A system and method for frost detection and frost mitigation for an imaging device within a container interior. According to a first preferred embodiment, the system preferably may include an imaging device having one or more LED light sources for illuminating the container interior. According to a preferred embodiment, the system may preferably first receive digital images from the imaging device along with one or more detected sensor inputs. Thereafter, the system may preferably calculate the potential for frost on or around the imaging device based on one or more sensor inputs which may include the imaging device temperature in combination with a door open signal, a detected light level or the like. The system may then preferably analyze the digital images during times of likely frost events using a frost detection algorithm which detects the presence of frost based on image characteristics derived from previously captured images with known frost levels.
H04N 23/00 - Caméras ou modules de caméras comprenant des capteurs d'images électroniquesLeur commande
G06V 20/52 - Activités de surveillance ou de suivi, p. ex. pour la reconnaissance d’objets suspects
H04N 7/18 - Systèmes de télévision en circuit fermé [CCTV], c.-à-d. systèmes dans lesquels le signal vidéo n'est pas diffusé
H04N 23/52 - Éléments optimisant le fonctionnement du capteur d'images, p. ex. pour la protection contre les interférences électromagnétiques [EMI] ou la commande de la température par des éléments de transfert de chaleur ou de refroidissement
H04N 23/56 - Caméras ou modules de caméras comprenant des capteurs d'images électroniquesLeur commande munis de moyens d'éclairage
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System, method and apparatus for non-invasive sensor configuration and networking
The present invention provides an improved network architecture which allows for many unique and specific interactions between LoRa networked devices, while still maintaining the security, range and low energy benefits of LoRa and LoRaWAN networks.
H04W 4/80 - Services utilisant la communication de courte portée, p. ex. la communication en champ proche, l'identification par radiofréquence ou la communication à faible consommation d’énergie
H04W 76/14 - Établissement de la connexion en mode direct
G16Y 10/75 - Technologie de l'informationCommunication
The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for determining the status of coupled assets during transport. According to a first preferred embodiment, a method of the present invention preferably includes triggering a set of tracking devices to transmit time stamp data indicating when the tracked assets cross pre-set speed thresholds. The present invention preferably further includes comparing the received time stamp data to equivalent data points from other assets and identifying unique pairs of assets which crossed the same speed thresholds at similar times and positions (i.e. matching velocity profiles). The system then designates the unique pair of assets as coupled and may apply custom tracking rules and power saving algorithms to the coupled assets.
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
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(1) Providing temporary use of non-downloadable cloud-based software for tracking and monitoring the location and operational status of heavy equipment.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
38 - Services de télécommunications
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Computer hardware and computer software for composing,
formatting, transmitting and receiving messages for
providing or using wired or wireless communication services;
computer software for record keeping and invoicing relating
to users of wired or wireless communication equipment;
internet of things (IoT) and machine to machine (M2M)
enabled devices, namely, GPS tracking devices. Providing communications among user terminals by means of a
system employing orbiting satellites. Design and development of computer hardware and software for
wireless communications.
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Multiple beam phased array antenna system for mobile satellite communications
The present invention provides an antenna array which includes a structure in the form of a hexagonal pyramid with a flat top surface/facet. According to preferred aspects, the pedestal support of the present invention preferably further includes six side facets which are preferably disposed 60 degrees from each other. Preferably, each side facet preferably supports a patch antenna and the top facet supports a top/zenith antenna. According to a preferred embodiment, the azimuth antennas may be offset from the ground plane by an angle between 20 and 60 degrees. The zenith antenna is preferably substantially parallel to the ground plane.
H01Q 1/18 - Moyens pour stabiliser les antennes sur une plate-forme instable
H01Q 21/20 - Réseaux d'unités d'antennes, de même polarisation, excitées individuellement et espacées entre elles les unités étant espacées le long d'un trajet curviligne ou adjacent à celui-ci
H01Q 3/24 - Dispositifs pour changer ou faire varier l'orientation ou la forme du diagramme de directivité des ondes rayonnées par une antenne ou un système d'antenne faisant varier l'orientation, par commutation de l'énergie fournie, d'un élément actif rayonnant à un autre, p. ex. pour commutation du lobe
H01Q 21/26 - Antennes tourniquet ou similaires comportant des dispositions de trois éléments ou plus allongés disposés radialement et symétriquement dans un plan horizontal par rapport à un centre commun
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System, method and apparatus for multi-zone container monitoring
The present invention preferably includes a monitoring device which is able to monitor both signals from the cab and the contents of a trailer/container. According to a preferred embodiment, the monitoring device may transmit monitoring signals (i.e., RF, ultra-sonic, IR) within the trailer/container and receive responsive signals/feedback indicating the status of the container interior. According to preferred embodiments, the monitoring device of the present invention may preferably receive data/signals from sensors internal to the container.
