Ingress/egress control system for airport concourses and other access controlled areas
First Claim
1. An ingress/egress (Q/X) control system for controlling the flow of persons from an unsecured area into a secured area, and from the secured area into the unsecured area comprising:
- an entrance portal through which persons entering the secured area must pass;
first screening means at the entrance portal screening each person passing through the entrance portal for the presence of items prohibited from the secured area and identifying any person suspected of conveying any such item through the entrance portal;
a secondary entrance portal downstream of the first said entrance portal and to which persons identified as possibly conveying prohibited items are directed, persons passing tie first screening means continuing into the secured area without further delay;
a second screening means for further screening persons directed to the secondary entrance portal;
an exit passage having an entrance in the secure area and an exit in the unsecured area add including an exit portal facilitating movement of persons through the exit passage; and
, exit screening means monitoring an area adjacent the exit and providing an alarm whenever anyone attempts to enter the secure area through the exit passage from the unsecured area.
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Abstract
An ingress/egress control system (10) controls passenger (P) flow into and out of an airport concourse. Enplaning passengers pass through an entrance portal (18) on their way to an airplane gate. A security screen (22) screens each person passing through the portal for the presence of prohibited items and identifies any person suspected of carrying such an item. A secondary portal (50) is located downstream of the first portal. A visual display system (52) responds to an indication from the security screening to route a suspected person from the first portal to the secondary portal, for further screening to determine if the person is carrying a prohibited item, while providing a different display to passengers passing the security screen so they can enter the concourse.
A separate, exit portal (64) is provided for deplaning passengers exiting the concourse. Multiple detectors (42a′-42b′, 82, 88) continuously monitor this portal so people cannot inadvertently or intentionally intrude into the exit path. Audio and visual alarms (79, 92) are activated when someone attempts to enter the concourse through the exit portal to both warn the person away and to alert security personnel of a possible intruder. An imaging system (VM) is used to obtain and store a video of image of the intruder.
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62 Claims
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1. An ingress/egress (Q/X) control system for controlling the flow of persons from an unsecured area into a secured area, and from the secured area into the unsecured area comprising:
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an entrance portal through which persons entering the secured area must pass;
first screening means at the entrance portal screening each person passing through the entrance portal for the presence of items prohibited from the secured area and identifying any person suspected of conveying any such item through the entrance portal;
a secondary entrance portal downstream of the first said entrance portal and to which persons identified as possibly conveying prohibited items are directed, persons passing tie first screening means continuing into the secured area without further delay;
a second screening means for further screening persons directed to the secondary entrance portal;
an exit passage having an entrance in the secure area and an exit in the unsecured area add including an exit portal facilitating movement of persons through the exit passage; and
,exit screening means monitoring an area adjacent the exit and providing an alarm whenever anyone attempts to enter the secure area through the exit passage from the unsecured area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An ingress (Q) control system for controlling the flow of people from an unsecured area into a secured area comprising:
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at least one portal through which persons entering the secured area must pass;
screening means located at the portal for screening each person passing through the portal for the presence of items prohibited from the secured area and identifying any person suspected of conveying any such item through the portal;
a secondary portal located downstream of the first said portal; and
,means responsive to an indication from the screening means for routing a suspected person from the first portal to the secondary portal for further screening, said means allowing all other persons passing through the first said portal to continue into the secured area without further delay. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. An egress (X) control system for controlling the flow of persons from a secure area into a non-secure area while monitoring the movement of any possible intruder, whether intentional or non-intentional, in the opposite direction from the non-secure area into the secure area comprising:
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means defining a passage having an entrance which is in the secure area and an exit which is in the non-secure area;
a portal facilitating movement of persons through the passage from the entrance to the exit; and
,screening means monitoring an area adjacent the exit and providing an alarm triggered by attempts to enter the passage from its exit, the screening means including a plurality of detectors detecting attempted movement into the passage from its exit. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. An ingress/egress (Q/X) control system for controlling the flow of persons from a non-secure area into a secure area through an entrance passage and screening the persons moving through the entrance passage;
- for moving persons from the secure area into the non-secure area through a separate exit passage and monitoring an outlet potion of the exit passage to detect possible intruders, whether intentional or unintentional, attempting to enter the secure area through the exit passage; and
, a control station manned by security personnel for monitoring the flow of people through the system in either direction so to facilitate the flow of people into and out of the secure area, including persons who fail the screening as they attempt to enter into the secure area and are directed from the entrance passage for further screening before they are allowed into the secure area, and possible intruders attempting to enter the secure area through the exit passage. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
- for moving persons from the secure area into the non-secure area through a separate exit passage and monitoring an outlet potion of the exit passage to detect possible intruders, whether intentional or unintentional, attempting to enter the secure area through the exit passage; and
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