EP1376479A1 - Système de surveillance d'environnement, notamment pour contrôler l'accès à des locaux - Google Patents

Système de surveillance d'environnement, notamment pour contrôler l'accès à des locaux Download PDF

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EP1376479A1
EP1376479A1 EP03013883A EP03013883A EP1376479A1 EP 1376479 A1 EP1376479 A1 EP 1376479A1 EP 03013883 A EP03013883 A EP 03013883A EP 03013883 A EP03013883 A EP 03013883A EP 1376479 A1 EP1376479 A1 EP 1376479A1
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    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B15/00—Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points
    • G07B15/02—Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems
    • G07B15/04—Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems comprising devices to free a barrier, turnstile, or the like
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
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    • G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
    • G07C9/20—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass
    • G07C9/27—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass with central registration

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  • the present invention relates to an environment control system which may be used, for example, in premises for public gatherings, entertainment or exhibitions (theatres, museums, stadiums, concert halls, cinemas, etc.) or in other types of structures (parking lots, etc.) or in premises with limited access subject to appointment (government offices, etc.), to control public access and traffic, and monitor ambient conditions of the premises.
  • environment control system which may be used, for example, in premises for public gatherings, entertainment or exhibitions (theatres, museums, stadiums, concert halls, cinemas, etc.) or in other types of structures (parking lots, etc.) or in premises with limited access subject to appointment (government offices, etc.), to control public access and traffic, and monitor ambient conditions of the premises.
  • Number 1 in Figure 1 indicates as a whole an environment control system in accordance with the present invention.
  • Environment control system 1 comprises a number of removable, easy-to-carry subsystems communicating with one another over a wireless connection.
  • the wireless connection may conveniently be defined by a radio transmission, shown schematically in Figure 1 and indicated as a whole by 2, though other types of current or future wireless connections may obviously be employed equally well for the purpose.
  • Environment control system 1 substantially comprises:
  • the number of manned pay stations 4, automatic pay stations 5, and entrance/exit control devices 6 obviously depends on the type of premises in which environment control system 1 according to the invention is installed, and, in the example shown, on the number of access-controlled halls in the museum.
  • Central control unit 3 is defined by a central processing unit commonly known as a “server”, which can be remote accessed over a wireless connection 2 to perform various, e.g. administration, control, booking, operations.
  • server a central processing unit commonly known as a "server”
  • central control unit 3 may be remote accessed over Internet - shown schematically in Figure 1 and indicated as a whole by 10 - which would also provide for performing any of what in computer language are known as "Web Attraction" activities.
  • the central control unit may, for example, be remote accessed over Internet by museum administrators to real-time monitor attendance, and by private users and travel agencies to book visits to the museum, e.g. by personal computer.
  • Each manned pay station 4 in addition to routine functions such as controlling admission to the museum, taking bookings, and issuing tickets, also provides audio/video assistance to the public inside the museum, as explained more clearly later on.
  • each manned pay station 4 is equipped with a personal computer with a booking and ticket printer, radio antenna, video screen, video camera, and microphone.
  • each manned pay station comprises a foldable, 120 x 80 cm (standard pallet size) operator platform which can be transported by fork-lift truck.
  • a manned pay station of the above type is shown in Figure 2 purely by way of a non-limiting example.
  • Each automatic pay station 5 in addition to routine functions such as receiving coins, banknotes or bank-cards, making change, and issuing tickets, also provides for video surveillance and full-duplex audio functions, as explained more clearly later on.
  • each automatic pay station 5 is equipped with a processing unit for processing user requests, a ticket printer, radio antenna, video camera, and microphone.
  • Control devices 6 are located at the entrances and exits to and from the access-controlled halls - both indoor and outdoor - of the museum, and, in addition to the routine function of permitting, or not, entry or exit to or from the halls in which they are installed, also provide for video surveillance and full-duplex audio functions, as explained more clearly later on.
