EP2919199B1 - Method and system for controlling the authorisation to access cyclic means of transport, comprising at least one locally fixed boarding and at least one locally fixed disembarking area - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a method and a system for controlling the access authorization for clocked, i. at regular predetermined distances moving means of transport, which have at least one locally fixed boarding and at least one fixed Aussteigebereich. The means of transport may preferably be means of transport of leisure facilities, in particular ski lifts and cable cars.

It is known from the prior art to carry out an access control before entering this means of transport in means of transport of leisure facilities which have fixed entry and exit areas. In this case, access control devices are provided in front of the boarding area, which have means for detecting and evaluating the access authorization and mechanical or otherwise executed locks, for example in the form of turnstiles or so-called flap gates, wherein the mechanical locks only automatically or manually unlocked after the presence of a valid access authorization become.

Disadvantageously, the access is made very uncomfortable by the lock and the concomitant blockage of access. In particular, the presence of the barrier of children and the elderly is perceived as unpleasant. In addition, the access control performed in conjunction with the locks results in stress, thereby significantly affecting leisure time pleasure. In the case of clocked means of transport, such as cable cars or ski lifts, this also often results in the fact that the production capacity is not fully utilized, which on the one hand increases the waiting times and on the other can also lead to financial losses for the operator.

Furthermore, the type of access control mentioned at the beginning also proves to be inefficient and costly for the operators of the means of transport or of the leisure facilities. As a rule, the vast majority of the users of the means of transport is in possession of a valid access authorization. According to the prior art, therefore, all users of such means of transport are controlled in order to determine a typically very low proportion of black drivers or users with invalid access authorization, which is associated with a high outlay. For example, from the published patent application US2009 / 0090772 A1 a method for checking train tickets is known in which when boarding a train, a first check of the tickets is done. In a further check, a mobile device used by the controller detects valid valid tickets in its vicinity and compares them to the number of existing train passengers who are within the coverage of the mobile device. If there are discrepancies between the number of tickets and the number of train passengers, a second check is carried out; when leaving the means of transport is a third check.

The present invention has for its object to provide a method for controlling the access authorization in cycled moving means of transport, in particular at ski lifts and cable cars, which have at least one fixed entry and at least one fixed Aussteigebereich specify, by the implementation of the locks in the boarding omitted which increases comfort for the users and exploits the production capacity without compromising the quality of the access authorization control. In addition, the method according to the invention should not impair the individual data recording for subsequent billing and / or evaluation, which often takes place simultaneously with the access control according to the prior art.

Furthermore, a system for controlling the access authorization for cyclically-moving means of transport, in particular for ski lifts and cable cars, which have at least one locally fixed boarding and at least one locally determined boarding area, in which the locks in the boarding area are dispensed with. In particular, a system for carrying out the method according to the invention, in particular for ski lifts and cable cars should be specified.

This object is achieved for a method by the features of patent claim 1. A system for controlling access authorization for cyclically-moving means of transport, in particular for ski lifts and cable cars, is the subject of patent claim 12.

Accordingly, a method for controlling the access authorization for cycled means of transport, which have at least one fixed entry and at least one fixed exit area, proposed in the context of the at least one entry area the access to the means of transport without access control takes place, wherein the access authorizations of persons present in the means of transport are read without contact while driving by means of externally arranged, stationary means for non-contact detection of access authorizations. In the context of the acquisition of the access authorizations, the access authorization categories of the access authorizations for the purpose of comparison with the persons present per access authorization category in the means of transport are recorded according to a development of the invention for the purpose of access control.

If the number of valid access authorizations recorded is less than the number of persons present in the means of transport and / or if the access authorization categories of the access authorizations are recorded by the means for contactless registration of the access authorizations - a discrepancy between the number of access authorizations If there are valid valid access authorizations per access authorization category and the number of persons present in the means of transport per access authorization category, a check of the access authorizations is carried out after alighting in at least one disembarkation area in order to identify the at least one person without valid access authorization.

If the number of valid access authorizations recorded corresponds to the number of persons present in the means of transport and in case the access authorization categories of the access authorizations are detected by the means for non-contact registration of the access authorizations, there is no discrepancy between the number of valid access authorizations recorded per access authorization category and Number of persons present in the means of transport per category of access authorization, the persons present in the means of transport leave the boarding area without any control of the access authorizations.

