The commissioning by the International Cricket Council for an effective access control system for the World Cup Cricket provided an international breakthrough for South African information technology company DexSecurity Solutions. This technology has already attracted attention from the international soccer world.
The system, SafeVenue, is based on a unique two-dimensional barcode printed on the ticket. This barcode cannot be duplicated and this feature makes it near impossible to forge a ticket. It contains crucial information such as event details, gate control parameters and ticket numbers. The tickets are automatically scanned and verified by the data readers that control the turnstiles. The database being generated keeps track of movement of attendees throughout all turnstiles and makes it impossible for tickets to be passed back to other people wanting to enter the venue illegally.
DexSecurity Solutions had to design new turnstiles and readers for the projects since it could not find off-the shelf products that met the needs of the project, anywhere in the world. The imaging heads were also locally modified to decode the copy-patented symbols, which is a worldwide Dex patent.
Since 11 September 2001, matters of safety and security became very important issues for organisers of big events. The SafeVenue system protects spectators against over-crowded venues as well as unlawful entries.
Ernest Cockcroft, Managing Director of DexSecurity Solutions, says there is already significant international interest in the system. Brazil is already investigating the requirements for implementing the system for the Brazilian Soccer Federation.
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