Zurich Airport has begun trialling two digital security scanners from Rohde & Schwarz – an exhibitor at FTE Global, the “CES of Aviation” taking place in Los Angeles on 28-30 October 2024. The long-term plan is to equip all security checkpoints at the airport with the new technology.
During the trial phase, the new devices will not replace conventional metal detectors, instead serving as supplementary inspection devices. Passengers stand in the security scanner for a short time, while possible threats on their body are displayed on a standardised digital avatar without revealing personal attributes.
The scanner works with millimetre-wave technology. It renders the captured image data anonymous, while also analysing it in order to detect prohibited items on passengers quickly and accurately. The automatic detection function is based on AI algorithms that aim to identify a wide range of object classes of all materials, such as metals, liquids, ceramics, plastics, granulates, powders, organic substances and much more, with extremely low false alarm rates. This reduces the effort required by security personnel for manual follow-up inspections.
