CN114445003A

CN114445003A - Method and system for rapidly checking customs clearance of import and export container goods

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Publication number: CN114445003A
Application number: CN202111634203.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吕洁印; 严新平; 周受钦; 吴兵
Original assignee: Shenzhen CIMC Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen CIMC Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-22
Filing date: 2021-12-22
Publication date: 2022-05-06

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and a system for rapidly checking customs clearance of import and export container goods. The clearance inspection system comprises an electronic seal, a first management device, a second management device and a service platform. The electronic seal is used to lock or unlock a door of a container and includes a LoRa communication module. The service platform stores the information received from the first management device and the second management device, and judges whether the container provided with the electronic seal is qualified for clearance according to the received information. According to the invention, the safety of container goods is ensured, the cost is obviously saved for customs supervision and user freight transportation, and the turnover efficiency and convenience of a container goods transportation system are improved.

Description

Method and system for rapidly checking customs clearance of import and export container goods

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of import and export trade logistics container transportation, in particular to a method and a system for rapidly checking import and export container cargo clearance.

Background

With the globalization development, the freight volume of import and export international trade is continuously increasing, and the customs standard for guaranteeing the import and export cross-border goods safety compliance customs is correspondingly improved.

A container is a standardized means of transportation commonly used in international cargo circulation. In order to ensure the safety of the transportation of the cross-border cargo and to enable the cross-border cargo to be quickly cleared, in the container transportation, it is known to add a mechanical closing lock to the container so that the container cannot be opened after the container is departed from the origin until the container reaches the destination customs, so as to facilitate customs inspection work. This is also a commonly used practice in foreign customs.

However, mechanical locks are not secure and can easily be copied or destroyed. In order to overcome the defects of mechanical locking, a safety intelligent lock which is constructed in a mechanical and electronic combined mode is also proposed at present. The intelligent safety lock can be further divided into a replaceable locking rod type or an integrated locking rod type, so that a suitable use scene can be selected according to the available times. Such a security smart lock can be electrically driven to unlock or lock by means of short range radio frequency identification, and thus can be operated in a related manner by means of a short range reader. This scheme can avoid using the loaded down with trivial details operation when traditional machinery closes the lock, still needs the customs staff to carry out the site operation based on the visual observation on the spot at the special bayonet socket of customs, increases customs staff's work load and makes it be in outdoor relatively poor operational environment for a long time, also is not favorable to promoting convenience and the efficiency that container goods were cleared to the customs simultaneously. Under the large environment that customs of all countries have higher requirements for customs clearance inspection of container goods and the number of objects to be inspected is more and more, the existing scheme can not effectively reduce the labor intensity of customs workers, also leads to lower circulation efficiency of the whole logistics system and invisibly increases the transportation cost of logistics enterprises.

To this end, the present application proposes a method and system for rapidly checking the cargo clearance of an import/export container to at least partially solve the problems of the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

In this summary, concepts in a simplified form are introduced that are further described in the detailed description. This summary of the invention is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.

To at least partially solve the above problems, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is disclosed a method for rapid inspection of import-export container cargo clearance, the method comprising:

acquiring sealing information of an electronic seal installed at a door of the container and box body information of the container by using first management equipment, and sending the sealing information and the box body information to a service platform and storing the sealing information and the box body information in a correlation manner;

sending a sealing instruction to the electronic seal to enable the electronic seal to execute sealing operation so as to lock a door of the container;

sending the sealing information of the electronic seal to the service platform by using the first management equipment and storing the sealing information;

the electronic seal sleeps after executing the sealing operation, and is awakened at regular time during the sleeping period so as to detect the state information of the electronic seal and seek communicable objects in a communication range in an LoRa communication mode;

the electronic seal establishes communication connection with second management equipment after detecting that the second management equipment exists in a communication range;

acquiring the state information of the electronic seal by using the second management equipment, and sending and storing the state information to the service platform;

the service platform is used for judging whether the container provided with the electronic seal has a clearance qualification or not according to the seal information, the sealing information, the state information and the box body information, and moreover, the service platform is used for judging whether the container provided with the electronic seal has a clearance qualification or not

If the container provided with the electronic seal is judged to be qualified for clearance, the container is released; and if the container provided with the electronic seal is judged not to have the clearance qualification, the container is not allowed to pass, and the service platform sends a manual inspection instruction.

