Container contents verification
AssigneeCcvs, LLC
InventorLouis C. Cornick, Jr.
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Abstract
A method and system for verifying the contents of a cargo container includes acquiring at least one image of the cargo container and of the contents of the cargo container, the image being one of a backscatter X-ray image of the cargo container, and a transmission X-ray image of the cargo container. The image is stored with a manifest associated with the cargo container. The manifest is sent to another location, and, at the other location, selectively, a second image of the contents of the cargo container is acquired; and compared with the image stored with the manifest associated with the cargo container.
Claims48
A method of verifying the contents of a cargo container, the method comprising:
- acquiring an image of the cargo container and of the contents of the cargo container;
- storing the image with a manifest associated with the cargo container;
- and
- sending the manifest to an other location of the cargo container for verification of the contents of the cargo container using the image.
A method of verifying the contents of a cargo container, the method comprising:
- at a first location:
- (A1) acquiring at least one image of the cargo container and of the contents of the cargo container, the image being one of:
- (a1) a backscatter X-ray image of the cargo container, and
- (a2) a transmission X-ray image of the cargo container;
- (A2) storing the image with a manifest associated with the cargo container;
- and
- (A3) sending the manifest to another location;
- and
- at the other location, selectively:
- (B1) acquiring a second image of the contents of the cargo container;
- and
- (B2) comparing the second image with the image stored with the manifest associated with the cargo container.
A system for verifying the contents of a cargo container, the system comprising:
- means for acquiring an image of the cargo container and of the contents of the cargo container;
- means for storing the image with a manifest associated with the cargo container;
- and
- means for sending the manifest to an other location of the cargo container for verification of the contents of the cargo container using the image.
A system of verifying the contents of a cargo container, the system comprising:
- at a first location:
- (A1) means for acquiring at least one image of the cargo container and of the contents of the cargo container, the image being one of:
- (a1) a backscatter X-ray image of the cargo container, and
- (a2) a transmission X-ray image of the cargo container;
- (A2) means for storing the image with a manifest associated with the cargo container;
- and
- (A3) means for sending the manifest to another location;
- and
- at the other location:
- (B1) means for acquiring a second image of the contents of the cargo container;
- and
- (B2) means for comparing the second image with the image stored with the manifest associated with the cargo container.
A computer program product including computer program code to cause a processor to perform a method of verifying the contents of a cargo container, the method comprising:
- acquiring an image of the cargo container and of the contents of the cargo container;
- storing the image with a manifest associated with the cargo container;
- and
- sending the manifest to an other location of the cargo container for verification of the contents of the cargo container using the image.
A computer program product including computer program code to cause a processor to perform a method of verifying the contents of a cargo container, the method comprising:
- at a first location:
- (A1) acquiring at least one image of the cargo container and of the contents of the cargo container, the image being one of:
- (a1) a backscatter X-ray image of the cargo container, and
- (a2) a transmission X-ray image of the cargo container;
- (A2) storing the image with a manifest associated with the cargo container;
- and
- (A3) sending the manifest to another location;
- and
- at the other location, selectively:
- (B1) acquiring a second image of the contents of the cargo container;
- and
- (B2) comparing the second image with the image stored with the manifest associated with the cargo container.
A method of verifying the contents of a cargo container, the method comprising:
- acquiring an image of the cargo container and of the contents of the cargo container;
- receiving a manifest associated with the cargo container;
- and
- comparing the image of the cargo container with an other image stored with the manifest associated with the cargo container.
A system of verifying the contents of a cargo container, the method comprising:
- means for acquiring an image of the cargo container and of the contents of the cargo container;
- means for receiving a manifest associated with the cargo container;
- and
- means for comparing the image of the cargo container with another image stored with the manifest associated with the cargo container.
A computer program product including computer program code to cause a processor to perform a method of verifying the contents of a cargo container, the method comprising:
- acquiring an image of the cargo container and of the contents of the cargo container;
- receiving a manifest associated with the cargo container;
- and
- comparing the image of the cargo container with another image stored with the manifest associated with the cargo container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.