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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2010
Han-shue Tan, Concord, CA (US);
Jihua Huang, Richmond, CA (US);
Fanping Bu, Foster City, CA (US);
Hongjun Song, Lafayette, CA (US);
Gregory Keith Warf, Fairfield, CA (US);
Han-Shue Tan, Concord, CA (US);
Jihua Huang, Richmond, CA (US);
Fanping Bu, Foster City, CA (US);
Hongjun Song, Lafayette, CA (US);
Gregory Keith Warf, Fairfield, CA (US);
Containertrac, Inc., Richmond, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for automatically locating a container in a stowage location of a container ship for loading and unloading of the container ship in container terminals. The method includes the following steps: obtaining the position information of the container ship from container ship positioning units, obtaining the position information of the container from container positioning units when the container is in its stowage location, and determining the stowage location of the container in the container ship by first computing a relative position of the container in the container ship based on both the position information of the container ship and the position information of the container and then correlating the relative position with a stowage plan of the container ship.