According to the invention, the number of valid access authorizations recorded and, in the case where the access authorizations access authorization categories are detected by the means for non-contact registration of the access authorizations, the number of valid access authorizations per access authorization category detected may be limited to one provided in the at least one disembarkation area Monitoring system, which includes a control to be transmitted. The transfer of the collected data to the monitoring system can be done via radio, WLAN or, for example in the case of a cable car or a ski lift via a cable.

The method according to the invention can be based on the evaluation of the comparison of the number of valid access authorizations recorded with the number of persons present in the means of transport or on the evaluation of the comparison of the number of valid access authorizations per access authorization category with the number of per access authorization category in the Transporting persons present or based on both evaluations.

In the context of a first variant of the method according to the invention, the number of persons present in the means of transport and in the event that the access authorization categories of the access authorizations are detected by the means for contactless registration of the access authorizations, the access authorization categories of persons present in the means of transport by means of a visual inspection the staff determined in at least one Aussteigebereich and then compared with the data transmitted to the monitoring system data, it is determined by the comparison, whether the number of valid access rights recorded corresponds to the number of persons present in the means of transport and in the event that Means for contactless registration of the access authorizations the access authorization categories of the access authorizations are detected whether a discrepancy between the number of valid access authorizations recorded per access category and the number of persons present in the means of transport per category of access authorization.

For example, after exiting the at least one disembarkation area, the access authorizations are checked when two valid access rights for children and two valid access rights for adults are recorded and displayed by means of the monitoring system and the personnel in the disembarkation area see four adults disembark. The control of access authorizations can be done manually or automatically, for example, by passing a conventional access control device in the form of a turnstile.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, the no longer valid or expired access authorizations for the means of transport are detected by the means for non-contact detection of access authorizations of the system for controlling the access authorization and also transmitted to the monitoring system, whereby the work of the personnel in Ausgestigebereich is facilitated, as there is already an information available, which may refer to persons without a valid access authorization.

In the context of the invention, the number of persons present in the means of transport is determined by means for determining the number of persons present while driving and additionally transmitted to the monitoring system in addition to or in addition to the visual inspection by the staff, in which case by the means For the contactless registration of the access authorizations, the access authorization categories of the access authorizations are recorded, the access authorization categories of the persons present in the means of transport are determined on the basis of a visual inspection by the personnel in the at least one disembarkation area. Based on the number of persons present in the means of transport and, if the number of valid access entitlements per access entitlement category is determined, the number of valid access entitlements per access entitlement category recorded, it is determined whether the number of valid access entitlements recorded by the Means for determining the number of persons present in the means of transport and whether there is a discrepancy between the number of valid valid access entitlements per access authorization category and the number of persons present in the means of transport per category.

In the event that the number of persons present in the means of transport detected by the means for determining the number of persons present is greater than the number of persons present in the means of transport This can be displayed in the monitoring system, whereby an optional optical and / or acoustic signal is generated.

Within the scope of a development of the invention, a categorization of the persons can be carried out on the basis of the type of required access authorization while driving by means for categorizing persons, in order to record the number of persons present in the transport per access authorization category, the number of access authorizations recorded per category of access entitlement is compared with the number of persons per category of access entitlement in the means of transport detected by the means for categorizing persons and in case of discrepancy between the number of access entitlements per access authorization category and the number of categorization means Persons present in the means of transport per category of access authorization or between the number of valid access rights recorded by the means for the non-contact recording of access authorizations and after the number of persons present in the means of transport, after exiting the exit area, a check of the access authorizations is carried out, as already explained. In this case, a visual inspection by the staff can be performed optionally. If there is no discrepancy, the persons present in the means of transport can leave the boarding area without any control.

According to a preferred variant of the invention, the categorization of the persons takes place on the basis of the age of the persons present in the means of transport. Further criteria for the categorization may be the size, the sex, which can be determined for example by facial recognition, or the appearance of the persons present in the means of transport. Furthermore, the colors of the garments, for example the helmets, jackets, trousers, possibly shoes and / or the geometric body conditions, eg arm lengths, leg lengths, shoulder widths, head dimensions in comparison to body lengths can be used for categorization. This can serve as a boundary points recognized joints that are recognized as "kinks" from movements out.

