Methods and devices for supervising baggage items
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsHenning BRANDES, Mikael Lars Roland BOMAN, Karsten GEORGE, Laura SPYCHER
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Abstract
The invention relates to methods and devices for supervising a baggage item using a security device comprising at least one sensor, a processor connected to said sensor, and a communication unit connected to said processor. Said method comprises the steps of monitoring (S101), by the at least one sensor, a status of a baggage item, detecting (S102), by the processor, a change in the status of the baggage item and determining (S103), based on a detected change in the status, whether a notification is to be issued, and transmitting (S104), by the communication unit, the notification to a supervision unit.
Claims16
Method-A method for supervising a baggage item using a security device comprising at least one sensor, a processor connected to said sensor, and a communication unit connected to said processor, said method comprising the steps of:
- monitoring, by the at least one sensor, a status of a baggage item;
- detecting, by the processor, a change in the status of the baggage item and determining, based on a detected change in the status, whether a notification is to be issued;
- and
- transmitting, by the communication unit, the notification to a supervision unit.
A security device for baggage items, comprising:
- at least one sensor adapted to monitor a status of a baggage item;
- a processor connected to said sensor, said processor being adapted to detect a change in the status of the baggage item and to determine, based on a detected change in the status, whether a notification is to be issued;
- and
- a communication unit connected to said processor, said communication unit being adapted to transmit the notification to a supervision unit.
A supervision unit for supervising a baggage item, being adapted to:
- establish a communication link to a security device comprised in a baggage item and to receive a notification from the security device;
- evaluate the notification and to generate instructions to the security device in response to the notification;
- and
- transmit the instructions to the security device.
A security system for baggage items, comprising;
- a baggage unit, adapted to be associated with a baggage;
- and
- a remote unit,
- the baggage unit and the remote unit each comprising a communication unit adapted to establish a communication link to each other, the baggage unit further comprising:
- at least one sensor adapted to monitor a status of the associated baggage item;
- and
- a processor connected to said sensor, said processor being adapted to detect a change in the status of the baggage item and to determine, based on a detected change in the status, whether a notification is to be issued,
- wherein the communication unit is connected to said processor and is adapted to transmit the notification to the supervision unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.