UniPort 4.0 – Digitalization of Universal Ports

The aim of the project was to develop suitable approaches for the modular integration of optical and acoustic sensors and their real-time data analysis—ideally directly at the digital sensor using edge computing. The intended solution was to be implemented as a distributed system in order to keep data transfer rates per camera field low and achieve good scalability. Another objective of this work package was the implementation of appropriate methods for photogrammetric volume determination of bulk material (“optical weighing”) based on a multi-view stereo approach. In line with the identified requirements, this work package also developed the necessary methods and procedures for high-quality control and event detection in sea-based roundwood handling (underwater microphone). In addition, client- and server-side components were implemented according to the planned microservice architecture, taking into account sensor-related module structures and services (including cloudification of services when necessary).