US20120252488A1 - Tracking And Monitoring Device And System For A Shipping Container - Google Patents

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This invention pertains to the administration and security of containers reminiscent of used for transport merchandise. In some instances it could even be essential to know the hardware and software versions of temperature management gear to facilitate updating and upkeep. Sometimes the damage is visible, but typically the container seems to be wonderful however the goods inside are broken. In circumstances like this, it is very important know who induced the harm and where in order to claim compensation later. Electronic options including sensors that detect anomalies and broadcast a warning. US 2004/0100379 discloses a monitoring system for a container and ItagPro contents that includes a device, a reader, a server, and a software backbone. US 2004/0100379 is affixed to the inside surface of a container proximate the door, in order that a first end of the machine protrudes by door body close to the hinge, whereas the remainder is secured contained in the container.



RF/baseband unit, iTagPro key finder a microprocessor, a reminiscence, and a door sensor. Any such extra sensors are separate units which are independently coupled to the microprocessor. GPS interface, sometimes utilized in cell installations (e.g., on trucks, trains, or ships utilizing current GPS, AIS or comparable positioning programs) to safe, observe, and determine the integrity of the container in a fashion similar to that of the hand-held reader. Which means if the container gets lost or is stolen and does not move inside vary of a reader, there is no means that the container might be tracked. US 2004/0100379 does not report real time events reminiscent of fall, tilt, iTagPro key finder injury, impression and ItagPro breaking into the container. Only when the data is actually read by the reader, is the data then conveyed via a communications community, which could also be Internet- or satellite-primarily based, to a server, which maintains a safety document. However, the server remains unaware of any safety events until communication is established between the gadget and the handheld reader and solely at the initiative of a human who carries and operates the hand-held reader.



This severely curtails the power to take evasive action since by the time a security event is logged by the server it may be too late to take evasive or remedial action. Real-time occasion monitoring is nicely-identified per se and there are numerous car fleet administration and tracking techniques that make use of GPS together with GSM or GRSM for the purpose of conveying alerts in actual time to a central monitoring system. A number of embodiments of the current disclosure present an improved monitoring system that is appropriate for a sea-worthy transport container, and which permits steady and automatic tracking and management of the container in real time during prolonged inland and sea voyages and which is based on a customized self-contained container tracking device. FIG. 1 is a pictorial perspective view of a module according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration displaying a system for tracking containers containing modules in response to the disclosure. FIG. 7 is a map depicting actual-time monitoring of containers by a remote monitoring middle.



FIGS. 1 to 5 show perspective and schematic views of a container device 10 in response to the invention suitable for ItagPro mounting on an inner wall of a container close to the door-hinge. 10 includes a processor module eleven that, ItagPro in use, is disposed contained in the container, a second elongated body section within the type of an arm 12 that's magnetically hooked up or completely mounted by screws to the inside doorframe floor of the container and an antenna module 13 that initiatives out of the container and homes a number of antennas. 11 homes a re-chargeable add-on battery pack 14 for impartial power provide to the system 10 . 14 is a rechargeable sort with a supplied wall-mounted sort charger via a miniature constructed-in port on the battery housing itself. Eleven of the gadget 10 comprises a CPU 15 (constituting a processing unit) together with a reminiscence 16 and to which there are coupled a cellular receiver/transmitter modem 17 appropriate for operation in a GSM, HS GSM or CDMA networks, a excessive-sensitive light sensor ItagPro 18 for offering an alert signal in response to entry of mild into the container and an accelerometer 19 for low-hard influence and iTagPro locator fall detection.