JP2005215999A - Advance immigration inspection system and advance immigration inspection method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an advance immigration inspection system and an advance immigration inspection method, which allow immigration inspection to be efficiently performed by inspecting immigration inspection information in an application for emigration/immigration before immigration. <P>SOLUTION: In a step 410, an advance immigration inspection request side 110 uses a general-purpose terminal 111 to transmit contents to be written in papers conventionally created before immigration, to a common control unit 120 as electronized passenger information before a immigration inspection emigrates. When receiving passenger information in a step 510, the common control unit 120 causes an advance passenger information inspection means 124 to inspect whether passenger information has formal errors or not in a step 520. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a pre-immigration examination system and a pre-immigration examination method, and more specifically, a pre-immigration examination system and immigration that perform immigration examination before a passenger enters based on passenger information input using a general-purpose terminal. Regarding pre-examination methods.

The pre-examination at the time of departure due to travel is carried out by the party passenger or his / her agent applying to the Ministry of Justice, the pre-examination window.
As a result, it is possible for the traveler to leave the country relatively smoothly because it is only necessary to confirm the passport authorization at the booth for pre-examination on the day of departure. .

On the other hand, when a traveler or a passenger enters a foreign country, a passport and a visa, as well as an immigration application or customs declaration form, are required in some countries, and these items are strictly examined. This immigration application is a document that describes information such as your first name, surname, and other information, as well as your planned destination, occupation, and purpose of entry, and helps prevent illegal entry and stay.
The same applies to Japan. When foreigners enter the country, it is essential to present an immigration application (departure / entry record). There was no pre-screening.

At the time of immigration, the examiner was required to check the blacklist one by one for each passenger using the examination terminal at the examination booth each time. As a result, the examination time was increased, which caused a delay in the processing of immigration.
As a method for simplifying immigration by presenting such documents, for example, a system such as an electronic visa (ETAS) in Australia or INSPASS in the United States has been proposed.

In ETAS, necessary information is input in advance through the Internet or air ticket reservation issuing system, and authorization is determined by the immigration system. When the passenger checks in at the airport, an inquiry is made to the immigration system to confirm that the visa has been obtained.
In INSPASS, once you enter the United States, you apply for registration, your qualifications are examined, and a card is issued when you pass the examination. You can pass this examination by inserting this card into the immigration gate and entering your identity and necessary information.
Thus, in ETAS, visa screening can be simplified. In INSPASS, immigration can be simplified only for passengers who enter a country several times that meet certain conditions.
The details of ETAS and INSPASS are disclosed on the homepage, and their URLs are introduced as non-patent documents (see Non-patent documents 1 and 2).

  In addition, it is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus for preliminary entry examination support for smoothly conducting immigration examination work prior to entry, as shown in Patent Document 1, prior to entry. , An information processing device for immigration pre-examination support that performs immigration in advance when a passenger enters the country, receiving means for receiving passenger information associated with travel via a communication network, and storing the passenger information A passenger information database, a blacklist information database storing personal information of a blacklist person, a collation means for collating the passenger information database and the blacklist information database, and the collation result of the collation via a communication network. And an information processing apparatus for supporting immigration preliminarily, characterized by having transmission means for transmitting to the terminal device of the examiner performing immigration. Technology have been published.

Another conventional technology is a server system accessed from a user terminal connected to the Internet for the purpose of performing efficient processing such as document selection and data entry when traveling abroad. The overseas travel information database includes a country table, a required document table, a billing information table, and a user information table. The server system selects the overseas travel country from the user terminal and transmits the selected country data. The selected country data received in step 1 is referred to, the country table is referenced, a file for entering user information including information on passport expiration dates, required documents, prohibited items, etc. is generated and sent to the user terminal Data to receive and display user information that is input and transmitted, refer to the required document table, and create the required document A process for storing the eyes in the user information table for each required document, and referring to the charging information table, calculating charging information data for services such as arranging necessary documents, generating a file, and A technology such as an overseas travel information management server system that performs processing for transmission and display is disclosed.
www.dima.Australia.or.jp/etas/ www.pns.co.jp/inspass/index.html JP 2003-271881 JP2002-324114

However, as mentioned above, even if the conventional system is used, submission of immigration applications is essential in these countries, and it cannot be said that the examination of immigration applications has been simplified.
In addition, since immigration applications are usually handed over at airports or airplanes, there are many simple deficiencies such as omissions and format errors. Increased and delayed entry into the country.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a pre-entry examination system and a pre-immigration examination method that can improve the efficiency of immigration by examining passenger information in immigration applications before entering the country in order to solve the above problems. There is.

