SeeCrane system

August 2010

Version 2

1.Company Overview

Hi-Tech Solutions

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Hi-Tech Solutions

Established 1992

Leading developer and supplier of Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

LPR and CCR applications in security, automation and management for ports and traffic markets.

Successful deployment in over 30 countries

Established partnerships with top-tier global companies

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Proven Supplier of OCR Solutions Worldwide

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Comprehensive Implementation Capabilities

Prime contractor experience MTC, USA Rotterdam, Netherlands

Large scale project experienceVendor supply integrationDatabase management capabilityBack office capabilities in

real time monitoring of

cameras

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Technology Offerings

CCR

Container Code Recognition

LPR

License Plate Recognition

OCROCR Systems Capture Images, Identify Container and Plate Numbers

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Proven State of the Art LPR Solutions

Low and High-Speed LPR Up to 200 km/hour Flexible & adaptable Surveillance, access control,

security, traffic management,

toll roads, parking applications

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Broad LPR Deployment Base

Sample Installations:

Electronic Toll Highways (South Bay Hwy, CA) Athens Summer Olympic Games (SAIC) Airports (Security, Parking) Government Facilities Border Crossing Systems Traffic Monitoring

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CCR Solutions

Truck Gate OCR (plate, container, chassis, DI, IMO labels) Pedestal LPR units, matched with Portals (hundreds of lanes) Ship-to-Shore Crane OCR (Over 70 systems installed) Rail OCR (9 systems installed) Other systems under development

BENT TerminalPort of Oakland

STS TerminalPort of Seattle

Trapac TerminalsPort of L.A.

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Key Customers

US DHS, TSA - ACTA (Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority)

US DoE (Department of Energy) – LPR/CCR in RPM Systems Oak Ridge National Labs (CA, USA) Ben Gurion Airport (Tel-Aviv, Israel) IBM S3 (NY, USA) MTC (Marine Terminal Corp) - US West Coast Maersk/APM Terminals (CA, USA) ECT, EuroMAX (Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands) Port of Southampton, UK MGM (Ports of Marseille & Foss, France) Busan New Port (Korea) South Bay Highway SR125 (San Diego, CA USA)

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2. CCR –

Sample Installations

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Second Line for Defense for US Department of Energy

Busan Korea – 4 lanes12

Second Line for Defense for US Department of Energy

Southampton, UK – 3 lanes13

Kramer, Rotterdam

2 phases – 6+8 lanes14

Second Line for Defense for US Department of Energy

Algeciras, Spain – 2 lanes15

Euromax, Rotterdam

Euromax– 4 lanes16

PSA, Belgium

Antwerpen – 5 x 2 x 2 Seegate2 systems (3 x 2 done)17

MTC – 7 terminals – 70 cranes

ZPMC in WBCT B10018

PCT Tacoma

7 Cranes 19

EMX Rotterdam

1 pilot Crane (in progress)20

3. SeeCrane Architecture

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Camera positions on sill beam

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Cameras

Camera positions on sill beam

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Basic system:Array of 6cameras installedon cranesill beams;3 on each side

Camera configuration (front)

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Capture & Zoom

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When the container enters the green zone, the camera and grabber system is initialized

Image capture

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The cameras will grab images as the container passes their view, at pickup and set-down.

Dataflow

Crane PLC

MCPTerminalOperatingSystem

OCR

SeeCrane

1 .Crane PLC Provides Position Data to MCP2 .MCP Triggers Select Cameras 3 .Cameras return multiple images 4 .MCP Send Images to OCR Module5 .OCR Returns Container ID to MCP 6 .Container ID, time and location sent to TOS

4. Results

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GUI – main display

Outputs

• Recognition results• Image files (jpg)• Video clips

Performance

• Design• Front reach: 95% of readable containers, 7/24

operation• Back reach: 75-85% (>95% with EBR option)

• Actual Performance• CONTAINERS: 97-99% of readable containers, with

matching

• Scratched on both sides: about 2-3% of total events

5. Hardware

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Camera enclosure

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TWO CONTROL BOXES ARE PROVIDED,

QUAYSIDE & LANDSIDE

SeeCrane Control Boxes

2002-12-12

Equipment room

6. Back Reach

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Standard Back Reach

Up to 3 cameras on the back reach side sill beam

– captures a single view for each container

Enhanced Back Reach

Add 2 PTZ cameras on each side of the crane

Captures 3 views of the container (side, back, front)

7. Middleware

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Hierarchy of computers

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XML interface

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XML fields (lane PC)

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SeeTerminal GUI

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Station status

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8. Utilities

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Crane viewer

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SeeCleaner

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SeeService

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SeeMonitor – status lights

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SeeMonitor – Graphs

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SeeMonitor

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Mail notification

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Last Slide…

Thank you

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