INTERLOCK; SYSTEM, COMPRISING AN INTERLOCK; METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FLOW OF PEOPLE AND/OR FOR SECURITY CHECKING; COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

Abstract

An interlock includes an entrance and an exit as well as an inner region arranged between the entrance and the exit. The interlock has a body scanner and a separation sensor, wherein the separation sensor is configured to measure the number of people in the inner region of the interlock, and the body scanner is configured to scan a body of a person in the inner region of the interlock.

Claims

1. An interlock comprising: an entrance, an exit, and an inner region arranged between the entrance and the exit, wherein the interlock has a body scanner and a separation sensor, wherein the separation sensor is configured to measure the number of people in the inner region of the interlock, and wherein the body scanner is configured to scan a body of a person in the inner region of the interlock.

2. The interlock according to claim 1, wherein the body scanner is configured to detect hazardous objects on the body of the person and/or on the clothing of the person.

3. The interlock according to claim 1, wherein the body scanner is configured to scan the body of the person by X-ray and/or terahertz radiation.

4. The interlock according to claim 1, wherein the separation sensor and the body scanner are configured such that a measurement is configured to be carried out by the separation sensor and a scan configured to be carried out by the body scanner directly one after another or at least partially simultaneously.

5. The interlock according to claim 1, wherein the separation sensor is arranged in a ceiling region of the interlock and/or on a side wall of the interlock and/or in the inner region of the interlock, centrally in the inner region of the interlock.

6. The interlock according to claim 1, wherein the interlock has an entrance door device at the entrance of the interlock, wherein the entrance is configured to be closed and opened using the entrance door device, wherein the interlock has an exit door device at the exit of the interlock, wherein the exit is configured to be closed and opened using the exit door device.

7. A system, comprising at least one interlock according to claim 1, wherein the system also has a preliminary region arranged in front of the entrance of the interlock, wherein the preliminary region is configured to be entered through an entry device, wherein arranged at the entry device or in the environment of the entry device is a sensor device and/or an identity checking device and/or a ticket checking device, through which people entering the preliminary region are configured to be checked.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein people entering the preliminary region are configured to be counted using the entry device, wherein the system is configured such that: a count of the people entering the preliminary region is carried out using by the sensor device and/or the identity checking device and/or the ticket checking device, a further count of the people exiting the preliminary region through the interlock is carried out using the separation sensor of the interlock, a number of people within the preliminary region is determined and/or monitored by the count and the further count.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the system has a playback device, wherein the system is configured such that a warning notification is configured to be emitted by the playback device as a function of the measurement of the number of people by the separation sensor and/or as a function of the scan of the body by the body scanner.

10. A method for controlling a flow of people and/or for security checking using an interlock comprising an entrance and an exit as well as an inner region arranged between the entrance and the exit, wherein the interlock has a body scanner and a separation sensor, wherein the separation sensor is configured to measure the number of people in the inner region of the interlock, wherein the body scanner is configured to scan a body of a person in the inner region of the interlock or using a system according to claim 7, wherein the method includes the following steps: measuring the number of people in the inner region of the interlock using the separation sensor, and scanning a body of a person in the inner region of the interlock using the body scanner.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein, prior to the measurement of the number of people using the separation sensor and prior to the scanning of the body using the body scanner: at least one person moves through the opened entrance into the interlock, while the exit the interlock is closed, wherein the entrance of the interlock is closed after the at least one person has moved through the opened entrance into the interlock.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the exit of the interlock is opened as a function of the measurement of the number of people using the separation sensor and/or as a function of the scanning of the body using the body scanner.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the measurement of the number of people by the separation sensor and the scanning of the body by the body scanner are carried out at least partially simultaneously while the exit of the interlock is closed, wherein the exit of the interlock is opened exclusively when: the measurement of the number of people by the separation sensor indicates that exactly one person is located in the inner region of the interlock, and additionally the scanning of the body by the body scanner indicates that the person in the inner region of the interlock is not carrying any hazardous objects.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein in the case that the measurement of the number of people by means of the separation sensor indicates that more than one person is located in the inner region of the interlock, and/or in the case that the scanning of the body by the body scanner indicates that one person in the interlock is carrying at least one hazardous object, the exit remains closed, wherein a warning notification is emitted by a playback device.

15. A computer program product, wherein the computer program product comprises commands, which, when the computer program product is run by a computer, cause the computer to carry out a method according to claim 10.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

[0071] Further advantages and details of the disclosure will be explained below on the basis of the exemplary embodiment represented in the drawing. It shows:

[0072] FIG. 1 a schematic representation of a system according to one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

[0073] The system according to FIG. 1 thereby comprises an interlock 1, by means of which a flow of people can be controlled and a security check carried out. A preliminary region 30 is arranged in front of the interlock 1. A person can reach the inner region 4 of the interlock 1 from the preliminary region 30 through the entrance 2 of the interlock 1. The entrance 2 is equipped with an entrance door device 2′, in particular a sliding door. The entrance 2 can be opened and closed by the entrance door device 2′. A person scanner 5 is arranged in the interlock 1, which makes it possible, preferably by means of X-rays and/or terahertz radiation, to scan the body of a person who is located in the inner region 4 of the interlock 1. Furthermore, the interlock 1 comprises a separation scanner 6, which is arranged in the represented exemplary embodiment in a ceiling region of the interlock 1 and by means of which it can be determined whether exactly one person is located in the inner region 4 of the interlock 1. Furthermore, the interlock 1 comprises an exit 3 with an exit door device 3′. Scanned people can exit the inner region 4 of the interlock 1 through the exit 3 and thus for example reach a security region of an airport, of a train station or of another building. The exit 3 of the interlock 1 can be opened and closed by means of the exit door device 3′.

