Patent ID: 9336505
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: B66C,G06Q,G08B

Claim Text:
1. A portal based scanner apparatus for automatically scanning shipping containers at transitional stages, the apparatus comprising: a sensor suite; a network element communicatively coupled with the sensor suite; wherein the sensor suite comprises a plurality of sensors; and further wherein, the plurality of sensors are deployed on one or more scanner panels; an RFID reader, wherein the RFID reader is configured to detect and interrogate RFID tags; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to initiate a scan of a shipping container by one or more sensors; further wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether the scanned shipping container includes a container level processor; wherein, the processor is further configured to initiate a first scanning process when a container level processor is detected and a second scanning process when a container level processor is not detected; wherein the first scanning process comprises interrogating the detected container level processor to provide data produced by sensors within the shipping container; wherein the first scanning process further comprises interrogating specific sensors within the shipping container; and further wherein, the second scanning process comprises scanning the outside of the shipping container with an optical sensor or a container integrity sensor.