In order to facilitate the work of the staff or to effect an automation of the method, an identifier of the means of transport is preferably detected and transmitted to the monitoring system by the means for non-contact detection of access permissions. Alternatively, the identifier of the means of transport can be transmitted via radio, WLAN or cable.

The comparison of the recorded access authorizations per access authorization category with the number of persons present per access authorization category in the means of transport and the comparison of the number of valid access authorizations recorded by the means for contactless registration of the access authorizations with the number of persons present in the means of transport is preferably in Control performed and displayed in the monitoring system. Optionally, an optical and / or acoustic signal can be generated.

The data acquired by the means for contactless registration of the access authorizations, the means for determining the number of persons present in the means of transport and the means for categorizing persons of the access authorization control system according to the invention are preferably transmitted to the monitoring system via radio, WLAN or cable Transmitted system, wherein the evaluation of the acquired data takes place in the controller.

According to a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention, the means for determining the number of persons also serve as means for categorizing persons.

For example, based on the evaluation of data on means of categorizing people, it is possible to determine how many adults and how many children are present in the means of transport, with the number of adults and children corresponding to the number of valid access entitlements for adults or children recorded in the controller is compared. In the case of more access rights for children than children, a check on the access authorizations will be carried out in the boarding area to identify the adult persons who have used the means of transport with access rights for children.

According to a further embodiment of the invention is signaled in response to signals of an attached to the means of transport optical and / or acoustic signaling device, whether there is a discrepancy between the number of detected valid access permissions and the detected number of persons present in the transport and / or if a discrepancy between the number of access authorizations seized per access authorization category and the number of persons present per access authorization category. In the event that no means are provided for categorizing persons, only a discrepancy between the number of valid access authorizations recorded and the number of persons present in the means of transport is signaled. The control of the optical and / or acoustic signal device preferably takes place via radio, WLAN or cable.

In the case of an optical signal device, depending on the colors of the optical signals, it is signaled whether there is a discrepancy between the number of valid access authorizations recorded and the number of persons present in the means of transport and, optionally, how great this discrepancy is. For example, it can be signaled by the color "green" that the number of people matches the number of valid access rights determined, with a red color indicating a strong and yellow a slight discrepancy.

In the event that a categorization of the persons is carried out on the basis of the means for categorizing persons on the basis of the type of required access authorization, the visual and / or acoustic signaling device may also discrepancy between the number of access authorizations recorded per access authorization category and the number the persons identified per access authorization category. According to the invention, the optical signaling device can have two areas, each of which is the discrepancy between the number of valid access authorizations recorded and the number of persons present in the means of transport, and the discrepancy between the number of access authorizations recorded per access authorization category and the number of access authorizations per access authorization category. Category identified persons are assigned.

In the context of a preferred embodiment of the invention is in the event that after exiting the Aussteigebereich a control of access permissions is performed, for example, if the number of valid access permissions is less than the number of persons present in the transport and / or if a discrepancy between the The number of access authorizations per access authorization category and the number of persons present in the means of transport per access authorization category, the control of the access rights after disembarkation in at least one disembarkation area carried out by the persons present in the means of transport after disembarkation means Persons are redirected in such a way that the exit of the boarding area by passing through means for controlling the access rights takes place. It is of course also possible that the persons are individually controlled by the staff.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the diversion of persons can be done automatically. In this case, in the event that the number of persons present in the means of transport is determined by means of determining the number of persons present during the journey and is greater than the number of valid access authorizations recorded and / or a categorization of persons based on the nature of access authorization required during the journey is carried out by means for categorizing persons and there is a discrepancy between the number of valid access authorizations per access authorization category and the number of persons present per access authorization category in the means of transport, the diversion based on the detected identifier of the means of transport automatically by activation of means for the diversion of persons, for example of personnel locks, carried out by the controller.

The diversion of persons can also, in particular in the event that the number of persons present in the means of transport and / or the number of persons present per access authorization category in the means of transport is determined by means of a visual inspection, manually by pressing a switch or a mechanical device for Activate the means to be redirected by persons.

Furthermore, random inspections of the access authorizations of the persons present in a means of transport can be carried out in the at least one disembarkation area.

The means for controlling the access authorizations preferably comprise at least one access control device with a mechanical lock, wherein the access authorizations can be read without contact.

