Three-dimensional (3D) depth and two-dimensional (2D) imaging systems and methods for automatic container door status recognition

A three-dimensional (3D) depth imaging system for automatic container door status recognition, the 3D depth imaging system comprising:

• a 3D-depth camera configured to capture 3D image data, the 3D-depth camera oriented in a direction to capture 3D image data of a shipping container located in a predefined search space during a shipping container loading session, the shipping container having a shipping container type;
• and
• a container recognition application (app) configured to execute on one or more processors and to receive the 3D image data, the container recognition app configured to determine, based on the 3D image data, a container point cloud representative of the shipping container,
• wherein the container recognition app is further configured to execute on the one or more processors to determine, from the 3D image data, a 3D image door area data subset defining one or more door areas of one or more corresponding doors of the shipping container, each door area of the one or more door areas comprising a near-door image data section and a behind-door image data section, and
• wherein the container recognition app is further configured to execute on the one or more processors to determine, from the 3D image door area data subset, a status type of each of the one or more corresponding doors, the status type selected from one of:
• (a) a door opened status type,
• (b) a door closed status type, or
• (c) a door partially closed status type.