Improving the security of buildings

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EP 0 790 585 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	07.01.1999 Bulletin 1999/01

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	20.08.1997 Bulletin 1997/34

(21)	Application number: 97300923.6

(22)	Date of filing: 13.02.1997

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: G07C 9/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IE IT NL

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Priority:

15.02.1996 GB 9603163

(71)	Applicant: Kalamazoo Computer Group Plc
	Northfield, Birmingham B31 2RW (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	Devaney, Michael Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7SY (GB) Brown, Alan Wickesley, Rotheram, S66 0HS (GB) Carthew, David Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3XJ (GB) Farndon, Daniel Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9AE (GB)

(74)	Representative: Lawrence, John
	Barker, Brettell & Duncan, 138, Hagley Road, Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW Birmingham B16 9PW (GB)

(54)	Improving the security of buildings

(57) A visitor monitoring system is provided which allows the identity of visitors to be recorded as they arrive at a premises. A keyboard 6 allows data to be entered which is then displayed on a display means 2. Passes for the visitor are produced on a printing means 4. The data can be stored on the storage means 10. Passes produced are machine readable and pass reading devices 8 may be provided. The system may also operate doors 18 and car park barriers 22 by the reading of the pass.

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