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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Henry King, Moraga, CA (US);
Toru Takehara, Hayward, CA (US);
Henry King, Moraga, CA (US);
Toru Takehara, Hayward, CA (US);
HKI Systems and Service LLC, Hayward, CA (US);
Abstract
An optical characteristic system configured to couple to a container handler for transferring a container to/from a rail car. A server interface configured to receive from at least one container handler. An optical characteristic system configured to couple to a front end loader. A container handler configured to transfer at least one container to/from a rail car and to report its container image, optical characteristic, container code estimate of the container, a rail car identifier estimate and/or a container chassis identifier estimate. A rail kiosk configured to receive the container image, etc from at least one container handler to create the optical characteristic, the container code estimate, manifest for the rail car, confirmation of the manifest and/or an insurance record for the container. A method operating at least one of the server interface, the rail kiosk and a container inventory management system and the products of those operations.