Airport Customs Clearance and Fingerprint Scanner
Author: huifan Time: 2019-09-06
Electronic Ticket
Electronic tickets are the source of air travel efficiency.In August 1993, the United States Valuejet Airlines based in Atlanta sold the first electronic ticket.In 1998, United Airlines’ electronic ticket sales accounted for 46% of total sales. In 1999, it rose to 58%, and agency fees were
The US$1.325 billion fell to US$1.139 billion, and the proportion of e-tickets reached 65% in November 2001. At present, the average number of electronic tickets in developed countries is about
40%, the United States averages 60%. IATA has also developed a unified international standard. It is hoped that the ticket will be fully electronicized by 2007 and the paper will be cancelled quality ticket
On March 28, 2000, China Southern Airlines took the lead in launching e-tickets for individual customers, but only sold 300,000 yuan in that year.
After the participation of the absorption agents in 2001, the sales reached 150 million yuan, and in 2002 it reached 600 million yuan. From August to September 2003, Air China's electronic ticket entered Shanghai and Guangzhou. China Eastern Airlines actively followed up. At present, Shanghai Airlines and Hainan Airlines have also joined. In 2004, the national electronic ticket accounted for 6.7% of the total ticket sales, the sales income was 4 billion yuan, and the proportion of China Southern Airlines reached 25%. Even with 20% calculation, it can save nearly 100 million yuan, and calculate the annual passenger flow of 70 million passengers nationwide. It can save 2.1 billion yuan. By 2007, the proportion of e-tickets nationwide is expected to reach 50%.
With an electronic ticket, passengers can receive their boarding pass with a valid ID and certification number. The second generation of e-tickets uses smart card technology to not only accumulate mileage points for passengers, but also to book taxis and hotels. Third-generation e-tickets can provide telephone and financial services can. From printing to settlement, the ticket cost of a ticket is 40 yuan, while the electronic ticket is less than 5 yuan. The agency fee for traditional airfare is generally 3% to 10%, and the agency fee for online sales is only 3% (of which 1% is paid to the bank). For airlines, in addition to reducing sales costs by about 80%, e-tickets can save time, ensure the timely and complete return of funds, and the accuracy and security of passenger information, and help to accurately analyze market demand.
First pass: registration and safety certification
The earliest security measures began to perform duties one kilometer away from the airport, and the laser scanner on the roadside detected the vehicle with explosives. The device first activates the molecules of the item being inspected. When the molecule is loose, a spectrum is radiated, and the spectrum of each substance is different.
These spectra are compared to chemical databases to identify suspicious substances, especially explosives, drugs and biochemical agents. This process sounds complicated, but it is only a matter of moments. If a cargo on a truck that claims to be a soft drink is more volatile than cola, it will be immediately suspected.
The first pass for passengers is no longer a ticketing officer, but an identity certification kiosk. A camera and computer with facial recognition software will take a snapshot of you and immediately generate an image identity smart card that can be protected against vandalism and tampering. The chip above has the flight number and boarding gate number.
With time and face digital images, the airport can keep track of where you are. In fact, before this, you have been quietly compared with a terrorist suspect database.
Currently, reliable biometric identification methods include fingerprint, facial features, voiceprint, iris or retina texture recognition. These features can be digitized to identify everyone on the planet, but only retina and iris scans can guarantee 100% accuracy. . Computer can be super on the iris.
The data is given by 250 identification points, but the speed is slightly slower and is generally used for re-examination of suspicious passengers. Face recognition can achieve an accuracy of 80% to 90%, but it is affected by factors such as camera angle, illumination, and age. The biggest difficulty is that while getting lost and receiving people will find it helpful, tracking the violations of individual privacy by individual will make it encounter strong resistance.
Passengers' luggage and belongings are also tagged with a radio frequency identification (RFID) so that they can be located at any time. The tag also corresponds to the smart card, and there is no case where the passenger is not boarding and his baggage is on the plane. The baggage check will also apply a laser scanner, and after finding suspicious baggage, find and block the owner of the bag immediately.
Second level: manual monitoring
To handle complex situations flexibly and flexibly, security experts at airport command centers and police officers located throughout the airport are still essential.
Third pass: passenger safety scan
If the most stringent precautions are taken, the future security door will be a corridor made of bulletproof glass that can be locked at both ends. After the passenger swipes the smart card, the face is scanned again, the identity is verified, and the personal items and clothing are also checked by a laser scanner, which replaces the X-ray inspection and the metal detector. The biggest shortcoming of X-ray examination is that you can see the body under the clothes, similar to the perspective function of digital cameras. Although the United States has developed image processing software that intentionally ignores gender characteristics, there are still many passengers and human rights organizations who are strongly dissatisfied.
Fourth pass: boarding gate
Passengers boarding also rely on smart cards. If problems are found, such as unchecked personal belongings, the boarding gate will be closed and passengers will be investigated.
Fifth level: the aircraft and its surroundings
All airport employees are also required to perform facial or iris scans to confirm their identity when they go to work. Laser scanning is used to check for explosives or weapons. Employees must wear special RFID badges to enter special areas. The camera monitors around the airport, and image processing software can distinguish between curious dogs or deliberate intrusions. The aircraft is monitored by digital cameras that are triggered by the motion of the monitored object, as long as there are any unauthorized activities in the cargo door, landing gear bay and engine. Hide the camera in the cockpit, cabin and aisle and send it to the ground
The idea of returning to the real-time image is also under discussion, of course, at the expense of personal freedom.
