Patent ID: 6786401
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G07B,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
A passing examination system comprising:a passing ticket issuer, including: an insertion port to receive a Travel Document (TD) recording individual information which specifies a bearer; a reader to read the individual information from the TD and specific information printed on the TD after the TD is inserted into the insertion port by the bearer; an acquiring portion to acquire biological information of the bearer; a collator to collate the biological information of the bearer acquired by the acquiring portion with the individual information read from the TD of the bearer by the reader; an examination portion to examine authenticity of the TD based on the specific information read from the TD by the reader and determine whether to approve the passing of the bearer based on whether the biological information of the bearer and the individual information read from the TD of the bearer are in agreement as a result of collation by the collator; an issuer to issue a passing ticket to the bearer only when the bearer is approved to pass by the examination portion and to withhold issuance of the passing ticket if the bearer is not approved; and a recovering portion to recover the TD when the examination portion determines that the TD is forged; a gate, which is installed at a location away from the passing ticket issuer, to approve the passage of the bearer by accepting the passing ticket issued by the passing ticket issuer to the bearer who is approved to pass thereby to prevent the bearer who is not approved from passing the gate without the passing ticket; and an examination booth, provided at a location away from the passing ticket issuer, wherein an examiner examines the bearer to whom the passing ticket is not issued and the bearer's TD.