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1. SeeGate2 System Information page 34 Bezoek Chauffeur VISSER Firma TRUCKING HOLLAND Kenteken BJFDO4 Bezoek ID GCS 1963 DCS 13755 Lane ID 1 Trucking code TRUCKHO Drive name VISSER Date Time 02 01 2006 7 12 13 Number Plate BJFD04 Trucking Comp TRUCKING HOLLAND License MIFARE ID Card type Visit status RGS CONTAINER S Eye UIS DOCUMENTEN Order 02178 Order found cameourE CONTAINER DETAIL n Iso Line E kkk i Dry Van vented lt 25cm2 m Agent KKK Code 2210 SDN Gross Weight 20 000 SEALS se za 2 EMEN Reefercontainer Operational Positive Negative Celcius Fahrenheit Temperature Cerc CEE rIMDG 2210F 12000 KKTU1000001 RGS 2210F 14000 KKTU1000001 02178 CAN UNNR 1 POD Ex RTM NL ROTTERDAM IMDG 1 IMO 1 Specials Quarantine status Special instruction 1 Special instruction 2 Lease type Damage 1 oL on OF oa Damage 2 Container FY MLU1234567 Condition Front panels lololo e o y Remark Figure 5 4 2c Visit information which includes the recognition information Similar integrations may use the recognition information and files in order to automate and enhance the terminal operation HTS provides an SDK utilities and support in order to implement such integrations in retrofits and new terminal installations See
2. SeeGate2 System Information page 26 5 2 Output files 5 2 1 Image files The system saves for each event the best container and truck camera image It can also save an image for each camera The image may be selected to be a jpg image 5 different levels of compression can be selected or a larger bitmap file For the highest quality jpgs the size is about 50KB The images are stored in daily local directories as default settings and can be copied to the central server by the SeeData utility to a lane specific daily folder An example of the left side is shown below Figure 5 2 1 example of image SeeGate2 System Information page 27 5 2 2 Video Clips Files The system produces 4 video clips on each event Top Back Left Right Each movie clip is generated from a series of images that each camera collects The size of each movie clip depends on the defined read rate default is 3 per second and the length of the event Typically the left and right sides are longer about 2 4MB at average The top clip is smaller about 1 5MB and the back is the smallest 0 5 1 0 MB For the left and right sides the entire length of the container s is shown including the truck Theses clips start from the upper camera then show the lower camera The truck portion is useful for security reasons since the driver is seen in 4 different cameras and several angles during the motion of the truck The container part is useful fo
3. simple configuration single gantry single PC for the basic features covers all types of containers 20 40 20 20feet and combinations performs recognition while at motion the container does not stop simple integration into the existing computer resources at the port has a high recognition rate has up to 5 views redundancy on each container a reliable system 24 hour operation backed by system utilities that guarantee the up time fast response output in seconds solid state illumination lower power consumption maintenance free area scan imagery lower illumination requirements multiple information capture typical lane width 6 4M minimum width 4 9M much smaller than other systems SeeGate2 system has the following additional features over SeeGatel first generation system Compact footprint single arch gantry Color container imagery Movie clips for Damage inspection security and exception handling Damage inspection still images optional IMO label detection optional Additional top view recognition front and rear Container type size recognition SeeGate2 System Information page 8 3 4 SeeGate Installations SeeGate systems are leading the number of Worldwide installations Over hundred portals are installed worldwide A sample installation of SeeGate2 is shown in the following photo This site has two portals one entrance and one exit Note that this specific site is covered but this is n
4. The size type in the ISO code in the above example 4310 is also part of the ID and is identified and transmitted The country origin which is an optional field is not covered by the system 4 2 Overview of the Architecture The system is based on a stand alone system that includes the following a Software e PC running Windows XP pro to run the system s software e SeeContainer SeeCar SeeSizeType and optionally SeeChassis 32 bit DLLs Dynamic Link Libraries that recognize the Container license plate Chassis from an input image e Local database MS SQL to store the results used by SeeGateViewer to show the results b Hardware e 5 6 container color cameras for recognition and inspection e white illumination solid state strobe units for recognition and inspection e 2 camera illumination units for license plate e 1 2 camera illumination units for optional Chassis Wagon ID e 2 4 video input frame grabbers to capture the images in fast real time e 2 IR sensors on the gantry to sense the containers e 3 Loop detectors to sense the truck and chassis e I O board and terminal block for sensor and gate input and output e TCP IP link used with SeeData product which transmits the result to a server The following simplified illustration shows this configuration SeeGate2 System Information page 15 Figure 4 2 SeeGate System simplified configuration The operation of the system is as follows w