The access authorizations are preferably stored on RFID cards, which can be embodied as active or passive RFID cards, and are read out by means designed as RFID readers for the contactless registration of the access authorizations.

The means for non-contact detection of access authorizations are outside the means of transport in a place where the means of transport passing stationary arranged and serve to detect the access permissions of the passengers of the passing means of transport. For example, the means for non-contact detection of the access authorizations may be arranged on a mast or other device, past which the means of transport pass, so that the access authorizations can be read out while the transport means is being driven. In the case of a ski area, the means for non-contact detection of the access authorizations are preferably arranged on the masts or supports of a cable car or a ski lift. This refinement has the advantage that an access control of the passengers of all gondolas or armchairs of a cable car is carried out by means of only one reading device serving as a means for contactless detection of the access authorizations. In order to increase the reliability of detection, a plurality of reading devices may be provided within the scope of further developments of the invention, which are each arranged at different locations, the data supplied by the reading devices being compared for consistency.

The means for determining the number of persons present in the means of transport of the system for controlling the access authorization for means of transport, which have at least one fixed entry and at least one fixed exit area, are preferably analogous to the means for non-contact detection Access authorizations outside the means of transport at a location where the means of transport pass by fixedly arranged and executed as digital cameras or thermal imaging cameras whose images are automatically evaluated by a corresponding evaluation or manually. Furthermore, the means for determining the number of people present in the means of transport can be provided in at least one boarding area, wherein the persons are detected who get into the respective means of transport, for example in a gondola of a cable car. By this arrangement options, the advantage that only one camera, the number of passengers of all gondolas or chairs of a cable car is determined.

In the event that means are provided for categorizing persons, these are preferably formed by the means for determining the number of persons present in the means of transport and designed as cameras with face recognition function.

Analogous to the means for determining the number of persons present in the means of transport, the means for categorizing persons may be attached to at least one place where the means of transport passes. It is also possible to arrange these means in the boarding area, whereby the persons are detected who get into the respective means of transport.

The concept according to the invention of shifting the readout of the access authorizations from the boarding area to the transport area and carrying out the inspection if necessary in the boarding area has the advantage that as a rule the users of the means of transport, for example the users of a ski lift or a cable car without any control, and get out, which is a significant improvement in comfort. Advantageously, the conveying capacity of the clocked moving means of transport is utilized, since due to the lack of access control in the boarding area, the time provided for boarding is utilized. In conventional methods and systems, the access control, for example, complications when reading the access authorization can cause the means of transport, such as a chairlift in a ski resort run empty. In the event that persons without access authorization make use of the means of transport, their collection and Determination also ensured. Since the percentage of people without valid access rights is usually less than 1%, the number of cases of diversion of persons in the exit area is very small.

Regardless of a detected in accordance with the invention conspicuousness and thereby manually or automatically triggered control, it is always possible to subject the persons in a means of transport of a corresponding control or to redirect to a control device.

Furthermore, it is ensured by the invention that the number of people who make use of a means of transport, is detected, which can be used for example for evaluations. Advantageously, the detection of the number of people in additional comfort increases result, since in the event that a means of transport is fully utilized, this can be visually and / or acoustically displayed in at least one boarding area.

According to the invention, while driving not only an authorization check but via the means for non-contact detection of access authorizations, a comprehensive individual data record for a later exact billing / billing or evaluation of the promotions.

Preferably, the means of transport are means of transport of recreational facilities, such as ski lifts or cable cars or cable cars or monorails in the urban environment.
Since such means of transport, such as gondolas, can carry a limited number of passengers, for example, in the event of a discrepancy between the quantity of the read valid access authorizations and the passengers carried the comfort loss through the subsequent control is relatively low.

An inventive system for controlling the access authorization for cycled moving means of transport, which have at least one locally determined boarding and at least one locally determined boarding area, comprises means outside the means of transport for non-contact detection of the station Access authorizations of the persons present in the means of transport during the journey, which are arranged at a location where the means of transport pass, wherein in at least one boarding area the access to the means of transport takes place without access control and wherein means are provided for controlling the access authorizations in at least one boarding area; which preferably comprise at least one mechanical lock access control device by which the persons present in the means of transport detect, in the event of a discrepancy between the number of valid access entitlements registered and the number of persons present in the means of transport and / or if the number of valid ones Access Permissions per Credential Category is determined when there is a mismatch between the number of Access Permissions recorded per Credential Category and the number of per Credential Category in Transport present persons present, are redirected, wherein means are provided for determining the number of persons present in the means of transport during the journey, which are mounted in a place where the means of transport passes. Furthermore, the system may include means for categorizing persons while driving, by means of which a categorization of the persons present in the means of transport is feasible on the basis of the type of access authorization required, which are preferably mounted outside the means of transport at a location where the means of transport pass. These means may be formed by the means for determining the number of persons present in the means of transport.