In the method for rapidly checking cargo clearance of import and export containers according to the second aspect of the first aspect, the electronic seal comprises a body and a seal rod movable relative to the body, wherein detecting the state information of the electronic seal comprises detecting whether the seal rod of the electronic seal is damaged; and is

If the seal rod of the electronic seal is detected to be damaged, storing the damaged information of the seal rod of the electronic seal into the state information; and if the seal rod of the electronic seal is not detected to be damaged, the electronic seal is dormant.

In the import/export container cargo clearance quick-check method according to the third aspect of the first aspect, the method further comprises: and the first management equipment sends a wake-up instruction to the electronic seal to wake up the electronic seal and detect the state information of the electronic seal.

In the import/export container cargo clearance quick inspection method according to a fourth aspect of any one of the first to third aspects, the determining whether the container to which the electronic seal is installed has a clearance qualification includes: if the state information of the electronic seal comprises information that a seal rod of the electronic seal is damaged, judging that the container provided with the electronic seal does not have customs qualification; and is

And sending alarm information under the condition that the container provided with the electronic seal is judged not to have clearance qualification.

In the method for rapidly checking import/export container cargo clearance according to the fifth aspect of the first aspect, the seal information includes unique identification information of the electronic seal, and the box information includes unique identification information of the container.

In the method for rapidly checking import/export container cargo clearance according to the sixth aspect of the first aspect, before the electronic seal establishes a communication connection with the second management device, the method further includes:

the second management equipment acquires the seal information of the electronic seal in a LoRa communication mode; or

The second management equipment acquires the seal information of the electronic seal by scanning a graphic code, wherein the graphic code comprises a two-dimensional code and a bar code; or alternatively

The second management device acquires the container body information of the container by using image acquisition, and acquires the seal information of the electronic seal stored in association with the container body information from the service platform.

In the method for rapidly checking the cargo clearance of the import and export container according to the seventh aspect of the first aspect, the method further comprises that after the container with the electronic seal installed is judged to have the clearance qualification, the service platform randomly sends a manual checking instruction before the container is released;

in order to respond to the manual inspection instruction to manually inspect the container goods, an unsealing instruction is sent to the electronic seal, so that the electronic seal executes an unsealing operation to unlock a door of the container; and after the manual inspection is completed, sending a sealing instruction to the electronic seal, so that the electronic seal performs a sealing operation for locking the door of the container.

According to the aspects, the method for rapidly checking the import and export container cargo customs clearance for the container can reform the traditional cargo cross-border clearance checking mode of the existing mechanical seal and manual comparison, change the customs operation mode from manual seal checking operation of millions of outdoor cabinets into automatic processing based on electronic information acquisition, and realize the internal duty of the customs operation, thereby facilitating the supervision of the container and the cargo transportation thereof by using an informatization means and improving the efficiency of the container cargo passing through the customs checkpoint.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, there is also disclosed a system for rapidly checking the customs clearance of import and export container cargos, comprising:

an electronic seal comprising a body and a seal rod movable relative to the body, the seal rod being movable relative to the body in response to an electrical signal for locking or unlocking a door of the container, wherein the electronic seal further comprises a LoRa communication module,

the first management equipment is in communication connection with the electronic seal;

the second management equipment is in communication connection with the electronic seal and is provided with a LoRa communication module; and

a service platform communicatively coupled to the first management device and the second management device, the service platform including a memory to store information received from the first management device and the second management device, wherein the information includes at least one of seal information of the electronic seal, container information of the container, seal information of the electronic seal, and status information of the electronic seal; and is

The service platform is used for judging whether the container provided with the electronic seal has a clearance qualification or not according to the information stored in the memory,

wherein the import-export container cargo clearance quick-check system is configured for performing the method according to any one of the first to seventh aspects.

In the system for rapidly inspecting import/export container cargo clearance according to the ninth aspect of the eighth aspect, the second management device comprises a handheld second management device and/or a stationary second management device, wherein the stationary second management device is fixedly installed near the inspection site.

