KR100859635B1 - Automation gate recognizing system and method based on radio frequency identification - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a radio wave identification based automated gate recognition system and method for automatically recognizing information on a container and a vehicle, and automatically carrying in and out of a container and a vehicle based on the recognized information.

To this end, the radio wave identification-based automated gate recognition system of the present invention includes a container and a vehicle recognition reader for recognizing a container and a vehicle; A container and vehicle recognition system managing the recognized container and vehicle information; A tag database for storing all transmitted container and vehicle tag information; Consists of an integrated recognition system that controls containers and vehicles to be imported and exported by comparing and analyzing container and vehicle import and export related dictionary information stored in the database of the container terminal information system and currently recognized information stored in the tag database.

Therefore, according to the present invention made as described above, it is possible to efficiently control and manage the loading and unloading and related information of the container and the vehicle, it is possible to provide a variety of statistical information, and to increase the throughput by reducing the vehicle waiting time Can be.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Middleware, Tag Information, Integrated Recognition

Description

Automation gate recognizing system and method based on radio frequency identification}

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a radio wave identification based automated gate recognition system according to the present invention,

2 is a conceptual diagram showing a processing flow of a radio wave identification based automated gate recognition system according to the present invention;

3 is a flow chart showing the entire process of information processing by the radio wave identification-based automated gate recognition system according to the present invention when the external vehicle and the container passes through the container terminal gate;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting a vehicle and a container tag to an integrated recognition system recognized by an antenna and a reader installed at a container terminal gate;

5 is a flowchart illustrating an information processing process in an integrated recognition system according to the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a decision support system and a customer service system according to the present invention;

7 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an information processing process of an automated gate recognition system according to various scenarios when a vehicle enters a container terminal gate;

8 is a view showing that the RFID recognition system according to the present invention and a system to which other technologies (OCR, ACDI, Digtal Media, etc.) are applied may be extended and linked.

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1: container recognition reader unit,

2: vehicle recognition reader unit,

3: container recognition system,

5: vehicle recognition system,

6: tag database,

7: integrated recognition system,

8: basic information management department,

9: gate import and export information management unit,

10: import and export statistical information management unit,

11: customer support management department,

12: container terminal information system,

13: RFID middleware,

14: RFID reader,

15: container terminal gate,

100,200: device manager,

101,201: data manager,

102,202: information server,

103,203: administrator interface.

The present invention relates to a radio frequency identification (RFID) -based automated gate recognition system and method, and in particular, information about the container and the vehicle at the container terminal gate in various environments by using the radio wave identification technology instead of a barcode. It recognizes that the information is inputted and compares the received information with previously inputted information, and efficiently handles the import and export of containers and vehicles. The present invention relates to an automated gate recognition system and method for effective transmission to a system.

At present, the RFID technology related to the present invention is applied to various fields at home and abroad, and with regard to container terminals, SST (Smart Secure Trade Lane) and container e-Seal attachment mandates announced by the US are being promoted. In recent years, the importance and interest of RFID is increasing, such as the promotion of RFID / USN-based shipping logistics efficiency projects centered on the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

The barcode system used in the existing container terminal gate manages the import and export of containers and vehicles through the following process.

For example, when an external vehicle first arrives at the container terminal gate, the external vehicle driver recognizes the card possessed by the barcode reader installed in the container terminal gate.

Then, the information recorded on the card is recognized by the barcode reader, and the recognized information is immediately sent to the container terminal gate management system to compare the currently recognized information with previously inputted information.

By comparing the information as described above, if the currently recognized information and the previously input information is matched, a SLIP containing the device information is issued, and the vehicle can pass through the container terminal gate.

On the other hand, if the currently recognized information and the previously entered information do not match, the container terminal gate operator instructs the vehicle driver to park the vehicle at a specific location, and the external vehicle driver will check the container terminal to confirm whether or not to carry in or out of the container terminal. After reconfirming with the gate management company whether or not they will be imported or not, they will decide whether or not to take them in or out. On the other hand, the processed result is stored in the container terminal information system (TOS).

Therefore, the conventional import and export management technology of a container and a vehicle by a barcode system has a problem that the vehicle waiting time for confirming the container and the vehicle number is long.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned matters, and a complicated procedure in which the recognition of a container and a vehicle at a container terminal gate is handled by the intervention of an external vehicle driver and an operator after a stop is performed using radio frequency identification technology. Automatically recognizes container and vehicle information without processing, reducing the transit time of external vehicles at the container terminal gate, and drastically reducing the number of workers for container and vehicle recognition, resulting in improved productivity and economics. An object of the present invention is to provide an automated gate recognition system and method based on radio wave identification.

