Security check method and system

摘要

A method and a system for transferring a person and the person's carry-on items from a site upstream of a security check point to a site downstream of the security check point comprises loading the person's carry-on items onto a trolley at the upstream site, separating the person from the trolley at the upstream site, and subsequently x-raying the trolley at the security check point while the carry-on items remain loaded onto the trolley, and while a security check of the person is performed. Subsequently, the person and the trolley are united, while the carry-on items remain loaded onto the trolley. The trolley may be made from non-metallic material, such as plastics composite materials, and may optionally comprise a display monitor for displaying user-specific information. The invention is particularly useful for promoting security checks at airports.

主权项

1. A method for transferring an airplane passenger and the passenger's carry-on items from a site upstream of a security check point comprised in or located in the vicinity of a check-in zone of an airport terminal to a site downstream of the security check point, said downstream site being comprised in a departure or transit zone of the airport terminal, which is accessible to airplane passengers only, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a plurality of trolleys for said carry-on items; loading the person's carry-on items onto one of the trolleys at said upstream site; separating the person from the trolley at said upstream site; and subsequently: x-raying the trolley at said security check point while the carry-on items remain loaded onto the trolley; performing a security check of the person at said security check point; and subsequently: uniting the person and the trolley, while the carry-on items remain loaded onto the trolley; wherein each of the trolleys comprises a boarding-card reader for identifying the passenger; each of the trolleys comprises a monitor configured to display passenger-specific information; each of the trolleys is made essentially from plastics or composite materials; the method further comprising the steps of: identifying the person holding the trolley by reading the person's boarding card by means of the boarding-card reader; repeatedly broadcasting updated versions of data from a central server; receiving said data at a communication interface of each of the trolleys: carrying out, at each of said trolleys, a person-specific selection of parts of the broadcasted data solely on the basis of the identity of the person holding the trolley as determined at said step of identifying the person; displaying, at said monitor, said selected parts of the broadcasted data as said passenger-specific information, so that only those parts of the broadcasted information which have been selected solely on the basis of the person's identity are displayed at the monitor, and updating the displayed passenger-specific information at the monitor in accordance with the received updated versions of information; and making the trolley available to another person once the trolley has been released by the person previously holding it.