In the system for rapidly inspecting cargo clearance of import and export containers according to the tenth aspect of the eighth aspect, the electronic seal further comprises a state detection circuit for detecting whether the seal rod of the electronic seal is damaged.

According to the aspects, by utilizing the system for rapidly checking the customs clearance of the import and export container goods, especially through the function module of the electronic seal and the information transmission between the function module and other equipment, the customs operation mode can be converted from the manual labor based on the traditional mechanical element into the automatic processing based on the electronic information acquisition, so that the supervision of the container and the goods transportation thereof is facilitated by utilizing an informatization means, and the efficiency of the container goods passing through the customs clearance is improved.

Drawings

The following drawings of embodiments of the invention are included as part of the present invention for an understanding of the invention. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of a customs quick ping system according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the electronic seal of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 shows a flow chart of a method performed by the electronic seal of FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating a rapid inspection method for customs according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

10. quick inspection system for customs clearance

100. Electronic seal

200. First management device

300. Second management device

400. Service platform

110. Body

112. Processor with a memory having a plurality of memory cells

114. Memory device

116. LoRa communication module

118. Wake-up module

120. Electric drive mechanism

122. Bus line

132. State detection circuit

130. Seal rod

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without one or more of these specific details. In other instances, well-known features have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the embodiments of the invention.

In the following description, a detailed structure will be presented for a thorough understanding of embodiments of the invention. It is apparent that the implementation of the embodiments of the present invention is not limited to the specific details familiar to those skilled in the art.

The invention provides a method and a system for rapidly checking customs clearance of import and export container cargos, which are particularly suitable for standard transport containers such as containers. As known to those skilled in the art, customs undertakes inspection and supervision of containers and imported and exported goods carried by the containers, but the customs clearance quick inspection method and the clearance quick inspection system provided by the invention can assist or partially replace inspection and supervision of customs, and are suitable for cross-border transportation or intra-border customs transfer and other scenes of containers at different customs gateways. Therefore, by using the clearance quick inspection method and the clearance quick inspection system, the noninductive clearance of the container and goods carried by the container can be realized by an informatization means on the premise of ensuring the transportation safety by means of a method realized by the cooperation and the coordination of the devices in the system by depending on the functions and the communication connection of the devices in the system, thereby improving the efficiency of the whole flow of the circulation of the goods among customs.

The following first describes the components of the import-export container cargo clearance quick inspection system 10.

The system 10 for rapid inspection of import and export container cargo customs clearance (abbreviated as clearance rapid inspection system 10 or system 10) according to the present invention includes an electronic seal 100, see fig. 1. As shown in fig. 2, the electronic seal 100 includes a body 110 and a seal rod 130 movable relative to the body 110. For containers, the electronic seal 100 is typically disposed at the doors of the container, and thus movement of the seal rod 130 relative to the body 110 can be used to lock or unlock the doors of the container. Wherein the seal rod 130 can be driven in response to an electrical signal, in particular, the seal rod 130 can include an electric driving mechanism 120 such as a motor, which provides a physical basis for the remote sealing/unsealing operation of the electronic seal 100. In other embodiments, the sealing rod may also be manually sealed and/or unsealed by a force applied by a user, for example, the sealing rod may be configured in a non-destructive, non-removable form.

Further, the electronic seal 100 further includes a remote communication module, such as a LoRa communication module 116, i.e., a communication module 116 conforming to the LoRaWAN communication protocol and system architecture. The communication range of the electronic seal 100 realized by the LoRa communication module 116 is over 1000m, preferably 2000m to 5000m, and more preferably 15000 m. In one embodiment of the present invention, the electronic seal 100 preferably uses the LoRa communication module 116 as a long-distance communication module, because it can consume less power and achieve longer transmission distance with the same power. The electronic seal 100 of the present invention can also include other field communication modules with functions similar to the LoRa communication module 116. In addition to the LoRa communication module 116, the electronic seal 100 optionally further includes a cellular mobile communication module, such as a 3G, 4G, 5G communication module, etc. In this way, the electronic seal 100 can further implement denser communication connection by means of a cellular mobile network with wider coverage, and meet diversified communication scenarios.