5. check digit as a final verification test and transmit the identification string and optionally the image files An example of a container code ID shown in figure 3 4 Note that this is one of the several container ID formats that the international standard ref 2 2 defines Other horizontal and vertical markings are possible as well and are recognized by the system Figure 4 1 Example of container ID The container ID is composed of several fields including the following fields the shipping company e g UXX the equipment category always U for freight containers Z or C for chassis the serial number of the container e g 423697 the check digit of the first 3 fields e g 0 the container country size type e g SE4310 Only the first 3 fields are relevant to the identification of the container and represent a unique identification number for each shipping container In the above case this ID is UXXU 423687 SeeGate2 System Information page 14 The shipping company field UXX in the example is verified against a pre defined list of known companies Additionally the second field U is always verified The check digit is used in order to verify the entire 10 fonts identification number If the check digit is not identified only the 10 fonts are compared and reported If it is recognized and tested for correctness it will also be reported a 0 in the above case
6. 29 5 2 4 1MO label classification option SeeGate2 has an option to classify IMO Hazmat labels It recognizes the dangerous goods decal from 3 sides left right rear and outputs the class and optional sub class together with the detected Icon GN This option is executed in a slave computer SeeGate2 System Information page 30 5 3 Log Files 5 3 1 Windows Event Log The system writes events to the Windows applications event log upon each new execution or whenever the system detects a problem such as when the application is closed There are several event types information warnings and errors This event log is used by SeeMonitor tool to display the status of all lanes and to report a fatal error red to an external system 5 3 2 Debug Information Log files The system writes debug information into text files in its working directory These files are used by SeeMonitor tool in order to display historic graphs which are useful for fine tuning the system SeeGate2 System Information page 31 5 4 TOS interface 5 4 1 Methods The system can be integrated with terminal operating systems TOS which use the recognition results for archiving display checking the container delivery or dispatch automating the processes tracking the traffic or any other tasks The following integration options exist for such interface e Intercept the event message write the results into the TOS For this integration option
7. 8 Brightness 128 Light Intensity off Medium C Low High Capture Set seti oran oe C Photo 4 4 3 Live video display in this case the upper left container camera For a complete description of the user interface please refer to the SeeGate2 user manual SeeGate2 System Information page 20 4 5 SeeGate2 Viewer SeeGate2 records the events into a local database Microsoft SQL A special viewer SeeGate View can be used to view the live events results or search the past events The following sample shows an online view of the still images the Picture tab or the movie clips the Movie tab on the left side The information on this event is seen on the upper right side and the list of events are displayed on the lower right side m SeeGate View ojx File Options Help l ch I TECH TREU 229521 j solutions i Online History Lane i1 Eveni Date 12 27 20t ruck prenez dd gt Picture Movie wm Photo 4 5 SeeGate view A viewer for the on line and past events SeeGate2 System Information page 21 4 6 SeeTerminal The SeeGate2 system is part of a network and its results are transmitted to SeeTerminal the central server application The architecture is illustrated in the following figure The SeeGate2 lane PC and its optional slave PCs are connected to a central HTS server which is also connected to the external systems such as TOS or i
8. Gate2 System Information page 35 6 Summary of Functions This section lists the functions of the system For more information please refer to the installation manual or the application on line help Note that Hi Tech Solutions may change these functions on future system releases and additional functions may be tailored for specific customer requirements 6 1 General Requirements A Intended system use stand alone Container ID and Truck Number optional Chassis Wagon ID Number automatic identification system B C D Single Lane supports a single container lane Container Types All standard cases 40 feet 20 feet front 20 feet rear double 20 feet 45 feet Moving containers the system will handle the recognition while the container is moving from 5KM H up to 30KM H E Write results into a local database MS SQL which is used by SeeGateViewer application to show on line and past results F Configurations e Base SeeGate2 LPR CCR size type movie clips e Option A Damage inspection still images e Option B IMO label detection e Option C Chassis USA or wagon recognition 6 2 GUI Graphical User Interface 6 2 1 SeeGate A B C D Sensors status on off status for 3 loops and IR sensors System status events list Camera View Display cameras live video display see image handling On line help 6 2 1 SeeGate Viewer A Event Log list of event results one row for ea
