Port container horizontal transportation automatic transfer system and method

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of port management, and particularly discloses a port container horizontal transportation automatic transfer system and method, and the system comprises an equipment adaption module, a data fusion and perception module, a reservation module, and a scheduling module. The beneficial effects are that the intelligent gate system is accessed, so that when the outer container truck enters a port, the outer container truck which is reserved in advance can rapidly enter the port to reach a specified loading and unloading position within the reserved time after information verification, and the outer container truck is in butt joint with the inner container truck in the port to complete rapid transfer of the container, waiting time is reduced, and the working efficiency is improved. The port entrance management efficiency is improved, and meanwhile, the external container trucks can be effectively supervised; a real-time data sharing and collaborative operation mechanism enables port management to be more transparent and efficient, so that the overall horizontal transportation efficiency of a port is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of port management, and in particular to an automated transfer system and method for horizontal transportation of port containers. Background Art

[0002] In the field of global trade, ports are crucial nodes, and about 90% of global trade is carried out by sea. With the continuous expansion of the global economy, the demand for international trade continues to grow. Especially after the epidemic, ocean trade will usher in faster growth. As one of the key forms of port operations, container transportation plays an important role in ocean trade. It uses containers as the basic carrier, realizes loading and unloading, handling and transportation through large-scale loading and unloading and transportation equipment, and realizes efficient point-to-point transportation of goods.

[0003] However, with the rapid development of container transportation, competition among ports is becoming increasingly fierce. As a key node in the transportation network, the operational efficiency of ports is not only the bottleneck of the entire system, but also the competitive advantage of each port among its peers. With the development of globalization and the scale and deep-water development of ships, traditional container terminals are affected by factors such as port conditions, weather, safety and cost, and are difficult to meet the low-cost and high-efficiency development needs of contemporary ports.

[0004] To address these challenges, ports can expand container berths or use technology to improve operational management and equipment efficiency to increase terminal capacity and service levels. Considering that the construction of new or expanded ports is limited by shoreline resources and funds, and the construction period is long, using technology to improve operational management is considered a more popular approach, and smart ports have emerged.

[0005] Smart ports include elements such as smart infrastructure and smart traffic flow, aiming to optimize port operations. With the development of autonomous driving technology, autonomous vehicles are increasingly used in horizontal transportation at ports. Nevertheless, the mixed operation mode of autonomous vehicles and manually driven vehicles still faces many challenges, including the complexity of operation modes, the diversity of large equipment, the differences in rules in different regions, and the high-precision positioning requirements of vehicles.

[0006] Normally, after entering the port, the external container truck should follow the operating instructions, navigate to the inside of the yard, and directly arrive at the designated cargo container area to wait. During this period, the external container truck drivers are not familiar with the unique traffic rules inside the port, which leads to the external container truck affecting or even hindering the operation of the internal unmanned container trucks. The external container trucks are all manned. It is worth noting that the application of internal container trucks is showing a diversified trend. Some ports have achieved unmanned driving to improve efficiency and safety, while other ports have adopted a flexible mode of coexistence of man and machine to adapt to different operational needs. In the process of external container trucks entering the port yard area or the quay crane, there are cases of external container trucks and internal container trucks crossing and mixing, and manned and unmanned crossing and mixing. The free driving of external container trucks, ignoring dispatching instructions, unplanned driving, malicious obstruction of internal container trucks, and forced lane cutting not only disrupt the traffic order inside the port, but also pose a huge obstacle to the improvement of automated operation efficiency.

[0007] Facing this challenge, traditional management methods seem to be powerless and it is difficult to effectively curb the disorder of external container trucks. Therefore, exploring and implementing an innovative management and coordination mechanism has become an urgent need to improve the efficiency and safety of internal port transportation. Summary of the invention

[0008] The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and proposes an automated transshipment system and method for port container horizontal transportation, so as to improve the port container transshipment efficiency.

[0009] The technical solution of the present invention is achieved in this way:

[0010] A port container horizontal transport automated transfer system, including equipment adaptation module, data fusion and perception module, reservation module, and scheduling module.

