US 11,853,035 B2
Camera assisted docking system for commercial shipping assets in a dynamic information discovery protocol environment
Brad Corrodi, Princeton, NJ (US); and Milan Gavrilovic, Uppsala (SE)
Assigned to Stoneridge Electronics AB, Solna (SE)
Filed by Stoneridge Electronics AB, Solna (SE)
Filed on May 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/320,270.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/147,814, filed on Feb. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0253042 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/4155 (2006.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC G05B 19/4155 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G08B 7/06 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); G05B 2219/40082 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a commercial shipping asset comprising:
entering one of a docking mode for docking a vehicle to a dock and an undocking mode for undocking the vehicle from the dock using a vehicle controller of a commercial shipping asset;
identifying at least one trusted video source remote from the commercial shipping asset by receiving a master asset identifier from at least one video source, accessing a dynamic information discovery protocol, identifying the at least one video source within the dynamic information discovery protocol using the master asset identifier, and determining that the at least one video source is at least one trusted video source in response to identifying the at least one video source in the dynamic information discovery protocol;
determining a geospatial position and orientation of the at least one trusted video source from the master asset identifier of the at least one video source;
determining a distance between the commercial shipping asset and at least one obstacle that is separate from the dock based at least in part on the geospatial position and orientation and an image analysis of a video feed from the trusted video source; and
responding to the determined distance by performing at least one of providing a warning to an operator of the commercial shipping asset about the obstacle and adjusting an automated or semi-automated operation of the commercial shipping asset in the docking or undocking mode to avoid a collision with the obstacle.