Australian entrance security and access control specialist Entrance Control has launched its latest EasyGate Compact swing speedgate.
Incorporating new sensor technology, the gates reportedly allow for detection of movement across a greater distance and wider field of view, without the need for point-to-point beams within the lanes themselves.
Access gates that use traditional point-to-point infrared beams can only detect movement once a person enters an entrance control gate lane.
The EasyGate Compact’s Sensira Scope sensors instead work by sending out pulses of energy across a wide field of vision and detecting any time an object is struck, allowing accurate ‘time-of-flight’ measurement of movement and real-time 3D mapping of the surroundings.
This approach, the company says, means movement can be sensed more precisely and from further away as a person approaches the gates.
“It’s a small innovation, but one with big implications for building and lobby design because long lanes are no longer needed. It means the physical footprint of this gate [is] reduced considerably,” Entrance Control general manager Michael Bystram says.
The gate’s LED lights guide user entry and advanced sensors detect climb-over attempts.
The Sensira Scope technology is available in two variations – standard Sensira Scope and an AI-enhanced Sensira Scope Ultra variation that can even more accurately detect tailgating, side-by-side entry attempts, and users who try to move through the gates in the wrong direction – such as entering through exit gates when someone else opens them.
The pedestals on the EasyGate Compact are 290 millimetres long, which the company claims is far smaller than many other gates on the market.
Available in brushed stainless steel or with a custom powder-coated finish, the EasyGate Compact integrates with building management systems and can be fitted with glass wing barriers between 990 millimetres and 1800 millimetres high.
Entrance Control’s operations are primarily focused on high-end pedestrian access systems such as speedgates, speedstiles and turnstiles for commercial buildings, leisure facilities and secure environments.
A recent example of its work is the new $70 million White Fox HQ in the inner city Sydney suburb of Rosebery, where facial recognition technology is integrated at the entry points.
Apart from Australia and New Zealand, Entrance Control’s products are found internationally at The Bard (a premium office space in Shoreditch, East London), the Bořislavka Centre (a landmark office and retail space on Evropská Street in Prague), the Deutsche Bahn headquarters in Berlin’s 26-storey Bahntower and the seven-storey Dominion Tower office building in Moscow.
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