Patent ID: 9176076
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: B61B,B65G,G01N,G01V

Abstract:
1. A cargo inspection method comprising: transporting a first guideway vehicle over a guideway from a first inspection station to a second inspection station without stopping, the guideway spanning over a national boundary, the first inspection station being associated with a first government entity, the second inspection station being associated with a second government entity; while moving the first guideway vehicle through the first inspection station, using a first non-intrusive scanning mechanism associated with the first inspection station to acquire a first set of data associated with cargo stored in the first guideway vehicle; while the first guideway vehicle is in transit between the first inspection station and the second inspection station, analyzing the first set of data acquired by the first non-intrusive scanning mechanism associated with the first inspection station to determine the identity of the cargo stored on the first guideway vehicle; comparing the first set of data acquired by the first non-intrusive scanning mechanism with a first manifest that describes the cargo that is declared to be stored on the first guideway vehicle; in response to determining that the identity of the cargo does not match the first manifest, segregating the first guideway vehicle from the guideway and diverting the first guideway vehicle to a manual inspection depot for a manual inspection of the first guideway vehicle at the second inspection station.