Gate Automation

03 June VIS/VRS System Overview Equip the ingate and outgate lanes with camera ’ s The VIS system records container damage as video images The VRS system automates the process of: License plate identification Prefix/Container number identification ISO Size/Type identification

03 June VIS/VRS Inspection Room An inspection room is used in conjunction with VIS/VRS, this room is manned by the container terminal who will, in case of problems, correct the wrong data.

03 June VIS/VRS Vitronic tests stopped - results very poor Cosmos is the software and also the hardware supplier for the HT First tests, December 15, 1999 End of tests, October 2000

03 June VIS/VRS End result 99% recognition

03 June VIS/VRS V Visual G Gate = S System V Visual I Inspection S System + V Visual R Recognition S System

03 June VGS Functional aims: Visual inspection Container and truck recognition Container number ISO code License plate number Determination of truck structure

03 June VGS: Gate Entry Gate closed No entry

03 June Gate open Please enter VGS: Gate Entry

03 June Trigger 1: License plate + OCR VGS: Gate Passing

03 June Trigger 1: License plate + OCR Create truck call VGS: Gate Passing

03 June GUI: Creation Truck Call

03 June Trigger 1: License plate + OCR Create truck call Front view + OCR VGS: Gate Passing

03 June Trigger 2: Side views + OCR VGS: Gate Passing

03 June Trigger 2: Side views + OCR Top view + OCR VGS: Gate Passing

03 June VGS: Gate Passing Trigger 3: After view + OCR

03 June VGS: Post Processing

03 June Trigger 4: Post Processing Green light for next truck VGS: Gate Passing

03 June VGS: Infrastructure

03 June VGS Hardware

03 June Camera Flexibility New technology Line scan camera 7000 lines x 2048 pixels Container length 45 ’  mm + 20 %  minimum 9 pixels / cm ² Used for left, right and top camera

03 June Camera flexibility cm

03 June Software Concept New technology JAVA on the server (hardware independent) MFC C++ on the client (ms Windows NT) Component based development (reuse of code) Hardware configuration in tables

03 June VGS: Gate Scenario Step 1 : Gate Entry Step 2 : Gate Passing Detection of the truck Taking pictures Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Step 3 : Post processing

03 June VIS/VRS Quay cranes Rail cranes Barge cranes

03 June RAIL REQUIREMENTS Max. speed 30 KM Both directions Outdoor conditions Cargo other than containers such as swap bodies and trailers must be detected Optional to recognise swap bodies/trailers The information of containers on the train must be read

03 June RAIL Maximum length train, 120 teu Maximum length of railcar, 4 teu 5 teu railcars are under development? Position of the installation differs per terminal RMG or RTG, bi-directional

03 June QUAYCRANES REQUIREMENTS The system must operate under open outdoor conditions The system must be installed on a quay crane Discharge, information in TCS in 5 seconds after the container is released by the crane Loading is still under discussion

03 June GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Availability 99,9 % Data captured > 98% The system must be able to handle all ISO standard types of containers The system should handle twinlifts and extended twinlifts

03 June VRS RAIL REQUIREMENTS Container prefix and number ISO size/type IMO container identification Direction of doors Railcarnumber Position of containers Sequence of railcars Inspection plate y/n

03 June QUAY CRANE REQUIREMENTS Container prefix number ISO size/type IMO container Identification Directions of doors

03 June VIS REQUIREMENTS Rail, pictures of all visible side of the container must be made and stored, including the top, but exclude the bottom Same requirements are valid for the pictures of the railcar Quay Crane, pictures off all visible sides of the container, including the top and bottom In case of twinlifts, all visible sides of the two containers, for each container 1 set of pictures

03 June Process-flow Autogate-In Gate in Reading Cargocard Parking Reception Area Data Input Truck-driver: License Plate

03 June Autogate In Damage Y/N CSC Y/N Top/Bottom Rail Y/N Local container

03 June Autogate In Input reception-employee Sealnumber IMO More than 1 container Data to Autogate Containerinfo on Cargocard Driver to Customs Printing of Route-information

03 June Autogate In Reading Cargo-card System recognition License-plate container size/type IMO VIS

03 June Autogate In Check VGS / Cargocard / IMO If damage yes: Manual Inspection Handscan Printing of Condition Tag

03 June Autogate In Internet, pictures per container available

03 June Autogate Out Autogate License-plate Containernumber Size/Type

03 June Autogate OUT Reading of Cargocard Handscan VGS Check result on Cargocard

03 June Autogate Out Action Truck-driver: Sealnumber Damage Y/N If yes, manual inspection Printer Condition Tag Customs Gate Out

03 June Autogate Out Internet, pictures of the container available

03 June COST/ BENEFIT IRR = 25%