Inspection system for and method of confirming soundness of transported object

• US 20030139909A1
• Filed: 12/04/2002
• Published: 07/24/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Global Nuclear Fuel - Japan Co., Ltd. (General Electric Company)
• Original Assignee: Global Nuclear Fuel - Japan Co., Ltd. (General Electric Company)
• Inventors: Ozawa, Tamotsu
• Granted Patent: US 6,847,906 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/183
• CPC Class Codes: G21C 17/06 Devices or arrangements for monitoring or testing fuel or fuel elements outside the reactor core, e.g. for burn-up, for contamination G21C17/08, G21C17/10 take precedence; detecting leaking fuel elements during reactor operation G21C17/04
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 30/30 Nuclear fission reactors

Abstract

There are disclosed an inspection system for and a method of confirming the soundness of a transported object while the object is being transported and handled. Waveform sampling sensors are mounted on the transported object and a transportation container, and a GPS and a CCD camera are mounted on a transportation vehicle. Sampled data are sent via the Internet Web in real-time to a remote transported object monitoring office at all times while the object is being transported based on bidirectional communications between the transportation vehicle and the remote transported object monitoring office. Various items of information including generated accelerations, times at which the accelerations are generated, raw waveforms of the accelerations are successively displayed on a traveling route on a map displayed on a personal computer for bidirectional confirmation of the soundness of the transported object in real-time.

Claims

1. An inspection system for confirming the soundness of a transported object loaded on a transporting means while the object is being transported from an object processing factory to a destination or being handled, said inspection system including a vehicle-mounted system mounted on said transporting means and a personal computer installed in a remote transported object monitoring office,

said vehicle-mounted system comprising:

physical phenomenon measuring means mounted on said transported object, said transporting means, or a transportation container housing the transported object, for sampling waveform data representing a physical phenomenon;

traveling position measuring means for measuring data representing a traveling position of said transporting means;

video sampling means for sampling data representing a video image around the transported object while the transported object is being transported or handled;

A/D converting means for converting the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means from an analog signal into a digital signal;

a storage medium for storing the digital signal produced by said A/D converting means, the data representing the traveling position measured by said traveling position measuring means, and the video image sampled by said video sampling means; and

vehicle-mounted bidirectional communication monitor means for performing bidirectional communications with said personal computer;

said inspection system comprising;

a server on a network to which said vehicle-mounted bidirectional communication monitor means and said personal computer are connectable, said server having data analyzing and processing means for analyzing the data sampled by said vehicle-mounted system, data storage means for storing the analyzed data, and database means for holding the stored data as latest data;

said personal computer having data processing and analyzing means for constantly monitoring and determining whether results analyzed by said data analyzing and processing means and stored in said data storage means are lower than an allowable threshold value or an allowable limit value which is set in view of the soundness of said transported object, said transporting means, and said transportation container as they are transported or handled, and displaying determines results on display means of said personal computer.

2. An inspection system according to claim 1, wherein said database stores results of processed data in a past transporting session, and said data processing and analyzing means displays the results of processed data in the past transporting session on the display means of said personal computer.

3. An inspection system according to claim 1, further comprising:

control means for controlling data sampling with said physical phenomenon measuring means, said traveling position measuring means, and said video sampling means;

wherein said control means energizes said video sampling means when the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means exceeds a predetermined value; and

said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, video image data obtained by said video sampling means, a temperature, a humidity, a radiation dosage, an acceleration value, a frequency, a frequency distribution, a PSD result as measured by said physical phenomenon measuring means when said waveform data exceeds the predetermined value, time data when said waveform data exceeds the predetermined value, and positional data when said data obtained from said traveling position measuring means exceeds the predetermined value.

4. An inspection system according to claim 1, further comprising:

control means for controlling data sampling with said physical phenomenon measuring means, said traveling position measuring means, and said video sampling means;

wherein said control means energizes said video sampling means when the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means exceeds a predetermined value; and

said data processing and analyzing means displays, in a generated position on a map including a traveling route displayed on the display means of said personal computer, a time, an impact acceleration, a peak acceleration value, a pulse duration of a half wave of a row waveform of the peak acceleration value, and a frequency of the peak acceleration value as calculated from said pulse duration when said waveform data exceeds the predetermined value, displays a mark for confirming whether the video image captured by said video sampling means and raw waveform data of the impact acceleration, which have been sampled in said generated position, are to be displayed or not, displays the captured video image on the display means of the personal computer which is displaying said map when an instruction is entered to display the captured video image and the raw waveform data, and displays the raw waveform data together with an allowable limit value as a specification value.

