Luggage processing station
First Claim
1. A processing station for registering a passenger'"'"'s luggage for a trip, the processing station comprising:
- an injector for receiving a piece of luggage associated with the passenger;
a group of sensors comprising at least one sensor associated with the injector, the group of sensors, in combination with walls and a floor of the injector, creating a six-sided virtual box around the piece of luggage and wherein the virtual box includes at least one non-physical barrier, wherein the group of sensors is adapted to generate at least one side of the virtual box which forms the at least one non-physical barrier;
a weighing machine associated with the injector for weighing the piece of luggage while in the injector and while the virtual box is created around the piece of luggage; and
a controller associated with the group of sensors and the weighing machine, the controller being adapted to;
monitor, via the group of sensors, intrusions through the at least one non-physical barrier of the virtual box 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 virtual box from outside of the virtual box, andallow further processing of the piece of luggage only if no intrusion of the virtual box is detected.
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Abstract
A luggage processing station for registering a passenger'"'"'s luggage. The station includes an injector for receiving a piece of luggage associated with the passenger. A plurality of sensors are associated with the injector. A weighing machine is also associated with the injector for weighing the luggage while in the injector. The processing station also includes a user interface for receiving various inputs for confirming that a passenger has checked-in and to display information to the passenger during processing the luggage. A controller is associated with the sensors and weighing machine and the user interface. The controller is adapted to accept the luggage if the input received via the passenger'"'"'s boarding pass or identification indicate that the passenger has checked-in, feedback from the sensors indicates that predetermined criteria are met, and if feedback from the weighing machine indicates that weight of luggage is within a predetermined limit.
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23 Claims
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1. A processing station for registering a passenger'"'"'s luggage for a trip, the processing station comprising:
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an injector for receiving a piece of luggage associated with the passenger; a group of sensors comprising at least one sensor associated with the injector, the group of sensors, in combination with walls and a floor of the injector, creating a six-sided virtual box around the piece of luggage and wherein the virtual box includes at least one non-physical barrier, wherein the group of sensors is adapted to generate at least one side of the virtual box which forms the at least one non-physical barrier; a weighing machine associated with the injector for weighing the piece of luggage while in the injector and while the virtual box is created around the piece of luggage; and a controller associated with the group of sensors and the weighing machine, the controller being adapted to; monitor, via the group of sensors, intrusions through the at least one non-physical barrier of the virtual box 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 virtual box from outside of the virtual box, and allow further processing of the piece of luggage only if no intrusion of the virtual box is detected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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