DE29821091U1 - Passenger registration and control system - Google Patents

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Matthias Schumann, KlarVsVi^ße $0, ^9WS «Freiburg Utility model application: Passenger registration and control system

Description

I.Title:

Passenger registration and control system

2.Status of
Technology:

Since ticket inspection requires very individual checking procedures, all passengers are currently checked by train staff, with each passenger being individually checked for their route and destination.

3. Problem: &ogr; The invention specified in the protection claim is based on the problem that the general ticket inspection by the train attendants is very personnel-intensive and therefore costly.

O Furthermore, this general control also has a negative impact on the travel atmosphere of the passenger, who on longer routes may be checked 2-3 times by different conductors or whose sleep or work may be disturbed by the ticket inspection.

O In addition, the system currently in place contains some loopholes in the control: on short-haul flights, a passenger may not be checked at all by chance, or there is the possibility of deliberately evading the check by, for example, sleeping or going to the toilet.

O Finally, the operator has no statistically accurate access to the actual transport service provided and has had to compensate for this by conducting random passenger surveys.

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O Overall, it is clear that today's practice of ticket inspection is not appropriate for a modern service provider.

4. Solution: These problems are solved with the measures provided in the protection

Features (combination of passenger detection using a weight sensor and ticket control using a magnetic card reader).

5. Advantages: The invention ensures that every passenger who uses a passenger seat is permanently monitored in such a way that the seat occupancy is correlated with the section of the route currently being traveled and evaluated.

Instead of a general check by the train staff, only passengers who have no ticket or who have an invalid ticket are specifically addressed by the train attendant. This means that fewer staff are needed, who can concentrate exclusively on standing passengers and passengers without a valid ticket. A large proportion of the passenger volume, however, can be checked by machine.

In addition, the system can report statistical data on how many guests went where and when to the operator.

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6. Description. An embodiment of the invention is explained using the drawing on the reverse, whereby both elements I+II are connected to one another via a computer program (on-board software), which is not part of the protection claim. Therefore, instead of conventional tickets, the passenger registration and control system requires computer-readable magnetic cards, e.g. made of paper, on which the data for the passenger is also printed in writing.

I. a weight-sensitive sensor installed under the seat

II. Magnetic card reader built into the armrest

The sensor (I) reports that the seat is occupied, whereby the detection system can distinguish between luggage and people based on the weight ¹ . Once the passenger is seated, the system gives him a certain amount of time (e.g. 5 minutes) to look for his ticket in the form of a magnetic card and insert it into the magnetic card reader (II).

The functionality of similar sensors (so-called "control mats"), which are installed in the car in the
passenger seat and discriminate between the weight of an adult or child seat,
In the latter case, they deactivate the passenger airbag.

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The control system registers the following possibilities:

O If the ticket matches the route traveled, the reader validates it for this section and reports the statistical data to the operator. No signal is sent to the train staff.

O If, however, the ticket does not match the route traveled, or if there is no valid ticket in the reader for a certain period of time (e.g. 5 minutes), the system sends a signal with the seat number to a mobile or stationary display of the train staff, who must address these passengers specifically.

O If the passenger wants to change seats or get off or transfer, he or she must take his or her ticket out of the reader and insert it again on his or her return.

O Because the computer control system now knows the destination from every seat, the travel service can also be improved so that the passenger is specifically informed (e.g. via headphones or a loudspeaker in his vicinity) before his destination station or transfer point, instead of general information at every stop.

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&igr;. a weight-sensitive sensor ii. magnetic card reader
in. Magnetic card
iv. Seat cushion

Claims (1)

Matthias Schumann, Klarästrpße $), 7910&R-elrjwrg Utility model application: Fan'rga's't recording and control system Protection claim : Passenger registration and control system, in particular for ticket control of passengers in rail transport, characterized, that for passenger detection, a sensor that reacts to the human body weight in the seat area of each compartment seat is data-linked to a magnetic card reader for ticket control on the seat (e.g. in the armrest), whereby the computer control program required for this is not part of the protective response.