ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,736, issued on July 28, was assigned to IDEMIA PUBLIC SECURITY FRANCE (Courbevoie, France).
"Method for securing an access to a location using a gate system and an overhead sensor" was invented by Samuel Chung-Chuen Chan (Courbevoie, France), Neil Scott Graham (Courbevoie, France) and Steven James Bennett (Courbevoie, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for securing an access to a location using a gate system including an entrance door and an exit door that opens onto the location, comprising: obtaining a number of persons who will form a group to pass through the gate system together, opening the entrance door, counting t...