APPARATUS AND METHOD OF AUTOMATING ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE PROCEDURES IN AIRPORT

• US 20100308108A1
• Filed: 07/10/2009
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Incheon International Airport Corporation (Government of South Korea)
• Original Assignee: Incheon International Airport Corporation (Government of South Korea)
• Inventors: CHOI, Yoon Jeong, SEO, Eun Jeong, CHOI, Hyong Kyu
• Granted Patent: US 8,127,989 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/382
• CPC Class Codes: E05G 5/003 Entrance control E05G5/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/10 Movable barriers with registering means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/27 with central registration

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of automating arrival and departure procedures in an airport, by which the forgery of a passport, the identity of a passport bearer, the arrival or departure permission according to a result of arrival and departure examinations, and the carry-on of prohibited items on the plane are automatically checked. The apparatus for automating arrival and departure procedures according to the present invention includes an exit gate, a departure automation apparatus, and may further include an entrance gate and a scanner. In the apparatus for automating arrival and departure procedures according to the present invention, a departure area entry procedure, a security screening procedure, and a departure examination procedure for departure passengers, which are conventionally performed separately in different areas, may be incorporated in the same area and performed therein.

Claims

1. An apparatus for automating arrival and departure procedures for controlling a bearer of an electronic passport to undergo a security procedure when passing a path, the apparatus comprising:

an exit gate installed at an exit of the path;

a departure automation apparatus installed beside the path and generating identity read information and bio read information by reading the electronic passport in which identity information and bio information including a face image of the bearer of the electronic passport are stored, generating image bio information by capturing an image of the face of the bearer of the electronic passport, and generating first result information about forgery of the electronic passport;

a departure management portion generating second result information about check-in of the electronic passport bearer by comparing the identity read information and check-in information received from an airline system, generating third result information about the identity of the electronic passport bearer by comparing the bio read information and the image bio information, transmitting the identity read information to an immigration system, and receiving from the immigration system fourth result information about a departure examination result determined based on the identity read information,

wherein, when the bearer of the electronic passport is determined as allowed to depart based on the first to fourth result information, the departure management portion opens the exit gate.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an entrance gate installed at an entrance of the path; and

a scanner installed at the entrance gate and controlling opening of the entrance gate by reading identity information recorded in a machine readable passport zone (MRZ) of the electronic passport,

wherein, when the bearer of the electronic passport is determined as allowed to depart, the departure management portion opens the entrance gate.

3. The apparatus of either claim 1 or 2, wherein the departure automation apparatus further comprises a security screening device performing a security screening on the bearer of the electronic passport and generating check result information about whether the bearer of the electronic passport has a carry-on item prohibited on a plane, and

wherein the departure management portion stores a security screening result of the bearer of the electronic passport.

4. The apparatus of either claim 1 or 2, further comprising a guidance output portion guiding the bearer of the electronic passport on an action that the bearer of the electronic passport is to perform using video and/or audio.

5. The apparatus of either claim 1 or 2, wherein the path is a space segregated from the outside by a pair of partition walls that are a predetermined distance apart facing each other.

6. The apparatus of either claim 1 or 2, wherein the bio information stored in the electronic passport further comprises at least one of a fingerprint image and an iris image of the bearer of the electronic passport, the departure automation apparatus further captures at least one of the fingerprint image and the iris image of the bearer of the electronic passport, and the bio read information further comprises at least one of the fingerprint image and the iris image.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein each of the entrance gate, the exit gate, and the departure automation apparatus is provided in a plural number and the departure management portion controls each of the entrance gates, the exit gates, and the departure automation apparatuses.

8. An apparatus for automating arrival and departure procedures for controlling a bearer of an electronic passport to undergo a security procedure when passing a path, the apparatus comprising:

an entrance gate installed at an entrance of the path connected to a boarding gate;

a scanner installed near the entrance gate in order to read identity information recorded in a machine readable passport zone (MRZ) of the electronic passport;

an exit gate installed at an exit of the path;

a boarding automation apparatus installed beside the path and generating identity read information and bio read information by reading the electronic passport in which identity information and bio information of the bearer of the electronic passport are stored, generating image bio information by capturing an image of the face of the bearer of the an electronic passport, and generating first result information about forgery of the electronic passport;

a departure management portion comparing passenger information received from an airline system and the identity read information read by the scanner and opening the entrance gate when the bearer of the electronic passport is determined to be a passenger, generating second result information about the identity of the bearer of the electronic passport by comparing the bio read information and the image bio information, transmitting the identity read information to an immigration system, and receiving from the immigration system third result information about a boarding examination result determined based on the identity read information,

wherein, when the bearer of the electronic passport is determined as allowed to board based on the first to third result information, the departure management portion opens the exit gate and, when the bearer of the electronic passport is not determined as allowed to board based on the first to third result information, the departure management portion opens the entrance gate.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the boarding automation apparatus further comprises a guidance output portion guiding the bearer of the electronic passport on an action that the bearer of the electronic passport is to perform using video and/or audio.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the bio information stored in the electronic passport further comprises at least one of a fingerprint image and an iris image of the bearer of the electronic passport, the departure automation apparatus further captures at least one of the fingerprint image and the iris image of the bearer of the electronic passport, and the bio read information further comprises at least one of the fingerprint image and the iris image.

11. A method of automating arrival and departure procedures for controlling a bearer of an electronic passport to undergo a security procedure when passing a path, the method comprising:

generating identity read information and bio read information by reading the electronic passport in which bio information including a face image of an electronic passport owner and identity information of the electronic passport owner are stored;

generating image bio information by capturing a face image of the bearer of the electronic passport;

generating first result information about forgery of the electronic passport by determining whether the electronic passport is forged;

generating second result information about check-in of the bearer of the electronic passport by comparing the identity read information and check-in information received from an airline system;

generating third result information about the identity of the bearer of the electronic passport by comparing the bio read information and the image bio information;

transmitting the identity read information to an immigration system, and receiving from the immigration system fourth result information about a departure examination result determined based on the identity read information; and

analyzing the first to fourth result information and opening an exit gate installed at an exit of the path if the bearer of the electronic passport is determined as allowed to depart.

12. The method of claim 11, prior to the analyzing of the first to fourth result information and the opening of the exit gate installed at the exit of the path if the bearer of the electronic passport is determined as allowed to depart, further comprising:

generating check result information about whether the bearer of the electronic passport has carry-on items prohibited on a plane, by checking the bearer of the electronic passport; and

storing the check result information for each electronic passport bearer.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising guiding the bearer of the electronic passport on an action that the bearer of the electronic passport is to perform using video and/or audio.

14. The method of either claim 11 or 12, further comprising opening an entrance gate installed at an entrance of the path when identity information recorded in a machine readable passport zone (MRZ) of the electronic passport is read by a scanner installed at the entrance of the path,

wherein, in the analyzing of the first to fourth result information and the opening of the exit gate installed at the exit of the path if the bearer of the electronic passport is determined as allowed to depart, when the bearer of the electronic passport is not determined as allowed to depart, the entrance gate is opened.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the bio information stored in the electronic passport further comprises at least one of a fingerprint image and an iris image of the bearer of the electronic passport, at least one of the fingerprint image and the iris image of the bearer of the electronic passport is further captured in the generating of image bio information by capturing a face image of the bearer of the electronic passport, and the bio read information further comprises at least one of the fingerprint image and the iris image.