Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Transportation
Patent
1997-08-27
2000-12-12
Lee, Michael G
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Transportation
235375, G07B 1502
Patent
active
061586587
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for enhancing passenger security in the travel industry by matching passengers with their baggage through storage of images of passengers and their baggage and other textual data in computer memory and in printed codes which may be on passenger baggage, a boarding pass, a positive passenger bag identifier, and a passenger identification card. The codes on boarding passes are scanned at the boarding gate before passengers may board to check whether the passenger image recovered from the code matches that of the passenger attempting to board. The boarding gate scan also generates a passenger manifest which, when compared to the list of passengers who checked baggage, identifies passengers who checked baggage but did not board. Positive passenger baggage match identifiers are generated associating passengers and the coded image of the baggage checked by the passenger. The positive passenger baggage matching identifiers corresponding to the unboarded passengers may be identified, thereby permitting recovery of an image of the unboarded passengers' baggage. The baggage may then be identified visually and removed or inspected prior to departure of the commercial carrier.
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Laser Data Command, Inc.
Lee Diane I.
Lee Michael G
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