9. HITS Hi Tech Solutions SeeGate2 Container Code Recognition System System Information Mar 18 2009 SeeGate2 System Information page 2 Table of Contents 1 PURPOSE amp SCOPE Ue ee ne eee 4 2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS iccssisiccsctccnaceansccecnsstenssscaenctacncstetancainadedendans 4 3 OVERVIEW e 5 3 1 Product Aescription ccccsscrccrcsscssssssssssssssssssssssessecessessessessesssssesssssscsessessssesessessesess 5 3 2 Typical installation at Port gates esee eee eene en eene enenatis tt tn sins ts insta sten suu 5 3 3 SeeGate System advantages eese eee eee eee ente ense ste tn sins tn insta sint ta tns in sins in tasa senes sno 7 3 4 SeeGate Installations M 8 3 5 Other Systems in the product line seseseesseseseseseseseeesesosesesoeseesesenenseoesesesreserseosseseseessese 11 3 6 Overview of this document eere eee eese eee een tns tn sensns titia atto stas in senes sensns enao 12 4 ARCHITECTURE eU 13 4 1 Overview of Container ID ccscsccsssssscccssecssnsccsssscrscessssssssssssssscsesssssscsssesesssssssssesncees 13 4 2 Overview of the Architecture eeeee esee eee ee een enne ntn tn nennen attain sinat s enses senten sets enato 14 4 3 The Image processing DLLs esee eee eene tn tnn tn tnn tn tnt n nsns tn stats tetas tn sesta sina to no 16 4 4 IDG
10. ODVAMMSCU 17 4 5 3 nn 20 4 6 nr 21 4 7 SeeMonitor and Se Serviee sissciesisssccssescsssanssscasssesssncssessesssoasvosedsnonssocsaavassodcatsoedessaedsnedseses 22 4 8 Computers Configuration eese esee estes te testen insons estas insta ts tain sias in tns iasinen son 24 5 SYSTEM OUTPUTS AND INTERFACES eee 25 5 1 Event Message OOOn 25 5 2 nuni E 26 5 3 Lg Files 30 5 4 j L 31 6 SUMMARY OF FUNCTIONS nacacun cune enn n anneau eu ranas nena usua nnmnnn 35 6 1 General Requirements e 35 6 2 GUI Graphical User Interface 4 eee esee eee ee esee eene tntn atn atas tn stent tasto sens tnan 35 SeeGate2 System Information page 3 VAR eri e sssi sssaaa eoori sasis ee M 35 6 2 1 SEG abe VIC A i5ais sesiis 35 6 3 Operation Results ss osss iaaieo si 36 6 4 Image Handling sesseesesesesesesesoessesesosesesoeoseseneneroeoeeeseeneneroeoeseseenersesoessesesoeesesenesesoeeeesesesese 36 6 5 Installation Mode seesoeseeseessereesoeesesoeese
11. PJORDAN1 fc 0T Partnes BV 2006 Figure 5 4 2a Truck plate is the key for retrieving the record The event information is then displayed as shown in the figure The operator may then either check the still images under the pictures tab or play the video clips 4 sides under the video tab SeeGate2 System Information page 33 The following figure shows the movie clips selection and control display On the bottom of the display the operator may select one of the 4 clips and then it is displayed in the center The movie clip plays the recorded event and both the truck and the containers are seen driving thru the gate Visit 12652 License Plate BPTN19 Images and Cargo Card rtormation tamen LaneT Condaieer s Date Time 2717 2005717 24 f Uc plate CALIE keptes A CS wwwoitnortnerant 2 veo Video telecton Video Navigshon A E i aa E miaa E Frames 83 3 e Croato Yet 02 01 2006 15 51 ITPJORDAN1 Figure 5 4 2b Movie clips that are retrieved for the selected event On each movie clip the operator may change the display speed stop the stream and slide the view to any frame and optionally save the frame into an additional still image which will be added to the still images that were captured The information is also collected in the visit record as shown below This record includes both the recognition results driver information and job details
12. Shipping Containers identification number together with the license plate of the carrying Truck This sophisticated image processing system can be placed at various port locations at gates at the docks or in any other location that requires fully automatic identification The identified number strings information and the images are displayed on the system s main display and logged in its local database This data is transferred over the TCP IP network on messages and files and reported to other Windows applications on a central server The information can be added into the Terminal Operating System TOS for further processing Each system controls several video cameras and handles them simultaneously while the truck and containers are in motion The system uses these multiple cameras in order to look at various sides of the containers and provide the container information The system also provides damage inspection and exception handling options in the form of movie clips and optionally in the form of still images It also captures and analyzes the Truck license plate As additional options the wagon chassis ID can be recognized as well 3 2 Typical installation at Port gates The following illustration highlights the main feature of the system all the cameras and illumination units are mounted on a single gantry This simplifies the installation which in the previous generation system SeeGatel was constructed on a long structure T