Preferably, the electronic seal 100 further comprises a state detection circuit 132, and the state detection circuit 132 is used for detecting whether the seal rod 130 of the electronic seal 100 is damaged, such as being deflected, bent, broken, sheared, and the like. As one embodiment, the state detection circuit 132 may include an electric line disposed inside along the seal bar 130, such that, in case the seal bar 130 is broken, the state detection circuit 132 cannot form a closed loop, thereby outputting a signal that the seal bar 130 is broken based on an abnormal value of voltage or current. Alternatively, the state detection circuit 132 may include an electrical contact disposed at the free end of the seal bar 130, which achieves substantially the same effect.

Preferably, the electronic seal 100 further comprises a wake-up module 118. The wake-up module 118 is configured to enable the electronic seal 100 to enter a wake state from a sleep state, wherein power consumption in the sleep state is less than power consumption in the wake state. The wake-up module 118 can wake up the electronic seal 100 periodically with a period, which may depend on the power supply level; alternatively, the wake-up module 118 can switch the electronic seal 100 to the wake-up state in response to accessing power; alternatively, the wake module 118 may be switched to the wake state in response to an operating member, such as a switch, of the electronic seal 100 being manually operated by a user. The operation of the wake-up module 118 is not limited to the above description. In one embodiment, the LoRa communication module 116 of the electronic seal 100 operates only in the wake state and does not operate in the sleep state, so that power consumption of the electronic seal 100 can be significantly reduced compared to the case without the wake module 118. Similarly, the optional cellular mobile communication module, the status detection circuit 132, etc. of the electronic seal 100 can also operate only in the wake-up state.

To achieve the above functions, the electronic seal 100 further comprises a circuit board provided with a processor 112 (e.g., a central processing unit CPU, a microprocessor MPU, etc.) and a memory 114 (e.g., a random access memory RAM, a read only memory ROM, etc.). The electrical driving mechanism 120 of the seal rod 130 of the electronic seal 100, the LoRa communication module 116, the cellular mobile communication module, the wake-up module 118, the status detection circuit 132, etc. are electrically connected to the circuit board through the bus 122. To facilitate power, the electronic seal 100 can also include a battery or power interface (not shown) for connecting to a power source.

When used in a customs scenario, the electronic seal 100 of the present invention can serve as one form of customs seal and be of equal legal effectiveness as other forms of customs seals. As known to those skilled in the art, a customs seal refers to an identification symbol applied by customs to a good or container in which the good is stored and transported. To this end, in one embodiment, the electronic seal 100 provides a graphical code for recording seal information of the electronic seal 100, wherein the seal information includes unique identity information of the electronic seal 100, a device model of the electronic seal 100, and/or other information described below. The graphic code is preferably a two-dimensional code to allow reading by an image acquisition device with a two-dimensional code reader built therein, so that the graphic code is substantially readable by a smart terminal commonly used in daily life. In other embodiments, the graphical code may also include a bar code or the like. In this way, the electronic seal 100 can simply and conveniently present the seal information.

The system 10 for rapidly inspecting the import/export container cargo clearance according to the present invention includes a first management device 200, see fig. 1. The first management device 200 is also called a departure management device, and is mainly used for communicating with the electronic seal 100 at a departure place and performing an interactive operation. Preferably, the first management device 200 has at least one of a LoRa communication module and a cellular mobile communication module. In this embodiment, the first management device 200 has a cellular mobile communication module configured to be capable of being communicatively connected with the electronic seal 100. Preferably, the first management apparatus 200 further has an image capturing module for reading a graphic code such as a two-dimensional code. The first management device 200 may be, for example, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or the like.