[0011] The equipment adapter module is used to connect and communicate with various hardware devices in the port to realize the collection, control and management of equipment data, and transmit the data of the hardware equipment to the software system, so that the system can obtain the equipment status and issue operation instructions to the equipment, thereby completing the hardware operation links required for the entire port automated transshipment operation;

[0012] The data fusion and perception module integrates heterogeneous data from various hardware devices and systems, and uses machine learning and pattern recognition technology to intelligently analyze and perceive the data, thereby discovering key business indicators and potential rules, and providing decision support for the upper-level scheduling system;

[0013] The reservation module is used to manage and coordinate the time for foreign container trucks to enter the port. By providing reservation services, reviewing reservation applications, allocating reservation time periods, and verifying reservation information, it can achieve pre-control of the flow of foreign container trucks entering the port, thereby optimizing port resource allocation and improving overall operating efficiency;

[0014] The scheduling module is used to coordinate the operation processes of various links within the port, dispatch various resources based on the real-time data perception and analysis results obtained by the data fusion and perception module, dynamically formulate or adjust the operation plan, and issue specific instructions to achieve efficient and safe automated operation.

[0015] Furthermore, the software systems associated with the equipment adaptation module include TOS port operating system, ECS port automation equipment control system, TCS port cloud control scheduling system, external container truck management and scheduling system, and intelligent gate system.

[0016] Furthermore, when the external container truck has not arrived at the port after exceeding the threshold of the reservation time, the reservation module reallocates the reservation time.

[0017] Furthermore, the internal and external container trucks are loaded with containers via exchange brackets that can be automatically detached and attached.

[0018] Furthermore, the area of ​​the port area near the access gate is divided into a transfer station for internal and external container trucks to exchange containers. The transfer station is equipped with a number of sling equipment for completing container loading and unloading, lighting equipment for lighting, and monitoring equipment for sensing information about the operation process of the transfer station. The hardware equipment associated with the equipment adaptation module includes sling equipment, lighting equipment, and monitoring equipment.

[0019] A method for automated horizontal transport of port containers using an automated horizontal transport system for port containers, comprising the following steps:

[0020] s1. The external container truck driver submits the reservation form through the mobile terminal connected to the reservation module;

[0021] s2. Port management personnel review and approve reservations through the reservation module, allocate reservation time slots, and synchronize reservation information to the TCS port cloud control dispatching system, external container truck management and dispatching system, and intelligent gate system through the horizontal transport automated transfer system;

[0022] s3. When the container truck drives from the departure place to the port, the container truck management and dispatching system calculates the estimated arrival time based on the real-time location, road conditions and other information of the container truck and transmits the estimated result to the horizontal transport automatic transfer system;

[0023] s4. The horizontal transport automated transfer system makes advance scheduling plans based on the estimated arrival time of external container trucks;

[0024] s4.11. Differentiate by task type. If it is a container unloading task, output the unloading and stacking location of the containers brought by the container truck based on the estimated arrival time of the container truck and the resource information of the transshipment warehouse;

[0025] s4.12. According to the task type, if it is a packing task, the information that needs to be packed will be synchronized to the TCS port cloud control scheduling system;

[0026] s4.2. TCS port cloud control dispatching system obtains the location information of the container, and dispatches the transshipment truck to the yard to pick up the container based on the estimated arrival time of the external container truck;

[0027] s4.3. TCS port cloud control dispatching system combines the transshipment warehouse resource information to dispatch the transshipment vehicle to place the container at the designated location of the transshipment warehouse;

[0028] s5. When the external container truck arrives at the port entrance, the intelligent gate system identifies the license plate number and synchronizes the license plate number to the horizontal transport automated transfer system;

[0029] s6. The horizontal transport automated transfer system compares the reservation information and outputs the comparison results;

[0030] s6.1. Query reservation information based on license plate number;

[0031] s6.2. Compare the planning and scheduling information, appointment time, and cargo information, and output the comparison results;

[0032] s7. If the comparison result is "no", it will be synchronized to the intelligent gate system to refuse to release. If the comparison result is "yes", it will be synchronized to the intelligent gate system to release the vehicle and the foreign container truck to enter the port;

[0033] s8. The comparison result is "yes", and the horizontal transport automatic transfer system starts dispatching;

[0034] s8.1. If the task is a packing task, the dispatch result is output based on the real-time resource information of the transfer warehouse, the reserved cargo information, the planned dispatch information, the estimated driving route and time, and the event information; if the task is an unloading task, the dispatch result is output based on the reserved cargo information, the planned dispatch information, the estimated driving route and time, and the event information;

[0035] s8.2. The horizontal transport automated transfer system sends the dispatch results to the external container trucks through the external container truck management and dispatch system, including the location of the transfer warehouse and the planned route;

[0036] s8.3. The horizontal transport automated transfer system synchronizes the dispatch results to the ECS port automated equipment control system. After the ECS port automated equipment control system obtains the information, it issues dispatch instructions to the spreader equipment.