[0074] Furthermore, a further interlock 1′ is arranged adjoining the preliminary region 30 in the exemplary embodiment shown. The further interlock 1′ can for example be formed structurally identically to the interlock 1 such that the preliminary region can also be exited through the further interlock 1′. Furthermore, an exit region 40 is present for the preliminary region 30. The exit region 40 is sealed by means of a door device 40′ and can be opened, if required, for example for people for whom the interlocks 1, 1′ are not suitable for physical or medical reasons. The preliminary region 30 is a region which is closed off from the environment by means of a barrier 32 and which can be entered through an entry device 20. The entry device 20 is configured in such manner that it can enable and block entry into the preliminary region 30. For example, the entry device 20 comprises one or a plurality of swing doors for this purpose. Alternatively, other types of door are also conceivable. A sensor device 23 and/or an identity checking device 22 and/or a ticket checking device 21 is arranged at the entry device 20. It is conceivable that the entry device 20 grants a person entry to the preliminary region 30 when a ticket check has been carried out by means of the ticket checking device 21 and/or an identity check has been carried out by means of the identity checking device 22. In this manner, granting of access to the preliminary region 30 can be controlled. On the one hand, this can ensure that only one person per ticket check and/or identity check passes the entry device 20. On the other hand, a count or limit of the number of people within the preliminary region 30 and/or the interlock 1, 1′ and/or the exit region 40 is possible as a result. In particular, the opening of the entry device 20 could be locked at least temporarily when the number of people within the mentioned systems exceeds a certain number. Furthermore, a baggage conveyor means 31, in particular a baggage carousel, is arranged in the preliminary region 30, on which a person in the preliminary region 30 places their baggage, including any objects they are carrying, before the person can enter the interlock 1.

[0075] According to one exemplary embodiment of a method according to the disclosure, a person passes through the entry device 20 and thus reaches the preliminary region 30. The passage through the entry device 20 is counted by means of a sensor device 23 and/or the identity checking device 22 and/or the ticket checking device 21. The person leaves their baggage on the baggage conveyor means 21 in the preliminary region 30. If there is no one in the interlock 1, the interlock 1 is in a state, in which its exit 3 is closed, for example by means of the exit door device 3′, and in which its entrance 2 is opened. The person passes through the entrance 2 into the inner region 4 of the interlock 1. The entrance 2 of the interlock 1 is closed, for example by means of the entrance door device 2′. It is conceivable that the entrance 2 is closed as a function of a detection of the separation sensor 6, in particular when the separation sensor 6 detects that the person has entered the inner region 4. A body scan is carried out by means of the body scanner 5 for the person located in the inner region 4. Simultaneously to the scan by the body scanner 5, it is preferably checked by means of the separation sensor 6 that exactly one person is located in the inner region 4 of the interlock 1. If the body scanner and the measurement of the separation sensor 6 indicates that exactly one person is located in the inner region 4 and the person is not carrying any hazardous objects, the exit 3 opens so that the person can exit the interlock through the exit. Otherwise, when more than one person is detected in the inner region 4 or the body scan identifies a hazardous object, the exit 3 does not open. Instead, a warning notification and/or error notification is preferably indicated, for example to security personnel and/or to the person or people in the interlock 1. If, for example, it has been detected that more than one person is located in the inner region 4 of the interlock 1, an acoustic and/or visual warning notification can be emitted, which requests the people in the inner region 4 of the interlock 1 to exit the interlock 1 through the entry 3 until only one person is located in the inner region 4. If a hazardous object has been detected by means of the body scanner 5, at least the security personnel is informed by means of the warning notification such that further checks or countermeasures can be initiated. Therefore, particularly advantageous automation can be achieved, which can save time. At the same time, the need for security personnel to be present at each body scanner, monitoring and controlling the flow of people to the body scanner and from the body scanner can be avoided.

[0076] It can be counted when a person successfully passes through the interlock 1, for example by means of the opening of the exit 3, the measurement by the body scanner 5 and/or the measurement by the separation sensor 6. This further count can be compared with count carried out by means of the sensor device 23 and/or the identity checking device 22 and/or the ticket checking device 21. In this way, it can for example be monitored whether the number of people entering the preliminary region 30 matches the number of people exiting the preliminary region 30. A particularly advantageous and automatable additional security check can be hereby configured. Furthermore, a limit of the number of people within the preliminary region 30 and/or the interlocks 1, 1′ and/or the exit region 40 is possible as a result.