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BAGGAGE MATTERS
field excites a passive - no on-board
battery or source of power - RFID tag
in the 902-928 MHz frequency range,
for US readers and once the RFID has
been powered up by the energy cloud, it
wirelessly transmits its data to the RFID
reader, Gebler described.
Optical readers, Gebler said, are
camera-based systems using special
imagers that take multiple pictures per
bag and use sophisticated algorithms to
locate and decode the bar codes found
on the baggage tags. These images can
also be processed by Optical Character
Recognition to potentially improve read
rates on highly damaged codes and to
extract the printed f light number and
destination airport from the tag.
One issue that optical readers face is
something called "bag hygiene," where a
ticket is obscured from the reader's view
for whatever reason.
"It's when the ticket counter agent puts
a bag on the belt, the tag may be obscured
by passenger's ID tags. Sometimes people
will put things on their bag to help them
more easily identify them, like ribbons
and such, that obstruct the view," Gebler
explained. "The one weakness of the
optical readers is that they need to
physically see the tag."
RFID's drawbacks come from its
lagging adoption rate, due in part to the
prior cost of adopting the technology
before it became a widespread, multiindustry tool.
"The initial cost of RFID tags was
much, much higher. Now that we have
so many RFID tags produced per year
for things like the retail market, as well as
some airline applications, the cost of tags
has come down significantly," said Gebler.
However, the two technologies are
often combined into one hybrid system,
allowing for the best of both worlds and is
often a smart option for airports to choose
when revamping their baggage systems.
There are several reasons why airports
are installing hybrid systems: while
a given airport may not be currently
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utilizing RFID
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want the f lexibility
to move to RFID
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future, the airport
may process a lot of Delta bags
that are already RFID encoded and
the airport wants to take advantage of
improved read rates for those bags and
even if the airport is generating its own
RFID encoded tags it still needs to read
bar code-only tags produced at other
airports. Hybrid systems give them the
flexibility to support both technologies
for many years to come.
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Delta's New Bite Into the Big Apple
A Bright New Future in Digital Signage
What's in Your Bag?
Safety From the Ground Up
Climate Change and Airports
LED Industrial Lighting Enhances Safety & Operational Efficiency
Water Storage System Design
More Airports Embrace Audiovisual Experiences
Inside the Fence
Industry Update
Product Focus
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