
  • the lock cylinders 24 in the present invention also incorporate means which holds the key in place after it is inserted.
  • this mechanism is the lever 100 of the microswitch 22 which has an appropriate shape and with two chamfers, 101 and 102, which clicks into place in a recess 103 in the shutter 21 when the key 25 is properly inserted.
  • This recess has sloping extremities 104 and 105 which, together with the lever 100, permit the shutter 21 - and therefore the key 25 - to be removably held in place.
  • the shutter is then moved to the initial position for the action of the helicoidal steel spring 23.
  • the output of the optical guides cables 11 leading from the lock-identifier is the gland 13, which in certain versions is replaced by one or two suitable optical fiber connectors which permit their semi-permanent connection with the cable or cables connected to the optoelectronic module 12 and to the optical guides collector(s) 9.
  • FIG. 3A shows a top view of the key, while fig. 3B shows a longitudinal section.
  • this key also incorporates the source of light 6, and thus in addition to the key-identifier 2 and the tip 29 for opening the shutter 21 it also contains the lenses 5, a source of electrical energy 26 (e.g. a small electrical cell) for the source of light 6 and a microswitch 28 which activates the latter when the key is inserted in the lock.
  • a source of electrical energy 26 e.g. a small electrical cell
  • the optical guides collector is the optical guides collector
  • the optical guides collector 9 can be fitted in a number of ways. The simplest way is obviously to collect the ends of all the optical guides 8 connected to its inputs in one bundle and locate the end of the latter in such a way that the radiation proceeding from it focuses, directly or via one or more lenses, on the photosensitive surface of a photodetector 10 incorporated in the optical guides collector 9.
  • lenses can be employed to refract in parallel beams the radiation leaving each of these optical guides and to focus this collimated radiation on the tip of a single optical guide or on the said photodetector 10, as illustrated in fig. 5.
  • a third approach is to use a certain number of optical fiber couplers of the combiner type, to combine on the output optical guide the electromagnetic radiation proceeding from the input optical guides.
  • These optical couplers can be built by any of the better-known optical fiber techniques such as employing micro graded-index lenses as shown in fig. 4 or optical waveguide couplers.
  • the optoelectronic module is a thermoelectric module
  • the optoelectronic module is an optoelectronic circuit which usually incorporates the photodetectors 10 and, in certain cases, the optical guides collector(s) 9. It analyses the signals generated by the photodetectors to determine whether the key inserted is the correct one or not. If the key is the correct one, and in the existence of certain pre-established conditions, one or more functions are activated via its output, such as an electromagnetic relay which in turn activates an electric latch or an electric lock, where the present optoelectronic lock protects a certain space.
  • Figs. 6A and 6B show the longitudinal section of a suggested lock cylinder 24 of this variation and a longitudinal section of the corresponding key 25.
  • the contact surface between its key-identifier 2 and the lock-identifier 1 is a flat one, i.e. contact occurs entirely on the same plane.
  • Both the lock-identifier I and key-identifier 2 of this variation have a set of perforations - 96 and 97 respectively - which are perpendicular to the plane of contact and correspond to the cross holes 7 and radial holes 3 of the versions of the present optoelectronic lock which include a keyhole 16.
  • perforations 96 and 97 each contain respectively the tip of an optical guide 8 and part of an optical guide 83 and sometimes - as in the example illustrated - lenses 87 and 86.
  • the source of light 6 is located in the optoelectronic module 12, with the radiation transmitted to the lock cylinder 24 by the optical guide 73.
  • the radiation is transmitted by the graded-index rod lens 91 to the star-type optical coupler 92 and is then divided among the optical guides 83 connected to its outputs. These transmit the signal to the lenses 86 (in the case, also graded-index rod lens), from where it is transferred to the matching lenses 87 and from there to the corresponding optical guides 8.
  • both the lock cylinder 24 and the key 25 incorporate a plaque 71 and 81 respectively made of a high-durability material, such as plexiglass, lucite, or even sapphire, which is transparent to the radiation emitted by the source of electromagnetic radiation 6 but coloured in such a way as to prevent the location of tips of the optical guides 8 and 83 - or the lenses 86 and 87, depending on the case - from being seen. They also offer physical protection for the lock-identifier 1 and key-identifier 2.
