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US 2003/0111530 A1Published application
Boarding pass processing unit, boarding gate reader, person collation unit, boarding system, boarding pass, boarding pass processing method, service kiosk for boarding pass
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsAmehiko Iki, Ralph H. Eck
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Abstract
There is provided a boarding pass processing unit that can enable identification of a person-to-board to be easily performed in short time to thereby enhance services to persons-to-board and keep security. The boarding pass processing unit prints a face image of a person-to-board on his/her boarding pass. Accordingly, By making the person-to-board show his/her boarding pass, it can be easily judged whether the person possessing the boarding pass 10 is the proper owner of the boarding pass.
Claims11
A boarding pass processing unit comprises:
- a boarding pass accepting portion for accepting a boarding pass;
- a control portion for identifying a person-to-board who is an owner of the boarding pass accepted by said boarding pass accepting portion, and judging whether the person-to-board should be allowed to board;
- a f ace image achieving portion for achieving an face image of the person-to-board who is the owner of the boarding pass accepted by said boarding pass accepting portion;
- a face image printing portion for printing the face image of the person-to-board achieved by said face image achieving portion is printed on the boarding pass accepted by said boarding pass accepting portion when said control portion judges that the person-to-board is allowed to board;
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- a boarding pass discharge portion for discharging the boarding pass on which the face image is printed by said face image print portion.
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A boarding gate reader comprises:
- a boarding pass processing portion for accepting a boarding pass on which a face image of a person-to-board is printed, and reading boarding data recorded on the boarding pass;
- a face image data achieving portion for achieving face image data corresponding to coded face image of a person-to-board who is the owner of the boarding pass from which the boarding data are read out by said boarding pass processing portion;
- an image pickup portion for picking up an image of a person passing through a passage;
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- a control portion for collating the face image data of the person-to-board achieved by said face image data achieving portion with the face image picked up by said image pickup portion to identify the person-to-board, and prohibiting passage of the person-to-board when the identification of the person-to-board is negated.
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A service kiosk for a boarding pass comprises:
- a medium accepting portion for accepting insertion of a recording medium in which face image data corresponding to coded face image of an owner are recorded;
- an image pickup portion for picking up an image of a person who inserts the recording medium accepted by said medium accepting portion;
- a control portion for collating the face image data recorded in the recording medium accepted by said medium accepting portion with the face image of the person who inserts the recording medium, the face image being picked up by said image pickup portion;
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- a boarding pass issuing portion for issuing a boarding pass indicated when the control portion verifies the identity of the person-to-board.
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A person collation unit of the present invention comprises:
- a boarding pass accepting portion for accepting a boarding pass on which face image data achieved by coding the face image of an owner is printed;
- an image pickup portion for picking up an image of a person who inserts the boarding pass accepted by said boarding pass accepting portion;
- a control portion for collating the face image data recorded in the boarding pass accepted by said boarding pass accepting portion with the face image of the person who inserts the boarding pass, the face image being picked up by said image pickup portion to judge the identity of the person;
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- a display portion for displaying the judgment result in said control portion.
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A boarding pass processing method, characterized by comprising the steps of:
- achieving a face image of a person-to-board who is the owner of a boarding pass accepted by a boarding pass accepting portion and checking identity of the person-to-board to judge whether boarding of the person-to-board is allowed or not;
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- printing the face image of the person-to-board thus achieved on the boarding pass accepted by the boarding pass accepting portion when it is judged that the person-to-board is allowed to board.
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