# US 12,001,476 B2 · Baggage management system and server for use in the system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,001,476 B2 - Document ID: US12001476B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/281,143 - Filed: 2019-09-27 - Published: 2021-11-04 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-28 - Assignees: Denso Wave Incorporated - Applicants: Denso Wave Incorporated - Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe; Kazuo Mizuno; Naoki Ukai; Takayoshi Kamiya - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12001476B2 ## CPC - G06F 16/5866: {using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information} - G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) - G06F 3/14: Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} - G06K 7/10297: {arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 (cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; network security protocols H04L63/00; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; network protocols for data switching network services H04L67/00)} - G06K 7/10386: {the interrogation device being of the portable or hand-handheld type, e.g. incorporated in ubiquitous hand-held devices such as PDA or mobile phone, or in the form of a portable dedicated RFID reader} - G06K 19/0723: {the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs} - G06Q 10/06315: {Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis} - G06Q 10/08: Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management - G06Q 10/0833: Tracking - G06Q 30/018: Certifying business or products - G06V 20/52: Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69) - G06V 40/168: {Feature extraction; Face representation} - H04N 5/38: Transmitter circuitry {for the transmission of television signals according to analogue transmission standards} (H04N5/14 takes precedence) - H04N 5/76: Television signal recording - H04N 7/18: Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast - G06K 2007/10504: {Data fields affixed to objects or articles} - G06Q 2240/00: Transportation facility access, e.g. fares, tolls or parking - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An airline baggage management system includes a boarding reception device; a loading reception device; and a server. The boarding reception device outputs a baggage tag with an RF tag in which tag information is recorded, the tag information including at least one of a user ID, a boarding pass ID, and a baggage ID. The loading reception device includes: a loading reader unit that performs wireless communication with the RF tag of the baggage tag attached to the baggage has arrived at the loading position to read the tag recorded in the RF tag; an information generating unit generates loading position-related information, which is related to a position in the scheduled boarding plane at which the baggage whose tag information has been read by the loading reader unit is to be loaded; and a loading transmission unit transmits the tag information and the loading position-related information to the server. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A baggage management system comprising: a boarding reception device whereby a user performs a procedure required to board a scheduled boarding plane at a departure airport; a loading reception device provided at a loading position where baggage checked-in by the user is loaded onto the scheduled boarding plane at the departure airport; an operator terminal carried by an operator working at the loading position; and a server configured to communicate with the boarding reception device, the loading reception device, and the operator terminal, the boarding reception device comprising: a tag output unit configured to output a baggage tag provided with an RF tag in which tag information is recorded, the tag information including at least one of a user ID for identifying the user, a boarding pass ID assigned to the user and related to the scheduled boarding plane, and a baggage ID for identifying the baggage checked-in by the user; a receiving unit configured to receive the baggage with the outputted baggage tag being attached thereto, and transport the received baggage to the loading position; and an information transmission unit configured to transmit user-related information including the tag information to the server, the server comprising: a memory; a server reception unit configured to receive the user-related information from the boarding reception device; and a storage control unit configured to store the user-related information received from the boarding reception device in the memory, and the loading reception device comprising: a loading reader unit configured to perform wireless communication with the RF tag of the baggage tag attached to the baggage that has arrived at the loading position to thereby read the tag information recorded in the RF tag; an information generating unit configured to generate loading position-related information, which is related to a position in the scheduled boarding plane at which the baggage whose tag information has been read by the loading reader unit is to be loaded; a loading transmission unit configured to transmit the tag information and the loading position-related information to the server; and a baggage removal instruction transmission unit configured to transmit, with the operator terminal, a baggage removal instruction including at least part of the user-related information and the loading position-related information associated with the user-related information to the operator terminal, wherein the server reception unit is further configured to receive the tag information and the loading position-related information from the loading reception device, the storage control unit is further configured to identify the user-related information in the memory including information that matches at least one of the user ID, the boarding pass ID, and the baggage ID included in the tag information received from the loading reception device, and associates the identified user-related information with the loading position-related information received from the loading reception device and stores the associated user-related information and loading position-related information in the memory, and the operator terminal comprises: an operator terminal display unit; a baggage removal instruction reception unit configured to receive the baggage removal instruction from the server; and a second display control unit configured to cause the operator terminal display unit to display information indicating a position of the baggage based on at least part of the user-related information included in the baggage removal instruction and the loading position-related information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The baggage management system according to claim 1, wherein the boarding reception device further includes a baggage image obtaining unit configured to capture an image of the baggage to obtain a baggage image, the user-related information includes the baggage image in addition to the tag information, at least part of the user-related information included in the baggage removal instruction includes the baggage image, and the second display control unit is configured to cause the operator terminal display unit to display the baggage image together with the information indicating the position of the baggage.