The system 10 for rapidly inspecting the import/export container cargo clearance according to the present invention includes a second management apparatus 300, see fig. 1. The second management device 300, also referred to as a destination management device, is mainly used for communicating with the electronic seal 100 at a destination and performing an interactive operation. Preferably, the second management device 300 has at least one of a LoRa communication module and a cellular mobile communication module. In this embodiment, the second management device 300 has a LoRa communication module configured to be communicatively connectable with the electronic seal 100. The communication range of the second management device 300, which can be realized by the LoRa communication module, is over 1000m, preferably 2000m to 5000m, and more preferably 15000m long, as described above. In particular, the second management apparatus 300 is configured to be able to remotely read the radio frequency signal in the LoRa communication manner, for example, the second management apparatus 300 may be a reader or the like. Due to the special data reading/transmission method, the second management device 300 is different from a general communication device to form a special communication device, so that the security of the communication between the second management device 300 and the electronic seal 100 can be improved to a certain extent. Preferably, the second management apparatus 300 further has an image capture module for reading a graphic code such as a two-dimensional code.

The second management device 300 may be in the form of a handheld device or a fixed device. As the name implies, the handheld second management device 300 can be carried and moved by the user, and thus has a communication range that is variable with the movement of the user, so that the total available communication area is larger. Preferably, the handheld second management device 300 may perform an action of establishing a communication connection or the like in response to a manual operation by a user.

The stationary second management apparatus 300 is fixedly installed near the inspection site. Specifically, the stationary second management device 300 may be installed inside a conventional customs checkpoint; in addition, the stationary second management apparatus 300 may be installed at a transportation terminal having a certain distance from a conventional customs inspection yard, for example, at an onshore crane for lifting containers at the terminal, due to a communication range of at least 1000m provided by the LoRa communication method. That is, fixedly installed near the inspection place means that the fixed second management apparatus 300 may be fixedly installed in an area having a communication range of at least 1000m as a radius around the center of the inspection place. Thus, the second management device 300 can establish communication with the electronic seal 100 for data transmission at the first time when the container arrives at the terminal, and can maintain communication connection with the electronic seal 100 when the container leaves the terminal and arrives at the customs inspection yard, thereby shortening the time taken for the container to be cleared and improving the efficiency of the container clearing, which will be described in more detail below.

Alternatively, the unattended fixed second management apparatus 300 may be provided with a photovoltaic power supply module, and the handheld second management apparatus 300 may be provided with a rechargeable battery or a power supply interface, or the like. In general, the functional modules of the handheld second management device 300 are substantially the same as those of the fixed second management device 300, except that there may be corresponding differences in the external shape, volume and operating system. For example, the second management device 300 may be provided with a dustproof and waterproof protection structure, such as IP66 protection, to meet the outdoor and outdoor environmental conditions.

The system 10 for rapid inspection of import-export container cargo customs clearance according to the present invention includes a service platform 400. The service platform 400 is mainly used for storing and processing data. To this end, the service platform 400 comprises a communication module to be communicatively connected to the first management device 200 and the second management device 300, preferably to be communicatively connectable to the electronic seal 100. The service platform 400 further includes a processor (e.g., a central processing unit CPU, a microprocessor MPU, etc.) and a memory (e.g., a random access memory RAM, a read only memory ROM, etc.) to store information received from the first and

second management apparatuses

200 and 300, which may include the aforementioned seal information of the electronic seal 100, the container body information of the container, the state information of the electronic seal 100, and other possible information described below.

Based on the system 10 for rapidly checking import and export container cargo customs clearance, especially through the functional module of the electronic seal 100 and the information transmission between the functional module and other devices, the traditional cargo cross-border clearance checking mode of the existing mechanical seal and manual comparison can be reformed, the customs operation mode is changed from manual seal checking operation of millions of outdoor cabinets into automatic processing based on electronic information acquisition, and internal duty of the customs operation is realized, so that supervision of containers and cargo transportation thereof is facilitated by using an informatization means, and the efficiency of the container cargo passing through a customs bayonet is improved.

According to the above construction of the system 10 for rapid inspection of import/export container cargo clearance, it can be configured to perform a method for rapid inspection of import/export container cargo clearance. The method of import-export container cargo clearance quick-check corresponding to the above system 10 will now be described with reference to fig. 3-4. As shown in fig. 4, the method includes:

s101: the seal information of the electronic seal 100 installed at the door of the container and the box information of the container are acquired by the first management device 200, and the seal information and the box information are transmitted to the service platform 400 and stored in association with each other.