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Providing communications among user terminals by means of a system employing orbiting satellites Computer hardware and downloadable computer software for composing, formatting, transmitting and receiving messages for providing or using wired or wireless communication services; downloadable computer software for record keeping and invoicing relating to users of wired or wireless communication equipment; internet of things (IoT) and machine to machine (M2M) enabled devices, namely, GPS tracking devices Design and development of computer hardware and software for wireless communications
A database sends identification and dispatch orders to a ship or rail transport that powers a shipping container during the ship or rail segment of the container's journey. The database also sends identification and dispatch orders to gensets that power shipping containers on a motor vehicle transport during a vehicular segment of the container's journey. The database associates the identification and dispatch orders along with the container as the container moves from connection with a genset on a vehicular transport to a ship or rail transport, and associates the identification and dispatch orders along with the container as the container moves to connection with a genset on a vehicular transport from a ship or rail transport.
G06Q 10/08 - Logistique, p. ex. entreposage, chargement ou distributionGestion d’inventaires ou de stocks
H04B 7/26 - Systèmes de transmission radio, c.-à-d. utilisant un champ de rayonnement pour communication entre plusieurs postes dont au moins un est mobile
Disclose are various approaches for optimizing operation of an autonomous wireless mobile asset monitoring system. The approaches involve detecting the presence of cargo in a mobile asset. First, if energy conservation is a requirement of the system, each zone of the mobile asset is scanned until cargo is detected in one of the zones. Then, the results of the scan are transmitted to backend infrastructure. Alternatively, if energy conservation is not a requirement of the system, every zone of the mobile asset is scanned and the results of the scan are transmitted to backend infrastructure.
A method and related system for monitoring a time-temperature profile comprises measuring by a temperature sensor a temperature of an object, recording by an electronic device a time-temperature data point including the temperature and a time at which the temperature was measured, communicating the recorded time-temperature data point by the electronic device to a computing system, and determining by the computing system whether the recorded time-temperature data point is outside a predetermined acceptable range.
G01K 3/04 - Thermomètres donnant une indication autre que la valeur instantanée de la température fournissant des valeurs moyennesThermomètres donnant une indication autre que la valeur instantanée de la température fournissant des valeurs intégrées par rapport au temps
G01K 7/42 - Circuits pour la compensation de l’inertie thermiqueCircuits pour prévoir la valeur stationnaire de la température
G01K 11/06 - Mesure de la température basée sur les variations physiques ou chimiques, n'entrant pas dans les groupes , , ou utilisant la fusion, la congélation ou le ramollissement
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38 - Services de télécommunications
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Computer hardware and computer software for composing,
formatting, transmitting and receiving messages for
providing or using wired or wireless communication services;
computer software for record keeping and invoicing relating
to users of wired or wireless communication equipment;
internet of things (IoT) and machine to machine (M2M)
enabled devices, namely, GPS tracking devices. Providing communications among user terminals by means of a
system employing orbiting satellites. Design and development of computer hardware and software for
wireless communications.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
38 - Services de télécommunications
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Computer hardware and computer software for composing, formatting, transmitting and receiving messages for providing or using wired or wireless communication services; computer software for record keeping and invoicing relating to users of wired or wireless communication equipment; internet of things (IoT) and machine to machine (M2M) enabled devices, namely, GPS tracking devices Providing communications among user terminals by means of a system employing orbiting satellites Design and development of computer hardware and software for wireless communications
A dual role antenna assembly operable for use with GEO and LEO/MEO satellites has at least two curled inverted-F substantially omnidirectional antennas mounted on a ground plane. The antennas have asymmetrical gain patterns favoring certain sectors and are oriented such that the favored sectors of the different antenna face different directions. A controller selects the antenna for connection to an RF front-end in accordance with predetermined performance criteria.
