Smart tunnel having regular quarantine and disinfection function for preventing proliferation of infectious disease

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11746547-B2
Application number	US-201917288943-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2019
Priority date	Oct 29, 2018
Publication date	Sep 5, 2023
Grant date	Sep 5, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a smart tunnel having a tunnel structure having a quarantine section and a disinfection section, which is capable of regularly performing a quarantine function for determining whether an infectious disease is introduced and a disinfection function for preventing spread of an infectious disease.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A smart tunnel, comprising:
a quarantine section having a plurality of quarantine section tunnel modules configured in a tunnel structure through which one passenger passes and a disinfection section having a disinfection section tunnel module connected to all or a part of the plurality of quarantine section tunnel modules so that passengers passing through the quarantine section pass together are formed sequentially along a moving line of the passengers,
an intelligent infected person regular detection system for sensing and detecting an abnormal state and an abnormal behavior of each passenger from a thermal image and a visible light image of the passenger passing through each of the plurality of quarantine section tunnel modules to find out an infection-suspected person and obtaining a face image of the infection-suspected person is provided,
an infected person integrated control system for securing identity information of the infection-suspected person whose face image is obtained and transmitting the presence of the infection-suspected person, the identity information of the infection-suspected person, and the abnormal state information, the abnormal behavior information and the face information of the infection-suspected person received from the intelligent infected person regular detection system to a manager is provided,
a pathogen capturing system for determining whether an infectious disease is introduced by sucking the air inside the tunnel structure of each of the plurality of quarantine section tunnel modules to capture a pathogen discharged to the air from an infected person and determining the type of the infectious disease is provided,
wherein the intelligent infected person regular detection system considers a person or crowd exposed to the infection risk by sharing the same time and space as the infection-suspected person as an infection-suspected candidate group, obtains a face image of the infection-suspected candidate group, and transmits the face image of the infection-suspected candidate group to the infected person integrated control system,
wherein the infected person integrated control system includes a data receiving and storing unit for collecting and storing the received information, an image comparison extraction unit for comparing the received face image of the infection-suspected person and the infection-suspected candidate group with data secured in advance to find a matched person and considering the found corresponding person as the infection-suspected person and the infection-suspected candidate group to obtain identity information of the corresponding infection-suspected person and the corresponding infection-suspected candidate group, and an alarm notification unit for notifying the presence of the infection-suspected person and transmitting the obtained identity information of the infection-suspected person and the infection-suspected candidate group to a management terminal of a manager,
wherein members and facilities in the tunnel structure of the disinfection section tunnel module are made of a finishing material having antibacterial and antiviral performance,
wherein an air conditioning system having antibacterial and antiviral performance is provided to the disinfection section tunnel module so that the disinfection section tunnel module performs regular disinfection as a pathogen discharged to the air from an infected person passing through the tunnel structure is killed when contacting the finishing material having antibacterial and antiviral performance or passing through the air conditioning system having antibacterial and antiviral performance;
wherein the pathogen capturing system includes:
a pathogen capturing device configured to suck the air in the quarantine section tunnel module through a capturing inlet formed at an inner surface of the tunnel structure of the quarantine section tunnel module while an infected person is passing through the quarantine section tunnel module, capture an pathogen present in the sucked air to be separated and concentrated, check the type of the pathogen to determine whether an infectious disease is introduced, and determine the type of the introduced infectious disease; and
an air supply device configured to inject the air into the quarantine section tunnel module through an air injection hole formed at the inner surface of the tunnel structure of the quarantine section tunnel module,
wherein the tunnel structure of the quarantine section tunnel module has a double tunnel type including a plurality of internal tunnel structures and an external tunnel structure provided out of the plurality of internal tunnel structures to surround the plurality of internal tunnel structures entirely at an interval therefrom, and
wherein the pathogen capturing device and the air supply device are disposed in the space between the internal tunnel structure and the external tunnel structure.

2. The smart tunnel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the intelligent infected person regular detection system includes:
a thermal imaging camera installed in the tunnel structure of each of the plurality of quarantine section tunnel modules to obtain a thermal image of a passenger;
a visible light camera installed in the tunnel structure of each of the plurality of quarantine section tunnel modules to obtain a visible light image of the passenger; and
a reading control device configured to find out a passenger exhibiting an abnormal state or an abnormal behavior in the obtained thermal image and visible light image of the passenger as an infection-suspected person and extract and obtain a face image of the found-out infection-suspected person.

3. The smart tunnel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the capturing inlet is formed at one side surface of the inside of the tunnel structure of the quarantine section tunnel module,
wherein the air injection hole is formed at a side surface of the inside of the tunnel structure of the quarantine section tunnel module, which is opposite to the side surface at which the capturing inlet is formed, and
wherein the air injected from the air injection hole is provided to pass by the passenger and flow to the capturing inlet.

4. The smart tunnel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the capturing inlet is formed at a side surface of the inside of the tunnel structure of the quarantine section tunnel module,
wherein the air injection hole is formed at a ceiling portion of the inside of the tunnel structure of the quarantine section tunnel module, and
wherein the air injected from the air injection hole is provided to pass by the passenger and flow to the capturing inlet.

5. The smart tunnel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the capturing inlet is formed at a bottom portion of the inside of the tunnel structure of the quarantine section tunnel module,
wherein the air injection hole is formed at a side surface of the inside of the tunnel structure of the quarantine section tunnel module, and
wherein the air injected from the air injection hole is provided to pass by the passenger and flow to the capturing inlet.

Assignees

• Korea Inst Civil Eng & Building Tech

Inventors

• Koo Hyun-Bon
• Park Jung-Jun
• Kwark Jong-Won
• Kwahk Im-Jong
• Kim Seong-Jun

Classifications

• E04H1/1277 Primary

  Shelters for decontamination · CPC title

• A61B5/1176

  Recognition of faces · CPC title

• A61L9/00

  Disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air (body deodorants A61Q15/00; purifying air by respirators A62B, A62D9/00; separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours B01D45/00 - B01D51/00, B03C3/00; chemical or biological purification of waste gases B01D53/34; production of ozone C01B13/10; air-conditioning systems incorporating sterilisation F24F3/16, F24F8/20) · CPC title

• G06V40/166

  using acquisition arrangements · CPC title

• G06V40/20

  Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition (recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16) · CPC title