Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Communication arrangement for a container handling equipment and communication method
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Application No.: US16087004Application Date: 2017-03-20
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Publication No.: US11182869B2Publication Date: 2021-11-23
- Inventor: Alexandru Duca
- Applicant: APM Terminals B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL The Hague
- Assignee: APM Terminals B.V.
- Current Assignee: APM Terminals B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL The Hague
- Agency: EIP US LLP
- Priority: DKPA201670163 20160321
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/056595 WO 20170320
- International Announcement: WO2017/162608 WO 20170928
- Main IPC: G06Q20/40
- IPC: G06Q20/40 ; G06Q20/02 ; G06Q20/10 ; G06Q20/42 ; G06Q50/28 ; B65G63/00 ; G06Q10/06 ; B66C13/46 ; B66C19/00 ; G06Q10/08

Abstract:
A communication arrangement for at least two container handling equipment CHEs is described, said at least two CHEs configured to operate within an area comprising a plurality of container spots arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, the 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 said area, said job comprising instructions to move a container and to identify a container spot of the plurality of container spots, the respective CHE being a first one of said at least two CHEs; a second communication module configured to communicate with at least another, second one of the at least two CHEs operating within said area, said communication with said second CHE being autonomous from receipts from the first communication module and/or manual triggering and configured to transmit a job sharing message to said second one of the at least two CHEs, said job sharing message indicating a job to be performed by the second one of the at least two CHEs, said job being a job of the plurality of jobs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190073736A1 COMMUNICATION ARRANGEMENT FOR A CONTAINER HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-03-07
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