H01Q 3/24 - Dispositifs pour changer ou faire varier l'orientation ou la forme du diagramme de directivité des ondes rayonnées par une antenne ou un système d'antenne faisant varier l'orientation, par commutation de l'énergie fournie, d'un élément actif rayonnant à un autre, p. ex. pour commutation du lobe
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Transparent satellite communications in a cellular centric M2M network
A wireless communication system includes one or more application servers communicating with remote terminals over connections established via cellular or satellite networks. The application servers are capable of switching between different cellular networks. A satellite gateway communicates with the remote terminals via satellite connections when cellular service is unavailable. The satellite gateway emulates a cellular network so that the application server sees the satellite gateway as another cellular network.
A mobile refrigerator unit is operated remotely via wireless technology using a system with a local maintenance switch. A local override switch turns the refrigerator unit on and off, but keeps it on in the event of failure of the maintenance switch.
To test whether a trailer is coupled to a tractor when the tractor ignition switch is off, a test switch in the trailer connects a high-impedance power source in a trailer to a line carrying energy from the tractor ignition switch to the trailer's electrical load, and measures the voltage at the line. A high voltage indicates a connection only to the electrical load in the trailer and thus a decouple. A low voltage indicates a measurement of the electrical loads in both trailer and tractor and hence a coupling.
G08B 21/00 - Alarmes réagissant à une seule condition particulière, indésirable ou anormale, et non prévues ailleurs
B60R 25/10 - Équipements ou systèmes pour empêcher ou signaler l’usage non autorisé ou le vol de véhicules actionnant un dispositif d’alarme
G08B 29/00 - Vérification ou contrôle des systèmes de signalisation ou d'alarmePrévention ou correction d'erreurs de fonctionnement, p. ex. empêchant le déclenchement non autorisé
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Integrating refrigerated transport operations and logistics by creating operational states via wireless communications
A system allows a remote asset, via an Intelligent Device and interconnected Central Data Server to autonomously, and continuously monitor and update its status on various parameters; and from these, to calculate an overall asset state that may be caused by various combinations of the parameters and to infer the operational states and logistical position of a transport refrigeration unit.
One or more sensors mounted on a railcar sense the effect of weight of the railcar and transmit the data, for example via a communication link, to a user for storage and feedback where needed. In one embodiment the sensors are mounted on one or more rail trucks that carry the car body.
G01G 19/04 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour peser des objets à roues ou roulants, p. ex. des véhicules pour peser des véhicules de chemin de fer
G01G 23/01 - Test ou calibrage des appareils de pesée
G01G 23/37 - Dispositifs indicateurs, p. ex. pour indication à distanceDispositifs enregistreursÉchelles, p. ex. graduées indiquant le poids par des moyens électriques, p. ex. par utilisation de cellules photo-électriques impliquant un comptage numérique
One or more sensors mounted on a railcar sense the effect of weight of the railcar and transmit the data, for example via a communication link, to a user for storage and feedback where needed. In one embodiment the sensors are mounted on one or more rail trucks that carry the car body.
G01G 19/03 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour peser des objets à roues ou roulants, p. ex. des véhicules pour peser pendant le mouvement
G01G 19/04 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour peser des objets à roues ou roulants, p. ex. des véhicules pour peser des véhicules de chemin de fer
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Quadrifilar helix antenna system with ground plane
A quadrifilar helix antenna system with a finite ground plane has a pair of bifilar helical elements extending upwardly from the finite ground plane. A symmetrical array of monopole elements surrounds the lower portion of the pair of bifilar helical elements in the near field so as to load the lower portion and thereby raise the phase center of the antenna to improve the circularly polarized far-field radiation at low elevation angles.
H01Q 19/00 - Combinaisons d'éléments actifs primaires d'antennes avec des dispositifs secondaires, p. ex. avec des dispositifs quasi optiques, pour donner à une antenne une caractéristique directionnelle désirée
A flexible fuel sensor for measuring the fuel level in a tank in which the sensor is installed. The flexible fuel sensor comprises a fitting arranged to be mounted to a mated fitting on a fuel tank associated with a hole in the fuel tank, a flexible down member extending from the fitting in a first direction and including a fuel level sensing mechanism, the down member configured to be mounted to extend through the hole into the fuel tank, and a sensor head extending from the fitting in a second direction and including sensor electronics coupled to the fuel level sensing mechanism. The flexible down member may comprise a coil made of steel wire.
