System and method for security of shipped containers
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1. A system comprising:
- a first imager, suitable to capture an image of an item in a closed container, said first imager outside of said container, said first imager and said container in a first location;
a second imager, suitable to capture an image of said item in said closed container, said imager outside of said container, said second imager and said container in a second location; and
a processor to compare said image of said item in said container in said first location, to said image of said item in said container in said second location.
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Abstract
A system and method of capturing an image in a first location of items in a shipping container, and comparing the image of the items to an image of items in the same container as was captured in a second location, to determine if the contents of the container had been altered.
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1. A system comprising:
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a first imager, suitable to capture an image of an item in a closed container, said first imager outside of said container, said first imager and said container in a first location;
a second imager, suitable to capture an image of said item in said closed container, said imager outside of said container, said second imager and said container in a second location; and
a processor to compare said image of said item in said container in said first location, to said image of said item in said container in said second location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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capturing with an imager located outside a closed container in a first location, a first image of an item in said container;
capturing with an imager located outside a closed container in a second location, a second image of said items in said container;
comparing said first image to said second image; and
determining if items appearing in said second image were in said container in said first location. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An article comprising a memory, having stored thereon instructions that when executed result in:
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retrieving from a network, a first X-ray image of an item inside a closed container, said image associated with a unique identifier of said container, said image captured at a first location;
comparing said first image to a second X-ray image of said item inside said closed container, said second X-ray image captured at a second location. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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