5. An inspection system according to claim 1, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, in a generated position on a map including a traveling route displayed on the display means of said personal computer, a generated time, an impact acceleration value, and a pulse duration and frequency of an impact acceleration as an impact acceleration generated point capable of displaying further information, when an impact acceleration represented by the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means exceeds a predetermined value, thereafter displays raw waveform data of the impact acceleration at said impact acceleration generated point together with an unaccepted range when a click entered at said impact acceleration generated point is confirmed, and displays the video image captured by said video sampling means in the generated position.

6. An inspection system according to claim 1, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, in a generated position on a map including a traveling route displayed on the display means of said personal computer, a generated time, an impact acceleration value expressed by a bar graph, and a pulse duration and frequency of an impact acceleration as an impact acceleration generated point capable of displaying further information, when an impact acceleration represented by the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means exceeds a predetermined value, thereafter displays raw waveform data of the impact acceleration at said impact acceleration generated point together with an unaccepted range representing an allowable limit value when a click entered at said impact acceleration generated point is confirmed, and displays the video image captured by said video sampling means in the generated position.

7. An inspection system according to claim 1, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, in a generated position on a map including a traveling route displayed on the display means of said personal computer, an acceleration response magnification value, which is produced by dividing an acceleration of the transported object or the transportation container by an acceleration of a floor of the transporting means, the magnitude of the acceleration of the floor of the transporting means, the magnitude of the acceleration of the transported object or the transportation container, a pulse duration and frequency of an impact acceleration, and a generated time as an impact acceleration generated point capable of displaying further information, when an impact acceleration represented by the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means exceeds a predetermined value, thereafter displays raw waveform data of the impact acceleration of the floor of the transporting means, the transported object, or the transportation container at said impact acceleration generated point together with an unaccepted range representing an allowable limit value, and displays the video image captured by said video sampling means in the generated position.

8. An inspection system according to claim 4, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, a traveling route from a start of transportation to a present traveling position or a completion of transportation, and displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the impact acceleration generated point and the video image captured by said video sampling means in a specified traveling section or a specified time zone when an input to specify a traveling section by clicking starting and ending points thereof on the display means, an input to specify a traveling section by entering place names at starting and ending points on said map on the display means, or an input to enter actual traveling times at starting and ending points of a traveling section on the display means is confirmed.

9. An inspection system according to claim 1, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means, and displays an actual traveled distance from a start of transportation to a present traveling position, a remaining distance to travel to a destination, major place names of traveling spots depending on the actual traveled distance, and information as to whether the transporting means is traveling along a general road or an expressway, at an actual traveling spot from the start of transportation to a completion of transportation or while the object is being transported.

10. An inspection system according to claim 9, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, together with the actual traveled distance, a chronology of steady accelerations and temporary impact unsteady accelerations in a sampled sequence as acceleration data based on the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means, including a line defining a steady acceleration range and an unsteady acceleration range, with a region in excess of said unsteady acceleration range being displayed as an unaccepted range.

11. An inspection system according to claim 10, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, latest acceleration data and an actual traveling spot based on the actual traveled distance in the displayed chronology, and when an input to specify a display of an unsteady acceleration in said chronology is received, displays an impact acceleration, a pulse duration, a frequency, and a generated time of said unsteady acceleration, a raw waveform of the impact acceleration at a time of the unsteady acceleration together with an unaccepted range representing an allowable limit value, and the video image captured by said video sampling means at a generated position of the unsteady acceleration.

12. An inspection system according to claim 9, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the actual traveled distance and an acceleration chronology frequency distribution including a bar graph representing the proportion of a frequency of accelerations together with a line and a region representing an unaccepted range for determining whether said proportion falls in the unaccepted range or not.

13. An inspection system according to claim 9, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the actual traveled distance and an acceleration-frequency distribution including plotted dots of data representing the relationship between accelerations and frequencies together with a line and a region representing an unaccepted range for determining whether said relationship falls in the unaccepted range or not.

14. An inspection system according to claim 9, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the actual traveled distance and a PSD analysis result representing the magnitude of vibration energy based on the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means together with a line and a region representing an unaccepted range for determining whether a waveform of the PSD analysis result falls in the unaccepted range or not.

15. An inspection system according to claim 9, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the actual traveled distance and plotted dots of data of an acceleration response magnification representing the magnitude of an acceleration of the object or the transportation container based on an acceleration of the floor of the transporting means together with a line and a region representing an unaccepted range for determining whether said magnification falls in the unaccepted range or not.

16. An inspection system according to claim 9, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the actual traveled distance and a chronology of detected temperature, humidity, radiation dosage, and gas concentration data plotted as dots or lines together with a line and a region representing an unaccepted range for determining whether said dots or lines fall in the unaccepted range or not.

17. An inspection system according to claim 1, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, a list of processed results of temporary unsteady acceleration data as the sampled waveform data which are divided into a sequence of times, a sequence of maximum acceleration values, a sequence of pulse durations representing frequencies, and a sequence of pulse width bands representing frequency bands, displays a map including a traveling route from a start of transportation to a present traveling position or a completion of transportation, and displays the sequences in a specified traveling section when an input to specify a traveling section by clicking starting and ending points thereof on the display means, an input to specify a traveling section by entering place names at starting and ending points on said map on the display means, or an input to enter actual traveling times at starting and ending points of a traveling section on the display means is received.