Furthermore, in at least one disembarkation area, the system may comprise a monitoring system comprising a control of the system and a display device to which the persons present by the means for non-contact detection of the access authorizations, by the means for determining the number of persons present in the means of transport provided by the means for categorizing persons if provided detected data and the identifier of the means of transport via radio, wireless or cable, wherein the evaluation of the detected data is carried out in the controller.

As already explained, an optical and / or acoustic signaling device can be attached to the means of transport, by which, in the event that means for determining the Number of persons present in the means of transport and / or means are provided for categorizing persons, is signaled whether there is a discrepancy between the number of registered valid access permissions and present in the means of transport and / or in the event that means for categorizing persons whether there is a discrepancy between the number of access authorizations recorded per access authorization category and the number of persons present per access authorization category, the control of the visual and / or acoustic signaling device taking place via radio, WLAN or cable.

According to an advantageous development of the invention means for diversion of persons may be provided in at least one Aussteigebereich whose activation is done manually by pressing a switch or a mechanical device or in the event that the number of people present in the transport means while driving by means of Determination of the number of present persons is determined and is greater than the number of valid access authorizations recorded and / or in the event that a categorization of persons based on the nature of the required access authorization while driving is carried out by means for categorizing persons and a There is a discrepancy between the number of valid access authorizations recorded per access authorization category and the number of persons present per category of access authorization in the means of transport sident identifier of the transport takes place. In this case, the means for diverting persons are automatically activated when the means of transport arrives in the exit area.

The system according to the invention for controlling access authorization for means of transport which have at least one locally fixed boarding and at least one locally determined boarding area can according to the invention be a system for controlling the access authorization for ski lifts or cable cars.

An advantageous embodiment of the invention, in which the system for controlling the access authorization at ski resorts means for non-contact detection of access permissions and means for determining the number of transport in the Persons present will be explained in more detail below with reference to the attached figure using the example of a cable car with several smaller gondolas.

In the appended figure, the reference numeral 1 schematically shows a cableway which comprises a plurality of gondolas 2 as transport means, which travel between a locally fixed loading area 3 in the valley station and a fixed landing area 4 in the mountain station. According to the invention, access to the gondolas 2 takes place in the boarding area 3 without access control, the access authorizations of the persons present in a gondola 2 being read without contact during the journey by means 5 for the contactless registration of the access authorizations. The access authorizations are stored in the example shown on RFID cards that can be designed as active or passive RFID cards, and are read by RFID readers.

The number of valid access authorizations per access authorization category recorded is transmitted to a check-out system 12 provided in the means of access control of the means of transport, comprising a controller, and displayed by means of a display device. Here, the identifier of a nacelle 2, which can be read, for example, by the means for non-contact detection of access authorizations, is transmitted to the monitoring system 12. Furthermore, means 6 are provided for determining the number of persons present in a gondola 2, wherein the determined number of persons is likewise transmitted to the monitoring system 12.

On the basis of the determined number of persons present in a gondola 2 and the number of recorded access authorizations per access authorization category is determined in the controller and displayed whether the number of valid access rights recorded corresponds to the number of persons present in the nacelle 2, based on a Visual inspection, the access authorization categories of persons present in the nacelle 2 are determined so that it can be determined whether there is a discrepancy between the number of valid valid access entitlements per access authorization category and the number of persons present in the nacelle 2 per access authorization category.

If the number of valid valid access entitlements registered corresponds to the number of persons present in the gondola 2 and there is no discrepancy between the number of valid valid access entitlements per access authorization category and the number of persons present in the gondola 2 per access authorization category, those leaving in the nacelle 2 persons present the Aussteigebereich 4 on the free passage 9 without any control. If this is not the case, after exiting in the exit area 4, a check of the access authorizations is carried out in order to determine the at least one person without a valid access authorization.

