SG11201808150TA - Communication arrangement for a container handling equipment and communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization 11111111011110111010101111101011111011101111101011110011111101111101111011111 International Bureau 0.. .1 j ..... ..or::,„, (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/162608 Al 28 September 2017 (28.09.2017) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, G06Q 10/06 (2012.01) B65G 63/00 (2006.01) BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, G06Q 50/28 (2012.01) DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, (21) International Application Number: KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, PCT/EP2017/056595 MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, (22) International Filing Date: NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, 20 March 2017 (20.03.2017) RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, (25) Filing Language: English ZA, ZM, ZW. (26) Publication Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (30) Priority Data: kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, PA201670163 21 March 2016 (21.03.2016) DK GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, (71) Applicant: APM TERMINALS B.V. [NL/NL]; Turf- TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, markt 107, 2511 DP Den Haag (NL). DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, (72) Inventor: DUCA, Alexandra; c/o APM Terminals B.V., LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, Turfmarkt 107, 2511 DP Den Haag (NL). SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (74) Agent: ZACCO DENMARK A/S; Arne Jacobsens All& Published: 15, 2300 Copenhagen S (DK). — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (54) Title: COMMUNICATION ARRANGEMENT FOR A CONTAINER HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATION METHOD 1A , 1'.. , -20 •• 1_00 9 r i •ii.) 7 - 11 Fig. 'I GO 0 ,t: (57) : A communication arrangement for at least two container handling ei CHEs configured to operate within an area comprising a plurality of container spots arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, the Il communication arrangement for each of the at least two CHEs comprising: a first communication module configured to retrieve from ---- a terminal operating system a plurality of jobs to be performed by the respective CHE within 11------ tions to move a container and to identify a container spot of the plurality of Il O said at least two CHEs; a second communication module configured to communicate N two CHEs operating within said area, said communication with said second CHE being 0 communication module and/or manual triggering and configured to transmit a job sharing two CHEs, said job sharing message indicating a job to be performed by the job of the plurality of jobs. container spots, with second one equipment 1 LL ___ the at least of the said area, said job comprising instruc - autonomous message CHEs is described, said at least two respective CHE being a first one of another, second one of the at least from receipts from the first to said second one of the at least at least two CHEs, said job being a