Identification, monitoring system as well as method for tracking the path of transport of a piece of luggage

• US 20070089330A1
• Filed: 10/10/2006
• Published: 04/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Becker Marine Systems GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Becker Marine Systems GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Lehmann, Dirk, Schauland, Jorg
• Application Number:
  US11/546,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20070089330A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 40/6
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management

Abstract

In order to improve the transport process of at least one piece of luggage and/or of at least one receptacle which transports the piece of luggage from a starting place, in particular from a check-in counter or from a loading point to a target place, in particular to a cabin of a passenger ship and/or inversely in such a manner that the loading and unloading of the piece of luggage and/or of the receptacle can take place reliably and quickly, it is proposed to fix at least one identification (10) for tracking the path of transport of the piece of luggage (15, 16, 17) from a starting place (25) to the target place (37) on the piece of luggage (15, 16, 17) and/or on the receptacle (40) which transports the piece of luggage (15, 16, 17).

Claims

1. Identification (10) for tracking at least one piece of luggage (15, 16, 17) from a starting place (25), in particular from a check-in counter or from a loading point to a target place (37), in particular to a cabin of a passenger ship, whereby the identification (10) can be fixed on the piece of luggage (15, 16, 17) and/or on at least one receptacle (40) which transports the piece of luggage (15, 16, 17).

2. Identification according to claim 1, wherein the identification (10) can be detected by a computer, in particular

at the starting place (25) and/or

in at least one station (27, 28, 29, 31) situated between the starting place (25) and the target place (37), for example in at least one intermediate station, for example in at least one customs station with safety check and/or a storehouse and/or in at least one lift and/or in at least one tweendeck and/or

at the target place (37).

3. Identification according to claim 1, wherein the identification (10) is configured as at least one machine readable device and/or as at least one transponder unit.

4. Identification according to claim 1, wherein the identification (10) is configured to receive data and/or information such as, for example, weight and/or cabin number and/or passenger name and/or is clearly visible, in particular has an outstanding shape and/or configuration.

5. Identification according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle (40) is configured

as at least one device, in particular as a transport box or as a tub-shaped receptacle or a small container, for loading and unloading the piece of luggage (15, 16, 17) for a passenger ship, in particular a cruiser with ship cabins in ship decks and

is designed to transport the respective piece of luggage (15, 16, 17) of the single ship cabins from the starting place (25) outside the ship

to at least one station (27, 28, 29, 31) situated between the starting place (25) and the target place (37), for example to at least one intermediate station, for example to at least one customs station with safety check and/or to at least one storehouse and/or to at least one lift and/or to at least one tweendeck or

to the target place (37) and/or inversely.

6. Monitoring system (100) for tracking the path of transport of at least one piece of luggage (15, 16, 17) from a starting place (25), in particular from a check-in counter or a loading point, to a target place (37), in particular to a cabin of a passenger ship which has

at least one identification (10) according to claim 1 and

at least one reading unit (36), in particular at least one transponder reading device, for reading-out at least one part of the data and/or information stored by means of the identification (10).

7. Monitoring system according to claim 6, comprising at least one evaluating unit (34), in particular at least one processor for evaluating at least one part of the data and/or information read-out by means of the reading unit 36.

8. Monitoring system according to claim 6, comprising at least one display unit (35), in particular at least one monitor, for displaying at least one part of the data and/or information read-out by means of the reading unit (36) and/or evaluated by means of the evaluating unit (34).

9. Method for tracking the path of transport of at least one piece of luggage (15, 16, 17) from a starting place (25), in particular from a check-in counter or from a loading point to a target place (37), in particular to a cabin of a passenger ship, whereby he piece of luggage (15, 16, 17) and/or at least one receptacle (40) which transports the piece of luggage is provided at the starting place (25) with at least one identification (10), in particular according to claim 1.

10. (canceled)