Automatic Ticket Validation for 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi

Background
The 2014 Winter Olympics, organized by the Sochi Organizing Committee (SOOC), officially called the 22nd Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Sochi 2014, were a major international multi-sport event held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. It was the first Olympics in Russia since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. A total of 98 events in 15 winter sport disciplines were held during the Games. A record of 88 nations were qualified to compete, which beat the previous record of 82 set at the previous Winter Olympics in Vancouver. With so many athletes attending the Game, the Committee reached cooperation with Chainway and deployed C5000 handheld readers for ticket validation, which improved efficiency of athlete entering the arena and enhanced accuracy of athlete identity verification.
 
Challenges

• The traditional paper tickets without any anti-fake mark are easy to be forged.

• It is inefficient, time-consuming as well as error-prone if tickets are checked by working staff’s naked eyes.

• Lack of real-time ticket checking data brings difficulty to the follow-up analysis and management.

 
Solutions
Chainway solution integrated Internet of Things and computing technologies, replaced traditional paper tickets with electronic RFID tickets. Configured with barcode scanning and RFID reading and writing functions, C5000 can read ticket information immediately when spectators hold tickets to enter the playing field. At the same time an automatic match of information in background database is proceeded via wireless networks. Compared with the traditional manual recognition, this way realizes fast and accurate ticket validation, almost eliminates fake tickets, and ensures a smooth and successful Winter Olympics.
 
Effects

• Intelligent identification system instead of the traditional manual recognition brings a substantial increase in efficiency, greatly shortened athletes’ admission time.

• Electronic RFID tickets effectively put an end to forged paper tickets, identity fraud and so on.

• Through backend system, administrators can have an overall visibility of ticket inspection in real time.

• It ensures that admission tickets are checked with high quality and efficiency, thus contributing to a safe and smooth Olympic Games.

 
PDA Configuration
P/N: C5000
Functions: 1D, RFID HF