Patent ID: 9714099
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B07C,B64F,G01B,G01C,G01G,G06Q

Claim:
1. A luggage processing station for registering a piece of passenger's luggage for a trip, the processing station comprising: an injector for receiving the piece of luggage associated with the passenger; at least one sensor associated with the injector, the at least one sensor, in combination with at least the floor of the injector, creating a zone around the piece of luggage; and a controller associated with the sensor being adapted to monitor, via the at least one sensor, intrusions through the zone to determine one or more of whether a predetermined limit on dimensions of the piece of luggage has been exceeded or whether a foreign object has intruded the zone from outside, and allow further processing of the piece of luggage only if no intrusion of the zone is detected; wherein the controller dynamically adjusts the volume of the zone to accommodate different sizes of luggage.