IER, relying on the experience of the Quick Boarding Gate deployed for Lufthansa and of the PEGASE project tested at the Paris airport, has developed a new generation of automated boarding gates that can also authenticate passenger ID: SpeedBoarding® solutions.

The aim is to make sure that passengers passing through the gate are who they claim to be and that they are entitled to board the plane.

The SpeedBoarding® solution is a complete offer consisting of automatic gates, interlock gates, monitoring system and application software.

SpeedBoarding® BC

The SBG BC is a single or dual lane automatic gate allowing access to the airplane after automated 2D barcoded boarding pass control.

SpeedBoarding® AT

The SBG AT is a single or dual lane interlock gate allowing access to the airplane after automated passenger authentication (fingerprint scan matched with template stored in a database / smart card / cell phone) and DCS authorization.

See the various control functionalities on SBG AT: barcode reader, fingerprint scanner ...

The Monitoring System enables SBG remote configuration or testing of peripherals, presents statistics for operation or maintenance use and sends alerts in case of failure.

The Application Software is a library of SBG passenger processes according to the media used to authorize the automated access. There are several operating modes available which can be run on the SBG CUSS platform.

Airline application software will also be easy to integrate thanks to the CUSS standard used by the SBG software platform. These software programs process connections to the Airline’s DCS, to the Monitoring system and (if requested) to remote databases.

The most compact sized gates on the market offering maximum functionality and flexibility

The SBG product range is fully scalable. The same housing is used as the body of the automatic gate or the interlock gate. This housing can integrate a large variety of readers (such as 2D Barcode, Fingerprint, RFID, NFC cell phone), printers or displays. An electronic barrier with a one-person-only detection system located in front of an automatic gate turns the gate into a light and speed interlock gate.

Security at the touch of a finger

Based on a partnership with Precise Biometrics, the SpeedBoarding® Gate offers fingerprint recognition in combination with a token and Precise Match-on-Card™, or a temporary database solution. In the token-based version, the SpeedBoarding® Gate offers fingerprint recognition in combination with a frequent flyer card or a registered traveler card. The solution is based on a technology called Precise Match-on-Card™, which enables fingerprints to be stored and matched in the secure environment of the smart card or other type of token, such as a SIM card in a mobile phone. When the card is issued, the passenger’s fingerprint information is registered, so when the card is used at the gate, the data is sent from the sensor to the card and matched against the reference fingerprint that is stored on the card. As such there is no need for a database or network-connected device and personal integrity is maintained because the fingerprint information never leaves the card.

In the other scenario, passengers register their fingerprints at check-in, and are verified against the passenger database at boarding. The fingerprint information is stored in a database and is erased when a flight is over. Among the references for such a solution is Scandinavian Airlines with millions of domestic passengers using the system on a yearly basis in Scandinavia.

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