METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING STATUS REPORTING DEVICES FOR CONTAINER HANDLERS

摘要

A mechanism and method for making status reporting devices for container handlers, including: providing a micro-controller module, and installing a program system into memory accessed by a computer directing the micro-controller module. The micro-controller module communicatively couples with means for wirelessly communicating and for sensing a state of the container handler. Means for wirelessly communicating may include means for wirelessly determining container handler location. The micro-controller module may be communicatively coupled to a separate means for determining location. An apparatus making the devices may include a second program system directing the invention's method through a second computer, which may control an assembly device in creating the micro-controller, coupled with the means for sensing and for wirelessly communicating.

主权项

1. A method for reporting status reporting of a container handler, comprising:
providing a micro-controller communicatively coupled to a wireless communication component, and communicatively coupled to a sensor component; and providing a memory accessibly coupled to a computer directing the micro-controller, the memory having installed therein a program comprising executable program steps for using the sensor component to create a sensed state of the container handler, and for using the wireless communication component to communicate the sensed state; wherein the container handler moves a container of at least twenty foot in length.