Granted Patent B2

US 12,229,694 · App. 17/563,477 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Inventors: Seetharam Pandith (Bangalore, IN); Ajay Nagonda Nagarajan (Madurai, IN)

Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.

G06Q10/02H04W4/80

Abstract

Claims (34)

1. A contact-less check-in system comprising:

a kiosk comprising:

a housing;

a display configured to display check-in screen images, wherein the display is configured as a touchscreen display, wherein the touchscreen display is configured to be deactivated based on an administrative input, wherein the contact-less check-in system is configured to be converted to a contact-required system;

a printer configured to print boarding passes;

a communication module; and

a controller communicatively coupled to the communication module and the display comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory with instructions stored therein that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller to:

screen mirror the check-in screen images to a user device;

receive input signals from the user device;

transmit one or more display signals to the display based on the input signals;

execute a check-in application in the kiosk to perform a check-in operation for a flight passenger based on the input signals and an access position, wherein the check-in application comprises printing a boarding pass based on the input signals and the access position; and

allow a soft copy of a boarding pass to be downloaded by the user device based on the input signals,

wherein the communication module is configured to perform wireless IEEE 802 protocols to facilitate communication between the kiosk and the user device,

wherein the communication module is configured to determine if the user device is located in the access position based on IEEE 802 waveforms of the wireless IEEE 802 protocols.

2. The contact-less check-in system or claim 1 , wherein at least one of the display or the housing originate from a contact-required check-in system.

3. The contact-less check-in system of claim 1 , wherein the input signals are configured as an infrared signal.

4. The contact-less check-in system of claim 1 , wherein the contact-less check-in system is configured to access biometric data from the user device.

5. The contact-less check-in system of claim 1 , wherein the user device comprises a fingerprint scanner, wherein the contact-less check-in system can access the fingerprint scanner.

6. The contact-less check-in system of claim 1 , wherein the user device is configured to download and execute an application from the contact-less check-in system, wherein the application enables the user device to access the contact-less check-in system.

7. The contact-less check-in system of claim 6 , wherein the application is configured to facilitate communication between the user device with kiosks from different airlines and having different graphical user interfaces.

8. A method for converting a contact-required check-in kiosk to a contact-less check-in kiosk comprising:

installing hardware into the contact-required check-in kiosk, wherein the hardware is configured to facilitate a reception of input signals from a user device; and

installing software into the contact-required check-in kiosk, wherein the software comprises instructions stored into memory that when executed by one or more processors, cause the contact-required check-in kiosk to:

screen mirror check-in screen images to the user device;

receive the input signals from the user device via the hardware;

transmit one or more display signals to a display based on the input signals;

execute a check-in application in the kiosk to perform a check-in operation for a flight passenger based on the input signals and an access position, wherein the check-in application comprises printing a boarding pass based on the input signals and the access position; and

allow a soft copy of a boarding pass to be downloaded by the user device based on the input signals,

wherein the display is configured as a touchscreen display, wherein the touchscreen display is configured to be deactivated based on an administrative input and wherein the contact-less check-in kiosk is configured to be converted to a contact-required check-in kiosk;

wherein the hardware is configured to facilitate communication between the kiosk and the user device via wireless IEEE 802 protocols,

wherein a communication module is configured to determine if the user device is located in the access position based on IEEE 802 waveforms of the wireless IEEE 802 protocols.

9. The method of claims 8 , wherein the hardware is configured to facilitate IR communication between the contact-required kiosk and the user device.

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