Container sealing supervision method

By using a smart electronic lock with a camera and a reader to generate and compare random codes, the problem of low security in container sealing and supervision has been solved, and efficient container supervision has been achieved.

CN117612283BActive Publication Date: 2026-02-13GUANGZHOU LANGSHENG NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202311601956.2
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2023-11-28
Publication Date
2026-02-13
Estimated Expiration
2043-11-28

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Technical Problem

The existing technology for sealing containers has low regulatory security and cannot meet the regulatory requirements for high-density, high-intensity business traffic.

Method used

The system employs a smart electronic lock with a camera and a reader with a camera to generate a random code. The random code is displayed on a screen and compared with the code. The system is then verified by a host computer to ensure the security of unsealing the container.

Benefits of technology

This enhances the security of container unsealing and monitoring, prevents fraudulent activities, and ensures the safety and reliability of cargo transportation.

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Abstract

The application discloses a kind of container sealing supervision methods, through with camera intelligent electronic lock and with camera reader, with camera reader gathers the information of with camera intelligent electronic lock's hang position, with camera intelligent electronic lock can effectively understand whether the hang position is correct, to improve the security of container sealing and unsealing supervision, simultaneously, by setting display screen and host computer, and by with camera reader generates random code, random code is distributed to display screen and with camera intelligent electronic lock, with camera intelligent electronic lock gathers the random code shown by display screen, the random code collected and with camera reader distribution random code are sent to host computer, host computer compares whether the random code of both is consistent, effectively prevent the cheating condition of using same model lock occurs, further improve the security of container sealing and unsealing supervision.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of container sealing, in particular to a container sealing supervision method. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the further deepening of the national modernization reform, the rapid growth of import and export trade volume, the rapid development of the logistics industry in China, the goods from the consignor to the buyer, through the logistics link, through different transportation tools, the goods are transported, among them, the land transportation accounts for a large proportion, the goods are transported by container trucks, realizing the land transportation, in order to ensure the safety of the goods, generally need to supervise the container sealing, the prior art generally adopts one-time lead sealing method, and the container is mechanically sealed by manual operation and naked eye identification, resulting in low supervision safety, which cannot meet the supervision requirements of high-density and high-intensity business flow. SUMMARY

[0003] Therefore, the present application provides a container sealing supervision method, which can solve the problem of low supervision safety in the prior art.

[0004] The technical scheme of the present application is as follows:

[0005] A container sealing supervision method, the method is based on a container sealing supervision device, the container sealing supervision device comprises a camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock, a camera-equipped reader, a display screen and an upper computer, the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock is used for sealing and unsealing the container, and the display information of the display screen is collected, the camera-equipped reader is used for generating a random code and sending it to the display screen and the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock respectively, and collecting the hanging position information of the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock, the display screen is used for displaying the received random code, and the upper computer is used for comparing the received random code, and the specific steps are as follows:

[0006] When the supervision container with the camera-equipped intelligent lock enters the supervision area, the upper computer sends a sealing instruction to the camera-equipped reader;

[0007] The camera-equipped reader generates a random code in real time according to the received sealing instruction;

[0008] The random code is sent to the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock and the display screen respectively, and the display screen displays the received random code;

[0009] The camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock collects the random code image displayed on the display screen;

[0010] The camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock uploads the random code image displayed on the display screen and the received random code to the upper computer. The upper computer determines whether the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock is hung on the back end of the supervision vehicle through comparison.

[0011] As a further optional solution of the container sealing supervision method, the camera-equipped reader generates a random code in real time according to the received sealing instruction, specifically including:

[0012] After the camera-equipped reader receives the sealing instruction, a 32-bit first random number is generated by using a Mason rotation algorithm.

[0013] Six to ten random numbers are extracted from the 32-bit first random number and a second random number generated by the camera-equipped reader hardware to obtain the random code.

[0014] As a further optional solution of the container sealing supervision method, after the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock collects the random code image displayed on the display screen, the random code image is preprocessed according to a bilateral filtering algorithm.

[0015] As a further optional solution of the container sealing supervision method, the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock includes a lock rod, a lock body, a first camera, a motor, and a control circuit. The lock rod is movably installed on the top of the lock body. The first camera is installed on the lock body. The motor is used to drive the lock rod. The motor and the control circuit are installed in the lock body. The first camera and the motor are electrically connected to the control circuit, respectively.

