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A smart system to minimize mishandled luggage at airports

  • Wessam Shehieb
  • , Hafez Al Sayed
  • , Mohamad Mazen Akil
  • , Mohammed Turkman
  • , M. Anas Sarraj
  • , Mustahsan Mir
  • Ajman University

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17 Scopus citations

Abstract

Passengers' luggage is being reported missing in large amounts yearly at airports around the world due to several reasons. It causes tension to passengers at the destination airports and incurs excessive insurance costs for the airlines. An airport luggage protection system is presented in this paper to serve as a solution to this problem. The presented system ensures that passengers will exit the airport with only their own luggage. The system is based mainly on the RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. RFID tags, placed on both the passenger's ticket and luggage, will contain electronically stored encrypted information captured by scanning luggage tags with a barcode reader. In addition, a camera is used to capture the image of passenger's ticket and software tools developed for image processing are utilized to obtain data for a reference database. A prototype system has been developed and successfully tested.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPIC 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing
EditorsYinglin Wang, Yaoru Sun
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages154-158
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781509034833
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jun 2017
Event4th IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2016 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 23 Dec 201625 Dec 2016

Publication series

NamePIC 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing

Conference

Conference4th IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period23/12/1625/12/16

Keywords

  • Baggage handling system (BHS)
  • IoT
  • Luggage protection
  • Secure luggage

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