Baggage Deposit Machine Using Aerial Images for Touchless Check-In
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional baggage check-in machines with touch panels pose a risk of virus transmission due to direct user interaction with the interface.
Innovation Solution
A baggage check-in machine that projects an aerial image in air, allowing users to operate the machine without touching the interface, thereby reducing the risk of infection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a touch panel is used as the interface for operation input, then the ease of operation is improved, but the risk of virus transmission increases due to direct user contact
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an aerial image as an intermediary between the user and the operation interface. The aerial image is formed in the air above the touch panel, allowing users to interact with it using gestures or pointers without directly touching the panel surface. This mediator layer maintains ease of operation while eliminating direct contact and associated virus transmission risks.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical contact-based touch panel operation with a non-contact interaction system. Users can operate the interface through aerial image manipulation using hand gestures, voice commands, or pointing devices, substituting the mechanical touching action with alternative input methods that do not require physical contact with the panel.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If an aerial image is formed in air, then the risk of contact with operation surface is reduced, but the viewing angle and observability become limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions the operation interface from a two-dimensional flat touch panel to a three-dimensional aerial image space. This dimensional change allows the interface to be viewed and interacted with from multiple angles and positions, effectively expanding the observable range while maintaining the non-contact advantage. Users can approach from different directions and still access the full interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The aerial image is dynamically adjustable in terms of position, size, and orientation based on user location and preferences. The system can track user movement and reposition the aerial image accordingly, ensuring optimal viewing angles and maintaining accessibility from various positions, thus overcoming the static viewing angle limitations.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution effectively reduces the risk of virus transmission by eliminating direct contact with the machine's surface, while ensuring the aerial image is viewable and operable for users.
Implementation Method 1
an image formation section that causes the image displayed on the display section to be formed as an aerial image in air around the baggage check-in machine
Data Source
AI summary
In order to reduces a risk that a user of a baggage check-in machine is infected with a virus or the like, a baggage check-in machine (1) includes: an inner display (11) that displays an image which includes an operation target region and which is related to baggage check-in; an image formation section (30) that causes the image displayed on the inner display (11) to be formed as an aerial image in air around the baggage check-in machine (1); an operation identification section (102) that identifies an operation conducted with respect to a part in the aerial image which corresponds to the operation target region; and a process performance section (105) that carries out, in accordance with the operation which has been identified, a process related to the baggage check-in.