13. This is useful both at the installation time and in the operation phase A sample of 2 displays are shown in the following figures e SeeService this watch dog utility keeps the SeeGate application running at all times and optionally updates new versions from a server e SeeCleaner this utility performs housekeeping operations in the working directory For more details please refer to the SeeUtilities document reference 42 1 4 po All lanes SeeMonitor Figure 4 7 1 SeeMonitor status display green OK yellow warning red error SeeGate2 System Information page 23 VIZ Lane1 SeeMonitor Be Figure 4 7 2 Sample SeeMonitor graph in this case top shift of the container ID SeeGate2 System Information page 24 4 8 Computers Configuration 4 8 1 Lane Computer The lane computer is a desktop rack mount PC which is installed in cabinets near the lanes For more details refer to the installation manual reference 2 1 1 4 8 2 Slave Computers The system can be ordered with the following options e Damage inspection still images in addition to the movie clips e IMO label detection and classification For these options additional slave computers are required in order to support the computing power required for these operations The slave computer can be installed in a remote computer room near the Server computer unlike the lane computer that must be installed close to the lane using a G bit ne
14. a SDK is supplied in order to assist this integration e Load the message into a database and access the database in order to integrate with the TOS or other automated processes For this integration method a third party database is available presented in the following paragraph SeeGate2 System Information page 32 5 4 2 Example of TOS interface This paragraph describes a sample application an example of a TOS interface in a Rotterdam terminal It is developed by IT Partner NL based on the database that was developed by Dalosy NL and is a retrofit to an existing operation which is based on Cosmos I n this case the event message from SeeGate2 is recorded into a central SQL database on the server Additional data fields are optionally added to the database in addition to the raw recognition results Then the data is extracted and added into the TOS system or displayed on the operators display The following figure shows the license plate which is the key for accessing the event information The operator enters this key in the driver assistance office and then the event information is automatically retrieved from the database Visit 12652 License Plate BPTN19 Val selection Images and Cargo Card r omalion tamem 1 Lon Cotar Date Time 27 12 2005712 24 Lic plate aPTMIS CagoCad Jew Paea Www Martner on create vst 02 01 2006 15 45 IT
15. ain Display The main display is a window with a predefined arrangement that is displayed on the screen and operates like a console Normally the system does not require a user and the main display may be running as a background application However it may serve to monitor the system useful in the installation and commissioning phases The main display shows the status of the I O in real time the list of past events and also provides a number of options that the user may activate such as live video display of each camera and changing the settings of parameters An example of a display is shown in the following illustration at the middle of a event of a truck that just entered the portal The display has several fields e Sensor status on the left side a graphic representation of the status of the container sensors and loop detectors in this example the first 2 loops are on e The list of events on the right side the last line shows that the LPR camera stopped to capture the new truck at 2 PM ia SeeGate ojx File View Help Em Y HI TECH aunsisolutions Information Stop car capture Start container capture Stop container capture Start container capture Stop container capture Event 12036 End Truck Record saved in database Event 12037 start Truck Start car capture Stop car capture Ready a Uptime 22 05 hh mm Figure 4 4 1 Main display example a truck is just entering the lane SeeGate2 Sys