The radio wave identification-based automated gate recognition system according to the present invention for solving the above problems is a container and a vehicle recognition reader unit for recognizing a container and a vehicle, a tag, an antenna and a reader; A container and vehicle recognition system which manages container and vehicle information recognized by the container and vehicle recognition reader unit, and comprises a device manager, a data manager, an information server, and an administrator interface; A tag database in which all container and vehicle tag information transmitted from the container and vehicle recognition system are stored; Search the dictionary information related to container import and export of container and vehicle stored in the database of container terminal information system, and compare and analyze with the currently recognized information stored in tag database to control the container and vehicle imported and exported, basic information management, gate import and export information management , Characterized in that it comprises an integrated recognition system consisting of import and export statistical information management unit, and customer support management unit.

In addition, the radio wave identification-based automated gate recognition method according to the present invention includes the steps of recognizing the tag information of each container and vehicle by the antenna of each container and vehicle reader unit and transmitting to each reader; Transmitting tag information of each container and vehicle transmitted by the antenna to each container and vehicle recognition system through a reader; Securing reliability of the received container and vehicle information through each container and vehicle recognition system, and then transmitting the information to the integrated recognition system; Receives the current container and vehicle tag information by the integrated recognition system, calls the dictionary information sent by the carrier, compares and confirms the previously received container and vehicle information with the prior information, and then And performing the final result processing according to the match.

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Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 are for explaining the configuration and processing flow of the radio wave identification-based automated gate recognition system according to the present invention, as shown in the radio wave identification-based automated gate recognition system of each container And a vehicle recognition reader unit 1 and 2, a container and vehicle recognition system 3 and 5, a tag database 6 (tag DB), an integrated recognition system 7 and a container terminal information system 12 (TOS). do.

As described above, each of the containers and the vehicle recognition readers 1 and 2 having the container recognition and vehicle recognition functions forming the wireless gate identification based automated gate recognition system of the present invention can recognize containers and vehicles. It consists of an antenna and a reader.

On the other hand, the information processing process by the radio wave identification-based automated gate recognition system of the present invention configured as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is in accordance with the system information processing process of Figs. .

First, acquisition of container and vehicle information according to container and vehicle recognition by the respective container and vehicle recognition readers 1 and 2 will be described.

The vehicle recognition by the vehicle recognition reader unit 2 is performed by using a reader of 900MHz band, and the information stored in the barcode ID card previously possessed by the external vehicle driver is stored in the RFID tag so that the external vehicle is the container terminal gate. When the vehicle passes through the vehicle recognition reader unit 2 and is automatically recognized, the recognized information is transmitted to the vehicle recognition system 5 for managing it.

In addition, the container recognition by the container recognition reader unit 1 is made using a reader of the 433MHz band, the recognition distance is longer than the reader of the 900MHz band as described above. Therefore, the container information is recognized by the container recognition reader unit 1 before the container passes through the container terminal gate, and the recognized information is transmitted to the container recognition system 3 for managing it.

The container recognition system 3 includes a device manager 100, a data manager 101, an information server 102, and an administrator interface 103 as shown in FIG. 1.

Similarly, the vehicle recognition system 5 also includes a device manager 200, a data manager 201, an information server 202, and an administrator interface 203.

Meanwhile, both the container recognition system 3 and the vehicle recognition system 5 support both wireless LAN, TCP / IP, and RS-232 communication.

Of the device managers 100 and 200, the data managers 101 and 201, the information servers 102 and 202, and the manager interfaces 103 and 203, which constitute the container and vehicle recognition systems 3 and 5, respectively. The function is described as follows.

First, the device managers 100 and 200 are modules that control and manage the reader as the terminal of the RFID middleware 13, collect raw tag data, and process the tag data into usable tag data. And the tag data is collected by the reader and the valid data is transmitted to the data manager 101.

In addition, the data managers 101 and 201 control and manage the respective device managers 100 and 200, and filter and process tag data received from the device managers 100 and 200 to process valid events. As a module for generating, the device managers 100 and 200 are controlled as described above, the state is inspected, valid tag data is extracted through rule-base filtering, and event filtering is performed. To remove unnecessary duplicate tag data.

In addition, the information server (102, 202) is a server that controls and manages each of the data manager (101, 201), and provides the interworking of the event data with the external system and the interface function of the manager tool. In addition to controlling the data managers 101 and 201, the state is inspected, events are collected from the data managers 101 and 201, and communication with the respective manager interfaces 103 and 203 is provided (events). , Status information, commands / results, settings, etc.)