  In order to achieve the above object, the pre-immigration system of the present invention according to claim 1 performs pre-immigration examination before a passenger enters the country based on passenger information input using a general-purpose terminal. The system includes a joint control device that receives the passenger information from the general-purpose terminal, and a pre-passenger information database that stores the passenger information received from the general-purpose terminal or by the joint control device. It is determined whether or not the passenger information satisfies a predetermined condition. If the predetermined condition is satisfied, the passenger information is stored in the advance passenger information database. If the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the passenger information is stored in the event information. The non-acceptance information is transmitted to the general-purpose terminal without being stored in the previous passenger information database.

  A pre-entry examination system according to a second aspect of the present invention is the pre-immigration examination system according to claim 1, further comprising an examination execution side server that receives the passenger information from the joint control device and stores personal information. When the passenger information is received from the joint control device, the examination execution server examines whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied based on the passenger information and the personal information, and the examination result is determined as the joint result. It transmits to a control apparatus.

  The pre-entry examination system of the present invention according to claim 3 is the pre-immigration examination system according to claim 2, wherein the examination execution side server satisfies a predetermined condition based on the passenger information and the personal information. In the case of screening, a pre-entry screening application number that identifies the passenger is issued.

  The pre-immigration examination system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the pre-immigration examination system according to the third aspect, wherein the examination execution server transmits the examination result when the examination result is transmitted to the joint control device. It transmits to the said joint control apparatus with a national pre-examination application number.

  The pre-entry examination system of the present invention according to claim 5 is the pre-immigration examination system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the examination execution side server transmits the examination result to the joint control device. When it does, it transmits to the said joint control apparatus with the said received passenger information, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  The pre-entry examination system of the present invention according to claim 6 is the pre-immigration examination system according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the joint control device receives the examination result when the examination result is received. Is stored in the pre-examination result database.

  The pre-entry examination system of the present invention according to claim 7 is the pre-immigration examination system according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein when the joint control device receives the examination result, the universal terminal It is characterized by transmitting acceptance information.

  The pre-entry examination system of the present invention according to claim 8 is characterized in that, in the pre-immigration examination system according to claim 7, the general-purpose terminal issues a pre-examination certificate when the acceptance information is received. To do.

  The pre-entry examination system of the present invention according to claim 9 is the pre-immigration examination system according to any one of claims 2 to 8, wherein the examination result stored in the pre-examination result database from the joint control device. The examination window terminal receives the examination result, and displays the examination result on a display means when the examination result is received.

  The pre-entry examination system of the present invention according to claim 10 is the pre-immigration examination system according to claim 9, wherein the examination window terminal is included in the examination result when the examination result is displayed on the display means. Based on the examination type information, the examination results are distinguished and displayed.

  In addition, the problems disclosed by the present application and the solutions thereof will be clarified by the embodiments of the present invention and the drawings.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to provide the pre-immigration examination system and the pre-immigration examination method which can make an immigration examination efficient by examining the passenger information in an immigration application before entry.

  In the present invention, the joint control device determines whether or not the passenger information satisfies a predetermined condition, and if the predetermined condition is satisfied, stores the passenger information in the advance passenger information database while the predetermined condition is satisfied. If not, the non-acceptance information is transmitted to the general-purpose terminal without storing the passenger information in the advance passenger information database. As a result, we were able to achieve a significant efficiency improvement in immigration.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a pre-entry examination system according to the present invention. 110 is an immigration requester such as an individual, a travel agency, an airline, or a government agency, and 130 is an immigration officer such as a customs / immigration department in an arrival port.

A joint control device 120 is connected to the immigration requesting side 110 and the immigration examination execution side 130. This joint control device 120 is connected to a pre-passenger information database 121 that stores the description contents of documents created as electronic data before entering the country, and a pre-examination result database 122 that stores the examination results for each passenger.
In addition, the joint control device 120 includes a database control unit 123, a pre-passenger information inspection unit 124 that performs pre-entry screening, and a communication control unit 125 that controls the entire data communication.
Furthermore, the joint control device 120 is connected to an examination window terminal 127 that is operated by the examiner and provides information to the examination window, and transmits and receives various types of information to and from each other.

  111 is a general-purpose terminal provided on the immigration requesting side 110, and transmits / receives various information to / from the joint control device 120 connected via the Internet or a wireless line. Note that the general-purpose terminal 111 may be a PDA (information portable terminal) or a cellular phone as shown in 111a.

Next, the operation of the pre-entry examination system according to the present invention configured as described above will be described using a flowchart.
2 and 3 are flowcharts showing the flow of pre-immigration examination processing according to the present invention.
In step 410, the pre-entry examination requesting side 110 converts the contents to be described in the documents prepared before entering the country into electronic passenger information using the general-purpose terminal 111 before the passenger leaves the country. 120.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing the data structure of electronic passenger information.
Passenger information includes “Mr.”, “Name”, “Birth date”, “Gender”, “Address”, “Occupation”, “Contact information in Japan”, “Aircraft flight number / ship name”, “Scheduled to stay in Japan” It consists of “Period”, “Place”, “Travel Purpose”, “Passport Number”, “Issuing Country”, “Issuance Date”, “Effective Date”, and “Signature” data. Note that A and B in the figure merely indicate that data are continuously connected.

