Passenger management system

• US 6,338,041 B1
• Filed: 10/29/1998
• Issued: 01/08/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kawamata, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Millin, Vincent
• Assistant Examiner(s): AKERS, GEOFFREY R
• Application Number:
  US09/182,564
• Time in Patent Office: 1,167 Days
• Field of Search: 705/5, 340/505
• US Class Current: 705/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/00 Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

Abstract

A passenger management system having a boarding processing system with a plurality of tag readers and speakers connected to an automatic broadcasting unit each located in a plurality of areas into which a premises of an airport is divided. If there is found a remarked boarding card with which the check-in has been completed at a checking counter but boarding has not been confirmed, the tag readers are successively actuated from a gate counter and an area among said plurality of areas in which said remarked boarding card is present is determined based on the signal received by said tag readers. In such a way, remarked boarding cards, namely not-boarded passengers are managed for each area.

Claims

1. A passenger management system for managing movement of passengers by using a boarding card having a tag recorded therein information on boarding of the passenger provided thereon;

said system comprising;

a check-in processing system for issuing said boarding card and performing checking-in processing; and

a boarding processing system for confirming boarding of passengers using said boarding card;

wherein said boarding processing system comprises;

a plurality of tag readers, located in a plurality of discrete areas into which premises of an airport is divided, for receiving a signal which contains information on boarding of the passenger transmitted from the tag provided on said boarding card; and

an information processing unit for actuating said tag readers, if there is found a remarked boarding card with which the check-in has been finished but boarding has not been confirmed, and determining an area among said plurality of areas in which said remarked boarding card is present based on the signal received by said tag readers,

wherein said information processing unit prepares a list of not-boarded passengers who have said remarked boarding cards with which check-in has been finished in said check-in processing system but boarding has not been confirmed, and finds out current position of a not-boarded passenger on said list for each area according to a result of determination by each of said tag readers.

2. A passenger management system according to claim 1;

wherein said boarding processing system has a display unit for discretely displaying thereon said plurality of areas.

3. A passenger management system according to claim 1;

wherein said information processing unit has a memory for storing thereon a number of incidences of said remarked boarding cards for each of said plurality of areas.

4. A passenger management system according to claim 1;

wherein said boarding processing system has a broadcasting unit for broadcasting voice discretely to each of said areas, and said information processing unit provides controls, when actuating said broadcasting unit, for broadcasting targeted only to the area among said plurality of areas for which said switch is operated.

5. A passenger management system according to claim 3;

wherein said information processing unit actuates said tag readers in the descending order from a tag reader having a highest-incidence area according to the number of incidences stored on said memory.

6. A passenger management system according to claim 4;

wherein said information processing unit makes, when actuating said broadcasting unit, the unit broadcast to the areas in the descending order from the highest-incidence area according to the number of incidences stored on said memory.

7. A passenger management system according to claim 5;

wherein said information processing unit updates said list at prespecified time intervals.

8. A passenger management system according to claim 2;

wherein said display unit has a switch for discretely displaying the result of determination for said plurality of areas.

9. A passenger management system according to claim 2;

wherein said information processing unit has a memory for storing thereon a number of incidences of said remarked boarding cards for each of said plurality of areas.

10. A passenger management system according to claim 2:

wherein said boarding processing system has a broadcasting unit for broadcasting voice discretely to each of said areas, and said information processing unit provides controls, when actuating said broadcasting unit, for broadcasting targeted only to the area among said plurality of areas for which said switch is operated.

11. A passenger management system according to claim 2;

wherein said information processing unit prepares a list of not-boarded passengers who have said remarked boarding cards with which check-in has been finished in said check-in processing system but boarding has not been confirmed, and finds out current position of a not-boarded passenger on said list for each area according to a result of determination by each of said tag readers.

12. A passenger management system according to claim 10;

wherein said information processing unit actuates said tag readers in the descending order from a tag reader having a highest-incidence area according to the number of incidences stored on said memory.

13. A passenger management system according to claim 11;

wherein said information processing unit makes, when actuating said broadcasting unit, the unit broadcast to the areas in the descending order from the highest-incidence area according to the number of incidences stored on said memory.

14. A passenger management system according to claim 12;

wherein said information processing unit updates said list at prespecified time intervals.

15. A passenger management system according to claim 9;

wherein said display unit has said switch based on a touch panel.

16. A passenger management system according to claim 9;

wherein said information processing unit actuates, when actuating said plurality of tag readers, only the tag reader in the area among said plurality of areas for which said switch is operated.

17. A passenger management system according to claim 14;

wherein said information processing unit actuates, when actuating said plurality of tag readers, only the tag reader in the area among said plurality of areas for which said switch is operated.