JP3909899B2 - Container management system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a container management device, and more particularly, container storage information can be collectively managed by transmitting container loading / unloading cargo information at a container terminal using a portable cargo handling information medium. This relates to the container device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Containers stored in the container terminal are carried in and out by a dedicated container transport vehicle. An outline of the work procedure at that time will be described in the case of carrying in. First, when the load chassis loaded with a container arrives at the entrance gate, the driver receives a placard (large slip) that records the designated container storage location at the freight registry, and then moves the container transport vehicle to the container terminal. And show the placard to the transfer crane driver at high altitude from the ground to visually check the storage position, and the transfer crane driver operates the crane to move the container from the container vehicle to the storage position. (Carrying in) or moving (carrying out) from the storage position to the container transport vehicle.
[0003]
As explained above, the conventional container terminal cargo handling work was carried out by a crane driver alone in an extremely large site, and also by visually observing the cargo handling information on the placard. In addition, both the container transport vehicle driver and the transfer crane driver are not only labor intensive, but there is a problem that information transmission takes time and there is a risk of misunderstanding.
[0004]
For example, in the conventional system, in order to confirm the placard indicating the chassis driver entering the chassis lane on the side opposite to the cab of the transfer crane, the driver of the transfer crane needs to move the cab to the opposite side. There is. Under such circumstances, there is a problem that misrecognition of cargo handling information cannot be avoided.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, if the placard is abolished and the visual operation of the driver of the transfer crane can be abolished, the time required for handling the load, the labor can be reduced, and the prevention of operation mistakes can be greatly reduced.
The present invention has been made paying attention to the above problems, and a container in which load handling information transmission means from when a container transport vehicle such as a load chassis enters the container terminal to when it leaves the container is provided by the device. The purpose is to provide a management device.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The configuration of the container management system of the present invention for achieving the above object is a container management system for loading and unloading containers into and from a container terminal using a container transport vehicle and a transfer crane, and wirelessly writing and reading information. The data carrier, the data carrier writing device installed at the entrance gate of the container terminal, the data carrier reading device installed in the transfer crane, and the transfer crane driver visible A display device, the container information including the type and identification number of the container to be handled written to the data carrier by the writing device, the storage position of the container to be handled, the loading / unloading time, and the handling type Reading the cargo handling information It reads the device is obtained so as to display on said display device.
[0007]
The data carrier, the writer and the reading device are not particularly limited, but for application to a container transport vehicle, large equipment such as a portal crane, and a container yard on a wide site, the data carrier is a wireless communication means, It is composed of an IC chip that has storage means that can be written and read, and it is possible to automate everything except for the fact that cargo handling information is written and output to the reading device wirelessly and the container transport vehicle driver delivers the data carrier at the container terminal. It is preferable to make it. As other means, various other means such as a magnetic card and a writing / reading means using a magnetic head can be used.
[0008]
The wireless means is not particularly limited, and means such as radio waves, ultrasonic waves, and infrared rays can be used.
Many of the container terminals are provided at the wharf where the container ship berths, and the present invention is also implemented in such a container terminal, but the present invention is not limited to the container terminal attached to the wharf, It can also be applied to container terminals installed in other places.
[0009]
In addition to the display device, the data carrier is used instead of the placard that has been used in the past, and the transfer crane driver can perform the cargo handling operation while viewing the cargo handling information displayed on the display device provided in the operator's cab. This eliminates the need to transfer information to the driver of the transfer crane by visual inspection.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings by embodiments exemplified by a container terminal provided on a dock dedicated to a container ship.
A container terminal 1 shown in FIG. 1 is provided adjacent to a pier 3 dedicated to a container ship 2, and a container (not shown) is a block 4 (6 blocks in FIG. 1) in which a container storage position is determined in advance. It is generally carried out by storing it inside and carrying it with the transfer crane 5.
[0011]
In general, a container loaded on the container ship 2 is temporarily stored in the block 4 and then loaded, and a container lowered from the container ship 2 is generally stored in the block 4 and then shipped.
The container transport vehicle 6 shown in FIG. 1 is a transport vehicle that is usually called a yard chassis, and is a vehicle that transports containers between the container ship 2 and each block 4, and the flow line indicated by the broken line in FIG. Move like. In addition, the container transport vehicle 7 is a transport vehicle that is generally called a load chassis, and is a vehicle that loads a container for loading into the container terminal 1 or unloads a container from the container terminal 1, and is shown by a solid line in FIG. Move like a moving line.
[0012]
And the container management apparatus by this Embodiment is applied to the cargo handling work of the container carried in or carried out by the container transport vehicle 7. FIG. In addition, the code | symbol 8 shown in FIG. 1 is a container crane which unloads a container to the container ship 2, and unloads.