The seal information includes the unique identity information of the electronic seal 100, and the box information includes the unique identity information of the container. Therefore, the electronic seal 100 can be effectively identified by the device identity and the binding thereof with the container, and the device identity is prevented from being tampered with maliciously, thereby being beneficial to transportation safety. In one embodiment, the first management device 200 may utilize an image capture module to read a graphic code such as a two-dimensional code disposed on the electronic seal 100 to obtain the seal information. Similarly, the container body information of the container can be presented in a graphic code such as a two-dimensional code. Here, preferably, the blocking information may further store a link address of the service platform 400 for the background operation. Accordingly, the connection of the first management apparatus 200 with the service platform 400 can be facilitated.

S102: a sealing instruction is sent to the electronic seal 100, so that the electronic seal 100 performs a sealing operation for locking the doors of the container.

In one embodiment, upon receiving a seal application command, the electrical drive mechanism 120 of the electronic seal 100 drives the seal bar 130 to move relative to the body 110 toward the locked position, thereby locking the doors of the container. Thus, the doors of the container cannot be opened unless the electronic seal 100 is broken.

S103: the first management device 200 is utilized to send the sealing information of the electronic seal 100 to the service platform 400 and store the sealing information.

Specifically, after the first management device 200 sends the sealing information of the electronic seal 100 to the service platform 400, the service platform 400 may return a confirmation message to the first management device 200 to notify the electronic seal 100 of normal sealing.

S104: the electronic seal 100 sleeps after performing the sealing operation, and wakes up periodically during the sleep to detect the status information of the electronic seal 100, and also seeks communicable objects within the communication range through the LoRa communication method.

At least a portion of the method performed by the electronic seal 100 after waking up is shown in fig. 3. At this point, the container is in transit and the periodic wake-up of the electronic seal 100 can reduce its power consumption. The working time after the electronic seal 100 wakes up is, for example, 5ms, and during the working time, the electronic seal waits for the communication request of the second management device 300, and if the communication request of the second management device 300 is not received beyond the predetermined period, the electronic seal enters the sleep state.

In one embodiment, detecting the status information of the electronic seal 100 after the electronic seal 100 wakes up, including detecting whether the seal rod 130 of the electronic seal 100 is damaged, can be achieved by the aforementioned status detection circuit 132. Specifically, if the seal rod 130 of the electronic seal 100 is detected to be damaged, the damaged information of the seal rod 130 of the electronic seal 100 is stored into the state information; if the seal rod 130 of the electronic seal 100 is not detected to be damaged, the electronic seal 100 sleeps. In this way, power consumption can be reduced while maintaining anomaly monitoring for the electronic seal 100.

In an alternative embodiment, the electronic seal 100 and the first management device 200 (origin management device) may both include cellular mobile communication modules, so that the first management device 200 can communicate with the electronic seal 100 remotely even while the container is in transit. For example, the first management device 200 can send a wake-up command to the electronic seal 100, so that the electronic seal 100 is woken up, and detect the status information of the electronic seal 100. Thus, whether the electronic seal 100 has an abnormal condition in the transportation process can be monitored more conveniently.

S105: the electronic seal 100 establishes a communication connection with the second management device 300 after detecting that the second management device 300 exists within the communication range.

Since the LoRa communication method can provide a communication range of at least 1000m, the electronic seal 100 on the container can find the communicable object in advance of a certain time before reaching the clearance gate. In one embodiment, the electronic seal 100 receives a communication request from the second managing device 300, thereby detecting the presence of the second managing device 300 within communication range. Optionally, the electronic seal 100 further returns a confirmation message to the second management device 300 after receiving the communication request from the second management device 300, so as to establish the communication connection.

S106: the second management device 300 is used for acquiring the state information of the electronic seal 100, and sending the state information to the service platform 400 for storage.

As shown in fig. 3, if the reply of the second management device 300 is not received within a predetermined time period after the electronic seal 100 sends the status information to the second management device 300, the electronic seal 100 enters the sleep state.