G01F 23/00 - Indication ou mesure du niveau des liquides ou des matériaux solides fluents, p. ex. indication en fonction du volume ou indication au moyen d'un signal d'alarme
G01F 23/26 - Indication ou mesure du niveau des liquides ou des matériaux solides fluents, p. ex. indication en fonction du volume ou indication au moyen d'un signal d'alarme en mesurant des variables physiques autres que les dimensions linéaires, la pression ou le poids, selon le niveau à mesurer, p. ex. par la différence de transfert de chaleur de vapeur ou d'eau en mesurant les variations de capacité ou l'inductance de condensateurs ou de bobines produites par la présence d'un liquide ou d'un matériau solide fluent dans des champs électriques ou électromagnétiques
An automated and/or remote method for identifying and/or changing the source of power for these generator sets, which may apply to any environment where there are alternative sources of power available which must be managed remotely (such as for other powered containers not used for refrigeration transport).
Locating a movable asset involves communicating the position of the asset with a GPS on the asset to a network center when the asset is outside a predetermined area, and communicating the position to asset differentially with a GPS on the asset and with a GPS on a reference when the asset is within the predetermined area.
Locating a movable asset involves communicating the position of the asset with a GPS on the asset to a network center when the asset is outside a predetermined area, and communicating the position to asset differentially with a GPS on the asset and with a GPS on a reference when the asset is within the predetermined area.
To test whether a trailer is coupled to a tractor when the tractor ignition switch is off, a test switch in the trailer connects a high-impedance power source in a trailer to a line carrying energy from the tractor ignition switch to the trailer's electrical load, and measures the voltage at the line. A high voltage indicates a connection only to the electrical load in the trailer and thus a decouple. A low voltage indicates a measurement of the electrical loads in both trailer and tractor and hence a coupling.
G08B 21/00 - Alarmes réagissant à une seule condition particulière, indésirable ou anormale, et non prévues ailleurs
G08B 29/00 - Vérification ou contrôle des systèmes de signalisation ou d'alarmePrévention ou correction d'erreurs de fonctionnement, p. ex. empêchant le déclenchement non autorisé
B60R 25/10 - Équipements ou systèmes pour empêcher ou signaler l’usage non autorisé ou le vol de véhicules actionnant un dispositif d’alarme
Fuel monitoring includes discontinuously applying electrical power to a fuel sensor in a fuel tank, sampling an electrical value corresponding to the fuel in the fuel tank during the discontinuously applied electrical power, comparing a sensed value with a prior sensed value, and determining whether the compared levels indicate an alarm condition
Fuel monitoring includes discontinuously applying electrical power to a fuel sensor in a fuel tank, sampling an electrical value corresponding to the fuel in the fuel tank during the discontinuously applied electrical power, comparing a sensed value with a prior sensed value, and determining whether the compared levels indicate an alarm condition
G01F 23/00 - Indication ou mesure du niveau des liquides ou des matériaux solides fluents, p. ex. indication en fonction du volume ou indication au moyen d'un signal d'alarme
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Wireless control for creation of, and command response to, standard freight shipment messages
A freight management arrangement includes a monitor system that communicates over wireless with a large number of freight assets by land and with smaller number of users each associated with a fleet of the freight assets. The monitor system polls sensed ambient data in the freight assets on the basis of requests from the users. The requests may be stored as data in the monitor system or occur on a real-time basis.
H04M 3/42 - Systèmes fournissant des fonctions ou des services particuliers aux abonnés
H04W 24/00 - Dispositions de supervision, de contrôle ou de test
G08B 25/14 - Dispositions centrales pour la réception ou l'indication d'une alarme
G06Q 10/08 - Logistique, p. ex. entreposage, chargement ou distributionGestion d’inventaires ou de stocks
G08B 25/00 - Systèmes d'alarme dans lesquels l'emplacement du lieu où existe la condition déclenchant l'alarme est signalé à une station centrale, p. ex. systèmes télégraphiques d'incendie ou de police
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Identification and association of refrigerated containers with dispatch orders
A database sends identification and dispatch orders to a ship or rail transport that powers a shipping container during the ship or rail segment of the container's journey. The database also sends identification and dispatch orders to gensets that power shipping containers on a motor vehicle transport during a vehicular segment of the container's journey. The database associates the identification and dispatch orders along with the container as the container moves from connection with a genset on a vehicular transport to a ship or rail transport, and associates the identification and dispatch orders along with the container as the container moves to connection with a genset on a vehicular transport from a ship or rail transport.
