Apparatus and method to control taking airport baggage

• US 9,315,278 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2014
• Issued: 04/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kim, Dong-Ho, Na, Dong-Gil, Song, Jae-Gwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Walsh, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US14/308,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20150197348A1
• Time in Patent Office: 671 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B64F 1/366 Check-in counters
• CPC Class Codes: B64F 1/368 Arrangements or installations for routing, distributing or loading baggage
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 43/08 Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed or discharged and controlling the discharging devices B65G47/42

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for taking airport baggage. In an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a control apparatus for taking airport baggage comprising: a baggage information receiving part receiving baggage information in a tag from a tag reader which recognizes the tag attached to a baggage moving on a conveyor belt; a receipt information generating part generating receipt information with which a baggage owner is able to take the baggage on the basis of the baggage information; a receipt information providing part providing the receipt information to a terminal of the baggage owner; a movement request receiving part receiving a request for movement path of the baggage from the terminal of the baggage owner; and a movement controlling part moving the baggage to a particular location on the basis of the request for movement path of the baggage.

Claims

1. A control system for taking airport baggage comprising:

a conveyor belt configured to move a bag discharged from a baggage discharging part;

a tag reader configured to recognize a tag attached to the bag moving on the conveyor belt; and

a control apparatus configured to receive baggage information in the tag from the tag reader, to generate receipt information on the basis of the baggage information, to provide the receipt information to a terminal of the baggage owner, to receive a request from the terminal of the baggage owner indicating a movement path of the bag, and to move the bag to a particular gate in an airport according to the request.

2. A control apparatus for taking airport baggage comprising:

a baggage information receiving part configured to receive baggage information in a tag from a tag reader which recognizes the tag attached to a bag moving on a conveyor belt;

a receipt information part configured to generate, on the basis of the baggage information, receipt information adapted to permit a baggage owner to take the bag;

a receipt information providing part configured to provide the receipt information to a terminal of the baggage owner;

a movement request receiving part configured to receive a request indicating a movement path of the bag from the terminal of the baggage owner; and

a movement controlling part configured to move the bag to a particular gate in an airport on the basis of the request.

3. The control apparatus for taking airport baggage of claim 2, wherein the baggage information comprises airline information and baggage owner information.

4. The control apparatus for taking airport baggage of claim 2, wherein the receipt information comprises information indicating a location where the baggage is received and information indicating a time before the bag may be received.

5. The control apparatus for taking airport baggage of claim 2, wherein the request comprises a request to change the requested gate.

6. The control apparatus for taking airport baggage of claim 2, further comprising a part configured to display the baggage information and the receipt information.

7. The control apparatus for taking airport baggage of claim 2, further comprising a communication module configured to transmit the receipt information to the terminal and to receive the request from the terminal.

8. The control apparatus for taking airport baggage of claim 2, further comprising an interface configured to receive the request from the baggage owner,

wherein the interface comprises at least one of a keyboard and a touch screen integrally combined with the displaying part.

9. The control apparatus for taking airport baggage of claim 2, further comprising a code reader configured to recognize at least one of a bar code and a Quick Response (QR) code printed on a boarding pass of the owner.

10. The control apparatus for taking airport baggage of claim 2, further comprising a sliding door configured to open and close,

wherein the sliding door opens when the bag arrives at the particular gate, and closes after the owner takes the bag.

11. The control apparatus for taking airport baggage of claim 2, further comprising a warning light configured to indicate that the baggage owner is able to take the bag with a predetermined color light.

12. A control method for taking airport baggage comprising:

receiving baggage information in a tag from a tag reader which recognizes the tag attached to a bag moving on a conveyor belt;

generating, on the basis of the baggage information, receipt information adapted to permit a baggage owner is able to take the bag;

providing the receipt information to a terminal of the baggage owner;

receiving a request indicating a movement path of the bag from the terminal of the baggage owner; and

moving the bag to a particular gate in an airport on the basis of the request.

13. The control method for taking airport baggage of claim 12, wherein the particular gate is a first gate, the method further comprising:

calculating a first receivable time to move the bag to the first gate;

searching for a second gate corresponding to a second receivable time, the second receivable time being takes less than the first receivable time;

transmitting information on the second gate and the second receivable time to the terminal of the baggage owner; and

receiving a confirmation message from the owner'"'"'s terminal to change the particular gate from the first gate to the second gate.

14. The control method for taking airport baggage of claim 12, further comprising:

transmitting information in which the bag is able to be taken at a certain location to the terminal of the baggage owner when the request for movement path of the baggage is not received from the terminal of the baggage owner.