Processing container images and identifiers using optical character recognition and geolocation
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- an imaging device configured to take a picture of an object, the picture containing an alphanumeric identifier of the object;
a global positioning system (GPS) component associated with the imaging device and configured to tag the image of the object with GPS location information of the object to generate a tagged image;
a communications interface configured to transmit the tagged image to a server computer remote from the imaging device over an Internet Protocol IP network; and
a processor of the server configured to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the picture and to create an indicator code corresponding to the identifier of the object, wherein the processor is further configured to create a processed result containing the indicator code and the location to locate the object within a site;
wherein the object comprises a container of at least twenty feet long and a chassis configured to carry at least one containers, and wherein the tagged image comprises metadata including the identifier and information of the container or of handling equipment of the container.
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Abstract
Embodiments include a system configured to process location information for objects in a site comprising an imaging device configured to take a picture of an object, the picture containing a unique identifier of the object; a global positioning system (GPS) component associated with the imaging device and configured to tag the image of the object with GPS location information of the object to generate a tagged image; a communications interface configured to transmit the tagged image to a server computer remote from the imaging device over an Internet Protocol (IP) network; and a processor of the server configured to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the picture and to create an indicator code corresponding to the identifier of the object, wherein the processor is further configured to create a processed result containing the indicator code and the location to locate the object within the site.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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an imaging device configured to take a picture of an object, the picture containing an alphanumeric identifier of the object; a global positioning system (GPS) component associated with the imaging device and configured to tag the image of the object with GPS location information of the object to generate a tagged image; a communications interface configured to transmit the tagged image to a server computer remote from the imaging device over an Internet Protocol IP network; and
a processor of the server configured to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the picture and to create an indicator code corresponding to the identifier of the object, wherein the processor is further configured to create a processed result containing the indicator code and the location to locate the object within a site;
wherein the object comprises a container of at least twenty feet long and a chassis configured to carry at least one containers, and wherein the tagged image comprises metadata including the identifier and information of the container or of handling equipment of the container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving an image captured by an image capture device of an object within a defined site, the image containing a unique identifier of the object; determining a geographical location of the object within the site relative; embedding the location of the object with the image of the object to create a tagged image; receiving the tagged image from the image capture device over an Internet Protocol (IP) network; and performing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) of the identifier in the image to create an indicator code including the image and the location of the object, wherein the object comprises a container of at least twenty feet long and a chassis configured to carry at least one containers, and wherein the tagged image comprises metadata including the identifier and information of the container or of handling equipment of the container. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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