16. ch event SeeGate2 System Information page 36 B Recognition results text information C Recognition images movies display D Images Movies display control panel E History search and control options F On line help G Save the list as text file 6 3 Operation Results A Container Identification B License plate recognition C Optional chassis wagon recognition D Size Type recognition E Damage Exception handling movie clips x4 per event F Optional Damage stitched still images x4 per event G Optional IMO label detection and classification 6 4 Image Handling A Display camera live video color for container cameras and B W for LPR cameras B Configuration of the camera settings C Configure of captures per application 6 5 Installation Mode A Lave Video select one of the cameras B Illumination control select any illumination level 6 6 Sensor Control w Sensor types 3 loops detectors 2 IR sensors Display Status of sensor Sensor Configuration NC NO normally connected or normally open state Pin on Parallel connector Active Rise or Fall SeeGate2 System Information page 37 6 7 File A B C D Images File Save bmp or 5 levels of jpg Movie clips settings enable capture rate Daily weekly monthly or single directory SeeCleaner housekeeping support 6 8 Communication A B Central server IP definition Works in conjunction with SeeData Center that is installed on a centra
17. he system takes multiple images of the top rear and the left right sides The cameras are mounted on the top one or two cameras the left side 2 cameras and the right side 2 cameras The use of dual cameras on the sides enables the system to narrow down the width of the lane down to 1 2M from the sides which is a great advantage over mono cameras systems SeeGate2 System Information page 6 left right side images Figure 3 2 Port gate installation simplified The system also uses 2 LPR cameras on both sides of the lane to recognize the plate The cameras use different spectrum of illumination visible and near IR for extended coverage of non reflective plates Additional configurations are available using rear cameras for wagon ID Additionally the system requires three ground loops to detect the truck and container and a pair of IR sensors on the Gantry SeeGate2 System Information page 7 3 3 SeeGate System advantages The system has the following advantages over existing manual recorded sites fully automatic process no man in the loop increases the processing of the container truck traffic at the congested gates the system data collects the traffic history and reports the result to a central server handles simultaneously container amp truck identification performs damage inspection and exception handling image and video capture The system has the following advantages over other automated solutions
18. hen the moving truck and the containers that it carries enter the detection zone the sensors 3 loop detectors and 2 IR sensors are activated and signal to the program via the IO card that the container is present The program now starts the recognition process a sequence of images in different illumination levels controlled by the I O card are captured according to the container types and the parameter settings After this the images are sent to the SeeContainer SeeSizeType and SeeCar DLLs for container recognition and license plate identification After receiving the results and applying certain logic and validation verification the program outputs the combined Container amp Truck ID results to the display and records the information into a local SQL database The event information includes a text result confidence file paths to the image and movie clips files and additional information The system also transmits the recognition event results as a message that is spread over the network to a central server The images and movie clips are also copied to the server A Client application in the local lane PC or on the central server can listen to the message and use the data for various tasks such as loading it to a customer specific database or load it into the terminal operating system TOS Additional optional functions such as Damage inspection still images and IMO label detection are processed off line by slave computers which
19. l server Enable Disable 6 9 Diagnostics A B C D SeeMonitor support displays status and historic reports Writes information warning error into Windows event log Reports on low recognition warnings and errors Supports SeeService watchdog and automatic software upgrades SeeGate2 System Information page 38 7 Support and more Information You can contact us for more information and assistance at Hi Tech Solutions POBox 133 Migdal Haemek Israel 10500 Internet http www htsol com Email info htsol com Israel Tel 972 46 440 440 Visit our Home page http www htsol com and download demo recognition applications You can also view sample installations in the photo gallery or download more documentation You can also download a simulation of the SeeGate2 system and a sample Client application
