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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2017
Icm Airport Technics Australia Pty Ltd., Mascot, AU;
Michael Dupre Sanderson, Willoughby, AU;
Rainer Rudolf Dinkelmann, Mascot, AU;
Paul Craig Bellamy, Ashtead Surry, GB;
Christian Riegman, Greensborough, AU;
Kenneth Scott Ifield, Castlecrag, AU;
ICM AIRPORT TECHNICS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, Botany, AU;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a processing station () for registering a passenger's luggage for a trip. The processing station () comprises an injector () for receiving a piece of luggage associated with the passenger. A plurality of sensors (-) are associated with the injector. A weighing machine () is also associated with the injector () for weighing the piece of luggage whilst in the injector (). The luggage processing (station) also comprises a user interface () for receiving various inputs for confirming that a passenger has checked-in and to display information to the passenger during processing of the piece of luggage. A controller () is associated with the sensors (-) and weighing machine () and the user interface (). The controller () is adapted to accept the piece of luggage if the input received via the passenger's boarding pass or identification card indicate that the passenger has checked-in for the trip, feedback from the sensors (-) indicates that predetermined criteria are met, and if feedback from the weighing machine () indicates that weight of the piece of luggage is within a predetermined limit.