Scramblefactor 門禁讀卡器 by Travis Baldwin - Crea Inc Design Ltd.

Scramblefactor 門禁讀卡器 by Travis Baldwin - Crea Inc Design Ltd. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 保安產品設計 Competition Category.

鐵保安產品· 2025

Scramblefactor 門禁讀卡器

by Travis Baldwin - Crea Inc Design Ltd.

Client: Hirsch Secure

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 保安產品 Category

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The Design

About Scramblefactor 門禁讀卡器

Scramblefactor係一款專為安全出入口設計嘅門禁讀卡器。佢結合咗三種身份識別方式:卡片讀取器、顯示喺觸控螢幕上嘅數字鍵盤,以及指紋辨識器。鍵盤上嘅數字位置會不斷變換,令旁人無法偷看輸入嘅密碼。前面板採用射出成型塑膠製造,而客製化顯示屏則使用光學貼合玻璃技術。呢部讀卡器達到IP65防水防塵等級,並且可於現場維修——螢幕同內部組件均可喺主機保持安裝狀態下更換。透過模具嵌件,仲可以生產多款可選配置。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Scramblefactor 門禁讀卡器是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計Scramblefactor 門禁讀卡器將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。Scramblefactor 門禁讀卡器因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The scramblefactor is a modern take on a classic security design. The overally goal was an update on the original design, adding functionality and an attactive look that blends into the user environment.

The original was individual depressable buttons with a tiny screen on each button. This version simplifies the construction with a touchscreen, and adds 2 more identification methods with a fingerprint and card reader. The multifactor verification ensures secure and accurate access control.

It is a field serviceable product - the screen and internal components can be easily changed while mounted.
Unique design for IP65 sealing.

With the touchscreen display, it's easy to clean front face.

The front bezel has optional configurations using a tooling insert... the fingerprint reader and/or card reader can be deleted from the tool to create variations on the product.
Dimensions & Packaging: H 6.14 in. (15.6 cm) x W 4.45 in. (11.30 cm) x D 1.93 in. (4.90 cm)
Tags: Biometric, Identity, Access Control, Hirsch, Identiv, Crea Inc Dsign ltd.
Production Technology: The product consistes of an injection molded plastic front bezel assembly that houses the pcb and components, such as the fingerprint reader and front glass display. The display has a custom front to fit the front recess and the custom gorilla glass is optically bonded.

There are multiple options for the rear cover.. either a sheet metal box, or a variaton of the box with a sheet metal sun visor. The front bezel assembly can also be mounted onto a wall, and the deeper parts extent into a standard off-the shelf plastic back-box mounted within the wall. A fourth option is a rear injection molded plastic back cover.
Design Challenge: The creative challenge was to make a friendly but serious asthetic on a durable and complex outdoor access control product. The look and feel would have to accomodate a complicated assembly process to house the 3 different ID technologies, and fit within pre-existing sheet metal boxes. The industrial design would have to be almost completely realized by only designing the multipart front bezel. Additional challenges to the industrial design were the waterproofing gaskets and field servicable requirements.
Research: The scramblepad is a product concept where the numbers on an access keypad can change position, to prevent an onlooker from recognizing the pattern of movement when typing in a code for acess. Originally, the scramble pad had physical keys with small screens on each button that could change the number displayed. The Scramblefactor uses a ruggedized custom-made touchscreen to simpify the construction and improve durability. This screen was developed around available screen supply and process such as optical bonding with Gorilla Glass. The multi-factor biometric that's been added gives a much higher level of security, where development went into choosing components for functionality and fit into the small area we had beneath the touchscreen. Prototypes were used extensively, both form models and working prototypes. This helped determine functional mechanical solutions around the size, shape, and ergonomic comfort for the user, as well as the overall look and feel.
Inspiration: Inspirations for the Scramble-Factor were high tech security devices out on the market today, however we pushed the design farther with sleek scifi movie inspiration. Previous Identiv brand language was used as an inspiration as well,
lookig how it could be evolved.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2021 and most of the industrial design engineering work happened during the course of 2022. The detailed mechanical and electrical engineering was completed in 2023 and production started that year.
Operation Flow: A user approaches a Hirsch access controlled entry point and the ScrambleFactor reader will be mounted nearby. The user would approach the device, then wake it up with a touch on the touchscreen. First LED on the badge reader would lite up, indicating that the badge should be scanned. Once verified, a graphic display of the numberpad will then be displayed on the main screen, with the numbers scrambled in a un-predictable way. (The numbers would not be consecutive) The user would enter his secret pin and because of the scrambled numbers, an observer would not be able to determine the pattern. Once the correct pin is entered, an LED would light up on the fingerprint reader indicating that a finger should be scanned. When the user scans and verified there fingerprint, the device sends a signal to the door to open.
Team Members: Mark Butcher, Travis Baldwin, Sixtus Stanley, Jono Taylor
Image Credits: Image #1: Illustrator Travis Baldwin, Angled Bezel, 2022.
Image #2: Illustrator Travis Baldwin, Assembled in Sheet Metal Box, 2022.
Image #3: Illustrator Travis Baldwin, Assembled with Sheet Metal Sun Visor Box 1, 2022.
Image #4: Illustrator Travis Baldwin, Assembled with Plastic Back Box, 2022.
Image #5: Illustrator Travis Baldwin, Assembled with Sheet Metal Sun Visor Box 2, 2022.