[0016] As a further optional solution of the container sealing supervision method, the control circuit includes a first RFID short-distance communication module, a first data storage module, a first data encryption module, a slope detection module, a motor control module, a motion detection module, a human body detection module, a positioning module, a mobile communication module, and a central controller. The first RFID short-distance communication module, the first data storage module, the first data encryption module, the slope detection module, the motor control module, the motion detection module, the human body detection module, the positioning module, and the mobile communication module are electrically connected to the central controller, respectively.

[0017] As a further optional solution of the container sealing supervision method, the slope detection module uses a slope sensor. The motion detection module uses an acceleration sensor. The human body detection module uses an infrared sensor.

[0018] As a further optional solution of the container sealing supervision method, the camera-equipped reader comprises a housing, a second camera and a processing circuit, the second camera is installed on the housing and is used to collect the hanging position information of the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock, and the processing circuit is installed in the housing and is used to generate a random code and send the random code to the display screen and the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock respectively.

[0019] As a further optional solution of the container sealing supervision method, the processing circuit comprises a second RFID short-distance communication module, a second data storage module, a second data encryption module, a network communication module and a processor, and the second RFID short-distance communication module, the second data storage module, the second data encryption module and the network communication module are electrically connected with the processor.

[0020] The beneficial effects of the present application are as follows: through the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock and the camera-equipped reader, the camera-equipped reader collects the hanging position information of the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock, which can effectively understand whether the hanging position of the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock is correct, thereby improving the safety of the container sealing and unsealing supervision, and meanwhile, through the display screen and the upper computer and by generating a random code through the camera-equipped reader, the random code is distributed to the display screen and the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock, the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock collects the random code displayed on the display screen, the collected random code and the random code distributed by the camera-equipped reader are sent to the upper computer, and the upper computer compares whether the two random codes are consistent, which effectively prevents the cheating with the same type of lock, and further improves the safety of the container sealing and unsealing supervision. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0021] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art description. Obviously, the drawings in the following description only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained without creative labor on the basis of these drawings.

[0022] Figure 1 It is a flowchart of the container sealing supervision method of the present application;

[0023] Figure 2 It is a composition diagram of the container sealing supervision device of the present application;

[0024] Figure 3 It is a structure diagram of the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock of the present application;

[0025] Figure 4 It is a structure diagram of the camera-equipped reader of the present application;

[0026] Label explanation: 1, lock rod; 2, lock body; 3, first camera; 4, shell; 5, second camera. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0028] Reference Figures 1-4 A container sealing supervision method, the method is based on a container sealing supervision device, the container sealing supervision device includes a camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock, a camera-equipped reader, a display screen and a host computer, the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock is used for sealing and unsealing the container, and collecting the display information of the display screen, the camera-equipped reader is used for generating a random code and sending it to the display screen and the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock respectively, and collecting the information of the hanging position of the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock, the display screen is used for displaying the received random code, and the host computer is used for comparing the received random code, and the specific steps are as follows:

[0029] When the supervision container with the camera-equipped intelligent lock enters the supervision area, the host computer sends a sealing instruction to the camera-equipped reader;

[0030] The camera-equipped reader generates a random code in real time according to the received sealing instruction;

[0031] The random code is sent to the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock and the display screen respectively, and at the same time, the display screen displays the received random code;

[0032] The camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock collects the random code image displayed on the display screen;

[0033] The camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock uploads the collected random code image displayed on the display screen to the host computer, and the host computer determines whether the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock is hung at the rear end of the supervision vehicle by comparison.

[0034] In the embodiment, the camera-equipped reader collects the hanging position information of the camera-equipped smart electronic lock through the camera-equipped smart electronic lock and the camera-equipped reader, so that whether the hanging position of the camera-equipped smart electronic lock is correct can be effectively understood, thereby improving the security of supervision on the unsealing of the container, and meanwhile, the display screen and the upper computer are set, and the random code is generated by the camera-equipped reader, the random code is distributed to the display screen and the camera-equipped smart electronic lock, the camera-equipped smart electronic lock collects the random code displayed on the display screen, the collected random code and the random code distributed by the camera-equipped reader are sent to the upper computer, and the upper computer compares whether the two random codes are consistent, so that the cheating with the same type of lock is effectively prevented, and the security of supervision on the unsealing of the container is further improved.

[0035] Preferably, the camera-equipped reader generates a random code in real time according to the received sealing instruction, and specifically includes:

[0036] After the camera-equipped reader receives the sealing instruction, a thirty-two-bit first random number is generated by using a Mason rotation algorithm;

[0037] Six to ten-bit random numbers are extracted from the thirty-two-bit first random number and a second random number generated by the camera-equipped reader hardware to be combined to obtain the random code.