20. nterface programs by a TCPIP network SeeTerminal application runs in this server collects messages from all the SeeGate2 lane PC systems and optional Slave PCs Damage and IMO results or other See systems and talks with the external systems using XML The application also supports a MSMQ interface with other systems In addition to the messages the images from the lane and slave PCs are copied into the images repository on the server Note that the source of the images stays in these PCs as backup The external systems can read these images over the network Other subsystems TCP Messages XML MSMQ I F for other systems Interface PC HTS Server Images TCP Messages TCP Messages Other See SeeGate 2 Lane PCs SeeDamage IMO Slave PCs SeeGate2 System Information page 22 The SDK Software Development Kit is provided in order to support the development of the client application It contains VC sources of a sample client application and a SeeGate2 simulator that is used to test the client application 4 7 SeeMonitor and SeeService The SeeGate system has additional networking and operational utilities that simplify the operation of multiple units and ensure that the entire site is running smoothly e SeeMonitor this central utility allows to see the status of an array of SeeGate units and get histograms and other graphs on each of the lanes and each of the cameras
21. ot required for the system Photo 3 4 1 SeeGate 2 Installation Rotterdam The Netherlands SeeGate2 System Information page 9 Another site is shown below This site is installed at the edge of a secured entry and is constrained to 1 1M view range for the cameras This tight geometry is only possible with SeeGate2 using the dual side camera solution Photo 3 4 2 SeeGate2 Installation Rotterdam The Netherlands There are 12 illumination units on 3 sides which are pulsed solid state white illumination units that support the color camera capture with a very low power consumption The cameras capture dozens of area scan images on all sides in different illumination levels one of 4 off low medium high on all 5 views 2 top 1 rear 1 left 1 right SeeGate2 System Information page 10 Another site is shown below There are 6 portals in this site and the photo shows one set of 3 lanes There are 10 illumination units on 3 sides 5 container cameras and 2 LPR cameras Photo 3 4 3 SeeGate2 Installation Rotterdam The Netherlands SeeGate2 System Information page 11 As a reference one of the SeeGatel first generation systems installations is shown in the photo below where 56 portals were installed in 3 plazas As seen in this photo the system is mounted on long structures a Photo 3 4 4 SeeGate 1 Installation APM Pier 400 LA California 3 5 Other Systems in the product line HTS installs other s
22. process the captured images and generate their results in parallel SeeGate2 System Information page 16 4 3 The Image processing DLLs The system calls the following image processing DLLs that analyze the captured images of the container and the carrying truck e SeeContainer DLL an ISO 6346 Container Marking recognition software e SeeCar DLL a license plate recognition LPR package specifically adapted to the country where the system is installed e SeeSizeType DLL a recognition package for recognizing the ISO code e SeeChassis a recognition package for the wagon chassis number optional on the SeeGate system These 32 bit Windows DLLs perform the following image processing functions Image Enhancement improves the quality of the captured image ID numbers finding locates the marking within the image Characters detection locates each of the marking s characters Characters identification identifies each of the detected characters Validation compares the resulting string to the standard formats calculates the confidence and verifies check digits for the container ID only The program analyzes the results of the recognition across the series of the captured images in different illumination levels and in several capture positions and combines them into a final recognition of the Truck and its containers and displays files sends their results SeeGate2 System Information page 17 4 4 Display Design 4 4 1 M
23. r damage inspection and defects like holes are seen in several instances Each movie clip can be stopped and could be zoomed or saved and printed This allows a careful inspection of the event an advantage over line scan systems The movie clips are standard MPEG4 AVI files and could be played on standard Windows media players The following figure shows a sample section of such movie clip It shows 2 parts in the movie stream of the right clip where the driver is seen at the right clip Figure 5 2 2 example of movie clip 2 frames in the video stream SeeGate2 System Information page 28 5 2 3 Damage Inspection Still Images option A system option is to generate still images from the collected images The system automatically stitches the images together and generates a broad and flat view of the container in 4 views left right top rear Each jpg image is about 5M pixels and the size is about 500KB per file except for a smaller rear view The following photo is an example of the stitched image of a side container It is the result of combining dozens of intermediate images of both side cameras TU 220184 0 KR 2210 A top image example is seen below This option requires a slave computer This computer accesses the saved images and runs off line in order to generate the images It takes about 1 minute to generate each event set and the images are saved as jpg images SeeGate2 System Information page
