| CPC G06K 7/10366 (2013.01) [G06K 19/07758 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |

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1. A baggage search method in which an operator searches for a search target baggage with a radio tag by using an operator terminal equipped with a search information acquisition unit, a tag communication unit, a camera, a display unit and a processing unit, the method including following processes:
an information acquisition process in which the search information acquisition unit acquires a search target information including a search target image which is a photographed image of the search target baggage and a target ID stored in the radio tag attached to the search target baggage;
an image collation process in which the processing unit collates a pictured area including at least a part of a search target baggage group which includes the search target baggage photographed by the camera of the operator terminal operated by the operator with the search target image included in the search target information;
a displaying process for displaying the pictured area highlighting a baggage area in which the search target baggage is included when the processing unit determines that the pictured area includes the search target image; and
an ID collation process in which the processing unit collates an ID of the radio tag read by the tag communication unit of the operator terminal operated by the operator with the target ID include in the search target information, wherein
the operator terminal further includes an orientation estimation unit that estimates an estimated orientation of the radio tag with respect to the operator terminal based on a response radio signal from the radio tag received by the tag communication unit,
wherein
in the displaying process the processing unit displays a no existing fact that the processing unit determines that the search target image is not included in the pictured image on the display unit; and
the baggage search method further includes:
an orientation estimating process for displaying the estimated orientation estimated by the orientation estimation unit on the display unit, wherein the estimated orientation is displayed after the no existing fact is displayed on the display unit.
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