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Luggage processing station and system thereof

  • US 9,828,114 B2
  • Filed: 06/16/2017
  • Issued: 11/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A luggage processing station for registering a piece of passenger'"'"'s luggage for a trip, wherein the processing station comprising:

  • an injector for receiving the piece of luggage associated with the passenger;

    a group of sensors comprising a first sensor associated with the injector, the group of sensors, in combination with at least the floor of the injector, creating a zone around the piece of luggage; and

    a controller associated with the sensor being adapted to;

    monitor, via the group of sensors, intrusions through the zone to determine one or more of whether a predetermined limit on dimensions of the piece of luggage has been exceeded or whether a foreign object has intruded the zone from outside, and allow further processing of the piece of luggage only if no intrusion of the zone is detected;

    wherein the controller dynamically adjusts the volume of the zone to accommodate different sizes of luggage.

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