Boarding pass checking device, and method for checking boarding pass using same

A method for processing a boarding pass using a boarding pass processing device for processing the boarding pass in a boarding pass processing system comprising, interconnected through a network, the boarding pass processing device to be disposed at an airplane door of an airplane, a central server, procedure passing units for providing procedure information, on whether a passenger having a boarding pass has gone through procedures required to board the airplane, to the central server, the procedure passing units comprising at least a check-in procedure processing unit, a security check procedure processing unit, and a gate passing procedure processing unit, wherein the procedure information includes information for a check-in procedure carried out by the check-in procedure processing unit, for issuing the boarding pass to the passenger, a security check procedure carried out by the security check procedure processing unit, and a boarding pass verification procedure carried out by the gate passing procedure processing unit at a gate for the passenger having the boarding pass to board the airplane after the check-in procedure and the security check procedure, the method comprising:

• carrying out the check-in procedure by the check-in procedure processing unit and providing the check-in procedure information to the central server;
• carrying out the boarding pass verification procedure by the gate passing procedure processing unit at the gate and providing the boarding pass verification procedure information to the central server;
• identifying a boarding pass held by a passenger by the boarding pass processing device to be disposed at the airplane door of the airplane;
• obtaining by the boarding pass processing device to be disposed at the airplane door of the airplane, the procedure information on whether the passenger having the identified boarding pass has gone through the check-in procedure, the security check procedure, and the boarding pass verification procedure required to board the airplane, from the central server;
• and
• processing whether the passenger having the identified boarding pass is authorized to board based on the obtained procedure information,
• wherein seat information prepared in the airplane is obtained from the central server,
• wherein the boarding pass processing device receives information for the identified boarding pass, extracts seat information of the passenger having the identified boarding pass, and determines a guide direction toward a passenger seat for the passenger having the identified boarding pass based on the extracted seat information and the obtained seat information, and
• wherein the boarding pass processing device further includes an output unit configured to display the determined guide direction,
• the boarding pass processing system further comprising:
• an input unit configured to receive information for the airplane door to which the boarding pass processing device for processing a boarding pass is disposed among a plurality of airplane doors provided in the airplane,
• wherein the boarding pass processing device determines the guide direction toward the passenger seat for the passenger having the identified boarding pass by additionally considering the input information for the airplane door to which the boarding pass processing device for processing a boarding pass is disposed.