V-Shaped Secure Terminal With Shielded Ramp
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current airport terminal configurations face challenges in ensuring the safety and security of passengers, aircraft, and personnel due to the scattered nature of access control checkpoints, which increases the risk of unauthorized access and potential threats.
Innovation Solution
A secure airport terminal design featuring a V-shaped building with isolated central ramps, reinforced boarding areas, autonomous de-icing systems, multi-level security zones, closed-circuit video surveillance, X-ray scanners, and biometric authentication, along with secure containers and communication protocols, to enhance physical and confidentiality security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If access control checkpoints are scattered throughout the boarding area, then individual access control can be implemented, but the multiplicity of control points increases the risk of intrusion and safety threats
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple scattered access control checkpoints into a single integrated secure terminal structure. The V-shaped building consolidates multiple control functions (access control, surveillance, security screening) into one unified facility, eliminating the security gaps that exist between multiple distributed checkpoints while maintaining individual access control capabilities through centralized management
2Reliability
If the terminal provides comprehensive security measures including surveillance and access control, then physical integrity and confidentiality are maximized, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The secure terminal is designed as a multi-functional facility that simultaneously performs access control, video surveillance, security screening, and confidential communication functions within a single integrated structure. This universal design consolidates multiple security systems that would otherwise require separate facilities, reducing overall complexity while maintaining comprehensive security coverage
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal employs nested security layers where biometric authentication, RFID access control, and video surveillance systems are integrated within each other. The V-shaped building structure itself provides physical containment while housing multiple security subsystems that operate at different levels, creating a nested architecture that maximizes security without linearly increasing complexity
Data Source
Figure 1~2
Figure 3~4
Figure 5
AI summary
The present invention relates to a secure terminal (1) for the aerial transport of passengers whose technical and operational infrastructure makes it possible to ensure the physical security of the building, of the aircraft, of the goods, of the passengers and of the flight, technical and administrative personnel and the confidentiality of the passengers and of their goods, noteworthy in that it comprises at least one building (2) having a globally V-shaped horizontal section and comprising two branches (3) extending from a mid-zone (4), constituting parking hangars for aircraft and determining between them an uncovered central zone (7), called "ramp", physically isolated from the exterior environment of the secure terminal (1) by a barrier (8), named "shield", joining the free ends of the branches (3) and then transforming the building (2) - ramp (7) assembly into a secure enclosure, the shield (8) also participating in safeguarding confidentiality.