A control system and apparatus for managing charging of electric vehicles in a transportation infrastructure and controlling at least the flight paths for drone-assisted vehicles requiring periodic charge comprises a transportation system control node connected in a first wide area network (WAN), a plurality of vehicle charging facilities distributed within the geographic region covered by the first wide area network and a charge controller connected to each of the plurality of charging facilities for brokering electric power from a power source to at least one structurally supported charge transfer apparatus maintained at each of the charging facilities.

A status notification apparatus 10 acquires face image data of a passenger 55 of an aircraft, the face image data having been acquired at departure/arrival airports 61 and 62 of the aircraft, and acquires, from a storage device 52 in which arrival destination information regarding the arrival destination of the aircraft, the face image data of the passenger 55, and identification information identifying the passenger 55 are stored in association with each other in advance, the identification information and the arrival destination information corresponding to the acquired face image data. The status notification apparatus 10 acquires a movement status of the passenger 55, and notifies a service provider 63 at the arrival destination of the acquired movement status and the acquired identification information based on the acquired arrival destination information.

A status notification apparatus 10 acquires face image data of a passenger 55 of an aircraft, the face image data having been acquired at departure/arrival airports 61 and 62 of the aircraft, and acquires, from a storage device 52 in which arrival destination information regarding the arrival destination of the aircraft, the face image data of the passenger 55, and identification information identifying the passenger 55 are stored in association with each other in advance, the identification information and the arrival destination information corresponding to the acquired face image data. The status notification apparatus 10 acquires a movement status of the passenger 55, and notifies a service provider 63 at the arrival destination of the acquired movement status and the acquired identification information based on the acquired arrival destination information.

Disclosed are a sterilization apparatus for sterilizing an object using plasma and ultraviolet light and a sterilization system for an airport including the same. The sterilization apparatus includes a first sterilizer configured to radiate plasma rays toward a sterilization space, a second sterilizer configured to radiate ultraviolet light toward the sterilization space, a sensing unit configured to sense whether an object is placed in the sterilization space, and a controller configured to control an operation of the second sterilizer based on information sensed by the sensing unit.

Methods and systems for recipient-assisted recharging during delivery by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are disclosed herein. During a UAV transport task, a UAV determines that the UAV has arrived at a delivery location specified by a first flight leg of the transport task. The UAV responsively initiates a notification process indicating that a recipient-assisted recharging process should be initiated at or near the delivery location. When the UAV determines that the recipient-assisted recharging process has recharged a battery of the UAV to a target level, and also determines that a non-returnable portion of the payload has been removed from the UAV while a returnable portion of the payload is coupled to or held by the UAV, the UAV initiates a second flight segment of the transport task.

Disclosed are systems for dynamically routing a luggage item, including a system server for receiving and associating each of a set of unique identifiers of checked-in luggage items, with unique identifiers of their checking-in passengers. One or more luggage identifier acquisition devices, positioned along the routes of an arrival terminal's luggage handling system, acquire and relay to the system server the identifiers of luggage items mobilized through the luggage handling system, as they pass specific luggage identifier acquisition devices. The system server sends a notification to a passenger associated with a luggage item identifier acquired by a specific luggage identifier acquisition device, wherein the notification includes an indication relating to the position of the luggage item along the routes of the arrival terminal's luggage handling system, based on the known position of the specific luggage identifier acquisition device.

Aspects relate to a connector of a charger and methods of use terminating a charging connection between the charger and an electric aircraft. A connector includes a controller that is configured to receive a control signal from a remote device and terminate the charging connection in response to the control signal.

Aspects relate to a connector of a charger and methods of use terminating a charging connection between the charger and an electric aircraft. A connector includes a controller that is configured to receive a control signal from a remote device and terminate the charging connection in response to the control signal.

A barge for recovery of a rocket launch vehicle is proposed, which can recover a launch vehicle from the sea onto the land in safety during launch vehicle recovering work. The barge can recover the launch vehicle in safety by effectively preventing a slope of the structure which supports the launch vehicle.

A barge for recovery of a rocket launch vehicle is proposed, which can recover a launch vehicle from the sea onto the land in safety during launch vehicle recovering work. The barge can recover the launch vehicle in safety by effectively preventing a slope of the structure which supports the launch vehicle.