JPH10181885A - Container control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automate the transmission of the cargo work information of a container transporter in the period from the entrance into a container terminal to the exit therefrom. SOLUTION: A writing device 21 writes into a data carrier 20 the cargo work information of a container transporter that has entered a container terminal. The information involves container information including the specification and identification number of a handled container, the stored position thereof, and the cargo work type thereof indicative of being carried in or away. A reading device 17 in a transfer crane reads out the cargo work information written into the data carrier 20 to display it on a display 23 arranged in the driver's cab of the crane.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container management device, and more particularly, to management of container storage information by transmitting cargo handling information for loading and unloading containers at a container terminal through a portable handling information medium. And a container device capable of performing the operations collectively.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Containers stored in a container terminal are carried in and out by a dedicated container transportation vehicle. An outline of the work procedure at that time will be described for the case of carry-in. First, when the load chassis with the container arrives at the entrance gate, the driver receives the placard (large slip) that records the designated container storage location at the cargo registry, and then moves the container transport vehicle to the container terminal. By showing the placard from the ground to the driver of the transfer crane at a high place, the storage location is visually checked, and the transfer crane driver operates the crane to move the container from the container vehicle to the storage location. (Conveyance) or moving (conveyance) from the storage location to the container transport vehicle.

[0003] As described above, the conventional cargo handling work of a container terminal is performed by a crane operator alone in an extremely large site in an isolated state, and the cargo handling information is visually observed on a placard. Because
Not only does the container transport vehicle driver and the transfer crane driver require labor, but there is a problem that information transmission takes time and there is a risk of misidentification.

For example, in the conventional system, the operator of the transfer crane moves the operator's cab to the opposite side in order to check the placard showing the chassis operator who has entered the chassis lane on the opposite side of the operator's cab of the transfer crane. You need to move it. In such a situation, there is a problem that erroneous recognition of cargo handling information cannot be avoided.

[0005]

By the way, if the placard is abolished and the visual work of the transfer crane driver can be abolished, the time required for handling the cargo, labor can be reduced, and prevention of operation errors can be greatly reduced. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has a device in which a device for transmitting cargo handling information from the time when a container transportation vehicle such as a load chassis enters a container terminal until the vehicle leaves the container terminal is performed. It is intended to provide a management device.

[0006]

To achieve the above object, a container management apparatus according to the present invention comprises a container transport vehicle, a transfer crane, a data carrier, and a device for writing cargo handling information to be written on the data carrier. A data reading device for reading cargo handling information written in a data carrier, wherein the data carrier includes container information such as a type of a container to be handled and an identification number, a storage position of the container to be handled, a cargo handling type indicating import / export, and the like. The reading device reads the cargo handling information recorded on the data carrier, and displays the read cargo handling information on a display device provided in the cab of the transfer crane. It is like that.

The data carrier, the writer and the readout device are not particularly limited. However, in order to apply the invention to a container transport vehicle, large equipment such as a portal crane, or a container yard on a large site, the data carrier must be connected by wireless communication. Having means and writable / readable storage means
It is preferable to be constituted by a chip and perform the output of the cargo handling information to the writing / reading device wirelessly, so that all operations can be automated except that the operator of the container transport vehicle transfers the data carrier at the container terminal. As other means, various other means can be used, for example, using a magnetic card or a magnetic head for writing / reading.

The wireless means is not particularly limited, but means such as radio waves, ultrasonic waves, and infrared rays can be used. Most of the container terminals are provided on the pier where the container ships berth, and the present invention is also implemented in such container terminals.
The present invention is not limited to the container terminal attached to such a pier, and can be applied to a container terminal provided at another place.

Means for using a data carrier in place of the placard conventionally used and for allowing the operator of the transfer crane to perform the cargo handling work while viewing the cargo handling information displayed on the display device provided in the cab is provided by a display device. In addition to the device,
This eliminates the need to visually transfer information to the driver of the transfer crane.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings by way of an embodiment exemplified by a container terminal provided on a pier 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) includes a block 4 in which a container storage position is determined in advance.
(6 blocks in FIG. 1), and is generally loaded and unloaded by the transfer crane 5.

In general, containers to be loaded on the container ship 2 are stored once in the block 4 and then loaded. Containers dropped from the container ship 2 are generally stored once in the block 4 and then shipped. The container transporting vehicle 6 shown in FIG. 1 is a transporting vehicle usually called a yard chassis, which is a vehicle that transports containers between the container ship 2 and each block 4, and is a flow line indicated by a broken line in FIG. Move like. The container transport vehicle 7 is a transport vehicle that is usually called a load chassis, and is a vehicle that loads a container for loading into or out of the container terminal 1 and is shown by a solid line in FIG. Move like a moving line.

