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Container tracking system

  • US 20030193433A1
  • Filed: 06/04/2003
  • Published: 10/16/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A container tracking system, comprising:

  • a dispatcher workstation for association with a shipping container storage and transfer yard;

    a database associated with the dispatcher workstation and providing for the storage of location information related to a plurality of shipping containers located throughout the shipping container storage and transfer yard;

    a mobile unit for roaming around said shipping container storage and transfer yard and for attachment to a piece of container-handling equipment;

    a navigation computer disposed in the mobile unit and providing for three-dimensional position solutions of its location;

    a communications link between the mobile unit and the dispatcher workstation and providing for a transfer of said position solutions to the database; and

    a display connected to the dispatcher workstation and providing for a graphical user interface representing a number of map locations of said plurality of shipping containers that are derived from said location information in the database.

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