Patent SG-11201808149W-A (SG)
Title: Container handling equipment controller arrangement
Inventor: DUCA ALEXANDRU
IPC: G06Q50/28
Filed: 2017-03-20
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization 11111111011110111010101111101011111011101111101011110011011101111101111011111 International Bureau 0.. .1 j ..... ..,,/ (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/162606 Al 28 September 2017 (28.09.2017) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, G06Q 10/06 (2012.01) B65G 63/00 (2006.01) BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, G06Q 50/28 (2012.01) DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, (21) International Application Number: KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, PCT/EP2017/056593 MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, (22) International Filing Date: NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, 20 March 2017 (20.03.2017) RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, (25) Filing Language: English ZA, ZM, ZW. (26) Publication Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (30) Priority Data: kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, PA201600171 21 March 2016 (21.03.2016) DK GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, (71) Applicant: APM TERMINALS B.V. [NL/NL]; Turf- TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, markt 107, 2511 DP Den Haag (NL). DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, (72) Inventor: DUCA, Alexandra; c/o APM Terminals B.V., LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, Turfmarkt 107, 2511 DP Den Haag (NL). SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (74) Agent: ZACCO DENMARK A/S; Arne Jacobsens Alle Published: 15, 2300 Copenhagen S (DK). — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (54) Title: CONTAINER HANDLING EQUIPMENT CONTROLLER ARRANGEMENT ',..„ _i,,A -20 50 100 ir . 50-• 1 in — 80- - 1 , J 11 E. Fig. 1 N Il (57) : A CHE controller arrangement comprises: an execution controller in operative connection with one or more engines ---- of the CHE and configured to control movement of the CHE; a communication controller having a memory to at least store a job to Ir' be executed by said CHE, the communication controller further comprising a first interface to retrieve instructions from an external Il C instance, and particular from a terminal operating system related to a plurality of jobs to be executed by said CHE and a second in - el terface to communicate with at least a second CHE; a control interface between the execution controller and the communication con - 0 troller being adapted to provide instructions to the execution controller responsive to an execution of said job, and the second inter - face being adapted to forward at least one job of the plurality of jobs in response to a respective request by said at least one second CHE.