In an alternative embodiment, before the electronic seal 100 establishes a communication connection with the second management device 300, the second management device 300 first obtains the seal information of the electronic seal 100, for example, by using one or more of the following manners: the second management device 300 acquires the seal information of the electronic seal 100 in a LoRa communication manner; alternatively, the second management device 300 obtains the seal information of the electronic seal 100 by scanning a graphic code (including a two-dimensional code, a bar code, etc.); alternatively, the second management device 300 acquires the container information of the container using image acquisition and acquires the seal information of the electronic seal 100 stored in association with the container information from the service platform 400. With the acquired seal information, the service platform 400 can also check whether the current seal information is consistent with the stored seal information before the start of transportation. Thus, the service platform 400 can correspond the status information of the electronic seal 100 to the identity of the electronic seal 100 after receiving the status information.

S107: the service platform 400 is used to determine whether the container with the electronic seal 100 installed therein has a pass qualification according to the seal information, the sealing information, the status information and the box information. If the container provided with the electronic seal 100 is judged to be qualified for clearance, the container is released; if the container with the electronic seal 100 is judged not to have the clearance qualification, the container is not allowed to pass, and the service platform 400 sends a manual inspection instruction.

In an alternative embodiment, the method further comprises the step of randomly issuing a manual inspection instruction by the service platform 400 before releasing the container after judging that the container with the electronic seal 100 installed therein is qualified for clearance. That is, in addition to determining the transit eligibility of the container using the system 10, customs personnel can still perform manual inspection in time when manual intervention is required, or optionally perform a secondary inspection of the container contents in a spot check format. Thus, the present application enables the foregoing assistance or partial replacement of customs inspection and supervision efforts.

Specifically, in order to manually inspect the container cargo in response to the manual inspection instruction, an unsealing instruction may be sent to the electronic seal 100 through the service platform 400 or an external device communicatively connected to the service platform 400, so that the electronic seal 100 performs an unsealing operation for unlocking the door of the container. In one embodiment, upon receiving the unseal command, the electric drive mechanism 120 of the electronic seal 100 drives the seal rod 130 to move toward the unlocked position relative to the body 110, thereby allowing the doors of the container to open so that the cargo transported by the container can be subsequently loaded and unloaded. After the manual inspection is completed, a sealing instruction is sent to the electronic seal 100, so that the electronic seal 100 performs a sealing operation for locking the door of the container. It will be appreciated that the system 10 and method described above not only provide convenience to customs personnel, but also provide a safe and reliable experience for the owner of the container cargo, the logistics company, and the like.

In one embodiment, if the state information of the electronic seal 100 does not include information that the seal rod 130 of the electronic seal 100 is damaged, that is, the electronic seal 100 has no abnormal condition during transportation, it is determined that the container mounted with the electronic seal 100 is qualified for customs clearance, and the container door is allowed to open for loading and unloading goods. On the contrary, if the state information of the electronic seal 100 includes the information that the seal rod 130 of the electronic seal 100 is damaged, it is determined that the container mounted with the electronic seal 100 does not have the customs qualification. In this case, an alarm message may be sent to alert customs personnel to make further inspections.

It is understood that the above-mentioned customs quick inspection method can be implemented not only independently, but also in parallel with the manual inspection. In particular, since the electronic seal 100 can lock the doors of the container, even in the case that the above system 10 for rapidly checking the import/export container freight customs clearance is not provided, it is possible to determine whether the container can be cleared only by manual checking without hindering the circulation and passing of the container at the conventional customs opening. Optionally, the service platform 400 also has a data interface to allow for the input of other information acquired manually or otherwise collected by the system and for the issuance of decapsulation instructions or alarm information based on this information. Therefore, the import and export container cargo clearance quick inspection system 10 can be additionally arranged on the basis of the conventional customs system, so that the applicable scenes of the invention are wider.

In fact, during the customs clearance of the container, in addition to the time required for the manual inspection at customs, the time required for transferring the container from the port yard to the customs inspection yard is also considerable, resulting in inefficient circulation of the entire process. According to the method for rapidly checking clearance of the invention, the improved second management equipment 300 and the electronic seal 100 can carry out remote communication, so that the time difference between the arrival of the container goods at the port dock and the arrival at the customs checkpoint is fully utilized, the checking of the clearance qualification of the container goods is completed before the arrival of the container goods at the customs checkpoint, and the qualified container goods can be rapidly cleared without being blocked by the checking procedure, namely 'no-sense clearance' is realized.