When the joint control device 120 receives the passenger information at step 510, the joint control device 120 proceeds to step 520 and causes the advance passenger information inspection means 124 to inspect whether the passenger information has a formal error.
Here, the pre-passenger information inspecting means 124 inspects the format error of the passenger information such as omission of entry or incomplete data format, and whether the conditions necessary for the passenger to enter the country are satisfied. If there is a problem, the process proceeds to step 540, where the passenger information is rejected, and accordingly, the pre-examination is canceled in response to the general-purpose terminal 111 on the immigration requesting side 110. Even if the pre-examination is canceled, if the data is further corrected and entered, the flow can be entered again to continue the examination.

  On the other hand, if there is no problem, the process proceeds to step 530, where the passenger information is stored in the advance passenger information database 121 using the database control means 123, and the passenger information is transmitted to the immigration examination execution side 130 in step 550. In this way, mechanical checks can prevent omissions such as omissions and errors in the entry method, reduce congestion at the time of immigration and improve efficiency.

The examination execution side server 130a of the immigration examination execution side 130 receives the passenger information at step 610 and issues a pre-immigration examination application number that can uniquely identify the passenger at step 620.
Then, the examination execution side server 130a moves to Step 630, and executes processing such as checking the existence of a person having a problem in the domestic law in cooperation with the system of another organization based on the digitized passenger information. In step 640, the processing result is transmitted to the joint control apparatus 120 as the examination result. Thus, the immigration check execution side 130 can increase the accuracy of identity verification by obtaining passenger information in advance. In addition, since it is possible to know in advance whether or not there is a person who has a problem in domestic law at the time of immigration, the efficiency and accuracy of the examination can be improved.

  The joint control device 120 receives this examination result in step 560 and stores it in the preliminary examination result database 122 using the database control means 123 in step 570.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a data structure of the preliminary examination result.
Preliminary examination result information includes “Mr.”, “Name”, “Birth date”, “Gender”, “Address”, “Occupation”, “Contact information in Japan”, “Aircraft flight number / ship name”, “Japan “Scheduled period of stay”, “Place of departure”, “Purpose of travel”, “Passport number”, “Issuing country”, “Issuance date”, “Validity expiration date”, “Signature”, “Pre-entry examination application number” ”And“ Examination type ”data. Note that A, B, and C in the figure merely indicate that data are continuously connected.

The pre-examination result data has a format in which an examination result number and an examination type are added to the passenger information data shown in FIG. It is also possible to add a pre-entry examination application number to the passenger information data, and use a pre-immigration examination application number as a primary key.
In addition, as the examination type, for example, the kind of matters that need to be confirmed during the face-to-face examination, the importance, and the like are set.

After storing the examination result, the joint control device 120 notifies the general-purpose terminal 111 on the immigration requesting side 110 that the passenger information has been accepted without any problem as a result of the examination in step 580.
In FIG. 3, when receiving the examination result at step 420, the general purpose terminal 111 on the immigration requesting side 110 moves to step 430 and determines whether or not the pre-passenger information has been accepted. If the pre-passenger information is unacceptable, the general-purpose terminal 111 displays a message to that effect on the monitor. If the pre-passenger information is accepted, the general-purpose terminal 111 proceeds to step 440, issues a pre-examined certificate 112, and ends.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a pre-examined certificate.
The application number is added to the pre-examined certificate 112 without adding details, so that the examination result can be uniquely searched by the application number at the time of immigration. This information may be stored and transmitted to the PDA / mobile phone 111a or stored in a machine-readable state on a recording medium such as an IC card.

  As described above, by disseminating the pre-immigration system of the present invention, at the time of immigration, for example, a booth for pre-immigration passengers and other sections are provided to shorten immigration time. be able to.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of the face-to-face screening process for passengers that have been screened before entry.
In step 710, the examiner inputs the pre-entry examination application number of the target passenger from the examination window terminal 127, and requests the pre-immigration examination result of the target passenger from the joint control device 120.
The joint control device 120 receives the pre-examination result request in step 810, moves to step 820, and searches for the target information from the pre-examination examination database 122 using the pre-entry examination application number using the database control unit 123. And displayed on the examination window terminal 127.
At this time, the display may be devised so that the examination result can be easily identified by characters, colors, symbols or the like according to the examination type shown in FIG. 4 by the examination type notification means 126 provided in the examination window terminal 127. In addition, the examiner may be made aware by sound or vibration.
Further, the procedure pattern corresponding to the examination type is stored in the joint control device 120, the procedure pattern corresponding to the examination type is extracted, and transmitted to the examination window terminal 127 in step 830.
The examination window terminal 127 may receive the procedure pattern in step 720, move to step 730, and display the contents of the procedure pattern or the identification display for each pattern by the examination type notification unit 126.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen of the examination window terminal 127.
The examination window terminal 127 displays the examination type in the upper right according to the processing type, and further displays an image that requires attention, so that the passenger can recognize the necessary examination. Yes. By using such identification means, it is possible to improve the efficiency and speed of examination.