Furthermore, the manager interface 103, 203 is an interface for managing modules such as the device manager 100, 200, the data manager 101, 201, and the information server 102, 202. It is a manager interface based and manages middleware (M / W) configuration tree, system monitoring, event monitoring, etc. in one screen.

All tag information transmitted by the container and vehicle recognition systems 3 and 5 as described above is stored in the tag database 6 shown in FIG.

In addition, tag information stored in the tag database 6 is transmitted to the integrated recognition system 7, and the integrated recognition system 7 preliminary information related to the container and vehicle loading and unloading stored in the database of the container terminal information system 12. By searching and comparing and analyzing the currently recognized information, you can control the containers and vehicles to be taken in and out.

Next, the function of the integrated recognition system 7 will be described in more detail.

As shown in FIG. 1, the integrated recognition system 7 includes a basic information manager 8, a gate import / export information manager 9, an import / export statistical information manager 10, and a customer support manager 11.

The basic information management unit 8 includes a user management function for registering, modifying and deleting the recognition system user information, and a pre-loading information management function for registering, modifying and deleting advance information in the recognition system, and equipment (eg, RFID, signal controller). , EIR issuer, etc.).

In addition, the gate loading / unloading information management unit 9 has a vehicle loading / unloading information management function for registering, modifying and deleting vehicle loading / unloading information, a container loading / unloading information management function for registering, modifying, and deleting container loading / unloading information, container and vehicle loading / unloading. Import and export error information management function that registers, corrects and deletes error information that occurs, and import and export job monitoring function that monitors container and vehicle import and export work.

In addition, the import and export statistical information management unit 10 provides the import and export statistical information providing function for providing the statistical information for each container and vehicle by period and company, and output the report for productivity inventory inside the terminal and graphics for easy decision makers to grasp. Perform a report function.

Furthermore, the customer support management unit 11 checks the import / export information function for real-time checking whether the container and the vehicle are brought in and out of the gate through the Internet, and the period / period for granting the authority of each carrier to the settlement information of the carrier entering and exiting the target container terminal. Provides settlement information for each company.

Next, with reference to the flow chart of the system information processing process of Figures 3 to 6, the information processing process by the radio wave identification-based automated gate recognition system of the present invention will be described in more detail.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining, from an overall perspective, a process of passing an external vehicle and a container through a container terminal gate and how the processed result information may be utilized.

First, in order to carry in and out of a container through the container terminal gate 15, as shown in FIG. 3, the carrier previously transmits information about the vehicle and the container to the container terminal gate 15, and then carries out the container. The vehicle alone or the vehicle for carrying in and the container are departed to the container terminal gate 15.

Thereafter, when the external vehicle and the container approaches (enters) the container terminal gate 15 (S1-1), the antenna of each container and the vehicle reader unit 1 and 2 recognizes the tags of the container and the vehicle, respectively. (S1-2), if it is transmitted to each reader, the leader transmits the recognized information to the container and vehicle recognition systems 3 and 5 (S1-3).

Each of the recognition systems 3 and 5 secures the reliability of the received container and vehicle information and transmits the information to the integrated recognition system 7 (S1 and S2).

The integrated recognition system 7 receives the current container tag information by the container recognition system 3 (S3-1), receives the current vehicle tag information by the vehicle recognition system 5 (S3-2), and the carrier. After comparing and confirming the information of the container and vehicle currently received through the dictionary information call (S3-3) transmitted from the prior information sent by the carrier to the container terminal gate 15, the current reception information and the prior information of The final result is processed according to the match (S3).

That is, when the current reception information and the dictionary information match, the blue light is displayed on the traffic light for the driver to check, and when the mismatch or the dictionary information is not received, the red light is displayed on the traffic light so that the driver of the external vehicle has a problem. It can solve the problem and issue SLIP by SLIP issuing system.

In addition, the matched information is arranged in a statistical form of various criteria as shown in FIG. 6 so that it can be transmitted to the decision maker (S4) and at the same time to provide settlement information for each period and carrier (S5). .

FIG. 4 illustrates a process of carrying a container and a container tag into the integrated recognition system 7 by recognizing the antenna and the reader installed in the container terminal gate 15 as described above. It is.