  • each control device 6 comprises a ticket reader - preferably a bar code reader for reading the bar codes printed on the tickets when they are issued - a radio antenna, video camera, and microphone.
  • each control device is at most 120 x 80 cm (standard pallet) size.
  • a control device of the above type is shown in Figure 3 purely by way of a non-limiting example.
  • environment control system 1 also comprises:
  • information and internal environment monitoring devices 7 are installed at appropriately selected locations in the indoor halls of the museum, and each provide for measuring microclimatic parameters, such as air temperature and humidity, air speed, and atmospheric pressure, as well as for video surveillance and full-duplex audio functions as explained more clearly later on.
  • each information and internal environment monitoring device 7 comprises a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an anemometer, a pressure sensor, an information monitor connected to a personal computer, a radio antenna, video camera, and microphone.
  • Each information and internal monitoring device 7 also comprises volumetric sensors for security surveillance of the hall, and may be accessed externally over Internet, e.g. to permit central monitoring of the museum by special fire-fighting groups. For example, by constantly monitoring the temperature of the halls in the museum, a fire can be detected immediately on the basis of a rapid increase in temperature.
  • Information and external environment monitoring devices 8 are installed at appropriately selected locations in the outdoor halls of the museum, and each provide for measuring microclimatic parameters, such as air temperature and humidity, air speed, and atmospheric pressure, as well as for video surveillance and full-duplex audio functions as explained more clearly later on.
  • each information and external monitoring device 8 comprises a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an anemometer, a pressure sensor, an information monitor connected to a personal computer, a video camera, and microphone.
  • Each information and external environment monitoring device 8 is conveniently also equipped with solar panels for powering all the electronic devices with which it is equipped.
  • Each information and internal, external environment monitoring device 7, 8 also comprises an input/output interface for connection to other peripheral devices, and by which to control the peripheral devices both as a function of monitored microclimatic parameters and in response to operator commands.
  • the input/output interface comprises:
  • each information and internal, external environment monitoring device 7, 8 provides, via its input/output interface, for:
  • each information and internal, external environment monitoring device 7, 8 can be connected to the peripheral devices and above electrical/electronic devices over the same wireless connection connecting the various subsystems of environment control system 1, as shown in Figure 1, or, for cost reasons, by cable, in particular over an Ethernet/Intranet/Internet network.
  • environment control system 1 may conveniently also employ one or more area attendants 9, each equipped with a hand-held computer, and for performing various functions in addition to or instead of those performed by the above devices, e.g. supervising and opening or closing entrances/exits, validating tickets, and weather monitoring.
  • Figure 5 shows a flow chart of the operations performed by manned pay station 4 operators or automatic pay station 5 users to purchase entrance tickets to the museum, and the operations performed by central control unit 3 in response to operator or user action.
  • the operator or user selects a ticket from those currently available as a function of day, time, and weather conditions (block 100) .
  • the ticket selected is for an access-controlled hall, e.g. one in which a maximum number of visitors are allowed to enter at one time (YES output of block 110)
  • the first available time with at least one place is sought (block 180), and a check is made to determine the time exists (block 190) .
  • visits may be of two types: guided, i.e. organized groups of visitors; or unguided, i.e. visitors admitted individually.
  • availability depends on the number of tickets left for the time selected; in the second case, actual availability depends on the capacity of the hall minus the number of tickets sold and admitted, plus the number of tickets sold and not yet admitted, and minus the number of tickets that have gone in and out.
  • control devices 6 do not merely validate the tickets for individual halls, but also count the number going in and out to keep an accurate count of the number of visitors.
  • the ticket purchase sequence is terminated without issuing the ticket (block 170).
  • the operator or user is asked whether more than one ticket is required (block 200). If it is (YES output of block 200), the operator or user is asked to enter the number of tickets required (block 210), the first available time with the required number of tickets is sought (block 220), and a check is made to determine the time exists (block 230).
  • the ticket purchase sequence is terminated without issuing the tickets (block 170).
