EP2050048A1 - System for managing and controlling the movement of people and/or goods inside of equipped areas - Google Patents
System for managing and controlling the movement of people and/or goods inside of equipped areasInfo
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- EP2050048A1 EP2050048A1 EP06796254A EP06796254A EP2050048A1 EP 2050048 A1 EP2050048 A1 EP 2050048A1 EP 06796254 A EP06796254 A EP 06796254A EP 06796254 A EP06796254 A EP 06796254A EP 2050048 A1 EP2050048 A1 EP 2050048A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06Q10/00—Administration; Management
- G06Q10/08—Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
- G07C9/20—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass
- G07C9/28—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
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- the present invention relates in general to the transport sector, and more specifically to a system designed to enable recognition of people and/or goods that circulate within a pre-defined area.
- a system designed to enable recognition of people and/or goods that circulate within a pre-defined area According to the invention, to carry out said recognition, recourse is had to the known technology of radio-frequency identification, better known in the sector by the acronym RFID.
- Transponders i.e., the devices which, when interrogated, issue an identification code and/or other useful data, form by now part of everyday reality: they are used in security systems on board aeroplanes, in motorway payment systems ("Telepass”) or in anti-theft systems.
- the current electronic technology enables radio-frequency transponders to be obtained that are as thin as a label (for this reason, they are referred to as "tags") and are of extremely low cost, suited to a multiplicity of new applications.
- tags are of extremely low cost, suited to a multiplicity of new applications.
- RFID is an electromagnetic technology, it enables reading of the identity of objects even if these are not visible by the reader and even for a number of objects simultaneously (it is possible to detect immediately the quantities contained within a truck and trailer loaded with freight that transits through purposely provided entry/exit gates) . If to this is added the fact that the reading operation can take place from a distance of several metres and without involving special staff, it may be understood how the RFID technology is rapidly gaining consensus and is already used in even markedly different contexts, such as military corps and fashion houses.
- An RFID system requires at least three fundamental components: an antenna, a tr-ansceiver with decoder, and a transponder (which is referred to as RF tag) to be attached to the product as if it were a bar-code.
- RF tag Stored in the transponder are at least the data that identify the product itself.
- the signal emitted by the latter activates both the RFID tag and the transceiver, which reads the data written in the tag and communicates them to the central system.
- antennas for example inserted in manual readers, which behave more or less as traditional bar-code readers or else which can be inserted in gates for reacting to the passage of people who are carrying goods.
- the range of action can vary from a couple of centimetres to some thirty metres.
- tags according to the uses to which they are put, they can be active or passive.
- the former have an on-board battery and are suited for applications such as checking on access of staff. They can store up to 1 MB of data, and the contents can be overwritten.
- Passive tags which are, instead, without batteries of their own, are supplied by the same radio waves as those emitted by the reader/antenna. They are much lighter than active tags, cost very little and have a practically unlimited, duration.
- the further evolution of RFID technologies in handling individual goods would permit surprising applications.
- the first step which is simply represented by a passage to a mass production thereof, will enable a reduction in the cost of RF tags to one third of the current cost down to approximately 5 cents given the same technology. This will enable use of tags on goods having a unit value (???and [?plus] margin) that is much lower than what is practicable today.
- the second place there will be a passage to tags that are also writable via RF, a fact that will enable modification of the parameters of the goods as they pass through the distribution chain.
- the final aim which is as disquieting as it is spectacular, is insertion of the tag within the structure of the goods.
- a first step has already been taken in this direction, with the tags without microprocessor, which reflect the radio waves that impinge thereupon, distorting them, and in this way supply some information on the goods to which they are applied.
- a second step is already being applied experimentally and is based upon integrated microchips of extremely small dimensions, approximately three times the thickness of a hair.
- the frequency of 13.56 MHz is one amongst the most widely used at a world-wide level for RFID applications, a very interesting element from the applicational standpoint in so far as it means a considerable exportability of the applications.
- it is a very low frequency, it is totally acceptable from the environmental standpoint (so much so that WWF itself admits it for tracing protected animal species) .
- it is one of the few frequencies accepted also in the hospital context. The fact of not generating interference on medical equipment is of very great interest from the standpoint of tracing of g ⁇ oods and people.
- the frequency of 13.56 MHz is the most indicated for applications in the hospital and environmental contexts, is usable at a world-wide level and is supported by international standards, in addition to being a frequency that is immune to disturbance and that does not interfere with other electronic products (ISM - Industrial, Scientific & Medical - frequency) .
- the storage capacity of current chips enables storage also of the biometric information necessary for personal identification, and this is particularly useful in the field of applications for security and control of the territory, for the purpose of vigilance against terrorism especially in the airport sector.
- Another aspect to be considered is represented by the fact that, if a passenger is forced not to leave for an unexpected problem that has arisen after he has checked in and after corresponding consignment of the luggage, his luggage could be shipped even so, unless, thanks to the current anti-terrorism measures, the departure of the aeroplane is prevented until the luggage has been unloaded from the hold, with evident delays and inconvenience for the departing passengers.
