Luggage locator
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Abstract
An improved luggage locator comprised of a remote member and a replacement luggage tag member. The remote member activates the luggage tag member by transmission of some electromagnetic signal. The luggage tag member is configured to attach to standard luggage members and reversibly receives and illuminates information cards and the like. The luggage tag member contains a battery member, an microprocessor, a receiving means, a motion sensing means, and a light emitting means where the combination of such components is responsive to signals received from said remote member. Finally, the remote member is of compact arrangement and employs the use of simple buttons throughout its operation.
Claims22
An improved luggage locator system, comprising:
- a remote member of appropriate size and shape for hand-held operation further comprising
- a user interface wherein a user enters desired signals to be sent to a luggage member;
- a sending means coupled with said user interface and configured to send an electromagnetic signal to said luggage member;
- a remote member power source coupled to said sending means;
- said luggage member of appropriate size and shape to serve as a suitable replacement for a luggage tag, further comprising
- an attachment means configured to reversibly secure said luggage member to a piece of luggage;
- a receiving means coupled to a microprocessor and configured to receive said electromagnetic signal from said remote member;
- said microprocessor configured to decode said received signal and actuate a light emitting means according to said received decoded signal, where said microprocessor is coupled to said light emitting means, and where said microprocessor is operationally coupled to a luggage member power source;
- a motion sensing means operationally coupled to said luggage member power source configured to react to velocity changes of said luggage member;
- said luggage member power source configured to operate in both a power saving, “off” mode or an “awake” mode where said luggage member power source operates in awake mode for a determined time in response to said motion sensing means reaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.