  • a plaque 71 and 81 respectively made of a high-durability material, such as plexiglass, lucite, or even sapphire, which is transparent to the radiation emitted by the source of electromagnetic radiation 6 but coloured in such a way as to prevent the location of tips of the optical guides 8 and 83 - or the lenses 86 and 87, depending on the case - from being seen. They also offer physical protection for the lock-identifier 1 and key-identifier 2.
  • the key 25 has two nibs 93 which fit into corresponding grooves 94 in the lock cylinder 24 to ensure that the key is inserted properly.
  • Figs. 7A and 7B show frontal views of the lock cylinder and key respectively.
  • the lock cylinder 24 used in any versions and/or variants may also contain a physical integrity testing system consisting of a conductive segment or track which crosses the interior of the lock cylinder and breaks if the lock cylinder is subject to abusive or violent attempts to access its interior and/or to unlock the lock.
  • This segment or track is connected electrically to the optoelectronic module 12. Its breakage informs the optoelectronic module of the attempts to gain illegitimate access and the lock becomes blocked for an indeterminate period.

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  1. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, das einen Schlüssel, Mittel (1) für optische Anerkennung des besagten Schlüssels, eine oder mehr Lichtquellen (6), einen oder mehr Licht-gegenwärtigen Signalumformer (10) und ein elektronisches Modul (12) enthält, das die elektrischen Signale analysiert, die durch besagte Licht-gegenwärtige Signalumformer (10) produziert werden und eins oder mehr gewünschte Funktionen aktiviert, wenn der korrekte Schlüssel in eingesetzt wird oder besagten Mitteln (1) angepaßt, vorbei gekennzeichnet worden:
    besagter oder mehr Licht-gegenwärtige Signalumformer (10) und besagtes elektronisches Modul (12), das entfernt von besagten Mitteln (1) für die optische Anerkennung des Schlüssels, bedeutend gesetzt wird, daß sie in eine Position anders als die Position gelegt werden, in der besagte Mittel (1) gesetzt wird;
    worin die Kommunikation zwischen besagten Mitteln (1) für optische Anerkennung des Schlüssels und besagten oder mehr Licht-gegenwärtiger entferntsignalumformer (10) völlig mit optischen Mitteln (8) gebildet wird;
    worin besagte Mittel (1) für optische Anerkennung des Schlüssels keine elektrischen oder elektronischen Bauelemente ausgenommen vielleicht einen Schalter oder Mikroschalter (22) für das Antreiben hat, auf und weg weg besagtem elektronischem Modul (12) und von keinen elektrischen Leitungen ausgenommen vielleicht die entsprechenden zwei elektrischen Leitungen für besagtes zu schalten oder Mikroschalter (22).
  2. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie im Anspruch 1 beschrieben, gekennzeichnet mit den besagten optischen Mitteln (8), die durch einen oder mehr optischen Führer (8) je von welcher enthaltener einer oder mehr optischen Fasern bestehen.
  3. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie im Anspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch Haben von von Mitteln (9), die einige optische Eingänge und haben nur man und ausgab, die in besagtem einzelnem Ausgang die helle Strahlung, die kombinieren von seinen einigen optischen Eingängen, fortfährt besagte Mittel (9) beschrieben, die wir als der Kombinator (9) kennzeichnen.
  4. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie im Anspruch 3 beschrieben, gekennzeichnet durch besagten Ausgang der besagten Mittel (9), die bis einen von besagten Licht-gegenwärtigen Signalumformern (10) mittels eines optischen Führers (8) angeschlossen wurden, bildete von einer oder mehr optischen Fasern.
  5. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie im Anspruch 3 beschrieben, gekennzeichnet durch besagten Ausgang der besagten Mittel (9), die bis einen von besagten Licht-gegenwärtigen Signalumformern (10) angepaßt werden.
