	US 12,267,629 B2
	Image sensor apparatus, method and non-transitory computer readable medium for capturing image data of shipping containers
Conrad Delbert Seaman, Ottawa (CA); Stephen West, Manotick (CA); and Derek John Kuhn, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to Malikie Innovations Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed by MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/309,090.
Application 18/309,090 is a continuation of application No. 16/749,589, filed on Jan. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,689,700.
Application 16/749,589 is a continuation of application No. 15/656,397, filed on Jul. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,546,384, issued on Jan. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0276029 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 30/424 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/65 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)

CPC H04N 7/188 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/225 (2022.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 30/424 (2022.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/65 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. An image sensor apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a communications subsystem operably coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

determine that at least one of a shipping container or a trailer has stopped moving; and

when the at least one of the shipping container or the trailer has not moved for a threshold period of time after the at least one of the shipping container or the trailer was determined to have stopped moving, capture image data and send, via the communications subsystem, the captured image data to a server on which map data associated with the at least one of the shipping container or the trailer is stored in order for the server to use the captured image data to determine a location of the at least one of the shipping container or the trailer to update the map data.