US 12,111,442 B2
System and method for object screening and handling
Daniel Jobling, Middlesex (GB); Glenn Morgan, Middlesex (GB); and Harvey Tate, Middlesex (GB)
Assigned to International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A., Madrid (ES)
Filed by International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A., Madrid (ES)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/167,698.
Application 18/167,698 is a continuation of application No. 16/640,979, granted, now 11,585,957, previously published as PCT/GB2018/052386, filed on Aug. 22, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1713462 (GB), filed on Aug. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0194745 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/08 (2024.01); B60P 3/00 (2006.01); G01V 5/20 (2024.01)
CPC G01V 5/20 (2024.01) [B60P 3/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
an internal compartment for transporting an object;
a sealing element configured to hermetically seal the internal compartment;
a screening device located within the internal compartment of the vehicle, including one or more measuring devices operable to measure screening parameters of an object placed within the internal compartment; and
a transmitter for transmitting screening data from the screening device to a server remote from the vehicle;
wherein the one or more measuring devices comprise one or more of: a pressure sensor, a camera, a microphone, a body scanner, CT/CAT/MRI/NMRI scanner, EDS, ETD, X-ray device, metal detector, particulate and/or substance detector, and infrared scanner; and
wherein at least one measuring device is configured for detecting air pressure, temperature, light level and/or sound within the internal compartment, and wherein the screening device is configured to determine and/or verify that the internal compartment is not or has not been tampered with.