  • the ticket purchase sequence is terminated without issuing the ticket (block 170); conversely (YES output of block 260), the operator or user keys in the new time (block 270), and the sequence continues with the operations described above relative to block 120.
  • Figure 6 shows a flow chart of the operations performed by central control unit 3 on the basis of weather data supplied by information and external monitoring devices 8.
  • the various information and external monitoring devices 8 are interrogated (block 300), and the air temperature, humidity and speed values supplied by devices 8 are acquired cyclically (block 310).
  • An average air speed value is then calculated (block 320) and compared with a threshold set in central control unit 3 (block 330).
  • control devices 6 are enabled (block 350); and, if they are not disabled, central control unit 3 goes into standby for a predetermined time interval (block 360), after which, the sequence continues with the operations described above with reference to block 300.
  • the at-risk outdoor halls of the museum are determined, e.g. those with strong wind and excessively high temperature or humidity (block 370), manned pay stations 4 and automatic pay stations 5 are disabled from issuing tickets for those particular halls (block 380), and control devices 6 controlling the entrances to those particular halls are disabled to prevent access by the public (block 390).
  • Central control unit 3 then goes into standby for a predetermined time interval (block 360), after which, the sequence continues with the operations described above with reference to block 300.
  • Figure 7 shows a flow chart of the operations performed by central control unit 3 to control museum entrance/exit control devices 6.
  • control device 6 As shown in Figure 7, to begin with, the ticket inserted into the bar code reader of control device 6 is read (block 400), and control device 6 identified (block 410) .
  • control device 6 is disabled to prevent the operator using that particular museum entrance/exit (block 440), a picture of the operator is taken by the video surveillance system of control device 6 and recorded (block 450), and the operator's entry/exit attempt through that particular entrance/exit is also recorded (block 460).
  • control device 6 is disabled to prevent the operator using that particular museum entrance/exit (block 480), and the sequence continues with the operations described above with reference to blocks 450 and 460. Conversely, if on active duty, the operator's access permits are checked (block 490) .
  • control device 6 If the operator is not authorized access to the hall controlled by the device, the device is disabled to prevent the operator using that particular museum entrance/exit (block 500), and the sequence continues with the operations described above with reference to blocks 450 and 460. Conversely, if the operator is authorized access to the hall, the disabled/enabled operating status of control device 6 is checked (block 510). If disabled previously for any reason, control device 6 is enabled (block 520), and entry/exit of the operator is recorded (block 530).
  • control device 6 is disabled to prevent the ticket holder using that particular museum entrance/exit (block 560), a picture of the ticket holder is taken by the video surveillance system of control device 6 and recorded (block 570), and the ticket holder's entry/exit attempt is also recorded (block 580).
  • the used/unused status of the ticket is checked (block 590).
  • control device 6 is disabled to prevent the ticket holder using that particular museum entrance/exit (block 600), and the sequence continues with the operations described above with reference to blocks 570 and 580; whereas, if the ticket has not yet been used, the access covered by the ticket is checked (block 610).
  • the device is disabled to prevent the ticket holder using that particular museum entrance/exit (block 620), and the sequence continues with the operations described above with reference to blocks 570 and 580. Conversely, if the ticket covers access to the hall controlled by device 6, the disabled/enabled operating status of the device is checked (block 630). If disabled previously for any reason, control device 6 is enabled (block 640), and entry/exit of the ticket holder is recorded (block 650).
  • control device 6 is disabled to prevent the ticket holder using that particular museum entrance/exit (block 670), a picture of the ticket holder is taken by the video surveillance system of control device 6 and recorded (block 680), and the ticket holder's entry/exit attempt is also recorded (block 690).
  • the time on the ticket is checked (block 700).
  • control device 6 is disabled to prevent the ticket holder using that particular museum entrance/exit (block 710), and the sequence continues with the operations described above with reference to blocks 680 and 690; whereas, if the ticket is valid, i.e. the time on the ticket and the present time correspond, the used/unused status of the ticket is checked (block 720).
