An airport baggage recording system. The airport baggage recording system comprises a telescopic robotic arm that loads airport baggage. The robotic arm has one end connected to an upright by a pivot and a second end connected to a disc. A radio frequency identification (RFID) reader is located in the disc that reads RFID tags on the airport baggage when the airport baggage is placed on the disc during loading. Another RFID reader is located on the pivot that reads the RFID tags on the airport baggage when the airport baggage is placed on the disc during loading. The RFID reader in the disc and the RFID reader on the pivot both read the RFID tags on the airport baggage to prevent errors in reading the RFID tags on the airport baggage during loading.

Disclosed herein is a system for transporting items having two or more robots configured to transport items throughout a facility, each robot transfers the items along a designated robot route, one or more automated carts configured to transport the item received from one or more robots, the automated carriage configured to transport the items along a designated cart route, a communication unit configured to provide the designate robot route to the robots and the designated cart route to the automated cart, and at least one processor configured to assign the robots to collect the items, assign the automated cart to receive the items; generate the robot route, designate a destination of the automated cart and, generate the cart route for the automated cart.

A baggage drop system is disclosed for depositing and checking of baggage into airline flights. The baggage drop system can include a substantially horizontal frame member. The frame member can be mounted above a first conveyor equipped with a static or dynamic weighting scale. The frame member can also be mounted away from an end of the first conveyor at a distance from an upper surface of the first conveyor substantially equal to a maximum allowable height of baggage thereby forming a physical barrier for oversized baggage. A computer can be configured to compare an output of the weighing scale with allowable baggage weights.

Provided is a method for guiding position of aircraft baggage, the method allowing baggage information to be recognized through an electronic tag attached to baggage to determine whether the baggage has arrived at a destination and, upon determining that the baggage has arrived at the destination, calculating baggage location information and transmitting the obtained baggage location information to a terminal of a passenger and, upon determining that the baggage has not arrived at the destination, transmitting baggage misdelivery guide information to the terminal of the passenger.

A bag unlocking method includes receiving, by a bag handling system, a bag during a check-in process. The bag handling system identifies, from a travel carrier system, traveler information corresponding to the bag. A securing device of the bag is programmed, using an unlock code pertaining to the traveler information. The bag handling system reads a bag tag of the bag at a baggage inspection station and determines the unlock code pertaining to the bag tag. The bag handling system transmits the unlock code to cause the securing device to unlock at the baggage inspection station.

A device for identifying a bag (100), the device comprising a bag support and at least one acquisition member for acquiring images of the bag along at least two shooting directions that are inclined relative to each other, the acquisition member being connected to an image processing computer unit (2) programmed to control the acquisition member and to extract characteristics representative of the baggage from the images.

A bag unlocking method includes receiving, by a bag handling system, a bag during a check-in process. The bag handling system identifies, from a travel carrier system, traveler information corresponding to the bag. A securing device of the bag is programmed, using an unlock code pertaining to the traveler information. The bag handling system reads a bag tag of the bag at a baggage inspection station, and determines the unlock code pertaining to the bag tag. The bag handling system transmits the unlock code to cause the securing device to unlock at the baggage inspection station.

An air transportation management system includes an individual information recognition unit for recognizing individual information including a size and weight of each of air transportation objects scheduled for transportation by an aircraft, a related object information recognition unit for recognizing information of related objects that are the air transportation objects associated with each other, a transportation reservation status recognition unit for recognizing a transportation reservation status of each of the air transportation objects in an aircraft, a batch transportation propriety determination unit for determining a presence or absence of an aircraft capable of batch transportation of all of the related objects based on the individual information and the transportation reservation status of each of the related objects, and an aircraft selection unit for selecting an aircraft to transport the related objects based on a determination result by the batch transportation propriety determination unit.

A system for handling luggage, such as in an airport. Luggage is provided from a delivery system having a first luggage moving band or rollers to a cart having a second luggage moving band or rollers, where the second luggage moving band does not move when luggage is not received thereby. In this manner, the distance between adjacent pieces of luggage on the second luggage

A baggage drop system is disclosed for depositing and checking of baggage into airline flights. The baggage drop system can include a substantially horizontal frame member. The frame member can be mounted above a first conveyor equipped with a static or dynamic weighting scale. The frame member can also be mounted away from an end of the first conveyor at a distance from an upper surface of the first conveyor substantially equal to a maximum allowable height of baggage thereby forming a physical barrier for oversized baggage. A computer can be configured to compare an output of the weighing scale with allowable baggage weights.