[0037] s8.4, the external container truck arrives at the designated location, aligns with the spreader equipment, and performs the loading task;

[0038] s9. After the external container truck completes the operation, the horizontal transport automated transfer system determines whether there is any task left. If there is, it continues to execute the task according to step s8; if there is no task, it notifies the external container truck to leave the port according to the set route.

[0039] By adopting the above technical scheme, the beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows: by accessing the intelligent gate system, the external container truck needs to undergo information verification before entering the port. Only the external container truck that has been booked in advance can quickly enter the port and reach the designated loading and unloading location at the booked time, and dock with the internal container truck in the port to complete the rapid transfer of containers, thereby reducing waiting time, improving the efficiency of port entrance management, and effectively supervising the external container truck; the horizontal transportation automated transfer system uses key data such as cargo information, container truck location, and loading and unloading progress to automatically plan the optimal transportation route. Since the containers to be loaded or unloaded by the external container truck are planned and prepared in advance at the corresponding locations, the external transport vehicles can leave the transfer station after loading and unloading, thereby realizing the efficient operation of port logistics and reducing the stay time of the external container truck in the port area; the real-time data sharing and collaborative operation mechanism make port management more transparent and efficient, thereby improving the overall horizontal transportation efficiency of the port. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0040] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative labor.

[0041] Figure 1 is a system block diagram of the present invention;

[0042] Figure 2 It is the port area division diagram of the present invention;

[0043] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of system deployment of the present invention;

[0044] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the complete operation process of the transfer station of the present invention;

[0045] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the automated transport process of external container trucks of the present invention;

[0046] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the process of an external container truck passing through the intelligent gate system of the present invention;

[0047] Figure 7 It is a schematic diagram of the dispatching process of the external container truck in the port of the present invention;

[0048] Figure 8 This is a schematic diagram of the isolation operation of the outer container truck of the present invention;

[0049] Fig. 9 It is a flow chart of the external container truck operation of the present invention;

[0050] Fig.10 It is a flow chart of the inner container truck operation of the present invention;

[0051] Fig.11 It is a schematic diagram of the operation process of the transfer station of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0052] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0053] like Figure 1 As shown, a port container horizontal transportation automatic transfer system includes an equipment adaptation module, a data fusion and perception module, a reservation module, and a scheduling module.

[0054] The equipment adapter module is used to connect and communicate with various hardware devices in the port to realize the collection, control and management of equipment data, and transmit the data of the hardware equipment to the software system, so that the system can obtain the equipment status and issue operation instructions to the equipment, thereby completing the hardware operation links required for the entire port automated transshipment operation;

[0055] The data fusion and perception module integrates heterogeneous data from various hardware devices and systems, and uses machine learning and pattern recognition technology to intelligently analyze and perceive the data, thereby discovering key business indicators and potential rules, and providing decision support for the upper-level scheduling system;

[0056] The reservation module is used to manage and coordinate the time for foreign container trucks to enter the port. By providing reservation services, reviewing reservation applications, allocating reservation time periods, and verifying reservation information, it can achieve pre-control of the flow of foreign container trucks entering the port, thereby optimizing port resource allocation and improving overall operating efficiency;

[0057] The scheduling module is used to coordinate the operation processes of various links within the port, dispatch various resources based on the real-time data perception and analysis results obtained by the data fusion and perception module, dynamically formulate or adjust the operation plan, and issue specific instructions to achieve efficient and safe automated operation.

[0058] In this embodiment, the software systems associated with the equipment adaptation module include TOS port operating system, ECS port automation equipment control system, TCS port cloud control scheduling system, external container truck management and scheduling system, and intelligent gate system.