  6. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie in Ansprüchen 2 oder 3, durch besagtes beschrieben einige optische Eingänge, jeden gekennzeichnet anschließend oder einem Ende eines optischen Führers (8), anderem Ende des besagten optischen Führers angepaßt (8) anschließend oder besagten Mitteln angepaßt (1) für optische Anerkennung des Schlüssels.
  7. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie im Anspruch 6 beschrieben, durch jedes besagt einige optische Eingänge gekennzeichnet, die Mittel für das Anschließen es oder das Anpassen es einem Ende eines optischen Führers (8) haben.
  8. Optoelektronisches verriegeinsystem, wie in den Ansprüchen 1, 2 oder 3 beschrieben, gekennzeichnet mit besagten Mitteln (1) für optische Anerkennung des Schlüssels, der eine oder mehr Perforierungen (7) je hat von, welchem innerhalb eines Endes besagter optischer Mittel eins (8) hat, das andere Ende der besagten optischen Mittel (8) anschließend oder besagten Licht-gegenwärtigen entferntsignalumformern einer (10) oder bis einen der Eingänge besagten Kombinators (9) angepaßt.
  9. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie im Anspruch 1 beschrieben, gekennzeichnet durch den besagten Schlüssel, der hat:
    Format und Maße, seiner Einfügung oder Anpassung zu besagten Mitteln ermöglichend (1) für optische Anerkennung des Schlüssels;
    eine oder mehr Perforierungen (3) je von, welchen ein Ende eines optischen Führers (83) enthalten;
    fördern Sie gekennzeichnet durch besagte oder mehr Perforierungen (3), die in solch einer Position sind, die alle sie, wenn der Schlüssel richtig in besagte Mittel (1) für seine optische Anerkennung eingesetzt oder angepaßt oder gelegt wird, für die besagter Schlüssel gebildet wurde, mit einigen der Perforierungen (7) von besagten Mitteln (1) übereinstimmen.
  10. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie im Anspruch 9 beschrieben, gekennzeichnet durch jeden optischen Führer (83), der von einem optischen Wellenleiter gebildet wird oder durch eine oder mehr optischen Fasern, durch das andere Ende, das von der besagten optischen Führer weiter gekennzeichnet (83) anschließend oder den optischen oder elektrooptischen Mitteln (91, 92) jedes ist für das Empfangen und das Übermitteln besagtem Ende des Lichtes angepaßt von besagter oder mehr Lichtquellen (6), wenn besagter Schlüssel richtig in besagte Mittel (1) für seine optische Anerkennung eingesetzt oder angepaßt oder gesetzt wird.
  11. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie in den Ansprüchen 1, 8 oder 9 beschrieben, gekennzeichnet indem es optisches Innere jedes der Mittel (87) der besagten Perforierungen (7) von besagten Mitteln (1) für optische Anerkennung des Schlüssels und indem optisches Innere jedes der Mittel (86) der besagten Perforierungen auch haben (3) des besagten Schlüssels hatte, kennzeichnete weiter durch jedes von besagten optischen Mitteln (86) in Verbindung mit den entsprechenden optischen Mitteln (87), der leistungsfähigen optischen Koppelung des Lichtes von der ausstrahlenden Spitze seines optischen Führers (83) zur empfangenden Spitze des entsprechenden optischen Führers ermöglichend (8).
  12. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie im Anspruch 11 beschrieben, gekennzeichnet durch jede besagtes optisches von den besagten Perforierungen der Mttel (87) Innere (7) anschließend oder dem entsprechenden optischen Führer angepaßt (8).
  13. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie im Anspruch 11 beschrieben, gekennzeichnet durch jede besagtes optisches von den besagten Perforierungen der Mittel (86) Innere (3) anschließend oder dem entsprechenden optischen Führer (83) angepaßt.
  14. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie im Anspruch 11 beschrieben, gekennzeichnet durch besagte optische gesetzte innere besagte Perforierungen der Mittel (86, 87) (3, 7) ein Erz seiend mehr Objektive.