- a first purpose of the invention is to be able to check that each passenger that has checked in actually boards the right aeroplane, together with his own possible luggage, whether it is hand luggage or luggage accompanying him.
- a second purpose of the invention is to prevent a piece of luggage from leaving by itself or remaining on the ground whereas its owner boards the aeroplane.
- a management and control system comprising, in combination: at least one check-in terminal connected to a management and control centre, which is equipped with means designed to store the data for recognition of the passenger on purposely provided transponders to be affixed to the luggage and to the embarkation card; as well as at least one first electronic gate for the people and the hand luggage and at least one second electronic gate for the luggage accompanying the passenger, located at the check-in desk; and at least one third electronic gate for the passengers and hand luggage at a point corresponding to the entry hatch to the aeroplane and at least one fourth electronic gate for the luggage accompanying the passenger at a point corresponding to the loading hatch of the aeroplane.
- said gates are in communication with one another and with the check-in terminal and are designed to analyse the data contained in the transponders affixed to the luggage and to the embarkation card during their transit through the respective gates, verifying effective matching and issuing a real-time warning in the event of any possible discordance.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram of a first embodiment of the invention.
- the management and control system envisages, at the check-in point, at least one electronic gate Gl dedicated to entry of the passengers and of the possible hand luggage in an area reserved to departing passengers, and at least one electronic gate G2 dedicated to entry of the " luggage accompanying the passenger (for the hold) in the area reserved to the departing luggage.
- the management and control system envisages, at the check-in point, at least one electronic gate Gl dedicated to entry of the passengers and of the possible hand luggage in an area reserved to departing passengers, and at least one electronic gate G2 dedicated to entry of the " luggage accompanying the passenger (for the hold) in the area reserved to the departing luggage.
- respective electronic gates G3 and G4 are provided at a point corresponding to the entry hatch for the passengers and to the loading hatch of the aeroplane.
- said electronic gates are designed to read the data contained on purposely provided RFID tags that have been associated and applied to the usual embarkation card of the- passenger and to the corresponding and well-known labels that are affixed to the passenger's luggage, including hand luggage, and to issue a warning for any possible incongruences or anomalies at the passage of the passenger and/or of his luggage.
- RFID tags that have been associated and applied to the usual embarkation card of the- passenger and to the corresponding and well-known labels that are affixed to the passenger's luggage, including hand luggage, and to issue a warning for any possible incongruences or anomalies at the passage of the passenger and/or of his luggage.
- the check for passenger/luggage matching comes about in real time.
- all the gates are connected together and/or to a data-processing centre of the management and control centre via wired connection (e.g., ethernet) or else via wireless connection (wireless network) , enabling the responsible staff to check immediately any anomalies dedicating themselves only to said checks.
- wired connection e.g., ethernet
- wireless connection wireless network
- the RFID electronic gates it is preferable for the RFID electronic gates to be equipped with presence/passage detectors of a known type, such as for example photoelectric cells, laser or microwave or infrared sensors, etc., which signal the passage of people or goods not provided with- RFID tags.
- presence/passage sensors of a known type, such as for example photoelectric cells, laser or microwave or infrared sensors, etc.
- the use of said presence/passage sensors enables also detection of the direction in which the gate is traversed, i.e., entry or exit.
- the width of the electronic gates it is expedient for the width of the electronic gates to be sufficient to enable passage of just one person at a time.
- the inventive idea underlying the invention can be applied for managing with greater effectiveness security within an equipped area, even when the area is extremely vast.
- the pass can be constituted by a badge, a bracelet or any other object that can be easily carried by the user.
- Said passes can be also dispensed by purposely designed issuing machines made available in the immediate vicinity of the access gates.
- the data that are stored on said passes may comprise: demographic data, identity-document number, fingerprints or retinal scans, photograph, etc.
- the passengers are provided with said passes, at the check-in point also the data corresponding to the flight, gate, ticket and luggage will be further stored thereon, so that the passenger can be immediately notified in the case where he is taking the wrong gate or enters an area for which he is not authorized (such as, for example, an international- flight area when his destination is national) .
- the security is guaranteed by the fact that, by associating to each electronic gate a turnstile for access to the next area, it is possible to prevent/authorize passage of the person according to whether the data stored on the pass correspond to those of the area that he is attempting to enter and to the biometric characteristics of the person himself. It is worthwhile noting that, in the case where the luggage is loaded on board via an automatic ramp- loader, the latter will be equipped with an electronic gate, connected via wireless/Ian connection to the control centre, that will stop and issue a warning in the case of presence of a piece of luggage the transponder of which contains data not corresponding to the aeroplane on which it is about to be loaded.
- the staff responsible for loading pass it through a portable gate connected by wireless connection with the management and control centre or check the luggage piece by piece with a palm-top of the type already described so as to be certain that they are not loading luggage that is intended for another plane.
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