Automated Gate System

Overview

Automated Gate System is a turn-key port truck-gate solution that combines high-speed LPR (Licence Plate Recognition) cameras, ISO 6346 container-ID OCR, driver biometric verification, and a barrier controller into a single lane that processes 60+ trucks per hour with near-zero gate clerks.

Built for sea-port truck gates, intermodal rail terminals, bonded warehouses and distribution hubs that want to eliminate paper tickets, cut driver dwell from minutes to seconds, and feed every gate event straight into the Terminal Operating System.

Dual OCR — number plate + ISO 6346 container ID, 99%+ accuracy day & night
Driver biometric — face match + fingerprint + port-pass / TWIC card
Sub-40 second dwell — auto-raise barrier if plate + container + driver + booking all match
TOS-native — native Navis N4, CATOS, Octopi, OPUS integrations out of the box

How It Works

Gate lane — truck triggers an inductive loop. Two high-speed cameras on masts read the number plate and the container ID; the driver pulls up to a kiosk that captures face, fingerprint and port-pass.
OCR + biometric engine — a CRNN model decodes plate and container ID with per-character confidence and ISO 6346 check-digit validation. A face-match model verifies the driver against the licensed haulier's roster.
Gate control — a multi-lane dashboard shows live status (OPEN / SCAN / PASS / HOLD), today's throughput, average dwell and open holds. The controller raises the barrier on a CLEAR verdict or routes the truck to the exception desk.
Yard dispatch — on a clean pass, the system pushes a block / row / tier instruction to the driver's in-cab tablet and notifies the yard crane via TOS. Exceptions (mismatch, broken seal, unknown driver) route to a yard officer.

The purple feedback loop pushes barrier commands, dispatch updates and exception verdicts back into the gate — closing the loop on every truck movement.

Features

LPR cameras — IR-illuminated, 60 FPS, optimised for plates moving up to 30 km/h
Container ID OCR — ISO 6346 check-digit, hazmat-placard detection, seal-presence check
Driver biometric — face (3D liveness), fingerprint, contactless port-pass / TWIC
Pre-arrival appointments — QR / app-based booking with auto-match at the gate
Damage inspection — optional 5-side camera array auto-flags container damage
Hazmat / OOG checks — placard read, dimensions verified vs booking
Edge GPU — on-premise inference, <200 ms decision, offline-tolerant
TOS integrations — Navis N4, CATOS, OPUS, Octopi, custom REST/EDI

Use Cases

Container terminal gates — in-gate and out-gate automation across multiple lanes
Inland container depots (ICD) — unmanned gate at empty / repair depots
Bonded warehouses — customs-grade evidence for every truck movement
Rail freight terminals — intermodal gate with wagon-ID reading variant
Refinery / chemical sites — hazmat carrier verification + driver TWIC
Distribution centres — trailer pool tracking and dock-door dispatch

Specifications

Cameras: 4K LPR + container-ID, IR illumination, 60 FPS, 850 nm
OCR accuracy: 99%+ plate, 98%+ container ID (day & night, dirty plates)
Biometric: Face (3D liveness, FAR 1e-6), fingerprint, contactless smart-card
Throughput: 60+ trucks/hour/lane, 38-second average dwell
Compute: Edge GPU server, <200 ms verdict, 30-day offline buffer
Barrier: Heavy-duty boom, 3-6 m, <3 s open/close, anti-tailgate sensor
Network: Fibre to TOS, redundant LTE failover
Standards: ISO 6346 (container ID), TWIC / Seafarer's ID compliant