  15. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie im Anspruch 11 beschrieben, gekennzeichnet durch besagte optische gesetzte innere besagte Perforierungen der Mittel (86, 87) (3, 7) seiend Objektive eine stange des Erzes Gradienten ("Graded-index lenses").
  16. , Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie in Ansprüchen 1, 3, 8 oder 9 beschrieben, gekennzeichnet durch alle Perforierungen (7), das nicht mit irgendeiner Perforierung (3) des korrekten Schlüssels übereinstimmen darf, der jedes ist, schloß an oder paßte sich mittels eines optischen Führers (8) bis einer der optischen Eingänge besagten Kombinators (9) an.
  17. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie in irgendeiner vorausgegangenen Forderung beschrieben, gekennzeichnet durch besagte oder mehr Lichtquellen (6), die in besagtes elektronisches entferntmodul (12) oder innen irgendwoanders und das ausgestrahlte Licht übertragen wird besagten Mitteln (1) für optische Anerkennung des Schlüssels mittels eines optischen Führers (8) enthält eine oder mehr optischen Fasern gelegt werden; fördern Sie gekennzeichnet durch besagtes verbindene optische Mittel der Mittel (1) (91), die dem Schlüssel übertragen, wenn besagter Schlüssel in besagte Mittel (1), das Licht eingesetzt oder angepaßt oder gelegt wird, das durch besagte oder mehr Lichtquellen (6) ausgestrahlt wird.
  18. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie in jeder vorausgegangenen Forderung beschrieben, gekennzeichnet durch den besagten Schlüssel, der einen elektronischen Modulator enthält, der moduliert und kodifizieren die Strahlung, die durch besagte oder mehr Lichtquellen (6), mit einer Modulation oder einem Code, die, ausgestrahlt wird zu Verriegelung zur Verriegelung, zu besagter Modulation oder zum Code, der auch verwendet wird, den korrekten Schlüssel zu kennzeichnen unterschiedlich ist.
  19. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie in irgendeiner vorausgegangenen Forderung beschrieben, gekennzeichnet durch den besagten Schlüssel, der einen elektrooptischen Modulator enthält, der die Strahlung moduliert und kodifiziert, die durch besagte oder mehr Lichtquellen (6), mit einer Modulation oder einem Code, die, ausgestrahlt wird zu Verriegelung zur Verriegelung, zu besagter Modulation oder zum Code, der auch verwendet wird, den korrekten Schlüssel zu kennzeichnen unterschiedlich ist.
  20. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie in Anspruch 1 beschrieben, gekennzeichnet mit besagten Mitteln (1) für optische Anerkennung des Schlüssels, der körperliche Vollständigkeit prüfenmittel hat, aus einem leitenden Segment oder Schiene lokalisierten Innere besagten Mitteln zu bestehen (1) und angeschlossen elektrisch an besagtes elektronisches Modul (12), die das letzte informieren, indem sie des Stromkreises, der mißbräuchlichen oder heftigen Versuche, das verriegelnsystem zu aktivieren oder zu entriegeln oder ungesetzlichen Zugang zu gewinnen brechen.
  21. Optoelektronisches verriegelnsystem, wie in Anspruch 1 beschrieben, gekennzeichnet mit besagten Mitteln (1) für optische Anerkennung des Schlüssels, der körperliche Vollständigkeit prüfenmittel hat, aus einem optischen Segment, einer Schiene oder optischer Führer lokalisierten inneren Mitteln zu bestehen (1) und angepaßt, um auf einem seiner Enden, Licht von besagter oder mehr Lichtquellen (6) und mit seinem anderen Ende zu empfangen angeschlossen oder bis eins der besagten Licht-gegenwärtigen Signalumformer (10), des informierenden besagten elektronischen Moduls (12) durch das Brechen des optischen Stromkreises, der mißbräuchlichen oder heftigen Versuche angepaßt, das verriegelnsystem zu aktivieren oder zu entriegeln oder ungesetzlichen Zugang zu gewinnen.
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