[0059] TOS port operating system is an advanced computer management system designed for ports. It covers all key aspects of port operations, from ship scheduling, cargo loading and unloading, yard management to document processing and financial settlement. Port operators issue instructions on the TOS port operating system, and the TOS port operating system sends the instructions to the TCS port cloud control scheduling system or the ECS port automation equipment control system for execution. The main goal of TOS is to improve the operational efficiency of the port, optimize resource allocation, enhance customer service quality and ensure the safety of port operations.

[0060] ECS port automation equipment control system plays a vital role in the field of port automation, especially when it comes to the precise control and coordination of automation equipment. The ECS system is a bridge between the high-level decision-making system (such as TOS, Terminal Operating System) and the underlying automation equipment. It is responsible for receiving and executing the task instructions issued by TOS, while monitoring the status of the equipment to ensure the smooth progress of automation operations.

[0061] The TCS port cloud control and dispatching system mainly conducts real-time twin modeling of each port, summarizes the overall operation status of the port, provides an overall overview from the port's perspective, and connects the port's existing business subsystems, such as the TOS system, ECS system, intelligent gate system, and external container truck management and dispatching system. Information interaction between systems is achieved through the TCS port cloud control and dispatching system.

[0062] The external container truck management and dispatching system is specially designed for the transportation management and dispatching of external container trucks. It records and counts the location and transportation tasks of external container trucks, and is also convenient for issuing notifications to external container trucks.

[0063] The intelligent gate system is an advanced system used by modern ports and logistics centers to improve operational efficiency, safety and automation. It combines a variety of high-tech technologies, such as optical character recognition (OCR), license plate recognition (LPR), radio frequency identification (RFID), automatic weighing system, vehicle bottom scanning system, etc., and integrates with the central management platform to achieve efficient management and monitoring of vehicles entering and leaving.

[0064] In this embodiment, when the external container truck has not arrived at the port after exceeding the threshold of the reservation time, the reservation module reallocates the reservation time.

[0065] In this embodiment, the inner and outer container trucks are loaded with containers via an exchange bracket that can be automatically detached and connected.

[0066] In this embodiment, the area of ​​the port area close to the access gate is divided into a transfer station for internal and external container trucks to exchange containers. The transfer station is equipped with a number of sling equipment for completing container loading and unloading, lighting equipment for lighting, and monitoring equipment for sensing information about the operation process of the transfer station. The hardware equipment associated with the equipment adaptation module includes sling equipment, lighting equipment, and monitoring equipment.

[0067] A method for automated transshipment of port container horizontal transport, comprising the following steps:

[0068] s1. The external container truck driver submits the reservation form through the mobile terminal connected to the reservation module;

[0069] s2. Port management personnel review and approve reservations through the reservation module, allocate reservation time slots, and synchronize reservation information to the TCS port cloud control dispatching system, external container truck management and dispatching system, and intelligent gate system through the horizontal transport automated transfer system;

[0070] s3. When the container truck drives from the departure place to the port, the container truck management and dispatching system calculates the estimated arrival time based on the real-time location, road conditions and other information of the container truck and transmits the estimated result to the horizontal transport automatic transfer system;

[0071] s4. The horizontal transport automated transfer system makes advance scheduling plans based on the estimated arrival time of external container trucks;

[0072] s4.11. Differentiate by task type. If it is a container unloading task, output the unloading and stacking location of the containers brought by the container truck based on the estimated arrival time of the container truck and the resource information of the transshipment warehouse;

[0073] s4.12. According to the task type, if it is a packing task, the information that needs to be packed will be synchronized to the TCS port cloud control scheduling system;

[0074] s4.2. TCS port cloud control dispatching system obtains the location information of the container, and dispatches the transshipment truck to the yard to pick up the container based on the estimated arrival time of the external container truck;

[0075] s4.3. TCS port cloud control dispatching system combines the transshipment warehouse resource information to dispatch the transshipment vehicle to place the container at the designated location of the transshipment warehouse;

[0076] s5. When the external container truck arrives at the port entrance, the intelligent gate system identifies the license plate number and synchronizes the license plate number to the horizontal transport automated transfer system;

[0077] s6. The horizontal transport automated transfer system compares the reservation information and outputs the comparison results;