[0038] In the embodiment, the formula of the Mason rotation algorithm is as follows:

[0039]

[0040] wherein Xn is a current random number, is an exclusive or operator, >> is a right shift operator, and u is a self-defined constant, and the principle of the formula is to obtain a new random number by performing bit operation on the current random number.

[0041] Preferably, after the camera-equipped smart electronic lock collects the random code image displayed on the display screen, the random code image is preprocessed according to a bilateral filtering algorithm.

[0042] In the embodiment, the random code in the random code image displayed on the display screen can be recognized by preprocessing the random code image by using the bilateral filtering algorithm, and it should be noted that the formula of the bilateral filtering algorithm is as follows:

[0043]

[0044] wherein g(i,j) represents an output point;

[0045] S(i,j) is a range with the size of (2N+1)(2N+1) centered at (i,j);

[0046] f(k, l) represents the input point(s);

[0047] w(i, j, k, l) represents the value calculated by two Gaussian functions.

[0048] Preferably, the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock comprises a lock rod 1, a lock body 2, a first camera 3, a motor and a control circuit, the lock rod 1 is movably installed on the top of the lock body 2, the first camera 3 is installed on the lock body 2, the motor is used to drive the lock rod 1, the motor and the control circuit are installed in the lock body 2, and the first camera 3 and the motor are electrically connected with the control circuit respectively.

[0049] Preferably, the control circuit comprises a first RFID short-distance communication module, a first data storage module, a first data encryption module, a slope detection module, a motor control module, a motion detection module, a human body detection module, a positioning module, a mobile communication module and a central controller, and the first RFID short-distance communication module, the first data storage module, the first data encryption module, the slope detection module, the motor control module, the motion detection module, the human body detection module, the positioning module and the mobile communication module are electrically connected with the central controller respectively.

[0050] Preferably, the slope detection module adopts a slope sensor, the motion detection module adopts an acceleration sensor, and the human body detection module adopts an infrared sensor.

[0051] In the embodiment, the first RFID short-distance communication module is used for short-distance communication between the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock and a camera-equipped reader, and can perform sealing, unsealing, inspection and other operations, the first data storage module is used for saving videos recorded during a journey, pictures captured and blind area positioning information during use of the electronic lock, so that the electronic lock can be normally used in an offline state, the first data encryption module is used for encrypting data transmitted and decrypting data received by the electronic lock in wireless communication through a specific key, so as to improve the security of data transmission, the slope detection module is used for starting a camera capturing mode when the slope angle of a vehicle door on which the electronic lock is mounted is too large during work of the electronic lock, so as to prevent someone from disassembling the vehicle door to implement illegal operation, the motor control module is used for controlling the motor to realize the sealing and unsealing functions of the electronic lock, the motion detection module is used for detecting a vehicle driving state, and starting the camera capturing mode to check whether there is illegal operation if the vehicle is parked for too long during sealing, the human body detection module is used for starting the camera capturing function to check whether there is illegal operation when someone approaches in a locked state, the positioning module is used for real-time positioning of a cargo transport vehicle, and the mobile communication module is used for data interaction with an upper computer through a mobile network, and real-time uploading of lock state information, positioning information, alarm information and the like.

[0052] Preferably, the camera-equipped reader comprises a housing 4, a second camera 5 mounted on the housing 4 and used to collect the hanging position information of the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock, and a processing circuit mounted in the housing 4 and used to generate a random code and send it to the display screen and the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock, respectively.

[0053] Preferably, the processing circuit comprises a second RFID short-range communication module, a second data storage module, a second data encryption module, a network communication module and a processor, and the second RFID short-range communication module, the second data storage module, the second data encryption module and the network communication module are electrically connected with the processor.

[0054] In this embodiment, the second RFID short-range communication module is used for short-range communication between the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock, and the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock can be sealed, unsealed, checked and the like, the second data storage module is used to save some basic configuration information of the module and store the photographed photos and operation records, to ensure that the device information is not lost in power failure and the information record can be queried, the second data encryption module is used to encrypt the data transmitted and decrypt the data received when communicating with the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock wirelessly, to improve the security of data transmission, and the network communication module is used to interact with the upper computer, receive the sealing and unsealing instructions of the upper computer, and upload the vehicle pictures captured during sealing and unsealing to the upper computer.

