Animated monitor and control for automated baggage handling system and related methods
AssigneeControllogix
InventorsKevin Wilcox, Brandon Deaton
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Abstract
A system may include a plurality of continuous conveyors configured for moving objects throughout a facility, and a plurality of sensors positioned at different locations within the facility for collecting telemetry data associated with the travel of the objects along the conveyors. The system may also include a computing device configured to store the telemetry data from the sensors in a database, generate an animation of the conveyors and the objects traveling along the conveyors within the facility based upon the telemetry data stored in the database, and play the animation on a display via a graphical user interface (GUI).
Claims18
A system comprising:
- a plurality of continuous conveyors configured for moving objects throughout a facility;
- a plurality of sensors positioned at different locations within the facility for collecting telemetry data associated with travel of the objects along the conveyors, at least some of the sensors being configured to determine whether the objects have passed through a security screening;
- and
- a computing device configured to
- store the telemetry data from the sensors in a database,
- generate an animation of the conveyors and the objects traveling along the conveyors within the facility based upon the telemetry data stored in the database and including status annotations that follow at least some of the objects as they switch between different conveyors, the status annotations including security status information to indicate whether respective objects have passed through the security screening, and
- play the animation on a display via a graphical user interface (GUI).
A computing device comprising:
- a memory and a processor cooperating with the memory and configured to
- store telemetry data from a plurality of sensors in a database in the memory, the sensors being positioned at different locations throughout a facility and being configured to collect telemetry data associated with travel of objects along conveyors within the facility, at least some of the sensors being configured to determine whether the objects have passed through a security screening,
- generate an animation of the conveyors and the objects traveling along the conveyors within the facility based upon the telemetry data stored in the database and including status annotations that follow at least some of the objects as they switch between different conveyors, the status annotations including security status information to indicate whether respective objects have passed through the security screening, and
- play the animation on a display via a graphical user interface (GUI).
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a computing device to perform steps comprising:
- storing telemetry data from a plurality of sensors in a database, the sensors being positioned at different locations throughout a facility and being configured to collect telemetry data associated with travel of objects along conveyors within the facility, at least some of the sensors being configured to determine whether the objects have passed through a security screening;
- generating an animation of the conveyors and the objects traveling along the conveyors within the facility based upon the telemetry data stored in the database and including status annotations that follow at least some of the objects as they switch between different conveyors, the status annotations including security status information to indicate whether respective objects have passed through the security screening;
- and
- playing the animation on a display via a graphical user interface (GUI).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.