In the example shown, for the purpose of controlling the access authorizations, the persons present in a nacelle 2 are diverted after disembarkation in the exit area 4 and guided through an access control device 8 with a mechanical barrier which can be designed as a turnstile. The diversion of persons takes place here by means of means 7 for the diversion of persons who can be activated by pressing a switch or a mechanical device, so that upon arrival of the nacelle 2 in the exit area 4, the persons are diverted, the free passage 9 by means of a blocking element 7 is locked and leaving the Aussteigebereiches 4 can only be done by passing the access control device 8.

The method may also be performed without visual inspection for the purpose of determining the number of persons present in the gondola 2 per access authorization category, in which case the sole criterion for performing a control of the access authorizations in the exit area 4 is a discrepancy between the number of detected valid access rights and the recorded number of persons present in Gondola 2. Since the data of the means 5 for contactless detection of access authorizations, the means 6 for determining the number of persons present in a nacelle 2 and the identification of the nacelle 2 are transmitted to the monitoring system 12 and evaluated in the control, the diversion of Persons are made automated in the event of a discrepancy, the means 7 are activated for the diversion of persons from the controller or controlled accordingly.

In the example shown in the figure, an optical and / or acoustic signal device 10 is mounted on each nacelle 2, wherein it is signaled in dependence of the colors of the optical signals whether there is a discrepancy between the detected valid access authorizations and the persons present in the nacelle 2 and, optionally, how big this discrepancy is.

In the example according to the attached figure, the reading devices 5 are mounted on a mast or a column 11 or on another suitable device, wherein the access authorizations of the persons present in the gondolas 2 are read out when reading the nacelle 2 at the reading device 5.

As means for determining the number of people present in the transport means a digital camera or thermal imaging camera 6 is provided, which is also attached to a mast 11 or a support or to another suitable device on which the nacelle 2 passes, for example on the mast 11, on which the at least one reading device 5 is provided.

In the event that two boarding and boarding areas, i. are provided in the valley and in the mountain station, the inventive method for both directions is performed. In this case, next to the boarding area 3 of the valley station a second Aussteigebereich which is carried out analogous to the Aussteigebereich 4 of the mountain station; in addition to the Aussteigebereich 4 in the mountain station another boarding area is provided without access control.

Claims (21)