24. sessoesessoeesororesessoreeesoeeeesorsoeseesoeesosoeesossesseesoseeesose 36 6 6 Sensor COmtr Ol scsscsescvsccesdscscecseisveesosesatanssonsasoaseonscussssseosaaseas ceavasecassosedsuseveseesoaasoassenenasedesess 36 6 7 gli EE E M 37 6 8 COMMUNICATION 37 6 9 j M 37 7 SUPPORT AND MORE INFORMATION eene 38 SeeGate2 System Information page 4 1 Purpose amp Scope This document provides and overview and technical information on SeeGate2 a second generation vision based Container Code Recognition system 2 Referenced Documents 2 1 1 Documents 2 1 1 SeeGate2 Installation guide HTS publication 2 1 2 SeeGate2 User manual guide HTS publication 2 1 3 Freight Containers Coding Identification and Marking ISO 6346 1995 E 2 1 4 SeeUtilities manual HTS publication 2 1 2 Concepts and Shortcuts OCR optical character recognition CCR container code recognition ID Identification LPR license plate recognition GUI graphical user interface HTS Hi Tech Solutions DLL Dynamic Link Library IMO International Maritime Organization SDK Software Development Kit TOS terminal operating system SeeGate2 System Information page 5 3 Overview 3 1 Product description SeeGate2 is a stand alone system that is used to automatically track and read
25. tem Information page 18 4 4 2 Parameter Settings Display An example of the parameter control is shown in the following illustration The user can define a series of parameters that control the operation of the system In the following display the Container Left Upper camera parameters are defined In a child window that opens up under the sign the capture sets for this camera can be defined and the illumination levels can be selected Settings x CarRightUpper ContLeftUpper f CarLeftUpper n CarRightLower i IV Enabled inde CarLeftLower ContRightUpper M Capturing Illumination ContLeftUpper E ContTop Ellips Santos z 22 BEF LSB Pin hz ContBack is ContRightLower rea E Images ContLeftLower Rotation i i Prefix General x Save Images Sensors Communication Diagnostics Min Gair Avi Files Automatic Image Quality red Bright sired Brightness r Close 4 4 2 Parameter Settings SeeGate2 System Information page 19 4 4 3 Live Video Display For installation assistance a special live display can be selected This display can show the live video of each camera The illumination level of each of the illumination units associated with that camera can be activated CarRightLower CarLeftLower ContRightUpper ContLeftUpper ContTop ContBack ContRi 4 gt Saturation 128 Contrast 12
26. twork The following illustration shows the computer architecture HTS Server computer SeeDamage IMO Slave computer s SeeGate2 Message SeeGate2 Lane master computer Images are shared and read by the slave systems Figure 4 8 Computers configuration slave computers are optional SeeGate2 System Information page 25 5 System Outputs and Interfaces This section details the outputs and interfaces of the system 5 1 Messages 5 2 Image and video Files 5 3 Log Files 5 4 TOS interface 5 1 Event Message For each event the system generates a message that is broadcasted to the server This message contains information on the event the following are the major items that are contained in the message structure e Lane number e Data and time e Event number e For each container o Container string single dot for unrecognized digit or dots if unrecognized o Confidence o Image path o Size type ISO code e Truck plate string o Registration number o Confidence o Image path The message is reported to the SeeTerminal application on the central server There it transmits the results to either an external PC using XML interface or to a client application These applications are developed by the client or 3 party and can use the information in order to feed the TOS archive the results complement the data such as compare to a database display the results or for other uses
27. ystems that can integrate with SeeGate systems and provide additional recognition results in other locations in the terminal All such systems share the same interfaces and can easily integrate with the TOS The systems that are currently installed in the terminals are e SeeTruck recognition for LPR only for pedestal lanes or for security gates The system automatically matches the event to a portal event and copies the portals results fields into the event message Hundreds of such systems are deployed in terminals e SeeCrane quay crane recognition systems e SeeTrain portal single track rail side recognition system installed in the terminal rail gate or inside the yard e SeeRail multiple tracks fast speed rail side recognition system installed outside of the terminal SeeGate2 System Information page 12 3 6 Overview of this document This document provides the technical information on SeeGate2 system in the following sections 4 Architecture 5 System Outputs 6 Summary of functions 7 Support and more information nABWN Re SeeGate2 System Information page 13 4 Architecture This section describes the architecture of the SeeGate2 system 4 1 Overview of Container ID The main purpose of the SeeGate Container Recognition software is to take pictures of the Containers extract the alpha numeric digits out from the picture by image processing software verify its correctness using the Container Code

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