18. An inspection system according to claim 1, wherein said vehicle-mounted system is mounted on said transporting means including any one of a vehicle, a ship, and an airplane, said personal computer is installed in a remote nuclear fuel transportation monitoring office for confirming the soundness of transportation of a nuclear fuel for use in a nuclear reactor placed on said transportation means while the nuclear fuel is being transported from a nuclear fuel processing facility to another processing facility or a nuclear power plant and being handled.

19. A method of confirming the soundness of a transported object with an inspection system for confirming the soundness of a transported object loaded on a transporting means while the object is being transported from an object processing factory to a destination or being handled, said inspection system including a vehicle-mounted system mounted on said transporting means and a personal computer installed in a remote transported object monitoring office,

said vehicle-mounted system comprising:

physical phenomenon measuring means mounted on said transported object, said transporting means, or a transportation container housing the transported object, for sampling waveform data representing a physical phenomenon;

traveling position measuring means for measuring data representing a traveling position of said transporting means;

video sampling means for sampling data representing a video image around the transported object while the transported object is being transported or handled;

A/D converting means for converting the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means from an analog signal into a digital signal;

a storage medium for storing the digital signal produced by said A/D converting means, the data representing the traveling position measured by said traveling position measuring means, and the video image sampled by said video sampling means; and

vehicle-mounted bidirectional communication monitor means for performing bidirectional communications with said personal computer;

said inspection system comprising;

a server on a network to which said vehicle-mounted bidirectional communication monitor means and said personal computer are connectable, said server having data analyzing and processing means for analyzing the data sampled by said vehicle-mounted system, data storage means for storing the analyzed data, and database means for holding the stored data as latest data;

said personal computer having data processing and analyzing means for constantly monitoring and determining whether results analyzed by said data analyzing and processing means and stored in said data storage means are lower than an allowable threshold value or an allowable limit value which is set in view of the soundness of said transported object, said transporting means, and said transportation container as they are transported or handled, and displaying determines results on display means of said personal computer.

20. A method according to claim 19, wherein said database stores results of processed data in a past transporting session, and said data processing and analyzing means displays the results of processed data in the past transporting session on the display means of said personal computer.

21. A method according to claim 19, wherein said inspection system further comprises:

control means for controlling data sampling with said physical phenomenon measuring means, said traveling position measuring means, and said video sampling means;

wherein said control means energizes said video sampling means when the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means exceeds a predetermined value; and

said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, video image data obtained by said video sampling means, a temperature, a humidity, a radiation dosage, an acceleration value, a frequency, a frequency distribution, a PSD result as measured by said physical phenomenon measuring means when said waveform data exceeds the predetermined value, time data when said waveform data exceeds the predetermined value, and positional data when said data obtained from said traveling position measuring means exceeds the predetermined value.

22. A method according to claim 19, wherein said inspection system further comprises:

control means for controlling data sampling with said physical phenomenon measuring means, said traveling position measuring means, and said video sampling means;

wherein said control means energizes said video sampling means when the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means exceeds a predetermined value; and

said data processing and analyzing means displays, in a generated position on a map including a traveling route displayed on the display means of said personal computer, a time, an impact acceleration, a peak acceleration value, a pulse duration of a half wave of a row waveform of the peak acceleration value, and a frequency of the peak acceleration value as calculated from said pulse duration when said waveform data exceeds the predetermined value, displays a mark for confirming whether the video image captured by said video sampling means and raw waveform data of the impact acceleration, which have been sampled in said generated position, are to be displayed or not, displays the captured video image on the display means of the personal computer which is displaying said map when an instruction is entered to display the captured video image and the raw waveform data, and displays the raw waveform data together with an allowable limit value as a specification value.

23. A method according to claim 19, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, in a generated position on a map including a traveling route displayed on the display means of said personal computer, a generated time, an impact acceleration value, and a pulse duration and frequency of an impact acceleration as an impact acceleration generated point capable of displaying further information, when an impact acceleration represented by the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means exceeds a predetermined value, thereafter displays raw waveform data of the impact acceleration at said impact acceleration generated point together with an unaccepted range when a click entered at said impact acceleration generated point is confirmed, and displays the video image captured by said video sampling means in the generated position.

24. A method according to claim 19, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, in a generated position on a map including a traveling route displayed on the display means of said personal computer, a generated time, an impact acceleration value expressed by a bar graph, and a pulse duration and frequency of an impact acceleration as an impact acceleration generated point capable of displaying further information, when an impact acceleration represented by the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means exceeds a predetermined value, thereafter displays raw waveform data of the impact acceleration at said impact acceleration generated point together with an unaccepted range representing an allowable limit value when a click entered at said impact acceleration generated point is confirmed, and displays the video image captured by said video sampling means in the generated position.