[0078] s6.1. Query reservation information based on license plate number;

[0079] s6.2. Compare the planning and scheduling information, appointment time, and cargo information, and output the comparison results;

[0080] s7. If the comparison result is "no", it will be synchronized to the intelligent gate system to refuse to release. If the comparison result is "yes", it will be synchronized to the intelligent gate system to release the vehicle and the foreign container truck to enter the port;

[0081] s8. The comparison result is "yes", and the horizontal transport automatic transfer system starts dispatching;

[0082] s8.1. If the task is a packing task, the dispatch result is output based on the real-time resource information of the transfer warehouse, the reserved cargo information, the planned dispatch information, the estimated driving route and time, and the event information; if the task is an unloading task, the dispatch result is output based on the reserved cargo information, the planned dispatch information, the estimated driving route and time, and the event information;

[0083] s8.2. The horizontal transport automated transfer system sends the dispatch results to the external container trucks through the external container truck management and dispatch system, including the location of the transfer warehouse and the planned route;

[0084] s8.3. The horizontal transport automated transfer system synchronizes the dispatch results to the ECS port automated equipment control system. After the ECS port automated equipment control system obtains the information, it issues dispatch instructions to the spreader equipment.

[0085] s8.4, the external container truck arrives at the designated location, aligns with the spreader equipment, and performs the loading task;

[0086] s9. After the external container truck completes the operation, the horizontal transport automated transfer system determines whether there is any task left. If there is, it continues to execute the task according to step s8; if there is no task, it notifies the external container truck to leave the port according to the set route.

[0087] When the external container truck is identified, the dispatch module will automatically determine the type of container truck operation based on the identified license plate information. The operation types are divided into three categories: loading only, unloading only, and unloading first and then loading (loading: with the container truck as the center, loading the container onto the container truck is called loading, and the opposite is called unloading).

[0088] The basic process of packing and unpacking is divided into 4 steps:

[0089] 1) The horizontal transport automated transfer system queries the real-time resource information of the transfer warehouse, the reserved cargo information, the planned scheduling information, the estimated driving route and its time information according to the license plate number, integrates the information and inputs the scheduling results into the external container truck management and scheduling system at the vehicle end, and synchronizes it to the TCS system at the same time;

[0090] 2) The vehicle drives to the designated location according to the dispatch information issued by the external container truck management and dispatch system;

[0091] 3) At the same time, the TOS system sends dispatch information to the spreader (gantry crane or reach stacker) through the TCS system to reach the designated location;

[0092] 4) The external container truck operates at the transfer station until the operation is completed and then leaves the port.

[0093] Only loading operation: the empty container of the external container truck enters from the access gate, arrives at point A of the transfer station, is loaded by the gantry crane, and then leaves the port area immediately;

[0094] Only unloading operations: the external container truck enters the gate with the container, arrives at point A of the transfer station, unloads the container through the gantry crane, and then leaves the port area immediately;

[0095] Unload containers first and then load them: the external container truck enters the gate with the containers, arrives at point A of the transfer station, unloads the containers through the gantry crane, then receives dispatch instructions, goes to point B to load new containers, and then leaves the port area immediately.

[0096] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automated transshipment system for horizontal transport of port containers, characterized by: Including equipment adaptation module, data fusion and perception module, reservation module, and scheduling module. The equipment adapter module is used to connect and communicate with various hardware devices in the port to realize the collection, control and management of equipment data, and transmit the data of the hardware equipment to the software system, so that the system can obtain the equipment status and issue operation instructions to the equipment, thereby completing the hardware operation links required for the entire port automated transshipment operation; The data fusion and perception module integrates heterogeneous data from various hardware devices and systems, and uses machine learning and pattern recognition technology to intelligently analyze and perceive the data, thereby discovering key business indicators and potential rules, and providing decision support for the upper-level scheduling system; The reservation module is used to manage and coordinate the time for foreign container trucks to enter the port. By providing reservation services, reviewing reservation applications, allocating reservation time periods, and verifying reservation information, it can achieve pre-control of the flow of foreign container trucks entering the port, thereby optimizing port resource allocation and improving overall operating efficiency; The scheduling module is used to coordinate the operation processes of various links within the port, dispatch various resources based on the real-time data perception and analysis results obtained by the data fusion and perception module, dynamically formulate or adjust the operation plan, and issue specific instructions to achieve efficient and safe automated operation.