The container management device according to the present embodiment is applied to a cargo handling operation of a container carried in or out by the container transport vehicle 7. Reference numeral 8 shown in FIG. 1 denotes a container crane that unloads and unloads containers from the container ship 2. The container transport vehicle 7 for loading (or unloading) the container is provided with an entrance gate 9.
A data carrier that carries out the registration procedure for the container to be carried in and out and that has the cargo handling information written (described later)
Receive. (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).

The transfer crane 5 shown in FIG.
It consists of a transfer crane leg 11 having four running wheels 10 on each of the left and right sides and a beam 12, and an operator's cab 13 and a hanging device 14 are integrated on a rail (not shown) attached to the beam 12. The container is formed to move and is hung by
It is conventionally used and configured to move 15.

The 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 presents a data carrier to an antenna 18 of a reading device 17 (FIG. 3) attached to the transfer crane leg 11, and Transfer information to the driver of the transfer crane 5 (not shown)
After completing the predetermined cargo handling work (loading or unloading the container), the data carrier is returned to the entry gate 19.

The data carrier 20 is a small wireless transmitter / receiver enclosing an IC chip and an antenna capable of writing data by radio waves and transmitting / erasing the written data a plurality of times. The cargo handling information input to the cargo handling information writing device 21 is transmitted to the data carrier 20, a registration procedure for the container to be carried in and out at the entrance gate 9 is performed, and the container transport vehicle 7 receiving the data carrier 20 receives the cargo handling information. after the driver (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.

The flow of the transfer of cargo handling information by the data carrier described above will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 3, a person in charge (not shown) inputs data 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 transmitted wirelessly to the data carrier 20.
Is written to.

The driver (or passenger) of the container transport vehicle 7 that has received the data carrier 20 in which the cargo handling information has been input.
Moves the container transport vehicle 7 to the predetermined block 4 in accordance with the instruction, and inserts the data carrier 20 toward the antenna 18 of the reading device 17 as described above. The data carrier 20 is a reading device for the written cargo handling information.
The signal is input to 17 via an antenna 18.

The readout 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 Then, the driver of the container transport vehicle 7 is notified of the completion of the reading of the cargo handling information. The data content displayed on the display device 23 includes three-dimensional information {i.e., block number, bay (position in the direction of the shear lane 16), row (position in the direction of the beam 12), step}, container ID number, Loading / unloading time,
Other examples are cargo handling types, and an example of the display format is shown in FIG.

When the loading / unloading work of loading / unloading the container is completed, the container transport vehicle 7 moves the transfer crane _50.
When the transmission signal of the data carrier 20 is cut off, the reading device 17 turns off the completion lamp 24. Although the data carrier 20 described above transmits a signal by radio waves, the present invention is not limited to this, and a magnetic card, an IC card, or the like is used. For example, various information transmission means can be adopted.

Also, in a container terminal provided with a central management device such as a yard management computer (YO) and a container storage management planning computer (YP), the loading and unloading work of the container transport vehicle 7, that is, the load chassis, is performed by the central processing unit. The present invention can be applied effectively because it cannot be directly managed by the management device.

[0021]

As described above, the present container management apparatus uses a data carrier to carry out all the writing and reading of information on the cargo handling work in the container terminal, and the following effects are obtained. Obtainable. 1) Manpower can be omitted from transmission and confirmation of cargo handling information.

2) Information can be transmitted smoothly and quickly. 3) The operator of the transfer crane can reliably 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 cab, thereby 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 device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 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 illustrating a flow of a cargo handling operation in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a display format of the display device of the container management apparatus according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container terminal 5 Transfer crane 5 ₀ Transfer crane 7 Container transportation vehicle 13 Operator's cab 15 Container 17 Reading device 18 Antenna 20 Data carrier 21 Writing device 22 Display device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A container transport vehicle, a transfer crane, a data carrier, a device for writing cargo handling information to be written to the data carrier, and a device for reading cargo handling information written to the data carrier, wherein the data carrier is a cargo handling device. A portable storage device capable of writing / reading cargo information such as a container type such as a type of a target container, an identification number, a storage position of the target container, a cargo handling type indicating carrying in / out, and the reading device, A container management device that reads the cargo handling information recorded on the carrier and displays the read cargo handling information on a display device provided in the cab of the transfer crane. 2. The data carrier according to claim 1, wherein said data carrier includes an IC having wireless communication means and writable / readable storage means.
2. The container management device according to claim 1, wherein the container management device comprises a chip and wirelessly outputs the cargo handling information to the writing / reading device. 3. The container management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the wireless communication unit is a communication unit using radio waves, ultrasonic waves, or infrared rays.