A method for determining that a GPS receiver is located within a predetermined geofence volume. An embodiment of the invention includes the steps of receiving global positioning system signals from a plurality of GPS satellites; calculating a solution set of possible receiver positions from the global positioning signals; determining whether any portion of the solution set of receiver positions is within the geofence volume; and determining that the receiver is outside the geofence volume if no portion of the solution set of receiver positions is within the geofence volume. The concept of exclusion space is introduced and used in methods for determining the probability that a receiver is within a geofence volume.
G01S 19/50 - Détermination de position la solution de position étant astreinte à se situer sur une courbe ou une surface donnée, p. ex. pour les locomotives sur les voies ferrées
The status of a transport refrigeration unit and the load therein is established on a real time and batch time basis by continuously transmitting the cargo temperature or reefer return temperature, and determining conditions such as loading and unloading, open doors, waiting times, etc. This allows apportioning costs between the operator of the transport and the consignee of the cargo.
An automated and/or remote method for identifying and/or changing the source of power for these generator sets, which may apply to any environment where there are alternative sources of power available which must be managed remotely (such as for other powered containers not used for refrigeration transport).
Wireless monitoring and communication initiate and terminate shipping container intermodal shipment orders automatically. AC power to the container is determined by analyzing the power characteristics.
An automated and/or remote method for identifying and/or changing the source of power for these generator sets, which may apply to any environment where there are alternative sources of power available which must be managed remotely (such as for other powered containers not used for refrigeration transport).
An automatic identification system (AIS) communications payload for a space vehicle traveling in earth orbit includes an antenna; a receiver connected to the antenna to receive an AIS signal including a reported vessel position transmitted from a vessel; a processor to process the received AIS messages and determine the accuracy of the reported vessel position; and a transmitter to transmit the processed AIS messages and the determined accuracy to a ground earth element. The processor may be configured to determine a position of the space vehicle; compare the reported vessel position to the space vehicle position; and determine the accuracy of the reported vessel position based on the comparison. The processor also may be configured to flag the AIS message as suspect when the reported vessel position is determined to be inaccurate.
A spaced-based system to simultaneously track and monitor one or More ocean going vessels at any point on the earth includes a plurality of satellites. Each satellite includes an AIS communications payload to receive AIS signals which have AIS information transmitted from the one or more vessels and to transmit the received AIS information. The system includes ground earth elements that each have a receiver to receive the AIS information transmitted from one or more of the plurality of satellites and globally track and monitor the one or more vessels based on the AIS information received from the communications payload. The satellites are distributed in two or more orbital planes located at a substantially common altitude and at a substantially common inclination.
G01S 1/68 - Marqueur, balise d'extrémité, indicatif d'appel ou toutes balises analogues transmettant des signaux ne portant pas d'information directionnelle
G01S 19/07 - Éléments coopérantsInteraction ou communication entre les différents éléments coopérants ou entre les éléments coopérants et les récepteurs fournissant des données pour corriger les données de positionnement mesurées, p. ex. DGPS [GPS différentiel] ou corrections ionosphériques
A spaced-based system to simultaneously track and monitor one or more ocean going vessels at any point on the earth includes a plurality of satellites. Each satellite includes an AIS communications payload to receive AIS signals which have AIS information transmitted from the one or more vessels and to transmit the received AIS information. The system includes ground earth elements that each have a receiver to receive the AIS information transmitted from one or more of the plurality of satellites and globally track and monitor the one or more vessels based on the AIS information received from the communications payload. The satellites are distributed in two or more orbital planes located at a substantially common altitude and at a substantially common inclination.
B60L 3/00 - Dispositifs électriques de sécurité sur véhicules propulsés électriquementContrôle des paramètres de fonctionnement, p. ex. de la vitesse, de la décélération ou de la consommation d’énergie
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Wireless control for creation of, and command response to, standard freight shipment messages
In a freight management system a translator in a monitor system receives and transmits data in standard freight message format from and to a number of users, as well as in a variety of wireless formats to and from freight assets, and automatically in real time translates between the formats. The translator receives sensed data from the freight assets and transmits the translated data to the respective users while transmitting commands in wireless format to the freight assets on the basis of data received in standard freight message format.
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computer hardware and computer software for composing, formatting, transmitting and receiving messages for providing or using wired or wireless communication services; computer software for record keeping and invoicing relating to users of wired or wireless communication equipment
