US 11,922,253 B2
Camera enabled portal
Peter Douglas Jackson, Alpharetta, GA (US); Jason Crawford Miller, Bedford, TX (US); Hisham Khalid A. Alshmmasi, Frisco, TX (US); and Matthew Smith, Fenton, MI (US)
Assigned to Rehrig Pacific Company, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Rehrig Pacific Company, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/234,922.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/012,669, filed on Apr. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0326544 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01)
CPC G06K 7/10366 (2013.01) [G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01)] 26 Claims
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1. A delivery portal comprising:
a sensor configured to detect a pallet as the pallet passes through or approaches the portal; and
a computer programmed to receive information from the sensor and to identify the pallet based upon the information, the computer further programmed to compare the identified pallet to a list or database to determine if the identified pallet should be passing through the portal, wherein the delivery portal is proximate a loading dock, wherein the list or database indicates whether the identified pallet should be loaded onto a truck at the loading dock.