That is, when an external vehicle loads a container and approaches the container terminal gate 15 within 50-100 m (S1-1), an active 433 MHz container tag is recognized by the antenna (S1-2). In this case, the LF antenna may be used for proximity recognition). The recognized information is transmitted to the container recognition system 3 through the reader (S1-3), and the reliability is transmitted to the integrated recognition system 7 after securing the reliability.

Thereafter, when the vehicle enters within 4m of the gate (S2-1) and the 900MHz vehicle tag is recognized by the antenna (S2-2), the vehicle is transmitted to the vehicle recognition system 5 through the reader (S2-3). After securing the reliability is transmitted to the integrated recognition system (7).

Therefore, in the case of the container tag in FIG. 4, the filtering logic of the container recognition system 3 is applied in consideration of the situation in which the tag is attached to all containers.

For example, in the present invention, even though a special congestion does not occur, logic for providing a container tag that is continuously detected for 10 minutes is determined not to be a gate entry container.

FIG. 5 compares and confirms the information transmitted from the individual recognition systems 3 and 5 of the container and the vehicle based on previously received prior information as described with reference to FIG. 3, and displays the corresponding device (traffic light, SLIP issuer, etc.); O) and system (decision support, customer service, etc.), send information to individual recognition system and customer according to error type when error occurs, and integrated recognition to solve the problem by worker intervention if necessary The information processing procedure in the system 7 is shown in more detail.

Fig. 6 is an additional output of the present invention, which focuses on the fact that information needed by the current decision maker cannot be viewed quickly and accurately, and thus the container and vehicle identification information management (S4-1) and the import / export of each period by the decision making system. Generate various types of reports, such as statistical information management (S4-2), statistical information and shipping management by carrier, and (S4-3), and import and export arrival information service (S5-1) by customer service system, and by carrier It shows the contents and procedures for servicing the customer (shipper, carrier, etc.), such as import and export statistical information service (S5-2), and billing information service for each carrier (S5-3).

8 is a view showing an integrated RFID and OCR technology based recognition system in which an RFID technology based RFID recognition system and an OCR technology based OCR recognition system are linked according to the present invention. Detailed description will be omitted.

However, in the present invention, according to the configuration shown in Figure 8, the various tasks performed in the container terminal gate 15 (recognition of vehicle and container information, the task of confirming whether the container is damaged and the location of the device, the container door Security tasks for checking whether the door is opened or closed in advance), and may be linked or extended later with the RFID technology-based automated recognition system.

On the other hand, OCR technology, like RFID, is a technology for recognizing vehicles and containers. When installed in parallel with RFID, the recognition rate and security can be improved, but the cost aspect should be closely considered.

Since the present invention has been invented based on the radio frequency identification technology, as shown in FIG. 7, lane-by-lane interference for a vehicle and a container at a container terminal gate becomes a major issue.

In this regard, as tested in various scenarios 1 to 4 as shown in FIG. 7, no problem of interference occurred. In addition, tests by vehicle speed (10Km, 20Km, 30Km) were also carried out, but there was no problem up to 30Km, but the container terminal limits the driving speed to 20Km. It was confirmed that speed was not a problem because it had to slow down to be provided.

In conclusion, even if the external vehicle enters the container terminal gate in various forms, there is no big problem to recognize, and various error situations that may occur in actual application will have to be carefully considered.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment (scenario 1 of FIG. 7, that is, a single vehicle entry into one gate), but is not limited to the scope and spirit of the present invention. Various modifications can be made within.

That is, as shown in FIG. 7, an information processing process of an automated gate recognition system according to entry of vehicles in various terminal scenarios into a container terminal gate, for example, in-line entry into one gate (scenario 2), and parallel entry into two or more gates (Scenario 3) or the information processing process of the automated gate recognition system according to the random entry of the vehicle to the two or more gates (Scenario 4).

As described above, according to the present invention having the above-described configuration, it is possible to efficiently control the carrying in and out of illegal vehicles or unauthorized vehicles, to efficiently manage the carrying in and out of the container, and to process and manage information. It is possible to provide various statistical information, greatly increase the throughput by reducing the time required to bring in the vehicle by significantly reducing the waiting time of the container and vehicle number, and greatly improve the recognition rate of the container and the vehicle. have.