The automatic processing saves the operation of manually checking the seal number and checking the seal state, also saves the waiting time required by staying in an inspection yard or calling out the container, greatly reduces the hoisting cost and the trailer cost for calling out the container, shortens the time of closing the goods while saving the logistics cost, and improves the turnover efficiency of a container goods transportation system.

Generally speaking, the invention provides an intelligent monitoring information processing system for data acquisition and qualification check of transportation tools and goods entering and exiting a customs supervision place card port, and provides a corresponding information processing method. It will be appreciated that although the above embodiments describe the customs quick inspection method and system of the present invention as applied to container cargo, the above method and system may be applied to other cargo containers and their cargo similar to containers, and is particularly suitable for transporting bulk goods, single goods, goods that are not readily available for direct opening, etc., without departing from the spirit of the present invention. In other words, container cargo is only one of the objects available for the method and system described above, and the present invention is not limited in this regard.

Unless defined otherwise, technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Terms such as "disposed" and the like, as used herein, may refer to one element being directly attached to another element or one element being attached to another element through intervening elements. Features described herein in one embodiment may be applied to another embodiment, either alone or in combination with other features, unless the feature is otherwise inapplicable or otherwise stated in the other embodiment.

The present invention has been described in terms of the above embodiments, but it should be understood that the above embodiments are for purposes of illustration and description only and are not intended to limit the invention to the scope of the described embodiments. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that many variations and modifications may be made to the teachings of the invention, which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

Claims

1. A method for rapidly checking the clearance of goods in an import/export container, which comprises the following steps:

2. The method for rapidly inspecting cargo clearance of import and export containers according to claim 1, wherein the electronic seal comprises a body and a seal rod movable relative to the body, wherein detecting the status information of the electronic seal comprises detecting whether the seal rod of the electronic seal is damaged; and is

3. The method for rapid inspection of import-export container cargo clearance according to claim 1, further comprising: and the first management equipment sends a wake-up instruction to the electronic seal to wake up the electronic seal and detect the state information of the electronic seal.

4. The method for rapidly inspecting import/export container cargo clearance according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the step of determining whether the container with the electronic seal installed therein is qualified for clearance comprises: if the state information of the electronic seal comprises information that a seal rod of the electronic seal is damaged, judging that the container provided with the electronic seal does not have customs qualification; and is

5. The method for rapidly inspecting the cargo clearance of an import/export container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the seal information comprises the unique identification information of the electronic seal, and the container body information comprises the unique identification information of the container.

6. The method for rapidly inspecting the customs clearance of the import/export container cargo according to claim 1, wherein before the electronic seal establishes the communication connection with the second management device, the method further comprises:

The second management equipment acquires the seal information of the electronic seal by scanning a graphic code, wherein the graphic code comprises a two-dimensional code and a bar code; or

7. The method for rapidly inspecting the cargo clearance of the import and export container according to claim 1, further comprising the steps that after the condition that the container equipped with the electronic seal is qualified for clearance is judged, the service platform randomly sends a manual inspection instruction before the container is released;

in order to respond to the manual inspection instruction to manually inspect the container goods, an unsealing instruction is sent to the electronic seal, so that the electronic seal executes unsealing operation to unlock a door of the container; and after the manual inspection is completed, sending a sealing instruction to the electronic seal, so that the electronic seal performs a sealing operation for locking the door of the container.

8. A system for rapidly checking the clearance of goods in an import/export container, which is characterized by comprising:

a service platform, communicatively connected to the first management device and the second management device, and including a memory to store information received from the first management device and the second management device, wherein the information includes at least one of seal information of the electronic seal, container information of the container, seal information of the electronic seal, and status information of the electronic seal; and is

wherein the import-export container cargo clearance rapid verification system is configured to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 7.

9. The system for rapid inspection of import-export container cargo clearance according to claim 8, wherein the second management device comprises a handheld second management device and/or a stationary second management device, wherein the stationary second management device is fixedly installed near the inspection site.

10. The system for rapidly inspecting cargo clearance in import and export containers according to claim 8, wherein said electronic seal further comprises a status detection circuit for detecting whether a seal rod of said electronic seal is damaged.