Patent attributes
A security portal has a body having sidewalls and a top, a floor, and an entrance passageway, a remotely operable entrance barrier at the entrance passageway, a remotely operable exit barrier at the exit passageway, input apparatus in the security portal, an optical temperature sensor positioned and remotely operable to sense the subject's skin temperature, and a computerized base station remote from the security portal. The operative opens the entrance barrier to admit the subject, uses the input apparatus to solicit information, performs an evaluation process involving identity and skin temperature, and, depending on result of the evaluation process, the operative opens the entrance barrier and asks the subject to leave through the entrance passageway, or opens the exit barrier and asks the subject to leave through the exit passageway into the secured area.
