US 12,229,694 B2
Touch-free check-in kiosk
Seetharam Pandith, Bangalore (IN); and Ajay Nagonda Nagarajan, Madurai (IN)
Assigned to Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US)
Filed by Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/563,477.
Prior Publication US 2022/0230099 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); G06Q 10/00 (2023.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 10/02 (2013.01) [H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.