Container scanning system with washing station
AssigneeCamco Technologies NV
InventorsJan Amandus Michel Maria Bossens, Jef Simon Gaston De Geeter
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Abstract
A container scanning system includes: a camera/sensor unit movably mounted on a container handling crane, having a camera and/or sensor for scanning the exterior surface of a container; a control unit configured to control movement of the camera/sensor unit; and a rail mounted on a support beam of the container handling crane, the camera/sensor unit being movably mounted on the rail. The container scanning system includes a washing station mounted on the support beam or the rail at a predetermined location. In a washing mode, the control unit moves the camera/sensor unit to the predetermined location and controls the washing station to wash at least a surface of the camera and/or sensor.
Claims13
A container scanning system comprising:
- a camera/sensor unit movably mounted on a container handling crane, said camera/sensor unit comprising a camera and/or sensor for scanning an exterior surface of a container;
- a control unit operationally coupled to said camera/sensor unit, and configured to control movement of said camera/sensor unit;
- a rail mounted on a support beam of said container handling crane, said camera/sensor unit being movably mounted on said rail,
- wherein said container scanning system further comprises a washing station mounted on said support beam or said rail at a predetermined location;
- and further in that said control unit is configured to control, in a washing mode, movement of said camera/sensor unit to said predetermined location and to control said washing station to wash at least a surface of said camera and/or sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.