发明名称 Device, system and method for tracking mobile assets
摘要 A device attached to an outside surface of a shipping container for tracking the shipping container includes a solar panel, a battery, a GPS receiver module, a cellular data transceiver module, and a microcontroller for controlling the GPS receiver module and the cellular data transceiver module to periodically obtain the location of the shipping container and transmit the location to a tracking database of a central tracking computer. The solar panel, battery, GPS receiver module, cellular data transceiver module and microcontroller are integrated into a one-piece, watertight master control unit. The master control unit may further include a local wireless network master transceiver module. The local wireless network master transceiver module is for communicating with a wireless sensor located within the shipping container through the walls of the shipping container.
申请公布号 US8890683(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.11.18
申请号 US201113152061 申请日期 2011.06.02
申请人 Trackpoint Systems, LLC 发明人 Schnitz Benjamin A.;Cave William R.;Keistler, Jr. Roland D.
分类号 G08B1/08;G06Q20/20;G06Q10/08 主分类号 G08B1/08
代理机构 Stites & Harbison PLLC 代理人 Stites & Harbison PLLC ;Haeberlin Jeffrey A.
主权项 1. A device for attaching to an outside surface of a shipping container for tracking the shipping container, comprising: a solar panel for converting light-energy into electrical power; a battery for receiving and storing said electrical power from said solar panel; a GPS receiver module for receiving signals from a global positioning system and determining a location of said shipping container; a cellular data transceiver module for communicating via a cellular data network; a local wireless network master transceiver module having a transceiver for wirelessly communicating with a wireless sensor located entirely within said shipping container without penetrating through walls of the shipping container, the transceiver wirelessly communicating with the wireless sensor by transmitting wireless signals through the walls of the shipping container without any holes through the walls of the shipping container; and a microcontroller for controlling said GPS receiver module to periodically obtain said location of said shipping container from said GPS receiver module, for controlling said local wireless network master transceiver module to periodically obtain data from said wireless sensor, and for controlling said cellular data transceiver module to transmit said location and said sensor data using said cellular data transceiver module; wherein said solar panel, said battery, said GPS receiver module, said cellular data transceiver module, said local wireless network master transceiver module, and said microcontroller are integrated into a master control unit attached to the outside surface of the shipping container without penetrating into an interior of the shipping container.
地址 Nashville TN US
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