2. The automated port container horizontal transport transfer system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The software systems associated with the equipment adaptation module include TOS port operating system, ECS port automation equipment control system, TCS port cloud control dispatching system, external container truck management and dispatching system, and intelligent gate system.

3. The automated port container horizontal transport transfer system according to claim 1, characterized in that: When the external container truck has not arrived at the port after exceeding the reservation time threshold, the reservation module will reallocate the reservation time.

4. The automated port container horizontal transport transfer system according to claim 1, characterized in that: Internal and external container trucks are loaded with containers via exchange brackets that can be automatically detached and attached.

5. The automated port container horizontal transport transfer system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The area of ​​the port area near the access gate is divided into a transfer station for internal and external container trucks to exchange containers. The transfer station is equipped with a number of sling equipment for completing container loading and unloading, lighting equipment for lighting, and monitoring equipment for sensing information about the operation process of the transfer station. The hardware equipment associated with the equipment adaptation module includes sling equipment, lighting equipment, and monitoring equipment.

6. A method for automated horizontal transport of port containers using the automated horizontal transport system for port containers according to claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: The following steps are involved: s1. The external container truck driver submits the reservation form through the mobile terminal connected to the reservation module; s2. Port management personnel review and approve reservations through the reservation module, allocate reservation time slots, and synchronize reservation information to the TCS port cloud control dispatching system, external container truck management and dispatching system, and intelligent gate system through the horizontal transport automated transfer system; s3. When the container truck drives from the departure place to the port, the container truck management and dispatching system calculates the estimated arrival time based on the real-time location, road conditions and other information of the container truck and transmits the estimated result to the horizontal transport automatic transfer system; s4. The horizontal transport automated transfer system makes advance scheduling plans based on the estimated arrival time of external container trucks; s4.

11. Differentiate by task type. If it is a container unloading task, output the unloading and stacking location of the containers brought by the container truck based on the estimated arrival time of the container truck and the resource information of the transshipment warehouse; s4.

12. According to the task type, if it is a packing task, the information that needs to be packed will be synchronized to the TCS port cloud control scheduling system; s4.

2. TCS port cloud control dispatching system obtains the location information of the container, and dispatches the transshipment truck to the yard to pick up the container based on the estimated arrival time of the external container truck; s4.

3. TCS port cloud control dispatching system combines the transshipment warehouse resource information to dispatch the transshipment vehicle to place the container at the designated location of the transshipment warehouse; s5. When the external container truck arrives at the port entrance, the intelligent gate system identifies the license plate number and synchronizes the license plate number to the horizontal transport automated transfer system; s6. The horizontal transport automated transfer system compares the reservation information and outputs the comparison results; s6.

1. Query reservation information based on license plate number; s6.

2. Compare the planning and scheduling information, appointment time, and cargo information, and output the comparison results; s7. If the comparison result is "no", it will be synchronized to the intelligent gate system to refuse to release. If the comparison result is "yes", it will be synchronized to the intelligent gate system to release the vehicle and the foreign container truck to enter the port; s8. The comparison result is "yes", and the horizontal transport automatic transfer system starts dispatching; s8.

1. If the task is a packing type, output the scheduling result based on the real-time resource information of the transfer warehouse, the reserved cargo information, the planned scheduling information, the estimated driving route and time, and the event information; If the task is unloading type, output the scheduling result according to the reserved cargo information, planned scheduling information, estimated driving route and time, and event information; s8.

2. The horizontal transport automated transfer system sends the dispatch results to the external container trucks through the external container truck management and dispatch system, including the location of the transfer warehouse and the planned route; s8.

3. The horizontal transport automated transfer system synchronizes the dispatch results to the ECS port automated equipment control system. After obtaining the information, the ECS port automated equipment control system issues dispatch instructions to the spreader equipment. s8.4, the external container truck arrives at the designated location, aligns with the spreader equipment, and performs the loading task; s9. After the external container truck completes the operation, the horizontal transport automated transfer system determines whether there is any task left. If there is, it continues to execute the task according to step s8; if there is no task, it notifies the external container truck to leave the port according to the set route.

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