Patent ID: 8184852

Claim:
A method for identifying at least one of a truck and a container, comprising: receiving one or more crane updates, the crane updates corresponding to a current operational status of a crane; receiving one or more data updates, the data updates having pre set data relevant to identifying at least one of a truck identification number and a container identification number, the pre set data comprising one or more pre set characters, each of the one or more pre set characters having a relative position within the at least one of a truck identification number and a container identification number; determining that the container has been selected for a loading or an unloading operation; based on the determining: capturing at least a first image of a truck with a first camera, the at least a first image of a truck comprising a visual representation of a truck identification number, capturing at least a second image of a container with a second camera, the at least a second image of a container comprising a visual representation of a container identification number, identifying one or more characters within at least one of the at least a first image and the at least a second image, each of the one or more characters having a relative position within the at least one of the truck identification number of the at least a first image and the container identification number of the at least a second image, comparing at least one of the one or more characters with at least one pre set character that has a relative position comparable to the relative position of the at least one of the one or more characters, and recognizing, based on the comparison, at least one of the truck identification number within the at least a first image of a truck and the container identification number within the at least a second image of a container.