Claims (7)

A container recognition reader unit 1 which recognizes a container and comprises an antenna and a reader; A vehicle recognition reader unit 2 which recognizes a vehicle and includes a tag, an antenna, and a reader; A container recognition system (3) for managing container information recognized by the container recognition reader unit (1), comprising a device manager (100), a data manager (101), an information server (102), and an administrator interface (103); A vehicle recognition system (5) for managing vehicle information recognized by the vehicle recognition reader unit (2), comprising a device manager (200), a data manager (201), an information server (202), and an administrator interface (203); A tag database (6) for storing all container and vehicle tag information transmitted from the container recognition system (3) and the vehicle recognition system (5); Inquiry of container and vehicle import and export related information stored in the database of the container terminal information system 12 is compared and analyzed with the currently recognized information stored in the tag database 6 to control containers and vehicles to be taken in and out. Information management unit 8, gate import and export information management unit 9, import and export statistical information management unit 10, and the customer support management unit 11 is composed of an integrated recognition system (7) comprising information about containers and vehicles In the automated gate recognition system based on radio wave identification for automatically recognizing and automatically carrying in and out of containers and vehicles based on the recognized information, The device managers 100 and 200 control the reader as an end of the RFID middleware 13, inspect the state, collect tag data from the reader, and transmit valid data to the data managers 101 and 201. , The data managers 101 and 201 control each of the device managers 100 and 200, inspect the state, and filter the tag data received from the device managers 100 and 200 through a process of filtering and processing the tag data. In addition to extracting data, you can remove unnecessary duplicate tag data. The information server 102, 202 controls and inspects each of the data managers 101, 201, collects events from the data managers 101, 201, and each of the manager interfaces 103, 203. Provide communication with The manager interface 103, 203 is a GUI-based manager interface for managing each module including the device manager 100, 200, the data manager 101, 201, and the information server 102, 202. Automated gate recognition system based on radio wave identification. delete The method of claim 1, The basic information management unit 8 is a user management function for registering, modifying and deleting recognition system user information, a pre-loading information management function for registering, modifying and deleting advance information in the recognition system, and registering, modifying and deleting equipment. Perform management functions, The gate loading / unloading information management unit 9 has a vehicle loading / unloading information management function for registering, modifying and deleting vehicle loading / exporting information, a container loading / unloading information management function for registering, modifying, and deleting container loading / exporting information, and occurs at the time of loading / exporting containers and vehicles. Import and export error information management function that registers, corrects and deletes error information, and import and export job monitoring function to monitor container and vehicle import and export work, The import and export statistical information management unit 10 provides import and export statistical information providing function for providing the statistical information for each container and vehicle by period and company, the report output for productivity inventory inside the terminal and graphics for easy decision making by decision makers. Function as a report, The customer support management unit 11 is a function for checking the import and export information to enable the real-time access to the container import and export of the gate of the container and the vehicle, and by period and company for granting authority by the carrier to the settlement information of the carrier entering the target container terminal Radio wave identification-based automated gate recognition system, characterized in that configured to perform the settlement information providing function. When the external vehicle and the container approach the container terminal gate 15, the tag information of each container and the vehicle reader is recognized by each antenna of the container and the vehicle reader and transmitted to each reader; Transmitting tag information of each container and vehicle transmitted by the antenna to each container and vehicle recognition system (3, 5) through the reader; Securing reliability of container and vehicle information received through the respective container and vehicle recognition systems (3, 5), and then transmitting the information to the integrated recognition system (7); Receiving the current container tag information by the container recognition system 3 by the integrated recognition system 7, receives the current vehicle tag information by the vehicle recognition system 5, and the prior information transmitted by the carrier Calling and comparing the information of the currently received container and vehicle with the dictionary information previously sent from the carrier to the container terminal gate 15, and performing final result processing according to whether the current received information and the dictionary information match. In the radio wave identification-based automated gate recognition method for automatically recognizing information about the container and the vehicle, and carrying out the loading and unloading of the container and the vehicle based on the recognized information, The final result processing step by the integrated recognition system 7 is to issue a SLIP by the SLIP issuing system, when the current reception information and the previous information match, so that the blue light is displayed on the traffic light so that the driver can check, And displaying red on the traffic light when the current reception information and the dictionary information do not match or when the dictionary information does not arrive. delete The method of claim 4, wherein In the final result processing step by the integrated recognition system (7), the matched information is arranged by the decision-making system in the form of statistics of various criteria and sent to the decision maker, and settled by the customer service system by period and carrier. Radio frequency identification based automated gate recognition method further comprising the step of providing information. The method of claim 6, The management system generates a report including management of container and vehicle identification information, management of import / export statistical information for each period, statistical information and sales management for each carrier, and the import / export arrival information service by the customer service system, and each carrier. Radio wave identification-based automated gate recognition method comprising the step of providing import and export statistical information service, and billing information service for each carrier.

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