According to the present invention, in the pre-entry examination system and the pre-immigration examination method, the passenger information represented by the immigration application information is examined before entering the country, thereby improving the efficiency of the immigration examination. In addition, it is possible to prevent useless travel for those who cannot enter the country by returning the pre-entry examination results to the examination requester. In addition, by patterning examination work and presenting examination patterns according to the results of pre-entry examination to the examiner, it becomes possible to improve examination efficiency and improve the efficiency of finding people with problems in domestic law. .
Therefore, it is possible to provide a pre-immigration examination system and a pre-immigration examination method that can make the immigration examination more efficient by examining the passenger information in the immigration application before entering the country.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described concretely based on the embodiment, it is not limited to this and can be variously changed in the range which does not deviate from the summary.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the pre-immigration examination system which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the pre-immigration examination process which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the pre-immigration examination process which concerns on this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the data structure of the passenger information digitized. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the data structure of a preliminary examination result. It is the schematic which shows a prior examination certificate. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the face-to-face examination process of the passenger who has been examined before immigration. It is a schematic diagram which shows the display screen of the terminal 127 for examination windows.

Explanation of symbols

110 Immigration request side 111 General-purpose terminal 111a PDA / mobile phone 112 Pre-examination certificate 120 Joint control device 121 Pre-passenger information database 122 Pre-examination result database 123 Database control means 124 Pre-passenger information inspection means 125 Communication control means 126 Notification of examination type Means 127 Examination window terminal 130 Immigration examination execution side 130a Examination execution side server

Claims (10)

Based on passenger information entered using a general-purpose terminal, a pre-immigration system that performs immigration checks before passengers enter the country,
A joint control device for receiving the passenger information from the general-purpose terminal;
A pre-passenger information database for storing the passenger information received from the general-purpose terminal or the joint control device;
The joint control device determines whether or not the passenger information satisfies a predetermined condition. When the predetermined condition is satisfied, the joint control device stores the passenger information in the advance passenger information database, but does not satisfy the predetermined condition. Sending unacceptable information to the universal terminal without storing the passenger information in the advance passenger information database;
A pre-immigration system characterized by In the pre-immigration system according to claim 1,
While receiving the passenger information from the joint control device, comprising an examination execution side server for storing personal information,
When the examination execution side server receives the passenger information from the joint control device, the examination execution side examines whether or not a predetermined condition is met based on the passenger information and the personal information, and determines the examination result as the joint control device. Sending to
A pre-immigration system characterized by In the pre-immigration system according to claim 2,
The examination execution server issues a pre-immigration examination application number for identifying a passenger when examining whether or not a predetermined condition is met based on the passenger information and the personal information;
A pre-immigration system characterized by In the pre-immigration system according to claim 3,
When the examination execution server sends the examination result to the joint control device, the examination execution side server sends it to the joint control device together with the issued pre-entry examination application number.
A pre-immigration system characterized by In the pre-immigration system according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
When the examination execution server transmits the examination result to the joint control device, the examination execution side server transmits the received passenger information together with the received passenger information to the joint control device.
A pre-immigration system characterized by In the pre-immigration system according to any one of claims 2 to 5,
The joint control device, when receiving the examination result, storing the examination result in a pre-examination result database;
A pre-immigration system characterized by In the pre-immigration system according to any one of claims 2 to 6,
When the joint control device receives the examination result, it transmits acceptance information to the general-purpose terminal.
A pre-immigration system characterized by In the pre-immigration system according to claim 7,
The general-purpose terminal, when receiving the acceptance information, issuing a pre-examined certificate;
A pre-immigration system characterized by In the pre-immigration system according to any one of claims 2 to 8,
Comprising an examination window terminal for receiving examination results stored in the preliminary examination result database from the joint control device;
When the examination window terminal receives the examination result, the examination window displays the examination result on a display means;
A pre-immigration system characterized by In the pre-immigration system according to claim 9,
When the examination window terminal displays the examination result on the display means, the examination result is displayed separately based on the examination type information included in the examination result;
A pre-immigration system characterized by

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