Patent ID: 6665585
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: G06K,G06Q

Abstract:
A container managing method for managing a container via a container managing apparatus, the container managing apparatus including:a radio IC seal tag having a seal number inputted therein, the radio IC seal tag being attached to closing doors of the container, the container in turn having a radio IC number tag attached thereto, and the radio IC number tag having a container number inputted therein; a radio IC document tag having physical distribution information of the container inputted therein, the radio IC document tag being set on a trailer; a radio antenna arranged at an entrance gate of a container terminal of the container, the radio antenna being configured to receive and transmit in relation to all of the radio IC number tag, the radio IC seal tag, and the radio IC document tag; the radio IC seal tag configured to transmit the seal number only in a state when the closing doors of the container are sealed; and the radio antenna configured to receive the physical distribution information of the container at the entrance gate of the container terminal of the container, to read the container number, to confirm a sealing state of the radio IC seal tag, and to read the seal number, the container managing method comprising the steps of: upon carry-in of the container in a loaded state thereof and when the trailer passes through the entrance gate, receiving the physical distribution information of the container via the radio antenna, the physical distribution information of the container having been transmitted from the radio IC document tag on the trailer; simultaneously reading the container number from the radio IC number tag applied on the container and the seal number from the radio IC seal tag; sending the physical distribution information of the container to a physical distribution information center; comparing the container number and the seal number with the physical distribution information of the container via a computer in the physical distribution information center for conformation; and data-processing to send a command signal for a storage address to the trailer via the radio antenna.