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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2005
Koichi Kurita, Horoshima-ken, JP;
Masanori Masumoto, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Takashi Chikura, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Masato Kobayashi, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Koichi Kurita, Horoshima-ken, JP;
Masanori Masumoto, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Takashi Chikura, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Masato Kobayashi, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A container handling apparatus, a container management system, and a method of container handling are provided in which information of a container to be handled is accurately recognized automatically, in order to improve the efficiency of a container handling operation. An RF-ID reader/writer (wireless communication device) is provided in a container crane, on a beam of a spreader holding the container, facing a lengthwise end face of the container. An RF-ID tag (wireless tag) that stores container information is installed on a lengthwise end part of the container. The construction is such that the RF-ID tag reader/writer performs wireless communication with the RF-ID tag when the spreader is located on the transporting route of the container. The container information includes output of sensors provided on the container that detect security information of the container.