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Gate AutomationAutomation
Some Numbers
• 180 Camera OCR portals operational• 180 Camera OCR portals operational worldwide
• First system (2000) still in use
• More than 150 kiosks installed
• Peak: 600 trucks/hour• Peak: 600 trucks/hour
• Biggest site: 4.000 in/4.000 out
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Gate Automation
Objectives
• For the truck driver– Decrease truck turnaround times – Improve reliability of truck turn times (peaks!)
• For the terminal– Less Gate personnel– More control on gate flux (no peaks)– More accurate data– Smaller gate area with higher gate volume
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OCR
OCR Camera System
• Container numberAutomatic• ISO code• License plate number
Automatic Identification
• Container location• Door direction• Dangerous goods labels
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• Condition Checking• Storage for later retrieval• Damage Claims management
Damage Inspection
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OCR Camera Portal
• Automatic identification of trucks & containers
Hi h l ti i• High resolution images
• Accurate >98%
• High confidence
• Fast ‐ 3 seconds
• 240 ‐ 400 passages/hrp g /
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Making the Images
Triggering
Speed Measurement
Front Truck front license plateCaptured by 2 LPR camera’s
Light curtainAll pictures are taken
at this position.
Rear
License Plate
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Container front captured by 1 front camera
MAERSKSEALAND
Back of container captured by 1 back camera
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Scanning 2 sides & toptop
Making the Images
Segmentation
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Chassis
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Physical implementationSolution 1: Solved with LPR matching camera’sLicense plate readers both in OCR portal and Gate lanes. Pictures of OCR system are linked to trucks in the gate lane b f f l l h h b
In-Gate kioskDriver-ID card
Keyboard/DisplayPrinter
by use of front license plate matching. Matching rate between 80 and 95%
OCRSYSTEM
Physical implementationSolution 2: ISPS identification kiosks in front of OCR PortalTruckers-ID card is used in front of OCR Portal for ISPS check. Truckers-ID card is linked to OCR Data
ISPS Security kioskDriver-ID Card
BiometricsKeyboard/Display
In-Gate kioskDriver-ID card
Keyboard/DisplayPrinter
In the Gate lanes again the truckers-ID card is used and the linked OCR data is retrieved
OCRSYSTEM
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Physical implementationSolution 3: Trucker-ID RFID long distance readers The OCR Portal links OCR data to Vehicle-ID card. In the Gate Lanes the Trucker-ID card is read, via a cross index table (Truckers-ID <–>
h l ) h d OC d dVehicle-ID) the corresponding OCR data is retrieved.
RFID Long Distance
Readers
RFID Near Distance
Readers
OCRSYSTEM
In-Gate kioskDriver-ID card
Keyboard/DisplayPrinter
Canopy
• Sun shelter (roof – canopy)– Blocks majority of sun
– Better control of lighting conditions
• Improves lifetime of system
• Higher minimal accuracy rates
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TrainGateTrainGate
TrainGate
• Same camera technology as TruckGate
N li it ti i d l th d bl t k• No limitation in speed, length, double stack
• Shunting supported
• Identification of wagon numbers
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Scanning
SegmentationLaser scanner
Segmenting system
ContainerSegmentation
ContainerSegmentation
ContainerSegmentation
HANJIN MAERSKSEALAND
NYK LOGISTICS& MEGACARRIER
Hapag-Lloyd HANJIN MAERSKSEALAND
WagonSegmentation
WagonSegmentation
WagonSegmentation
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OCR – container numbers
OCR – wagon numbers
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TrainGate
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Self-Service KiosksKiosks
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Kiosk screens
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• Interface driver – crane/
straddle
GRID KioskKiosk
straddle
• New kiosk design and concept
• All technologies integrated on
front panel
• Supports ASC, RMG, Straddle
carriers
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