Problem
Container terminals need accurate, timely inventory state while containers move through yards, lanes, and handoff points. Manual or delayed updates create mismatches between physical assets and operational software.
US12254439B2
Control System for Container Terminal
Granted March 18, 2025 / Co-inventor
A terminal control system that turns moving equipment into data-producing edge nodes for identifying and tracking shipping containers.
Innovation
The invention combines onboard tractor sensors, geolocation, wireless transmission, image data, OCR, and machine learning to populate container records with identifying attributes.
Architecture
Terminal Tractor
Onboard Sensors + Cameras
Geolocation + Wireless Transceiver
Server-Side ML + OCR
Container Inventory Database