Singapore is developing a new gantry that will allow travellers to clear immigration by simply walking through.
Currently, travellers passing through Singapore’s borders have to scan their passports, walk through a barrier, and wait again behind another barrier as their biometrics are scanned before they are allowed through. The process takes about two minutes per traveller.
But this is set to change, with the development of a gantry without any barriers that will see travellers clear immigration in under 10 seconds as they walk past at a brisk pace without stopping.
Dubbed the Next-Generation Clearance Concept, the system includes the barrier-free gantry and a self-enrolment kiosk that will allow people to register their biometrics by themselves.
The system is being developed by the Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX), which has put a prototype on display in France at Milipol Paris 2023, which is being held from Nov 14 to 17.
The barrier-free gantry uses numerous sensors and cameras that can conduct facial and iris recognition at speed, but HTX said they are looking to also implement the detection of gait biometrics that will measure the way a person walks.
The Straits Times
