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Background Many public and private facilities are equipped with automatic door openers. Some open by detecting motion as someone approaches. Most public facilities require the press of a button mounted on a wall or post.
While these buttons are functional, for some disabled Americans, they are less than
convenient. They can be difficult to locate for the blind or to access for others confined to wheel chairs. If it is cold, raining or snowing, once the button is pressed,
the wait for the door to open can seem like an eternity. Does this look convenient? Chris doesn't think so either. Chris Klein, the cofounder of the nonprofit organization oneLINK, knows there is a better way. oneLINK was established to develop that better way.
Today many of us enjoy the convenience of wireless technology. We use it to open our garage doors, unlock our car doors and arm/disarm our security systems. With all of these systems, typically a transmitter is matched to a receiver by special security codes. This is primarily for security reasons. Therefore, these systems as they are currently manufactured, would not work for public buildings because the users would have to have a separate transmitter for every public, commercial or private facility they desired to enter. The oneLINK concept creates an open standard that defines the wireless link for public access. An open standard allows for the manufacture of receivers that can be placed on automatic doors of public, commercial and private facilities. The standard also provides for the manufacture of transmitters that can be utilized with any oneLINK receiver. Then with a single transmitter, the user can open any automatic door that is equipped with a oneLINK receiver. Without a standard, all the receivers and transmitters would be different, which eliminates the possibility of one transmitter working on all public doors. The security of facilities equipped with oneLINK is no different than without oneLINK. When the facility is locked, oneLINK is disabled just as the buttons mounted on the post are. An open standard also provides for competition in the market place. oneLINK does not manufacture any products. We simply have developed the open standard and will promote it as the public standard for wireless access. We will also promote and aid in the development of new products that can be utilized with a oneLINK compatible transmitter or receiver. oneLINK transmitters could include additional buttons which could perform other functions like calling an elevator, turning on the lights in a home or opening a private door. The sky is the limit. With oneLINK, as a user approaches the door, they simply press their oneLINK transmitter button. By the time they arrive at the door it is already open. A simple task with a major enhancement to the quality of life for thousands of disabled Americans. |
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