Passenger identification and baggage control system

Claim 1

A traveler management and control system for matching the identity of a passenger boarding a public transportation system with that passenger's baggage comprising: A video camera for use in combination with a video image printer for producing a passenger boarding pass, boarding tag, and baggage claim ticket with a photographic image of the passenger on each document, together with a means of generating unique machine readable bar codes for passenger identification and for each individual bag identification, a means of passenger seat assignment which is stored as a component of the system and incorporated into the printed images on the boarding pass, baggage tag, and baggage claim tickets; a means of scanning and matching the passenger identification and baggage identification bar codes to the said passenger and baggage unique identification bar codes on the boarding pass, baggage tag, and baggage claim ticket, and a means for indicating the presence or absence of a match for each record, wherein said baggage tag is attached to each check-in bag with a coated clear adhesive backed tape containing a tamper proof dye strip which will be visibly show if the baggage tag or its attachment to the checked-in bag has been tampered with, altered, or removed from the bag.

Claim 6

A method of passenger identification and control of baggage for public transportation comprising a passenger photograph which is printed with passenger name and flight information; a unique machine readable bar code generated to identify each passenger; a unique machine readable bar code generated to identify each piece of passenger checked-in baggage; whereby each passenger is photographed at check-in by a video camera, and a means of individual seat assignment is integrated into the system having distinct codes for passenger identification printed on boarding passes, baggage tags, and baggage claim tickets; and said method includes the process whereby the boarding pass of each explaning passenger is scanned for passenger's unique identification bar code and is compared to the passenger unique identification bar code on the baggage tag attached to each checked-in bag loaded with an exception report being generated for any bag which is not matched to an explaning passenger unique identification bar code, and a complete inventory of all boarded passengers is available prior to departure wherein said baggage tag is attached to each check-in bag with a coated clear adhesive backed tape containing a tamper proof dye strip which will be visibly show if the baggage tag or its attachment to the checked-in bag has been tampered with, altered, or removed from the bag.