  • control device 6 is disabled to prevent the ticket holder using that particular museum entrance/exit (block 730), and the sequence continues with the operations described above with reference to blocks 680 and 690; whereas, if the ticket has not yet been used, the access covered by the ticket is checked (block 740).
  • the device is disabled to prevent the ticket holder using that particular museum entrance/exit (block 750), and the sequence continues with the operations described above with reference to blocks 680 and 690. Conversely, if the ticket covers access to the hall controlled by device 6, the disabled/enabled operating status of the device is checked (block 760). If disabled previously for any reason, control device 6 is enabled (block 770), and entry/exit of the ticket holder is recorded (block 780).
  • Figure 8 shows a flow chart of the operations performed by operators or users on museum entrance/exit control devices 6 and on information and internal, external monitoring devices 7, 8 to communicate with the operators of manned pay stations 4, and the operations performed by central control unit 3 in response to operator or user action to permit interaction between the above devices and the pay station operators.
  • the operator or user calls a manned pay station 4 operator from a museum entrance/exit control device 6 or an information and internal, external monitoring device 7, 8 (block 800).
  • the peripheral device from which the call is made is then identified and engaged (block 810), and a free manned pay station 4 is sought (block 820).
  • no free manned pay station 4 is found, no-available-operators is indicated (block 830), the calling peripheral device is disengaged (block 840), and the call is logged (block 850) .
  • the manned pay station 4 operator cuts off communication with the calling peripheral device (block 890); the calling peripheral device and the manned pay station 4 are disengaged (blocks 900 and 910); and the call is logged (block 920).
  • control system using wireless communication between the various subsystems of the control system according to the present invention enables it to be used for controlling access to any premises.
  • the system according to the present invention in fact, is not only easy to transport, highly flexible, and adaptable to any premises, but can also be installed easily by requiring practically no wiring.
  • a "virtual" pay station defined by an Internet site may be set up alongside the manned and automatic pay stations at the museum, and accessed by users to book and purchase museum tickets by personal computer.
  • the museum ticket may be defined by a virtual ticket obtained telematically, thus enabling fully remote ticket purchase at any time and from any place, at the user's discretion.
  • the virtual ticket may be defined substantially by a computer or electronic access permit (duly encrypted for obvious security reasons), which may be received over the same means used to purchase the ticket, e.g. a personal or hand-held computer, fixed or mobile telephone, or any other appropriate means.
  • the access permit to the museum may be generated and sent by the booking-office service, which may be an agency of the museum itself, or an authorized agency capable of providing general booking service, and which handles bookings, coverage checks, ticket payments, as well as generating and transmitting virtual tickets to purchasers using an appropriate protocol.
  • the booking-office service may be an agency of the museum itself, or an authorized agency capable of providing general booking service, and which handles bookings, coverage checks, ticket payments, as well as generating and transmitting virtual tickets to purchasers using an appropriate protocol.
  • the access permit to the museum may be stored on a portable storage medium, and exhibited or presented at the museum entrance.
  • the access permit storage medium may conveniently be defined by a contact or contactless "smart card” or cellular telephone.
  • the access permit stored on the storage medium may be presented in the same way as for fast access to high-traffic locations such as underground railways, ski-lifts, motorways (tele-pass), etc., i.e. by interaction between the storage medium and a reader or electronic access port set up at the museum entrance and/or various hall entrances, and by which the access permit is checked and cancelled, and access permitted by appropriate visual or audio communication.
  • the access permit may simply be defined by an access code, which is keyed in on a permit checking device at the museum entrance or various hall entrances, may be requested by an SMS (Short Message System) message and obtained automatically by a response SMS message, and may be either memorized mentally or written on a piece of paper, i.e. with no need for storage on a portable storage medium.
  • SMS Short Message System
  • the central control unit may even be connected to Internet over a normal fixed or mobile telephone network, and may be integrated directly in the pay stations, as opposed to being defined by a stand-along server.

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