Method and apparatus of automated optical container code...

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2011-06-14

2011-06-14

Azarian, Seyed (Department: 2624)

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Applications

Vehicle or traffic control

C382S291000, C414S785000

Reexamination Certificate

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07961911

ABSTRACT:
A method and system providing a transfer container crane with container code recognition of a container identified by a container code to a container inventory management system is disclosed. The system and method are capable of performing these tasks without the use of non-standard container tagging.

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