An electronic ticket, often called e-ticket, is a digital ticket displayed on an electronic device such as a phone or tablet instead of on paper. E-tickets provide a more efficient method for entering and processing information and help fight against fraudulent or counterfeit tickets. To effectively process e-tickets, devices must be able to read ticket barcodes either on printed media or electronic screens with accuracy and at a high throughput. The data collected must be transmitted and processed quickly, either locally or on a network. Datalogic has devices that specifically support e-tickets barcode scanning, processing, and transmit data efficiently.
Each e-ticket is scanned at the entrance to the venue and its validity is checked using the unique and different barcode (usually QR code) for each ticket. Presentation of your e-tickets at the entrance is mandatory. Unlike the traditional ticket, e-tickets can be printed before being displayed.
Whether automatic or manual, access control solutions can also be divided according to the kind of code they are designed to process:
Ticket reading requires the ability to read both mobile e-tickets and paper tickets without any degradation in overall performance. Paper tickets often become damaged due to handling, and difficult to read by scanners. E-tickets validation can be challenging as the screen brightness may vary presenting lower contrast barcodes.
Gate control is the management of access into and out of a gated place. It is the way to ensure that authorized visitors can enter, while preventing unauthorized persons from going inside. Typically, gate control is used by airlines, rail, and other public transportation, as well as the entertainment and sports industry to access travel and events.
As electronic ticketing becomes increasingly important due to the reduced need for physical contact caused by the global pandemic, new and emerging technologies are on the rise. Self-service kiosks offer users an efficient means of controlling access to a flight or venue, paying for a ticket and boarding public transportation. These kiosks are becoming more and more popular to control gate entry versus manual verification by personnel with employing handheld scanners.
Datalogic has invested significant time and resources into increasing the reliability of our scanning hardware and software. With world class decoding algorithms to quickly read both paper and mobile tickets, your ticket reading solution will offer a positive user experience while raising your throughput and creating boosting higher efficiency. Customers can choose among a wide variety of embedded barcode reading technologies to satisfy all applications and requirements within the electronic ticketing market. Additionally, they can leverage features like the Datalogic “Green Spot” unique technology, which will provide the user with visual indication of a successful reading. This is a benefit to users in both noisy or quiet environments, where the audible tone is disabled or unrecognizable.
Datalogic has various sizes of scan engines/modules for customers to design their various kinds of kiosk applications. The snappy scanning performance and intuitive use of the scan modules provide a great user experience for customers.
It is becoming more popular for logistic companies to have central delivery services to increase efficiency and cost effectiveness. Datalogic scan modules provide an intuitive tickets barcode scanning operation to provide a greater ease of use for all customers.
Datalogic has a very wide range of devices for scanning e-tickets, here are three products from Datalogic that offer all the needed characteristics:
