Container Yard Teleoperation With Drone Signal Relay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current remote teleoperation systems for container yards lack efficient methods to navigate and control vehicles within complex environments, particularly in situations requiring safe navigation and communication, leading to potential hazards and operational inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize a remote support server to initiate and manage teleoperation sessions for vehicles in container yards, incorporating telemetry data, sensor arrays, and aerial vehicles as wireless signal re-transmitters to enable safe navigation and communication, while generating teleoperation control signals based on operational plans and sensor data to navigate vehicles within the yard safely.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If aerial vehicles are deployed as wireless signal re-transmitters, then communication coverage is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The aerial vehicles are designed with multi-functionality: they simultaneously provide aerial video feeds for situational awareness, act as wireless signal re-transmitters for communication relay, and can monitor environmental conditions. By consolidating multiple functions into a single platform, the system improves communication coverage without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The aerial vehicles are equipped with autonomous navigation and self-positioning capabilities, allowing them to automatically maintain optimal positions for signal re-transmission without requiring complex ground-based control infrastructure. This self-service capability reduces the operational complexity of deploying and managing the communication system.
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AI summary
A smart container yard includes systems for intelligently controlling operations of vehicles in the container yard using teleoperation and/or autonomous operations. A remote support server controls remote support sessions associated with vehicles in the container yard to provide teleoperation support for loading and unloading operations. Aerial drones may be utilized to maintain positions above a teleoperated vehicle and act as signal re-transmitters. An augmented reality view may be provided at a teleoperator workstation to enable a teleoperator to control vehicle operations in the smart container yard.