Method and system for mapping to facilitate dispatching
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsConrad Delbert Seaman, Stephen West, Derek John Kuhn
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Abstract
A method at a server for container location verification within a container yard, the method including requesting image data from at least one image sensor apparatus affixed to a container within the container yard; receiving the image data; and processing the image data to identify a location of a target container.
Claims17
A method implemented by a programmed server for container location within a container yard, the method comprising:
- requesting image data from at least one image sensor apparatus, wherein the at least one image sensor apparatus is affixed to a first container of the container yard;
- receiving the image data from the at least one image sensor apparatus, wherein the image data comprises images captured by the at least one image sensor apparatus, a location of the at least one image sensor apparatus and a direction the at least one image sensor apparatus was facing when the image data was captured;
- searching for an image of a desired container within captured images of the image data, the desired container being distinct from the first container.
A server configured for container location within a container yard, the server comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a communications subsystem, wherein the server is configured to:
- request image data from at least one image sensor apparatus, wherein the at least one image sensor apparatus is affixed to a first container of the container yard;
- receive the image data from the at least one image sensor apparatus, wherein the image data comprises images captured by the at least one image sensor apparatus, a location of the at least one image sensor apparatus and a direction the at least one image sensor apparatus was facing when the image data was captured;
- search for an image of a desired container within captured images of the image data, the desired container being distinct from the first container.
A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing instruction code, which when executed by a processor of a server configured for container location verification within a container yard cause the server to:
- request image data from at least one image sensor apparatus, wherein the at least one image sensor apparatus is affixed to a first container of the container yard;
- receive the image data from the at least one image sensor apparatus, wherein the image data comprises images captured by the at least one image sensor apparatus, a location of the at least one image sensor apparatus and a direction the at least one image sensor apparatus was facing when the image data was captured;
- search for an image of a desired container within the captured images of the image data, the desired container being distinct from the first container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.