AEI/OCR SYSTEM VERIFICATION

Transport Canada's Transportation Development Centre, the Montreal Port Authority, and prime systems integrator DTI Telecommunications developed a system that integrates automatic equipment identification (AEI) with optical character recognition (OCR) for the automated identification of railcars and containers. In partnership with the Institut national d'optique and the Closed Circuit Television Corporation, DTI completed the integration and carried out improvements to the system's efficiency, accuracy and stability. This R&D project was undertaken to help the Port of Montreal improve the efficiency and productivity of container movement through the Port. The integration of AEI and OCR technologies into an information technology environment meets the Port community's requirement for timely and accurate information, and provides a basis for improving the level of service to customers. This report describes the final testing and integration phase associated with the delivery of an AEI/OCR system. A thorough analysis of the AEI/OCR system resulted in hardware and software modification to arrive at the optimal image transfer. The AEI/OCR system prototype achieved an overall performance improvement, with 92 percent ISO container recognition accuracy and the processing and transfer of the results in an electronic data interchange file within 20 minutes. Benefits from the real-time diffusion of container information include an increase in operation efficiency, reduction of paper records, and advance notice to accelerate the planning and decision-making processes.

• Record URL:
  http://www.tc.gc.ca/tdc/summary/14100/14143e.htm
• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Canada

  Transportation Development Centre, 800 Rene-Levesque Boulevard West, Suite 600
  Montreal, Quebec  Canada  H3B 2X1

  DTI Telecom Inc.

  Montreal,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Desmarais, D
  • Trepanier, E
• Publication Date: 2003-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 255 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic equipment identification; Containerization; Containers; Electronic data interchange; Freight transportation; Harbors; Image transmission; Information technology; Optical character recognition; Ports; Real time information; Testing
• Geographic Terms: Montreal (Canada); Quebec (Province)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00973775
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TP 14143E, Final Report
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 2004 12:00AM