The container transport vehicle 7 carrying in (or carrying out) the container performs a registration procedure for the container carried in / out at the entrance gate 9 and receives a data carrier (explained later) in which cargo handling information is written. (Not shown) the driver of the container transport vehicles 7 that has received the data carrier is moved to the transfer crane 5 ₀ of the indicated block 4 (Figure 2).
[0013]
A transfer crane 5 shown in FIG. 2 is composed of a transfer crane leg 11 and four beams 12 each having four traveling wheels 10 on the left and right sides, and a cab 13 and a rail (not shown) attached to the beam 12. The hanger 14 is formed so as to move integrally with the hanger 14, and is conventionally used to move the container 15 by the hanger 14.
[0014]
A driver (not shown) of the container transport vehicle 7 moves on a chassis lane 16 formed between the block 4 and the transfer crane leg 11, and a reading device 17 (FIG. 3) attached to the transfer crane leg 11. The data carrier is sent to the antenna 18 of the vehicle, the handling information is transmitted to the driver of the transfer crane 5 (not shown), and after a predetermined cargo handling operation (loading or unloading of the container) is completed, Return the data carrier across the street.
[0015]
The data carrier 20 is a small wireless transmitter / receiver that encloses an IC chip and an antenna that can perform data writing and transmission / erasure of written data multiple times by radio waves. The cargo handling information input to the information writing device 21 is transmitted to the data carrier 20, performs registration procedures for containers to be carried in and out at the entrance gate 9, and receives the data carrier 20 from the driver of the container transport vehicle 7 ( after not shown) is moved to the transfer crane 5 ₀ of block 4 is instructed, handling information received is transmitted toward the data carrier 20 to the antenna 18.
[0016]
The flow of cargo handling information transmission by the data carrier described above will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 3, a person in charge (not shown) inputs to the writing device 21 provided in the management building 22 based on the cargo handling purpose of the container transport vehicle 7 that has entered the entrance gate 9 (FIG. 1). The input cargo handling information is written to the data carrier 20 by radio.
[0017]
The driver (or occupant) of the container transport vehicle 7 that has received the data carrier 20 to which the cargo handling information has been input moves the container transport vehicle 7 to a predetermined block 4 in accordance with the instruction, and the antenna of the reading device 17 as described above. Presents data carrier 20 toward 18. In the data carrier 20, the written cargo handling information is input to the reading device 17 through the antenna 18.
[0018]
Reading device 17, a cargo handling information received, the display on the display device 23 installed in the transfer crane 5 ₀ of the cab 13, to turn on the ready lamp 24 mounted adjacent to the antenna 18, the container transport The driver of the vehicle 7 is notified of the completion of reading the cargo handling information.
The data content displayed on the display device 23 includes three-dimensional information on the container storage position {namely, block number, bay (position in the direction of shear lane 16), row (position in the direction of the beam 12), step}, container ID number, An example of the display format is shown in FIG.
[0019]
Cargo handling container loading or unloading is completed, container transport vehicle 7 go away from the transfer crane 5 _0, the transmission signal of the data carrier 20 is interrupted, the read device 17 turns off the ready lamp 24.
The data carrier 20 described above transmits signals by radio waves, but the present invention is not limited to this, and uses a magnetic card, IC card, etc. For example, various information transmission means can be employed.
[0020]
Also, in container terminals equipped with central management devices such as a yard management dedicated computer (YO) and a container storage management planning dedicated computer (YP), the container transport vehicle 7, that is, the load chassis handling work is performed by the central management device. Since it cannot be directly managed, the present invention can be effectively applied.
[0021]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the container management apparatus uses the data carrier for the information related to the cargo handling work at the container terminal, and all the information is written and read by the device, so that the following effects can be obtained.
1) Manpower can be saved from transmission and confirmation of cargo handling information.
[0022]
2) Information can be transmitted smoothly and quickly.
3) The driver of the transfer crane can surely grasp the cargo handling information even when the transport vehicle on the chassis lane cannot be seen by looking at the display device arranged in the operator's cab, thus preventing erroneous recognition. be able to.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a container terminal to which a container management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
2 is a view taken along the line II-II in FIG.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a procedure for transmitting cargo handling information in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the flow of cargo handling work in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a display format of the display device of the container management device of the present embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Container Terminal 5 Transfer Crane 5 ₀ Transfer Crane 7 Container Transport Vehicle
13 cab 15 container
17 Reading device 18 Antenna
20 Data carrier 21 Writing device
22 Display device

Claims (1)

A container management system for carrying a container in and out of a container terminal using a container transport vehicle and a transfer crane,
A data carrier that can write and read information wirelessly,
A writing device for the data carrier installed at an entrance gate of the container terminal;
A reading device for the data carrier installed in the transfer crane;
A display device visible to the driver of the transfer crane,
The reading device includes container information including the type and identification number of a container to be handled written to the data carrier by the writing device, and cargo handling information including a storage position, a loading / unloading time, and a cargo handling type of the container to be handled. A container management system that reads and displays on the display device.

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