1. A method for controlling the authorisation of access to cyclical transport means (2) which comprise at least one locally fixed boarding area (3) and at least one locally fixed disembarkation area (4), characterised in that entry into the transport means (2) in at least one boarding area (3) is not subject to entry-control, wherein the access-authorisations of people present in the transport means (2) are contactlessly read during the journey by means of externally arranged, locally fixed contactless detection means (5) and wherein, if the number of valid access-authorisations detected is smaller than the number of people present in the transport means (2), an inspection of the access-authorisations is carried out after disembarkation in at least one disembarkation area (4) in order to identify the at least one person lacking valid access-authorisation and wherein, in the event that the number of valid access-authorisations detected corresponds to the number of people present in the transport means (2), the people present in the transport means (2) leave the disembarkation area (4) without any inspection, wherein the number of valid access-authorisations detected is transmitted to a monitoring system (12) comprising a control unit provided in at least one disembarkation area (4) and displayed by means of a display device, wherein the number of people present in the transport means (2) is determined by a visual inspection by the staff in at least one disembarkation area (4) and subsequently compared with the data transmitted to the monitoring system (12), wherein the comparison is used to determine whether the number of valid access-authorisations detected corresponds to the number of people present in the transport means (2) or wherein the number of people present in the transport means (2) during the journey is determined by means of a means (6) for determining the number of people present and transmitted to the monitoring system (12), wherein the number of people present in the transport means (2) is used to determine whether the number of valid access-authorisations detected corresponds to the number of people detected as present in the transport means (2) by the means (6) for determining the number of people present.
2. The method according to claim 1, characterised in that in addition to detecting the number of valid access-authorisations of the people present in the transport means (2), the contactless means (5) for detecting access-authorisations determines the number of valid access-authorisations per access-authorisation category, wherein if there is a discrepancy between the number of valid access-authorisations detected per access-authorisation category and the number of people per access-authorisation category present in the transport means (2), an inspection of the access-authorisations is carried out after disembarkation in at least one disembarkation area (4) in order to identify the at least one person lacking valid authorisation and wherein, in the event that there is no discrepancy between the number of valid access-authorisations detected per access-authorisation category and the number of people present in the transport means (2) per access-authorisation category, the people present in the transport means (2) leave the disembarkation area (4) without any inspection.
3. The method according to claim 2, characterised in that the number of valid access-authorisations detected per access-authorisation category is transmitted to the monitoring system (12) comprising a control unit and provided in at least one disembarkation area (4), and is displayed by means of a display device.
4. The method according to claim 3, characterised in that the access-authorisation categories of the people present in the transport means (2) are identified using a visual inspection by the staff in at least one disembarkation area (4) and are subsequently compared to the data transmitted to the monitoring system (12), wherein the comparison is used to determine whether there is a discrepancy between the number of valid access-authorisations detected per access-authorisation category and the number of people per access-authorisation category present in the transport means (2).
5. The method according to claim 3, characterised in that by means of a means for categorising people during the journey a categorisation of the people present in the transport means (2) is carried out based on the type of access-authorisation required, wherein this data is transmitted to the monitoring system (12), wherein this data is used to determine whether there is a discrepancy between the number of valid access-authorisations detected per access-authorisation category and the number of people per access-authorisation category present in the transport means (2) as detected by the categorisation means.
6. The method according to claim 1, characterised in that in the event that the number of people present in the transport means (2) is determined during the journey by means of the means (6) for determining the number of people present, a signal is given in accordance with signals from a visual and/or acoustic signalling device (10) attached to the transport means (2), as to whether there is a discrepancy between the number of valid access-authorisations detected and the number of people detected as present in the transport means (2).
7. The method according to claim 5, characterised in that, a signal is given in accordance with signals from a visual and/or acoustic signalling device (10) attached to the transport means (2), as to whether there is a discrepancy between the number of valid access-authorisations detected per access-authorisation category and the number of people per access-authorisation category detected as present.
8. The method according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, characterised in that an identifier of the transport means (2) is detected and transmitted to the monitoring system (12).
9. The method according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, characterised in that, if the number of valid access-authorisations detected is smaller than the number of people present in the transport means (2), or in the event that the number of valid access-authorisations detected per access-authorisation category is determined, if there is a discrepancy between the number of valid access-authorisations detected per access-authorisation category and the number of people per access-authorisation category present in the transport means (2), the inspection of access-authorisations after disembarkation in the disembarkation area (4) is carried out so that the people present in the transport means (2) are diverted, after disembarking, by a means (7) for diverting people, in such a way that leaving the disembarkation area (4) is effected by passing though means (8) for inspecting the access authorisations.
10. The method according to claim 9, characterised in that the diversion is carried out manually by operating a switch or a mechanical device for activating the means (7) for diverting people, or that in the event that the number of people present in the transport means (2) is determined during the journey by means of the means (6) for determining the number of people present and is higher than the number of valid access-authorisations detected, or in the event that the valid access-authorisations detected per access-authorisation category is determined and a categorisation of people is carried out during the journey by the means for categorising people based on the type of access-authorisation required and there is a discrepancy between the number of valid access-authorisations detected per access-authorisation category and the number of people per access-authorisation category present in the transport means (2), the diversion occurs automatically by activating the means (7) for diverting people on the basis of the detected identifier of the transport means (2).
