IATA Bag-Tag Reuse for Automated Multimodal Security Screening
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing baggage handling processes in travel carriers are inefficient, costly, and resource-intensive, particularly for high-volume lodging entities like cruise ships, due to the need for manual data entry and printing of bag tags, which can lead to errors and require valuable human resources, especially during return flights.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilizes the International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number from a discarded bag tag to extract passenger information, perform security screening analysis, and print a marker to bypass security screening for the next mode of travel, reducing the need for manual data entry and resource consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual data entry and bag tag printing processes are used in baggage handling, then passenger information can be processed and bag tags can be printed, but human resources are consumed and errors may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automated self-service baggage handling by using optical scanning devices to read bag tag information and automatically extract passenger details, eliminating the need for manual data entry by staff members
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical operations with automated optical scanning and data processing systems that can read bag tag information and retrieve passenger records electronically without human intervention
2Loss of substance
If discarded bag tags are reused for next mode of travel, then resource consumption is reduced and costs are lowered, but security screening verification is required
Solution Approach 1:
The system recovers and reuses discarded bag tags for subsequent travel modes by verifying their authenticity through security screening, preventing waste while maintaining reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where security screening results verify bag tag authenticity before allowing reuse, ensuring that only valid tags are recycled for next mode of travel
3Reliability
If security screening is performed for every baggage item, then security compliance is ensured, but processing time increases and resources are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
Security screening is performed in advance during the first mode of travel, and the results are stored and reused for subsequent travel modes, eliminating the need for repeated screening
Solution Approach 2:
A single security screening result serves multiple purposes across different travel modes, allowing the same screened baggage to be used for both air and land travel without re-screening
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a system and method for security screening, the method including: matching, by at least one of at least one processor, a passenger name of a passenger in a baggage source message (BSM) with a passenger name in a manifest, wherein the BSM comprises travel data of a first mode of travel of a luggage item of the passenger on an air carrier; extracting, by at least one of the at least one processor, an International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number from the BSM for the luggage item; accessing, by at least one of the at least one processor, security screening image and related data captured during a first mode of travel security screen of the luggage item using the IATA license plate number; displaying, by at least one of the at least one processor, a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display device to analyze the screening image and related data; and obtaining via a scanning device, by at least one of the at least one processor, a mark representative of the analysis result in response to scanning an IATA license plate barcode affixed to the luggage item, wherein the analysis result is representative of one of: a security compliance of the luggage item to cross a border or to transfer to a second mode of travel, and a non-security compliance of the luggage item.