[0055] It should be noted that the processor is provided with a first recognition model, the first recognition model uses a large number of images of camera-equipped intelligent electronic locks as initial training data, uses a ReLU activation function, and through a series of parameter adjustment and weight adjustment operations, can ensure that the accurate recognition rate of the camera-equipped intelligent electronic lock reaches more than 98%, and it is worth mentioning that the camera-equipped reader automatically focuses and collects multiple images when capturing images, to further improve the recognition success rate. The ReLU (Rectified Linear Unit) activation function is a widely used nonlinear activation function in deep learning neural networks, and its mathematical expression is as follows:

[0056] f(x) = max(0, x);

[0057] The ReLU (Rectified Linear Unit) activation function limits the input value in the non-negative range and has linear properties on the positive half-axis, and its advantages are to increase the nonlinear ability of the model, speed up the training process, improve the sparsity of the model, and reduce the number of model parameters.

[0058] The upper computer is provided with a second identification model and a third identification model, which use a similar training method as the first identification model to further improve the rapid and accurate identification capability. The two models are deployed on the upper computer to fully utilize the computing resources of the high-performance server, thereby achieving more accurate and rapid identification. The advantage of this strategy is that the upper computer provides additional computing power, which can process a large amount of data and images more quickly, helping to improve the identification accuracy. This means that the second identification model and the third identification model can more reliably perform their tasks, ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of the sealing and unsealing operations. This high-performance deployment helps to ensure that the upper computer performs well in handling large-scale operations, improving the overall service quality and security.

[0059] The above merely describes the preferred embodiments of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for sealing and monitoring shipping containers, characterized in that, The method is based on a container sealing and monitoring device, which includes a smart electronic lock with a camera, a reader with a camera, a display screen, and a host computer. The smart electronic lock with a camera is used to seal and unlock the container and collect information displayed on the display screen. The reader with a camera is used to generate a random code and send it to the display screen and the smart electronic lock with a camera, and to collect the attachment position information of the smart electronic lock with a camera. The display screen is used to display the received random code, and the host computer is used to compare the received random code. The specific steps are as follows: When a monitored container equipped with a smart lock with a camera enters the monitored area, the host computer issues a sealing command to the reader with the camera. The camera-equipped reader generates a random code in real time based on the received sealing command; The random code is sent to the smart electronic lock with camera and the display screen respectively. At the same time, the display screen shows the received random code. The smart electronic lock with camera captures the random code image displayed on the screen; The smart electronic lock with camera uploads the random code image displayed on the screen and the received random code to the host computer. The host computer compares the images to determine whether the smart electronic lock with camera is attached to the rear of the monitored vehicle.

2. The container sealing and monitoring method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The camera-equipped reader generates a random code in real time based on the received sealing command, specifically including: After receiving the sealing command, the camera-equipped reader uses the Mason swivel algorithm to generate a 32-bit first random number; A random code is obtained by combining six to ten random numbers extracted from the first 32-bit random number and the second random number generated by the camera-equipped reader hardware.

3. The container sealing and monitoring method according to claim 2, characterized in that, After the smart electronic lock with camera captures the random code image displayed on the screen, it preprocesses the random code image according to a bilateral filtering algorithm.

4. The container sealing and monitoring method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The smart electronic lock with camera includes a locking rod (1), a lock body (2), a first camera (3), a motor, and a control circuit. The locking rod (1) is movably mounted on the top of the lock body (2), the first camera (3) is mounted on the lock body (2), the motor is used to drive the locking rod (1), and the motor and control circuit are installed inside the lock body (2). The first camera (3) and the motor are electrically connected to the control circuit.

5. The container sealing and monitoring method according to claim 4, characterized in that, The control circuit includes a first RFID short-range communication module, a first data storage module, a first data encryption module, a slope detection module, a motor control module, a motion detection module, a human body detection module, a positioning module, a mobile communication module, and a central controller. The first RFID short-range communication module, the first data storage module, the first data encryption module, the slope detection module, the motor control module, the motion detection module, the human body detection module, the positioning module, and the mobile communication module are all electrically connected to the central controller.

6. The container sealing and monitoring method according to claim 5, characterized in that, The slope detection module uses a slope sensor, the motion detection module uses an acceleration sensor, and the human body detection module uses an infrared sensor.

7. The container sealing and monitoring method according to claim 6, characterized in that, The camera reader includes a housing (4), a second camera (5), and a processing circuit. The second camera (5) is mounted on the housing (4) and is used to collect the hanging position information of the camera-equipped smart electronic lock. The processing circuit is installed inside the housing (4) and is used to generate a random code and send it to the display screen and the camera-equipped smart electronic lock respectively.

8. The container sealing and supervision method according to claim 7, characterized in that, The processing circuit includes a second RFID short-range communication module, a second data storage module, a second data encryption module, a network port communication module, and a processor. The second RFID short-range communication module, the second data storage module, the second data encryption module, and the network port communication module are electrically connected to the processor.

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