---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000002629"
title: "Determining position of a container handling equipment"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:14:18.334564Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002629"
categories:
  - "lifting-positioning-manipulation/hoists-and-cranes"
keywords:
  - "b66c13/46"
  - "b66c13/46"
  - "g01c21/04"
  - "g01s17/88"
  - "b66c13/46"
  - "b66c13/46"
---

# Determining position of a container handling equipment

## Abstract

A method comprising detecting a reflector unit that comprises a plurality of reflector elements arranged in a pre-determined manner with respect to each other, identifying the reflector unit based, at least partly, on its characteristics, and determining a location of a container handling equipment based, at least partly, on the identified reflector unit.