DE102004053481A1 - Baggage location unit has infrared or radio remote control operated flashing light actuated by battery fed receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

A baggage location procedure uses a receiver that can be attached to baggage in various forms, temporarily or during manufacture, including as a strap, and has infrared and radio control to a battery powered receiver to switch flashing lamps with different colours and flash patterns on and off. Independent claims are included for the coder and decoder units used by the procedure.

Description

It There are a lot of different pieces of luggage such as suitcases, bags, backpacks and other. They differ in size, shape, color and material. Nevertheless, it is currently at large collection points for travelers (for example at airports) often very difficult to recognize his own luggage immediately. aggravating Adds when traveling with several pieces of luggage.

Some Travelers identify their suitcases, for example, with colorful ones bands they attach to the carrying handles. Others use strikingly colored ones webbing, the luggage be laced. (For example, bright red webbing around black suitcase)

Everything In general, these remedies are disabled, as they are on the one hand hidden can be, if for example the piece of luggage on the Side or upside down or if the luggage is tight close to each other.

A effective solution for this There is no problem.

Of the The invention defined in claim 1 is based on the problem a simple and convenient solution to the Identification of his own luggage.

• – das Ortungssystem ist klein, handlich und kann somit problemlos an z.B. den Griff eines jeden Gepäckstückes befestigt werden. Die Fernbedienung ist ebenfalls klein und handlich und kann z.B. am Schlüsselbund befestigt werden.
• – Wenn die Leuchtkörper in einem Befestigungsgurt integriert sind, erfüllt dieser zwei Funktionen: Einmal wird das Gepäckstück zusammengehalten, (wie es jetzt auch schon von den Reisenden praktiziert wird) zum anderen erweckt ein optisches Signal (Dauerlicht oder Blinken von Signalfarben) immer sofort Aufmerksamkeit.
• – Durch unterschiedliche Anzahl der Leuchtkörper, unterschiedliche Anordnung und unterschiedliche Farben sind extrem viele Signifikationen möglich.

The problem is solved by the features listed in claim 1.

• - The location system is small, handy and can be easily attached to eg the handle of each piece of luggage. The remote control is also small and handy and can be attached eg to the keychain.
• - If the lights are integrated in a mounting strap, this fulfills two functions: Once the luggage is held together (as it is now practiced by the travelers) on the other hand, an optical signal (steady light or flashing signal colors) always attracts attention immediately.
• - By different number of luminous bodies, different arrangement and different colors extremely many significations are possible.

The particular advantages of the invention are that, even though twenty travelers adopted simultaneously their remote control to press, everyone immediately identifies his own luggage can. Time-consuming waiting and searching is eliminated with the use of the locating device.

A Further advantageous embodiment of the invention is in the claim 2 given. The luminous bodies, including the electronics (receiver with voltage source) in the production of bags, suitcases, backpacks etc. already incorporated. The traveler receives a piece of luggage with integrated tracking device and remote control.

Some embodiments are shown in the drawings and will be described below.

It demonstrate

1 embodiments

2 electronics

3 removable location system

4 integrated location system

description the drawings

1 shows different forms of locating device such as a curved, round shape, a rod shape or a fastening strap.

In all cases are the power source and the electronics in or on this To shape. The remote control has the function of turning on or off.

2 shows the electronics. On a circuit board, the power source, the receiving part of the remote control, the switching element for the lamps and the lamps themselves are attached.

3 shows a removable location system on a suitcase. The webbing performs two functions: the case is firmly connected to the belt so as to prevent self-opening, and the belt functions as an optical signal generator. (Eg flashing)

4 shows the location system as part of a suitcase or bag. It should in the manufacturing process of the luggage factory z. B. a band with bulbs and electronic receiver are already installed.

Claims (2)

Portable and / or fixed positioning device for luggage by means of infrared and / or radio remote control and bulbs characterized in that the locating device as a moving part of luggage, and can be removed again. [Drawing: 1 ] that the locating device (housing, external appearance) can have different shapes and colors. [Drawing: 1 ] that the tracking device can be used as a fastening strap (two functions - hold and place -). [Drawing: 1 No. 3 fastening strap, drawing: 3 ] that the tracking device via an electronic device using infrared and / or radio remote control in motion and switched off again. The energy supply of the receiving part via batteries or batteries. The transmitted pulse of the remote control is passed through an electronic receiving part on to a switching element, which sets the light source as an optical signal in operation. [Drawing: 2 ] that the light sources (eg light emitting diodes) are permanently lit or flash at intervals. that the bulbs in different numbers, arrangement and color can be used. Locating device according to claim 1, characterized in that the locating device of manufacturers of various suitcases, bags, rucksacks and so on, is already installed in the production or manufacturing process. [Drawing: 4 ]