11. The method according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the cyclical transport means (2) are ski-lifts or cable cars.
12. A system for controlling the authorisation of access to cyclical transport means (2) which comprise at least one locally fixed boarding area (3) and at least one locally fixed disembarkation area (4), in particular for carrying out the method according to one of the claims 1 to 11, characterised in that it comprises means (5) arranged in a stationary manner outside the transport means (2) for contactless detection of the access-authorisations of the people present in the transport means (2) during the journey, which means (5) are arranged in a location past which the transport means (2) travel, wherein in at least one boarding area (3) entry into the transport means (2) occurs without any entry-control and wherein in at least one disembarkation area (4) means (8) for inspecting access-authorisations is provided, by which the people present in the transport means (2) are diverted in the event that there is a discrepancy between the number of valid access-authorisations detected and the number of people present in the transport means (2) and/or in the event that the number of valid access-authorisations detected per access-authorisation category is determined, if there is a discrepancy between the number of valid access-authorisations detected per access-authorisation category and the number of people per access-authorisation category present in the transport means (2), wherein means (6) for determining the number of people present in the transport means (2) during the journey are provided, which are placed in a location past which the transport means (2) travel.
13. The system for controlling the authorisation of access to cyclical transport means (2) which comprise at least one locally fixed boarding area (3) and at least one locally fixed disembarkation area (4), according to claim 12, characterised in that means for categorising people during the journey are provided by which a categorisation of the people present in the transport means (2) can be carried out based on the access-authorisations required, which means are placed in a location past which the transport means (2) travel.
14. The system for controlling the authorisation of access to cyclical transport means (2) which comprise at least one locally fixed boarding area (3) and at least one locally fixed disembarkation area (4), according to claim 13, characterised in that the categorisation of the people present in the transport means (2) based on the type of access-authorisation required can be carried out by the means (6) for determining the number of people present in the transport means (2).
15. The system for controlling the authorisation of access to cyclical transport means (2) which comprise at least one locally fixed boarding area (3) and at least one locally fixed disembarkation area (4), according to claims 12, 13 or 14, characterised in that, in at least one disembarkation area (4), at least one monitoring system (12) is provided comprising a control unit and a display device, to which the data collected by the means (5) for contactless detection of access-authorisations, from the means (6) for determining the number of people present in the transport means (2), if provided, and from the means for categorising of people, if provided, and the identifier of the transport means (2) can be transmitted via radio, WLAN or cable, wherein the evaluation of the detected data is carried out in the control unit.
16. The system for controlling the authorisation of access to cyclical transport means (2) which comprise at least one locally fixed boarding area (3) and at least one locally fixed disembarkation area (4), according to one of claims 12 to 15, characterised in that a visual and/or acoustic signalling device (10) is attached to the transport means (2), by which, in the event that means (6) for determining the number of people present in the transport means (2) and/or means for categorisation of people are provided, a signal is given as to whether there is a discrepancy between the number of valid access-authorisations detected and the number of people present in the transport means (2) and/or whether there is a discrepancy between the number of valid access-authorisations detected per access-authorisation category and the number of people per access-authorisation category present in the transport means (2), wherein the visual and/or acoustic signalling device (01) is controlled via radio, WLAN or cable.
17. The system for controlling the authorisation of access to cyclical transport means (2) which comprise at least one locally fixed boarding area (3) and at least one locally fixed disembarkation area (4), according to one of claims 12 to 16, characterised in that means (7) for diverting people are provided in the disembarkation area (4), the activation of which occurs manually by operating a switch or a mechanical device, or in the event that the number of people present in the transport means (2) during the journey is determined by means of the means (6) for determining the number of people present and is higher than the number of valid access-authorisations detected and/or a categorisation of the people based on the type of access-authorisations required is carried out during the journey by the means for categorisation of people and there is a discrepancy between the number of valid access-authorisations detected per access-authorisation category and the number of people per access-authorisations category present in the transport means (2), activation of the means (7) occurs automatically via the control unit on the basis of the detected identifier of the transport means (2).
18. The system for controlling the authorisation of access to cyclical transport means (2) which comprise at least one locally fixed boarding area (3) and at least one locally fixed disembarkation area (4), according to one of claims 12 to 17, characterised in that the means (8) for inspecting access-authorisations comprise at least one access-control device (8) with a mechanical barrier.
19. The system for controlling the authorisation of access to cyclical transport means (2) which comprise at least one locally fixed boarding area (3) and at least one locally fixed disembarkation area (4), according to one of claims 12 to 18, characterised in that the access-authorisations are stored on RFID cards, which are realised as active or passive RFID cards, wherein the means (5) for contactless detection of access-authorisations during the journey are realised as RFID-reading devices.
20. The system for controlling the authorisation of access to cyclical transport means (2) which comprise at least one locally fixed boarding area (3) and at least one locally fixed disembarkation area (4), according to one of claims 12 to 19, characterised in that the means (6) for determining the number of people present in one transport means (2) are realised as cameras, or thermal imaging cameras, whose images can be automatically or manually evaluated.
21. The system for controlling the authorisation of access to cyclical transport means (2) which comprise at least one locally fixed boarding area (3) and at least one locally fixed disembarkation area (4), according to one of claims 12 to 20, characterised in that the cyclical transport means (2) are ski-lifts or cable cars .

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