System and method for baggage control
AssigneeFlughafen Wien Aktiengesellschaft
InventorFranz Spitzer
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system and a method for identity and baggage control at a transition from a public area to a restricted area, between which a control area is provided, which comprises a baggage check-in area, an identity control area, a baggage control area as well as a baggage reclaim area and a data processing unit.
Claims18
A system for controlling baggage at a transition from a public area to a restricted area, between which a control area comprises a baggage check-in area, an identity control area, a baggage control area, a baggage reclaim area and a data processing unit,
- wherein
- in the baggage check-in area, at least one check-in identification unit is configured to determine biometric features of a person, to generate an unambiguous biometric token therefrom, and to transmit the token to the data processing unit;
- a check-in unit in communication with the check-in identification unit is configured to associate a baggage carrier with an unambiguous baggage ID for receiving baggage and to transmit the baggage ID to the data processing unit;
- the data processing unit is configured to receive the biometric token and the baggage ID, to match them and, optionally, to store them in a correlation table;
- in the baggage reclaim area, at least one baggage reclaim station comprises a reclaim identification unit configured to determine biometric features of a person, to generate an unambiguous token therefrom, and to transmit the token to the data processing unit;
- the data processing unit is configured to receive the token and to determine the associated baggage ID based on the correlation table and to transmit the baggage ID to the at least one baggage reclaim station;
- a reclaim unit in communication with the baggage reclaim station is configured to receive the baggage ID and to provide the associated baggage carrier for removing the baggage;
- and wherein, for the transport of the baggage carrier, a conveyor system comprises a revolving conveyor belt, which passes from the baggage check-in area to the baggage reclaim area via the baggage control area and back to the baggage check-in area, and further comprises a control device on the conveyor belt after the baggage reclaim area, the control device configured to determine the load condition and the degree of contamination of a baggage carrier.
A method for controlling baggage at the transition from a public area to a restricted area, between which a control area comprises a baggage check-in area, an identity control area, a baggage control area, a baggage reclaim area and a data processing unit, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- by a check-in identification unit in the baggage check-in area, determining biometric features of a person, generating an unambiguous biometric token, and transmitting the token to the data processing unit;
- by a check-in unit, which is connected to the check-in identification unit, providing a baggage carrier with an unambiguous baggage ID and transmitting the baggage ID to the data processing unit;
- receiving and matching the biometric token and the baggage ID by the data processing unit, and, optionally, storing in a correlation table;
- by a reclaim identification unit in the baggage reclaim area, determining biometric features of a person, generating an unambiguous biometric token, and transmitting the token to the data processing unit;
- receiving the token by the data processing unit, determining the associated baggage ID on the basis of the correlation table and transmitting the associated baggage ID to a baggage reclaim station in the baggage reclaim area;
- receiving the baggage ID by a reclaim unit, which is connected to the baggage reclaim station, and providing the corresponding baggage carrier for removing the baggage;
- wherein baggage carriers are transported by a conveyor system comprising a revolving conveyor belt, from the baggage check-in area to the baggage reclaim area via the baggage control area and back to the baggage check-in area,
- wherein the load condition and the degree of contamination of the baggage carriers are checked by a control device after the baggage reclaim area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.