METHOD FOR MONITORING AUTHORIZED AND UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS WITHIN A SECURITY PERIMETER AROUND AN APPARATUS

• US 20100090829A1
• Filed: 01/29/2008
• Published: 04/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus France
• Inventors: Pujol, Olivier
• Granted Patent: US 8,742,927 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/541
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1965 the vehicle being an aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19697 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2494 by interference with electro-magnetic field distribution combined with other electrical sensor means, e.g. microwave detectors combined with other sensor means

Abstract

The invention relates to the automatic detection of the presence of non-authorized persons in the vicinity of an apparatus of the aircraft type. To this end, the invention comprises equipping persons with radio transmitters for identifying them as authorized personnel. The aircraft are also fitted, such as at the existing PODs, with a transceiver device of a radio identification system of the RFID type for recognition of the persons wearing the radio transmitters. Only the persons who are not authorized in the vicinity of the aircraft initiate an alarm procedure.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring authorized persons and unauthorized persons present within a determined security perimeter around an aircraft-type apparatus, comprising:

detecting, by a detection system, a person entering the security perimeter of a secured area; and

checking, on a person detected, a presence of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag of a radio identification system, the radio identification system including a transceiver device in or on the aircraft-type apparatus, wherein checking includes verifying a validity of information communicated by the RFID tag by comparing data stored in the RFID tag with data stored in a database of the radio identification system, wherein the data relates to an authorized sub-area of the security perimeter.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein

radio requests are emitted with several transmitters positioned at different places on the aircraft-type apparatus;

different sub-areas are distinguished within the security perimeter; and

access to certain sub-areas is authorized in a differentiated manner.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein data relating to at least one of an identity or a time slot for authorized presence or a duration of authorized presence is stored in the RFID tag and in the database of the radio identification system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein checking further includes activating an alarm procedure if the information is not valid.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the detection system includes at least one radar, the radar and the transceiver device operating at different frequencies.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the transceiver device and the detection system are housed together.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the alarm procedure includes activating a video recording of the person detected.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the video recording is recorded onto a hard disk onboard the aircraft-type apparatus.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the alarm procedure includes automatically transmitting the video recording to surveillance means outside of the security perimeter.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the alarm procedure includes communicating an alarm message to the surveillance means.

11. The method of claim 4, wherein the alarm procedure includes activating an audible alarm.

12. An apparatus for monitoring persons authorized and not authorized to be present within a determined security perimeter around an aircraft-type apparatus, comprising:

at least one detection device adapted to detect a person present within the security perimeter; and

a transceiver device for a radio frequency identification-type radio identification system adapted to detect a presence of a radio frequency identification tag within a secured area (400).

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus is positioned on a belly fairing of the aircraft-type apparatus.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one detection device and the transceiver device operate with different frequencies.