SYSTEM FOR SHIPPING CONTAINER HANDLING EQUIPMENT INVENTORY

摘要

A system is provided to associate containers with handling equipment (HE) in a container storage facility In the system an operation detector is installed on a first HE which is a piece of container handling equipment (CHE) that can lift the container An event detector is further installed on a second HE that is a tractor with an attached chassis for receiving and transporting a container The event detector indicates when a container-operation-related event, such as a container pick up or drop off, occurred on the tractor chassis The two detectors (operation and event) are used by a processor to associate the container with either the CHE or the tractor The operation and event detectors can further be used in conjunction with position sensors such as a GPS sensor to accurately determine the position of the tractor and the CHE in a container yard