25. A method according to claim 19, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, in a generated position on a map including a traveling route displayed on the display means of said personal computer, an acceleration response magnification value, which is produced by dividing an acceleration of the transported object or the transportation container by an acceleration of a floor of the transporting means, the magnitude of the acceleration of the floor of the transporting means, the magnitude of the acceleration of the transported object or the transportation container, a pulse duration and frequency of an impact acceleration, and a generated time as an impact acceleration generated point capable of displaying further information, when an impact acceleration represented by the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means exceeds a predetermined value, thereafter displays raw waveform data of the impact acceleration of the floor of the transporting means, the transported object, or the transportation container at said impact acceleration generated point together with an unaccepted range representing an allowable limit value, and displays the video image captured by said video sampling means in the generated position.

26. A method according to claim 22, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, a traveling route from a start of transportation to a present traveling position or a completion of transportation, and displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the impact acceleration generated point and the video image captured by said video sampling means in a specified traveling section or a specified time zone when an input to specify a traveling section by clicking starting and ending points thereof on the display means, an input to specify a traveling section by entering place names at starting and ending points on said map on the display means, or an input to enter actual traveling times at starting and ending points of a traveling section on the display means is confirmed.

27. A method according to claim 19, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means, and displays an actual traveled distance from a start of transportation to a present traveling position, a remaining distance to travel to a destination, major place names of traveling spots depending on the actual traveled distance, and information as to whether the transporting means is traveling along a general road or an expressway, at an actual traveling spot from the start of transportation to a completion of transportation or while the object is being transported.

28. A method according to claim 27, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, together with the actual traveled distance, a chronology of steady accelerations and temporary impact unsteady accelerations in a sampled sequence as acceleration data based on the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means, including a line defining a steady acceleration range and an unsteady acceleration range, with a region in excess of said unsteady acceleration range being displayed as an unaccepted range.

29. A method according to claim 28, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, latest acceleration data and an actual traveling spot based on the actual traveled distance in the displayed chronology, and when an input to specify a display of an unsteady acceleration in said chronology is received, displays an impact acceleration, a pulse duration, a frequency, and a generated time of said unsteady acceleration, a raw waveform of the impact acceleration at a time of the unsteady acceleration together with an unaccepted range representing an allowable limit value, and the video image captured by said video sampling means at a generated position of the unsteady acceleration.

30. A method according to claim 27, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the actual traveled distance and an acceleration chronology frequency distribution including a bar graph representing the proportion of a frequency of accelerations together with a line and a region representing an unaccepted range for determining whether said proportion falls in the unaccepted range or not.

31. A method according to claim 27, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the actual traveled distance and an acceleration-frequency distribution including plotted dots of data representing the relationship between accelerations and frequencies together with a line and a region representing an unaccepted range for determining whether said relationship falls in the unaccepted range or not.

32. A method according to claim 27, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the actual traveled distance and a PSD analysis result representing the magnitude of vibration energy based on the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means together with a line and a region representing an unaccepted range for determining whether a waveform of the PSD analysis result falls in the unaccepted range or not.

33. A method according to claim 27, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the actual traveled distance and plotted dots of data of an acceleration response magnification representing the magnitude of an acceleration of the object or the transportation container based on an acceleration of the floor of the transporting means together with a line and a region representing an unaccepted range for determining whether said magnification falls in the unaccepted range or not.

34. A method according to claim 27, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the actual traveled distance and a chronology of detected temperature, humidity, radiation dosage, and gas concentration data plotted as dots or lines together with a line and a region representing an unaccepted range for determining whether said dots or lines fall in the unaccepted range or not.

35. A method according to claim 19, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, a list of processed results of temporary unsteady acceleration data as the sampled waveform data which are divided into a sequence of times, a sequence of maximum acceleration values, a sequence of pulse durations representing frequencies, and a sequence of pulse width bands representing frequency bands, displays a map including a traveling route from a start of transportation to a present traveling position or a completion of transportation, and displays the sequences in a specified traveling section when an input to specify a traveling section by clicking starting and ending points thereof on the display means, an input to specify a traveling section by entering place names at starting and ending points on said map on the display means, or an input to enter actual traveling times at starting and ending points of a traveling section on the display means is received.

36. A method according to claim 19, wherein said vehicle-mounted system is mounted on said transporting means including any one of a vehicle, a ship, and an airplane, said personal computer is installed in a remote nuclear fuel transportation monitoring office for confirming the soundness of transportation of a nuclear fuel for use in a nuclear reactor placed on said transportation means while the nuclear fuel is being transported from a nuclear fuel processing facility to another processing facility or a nuclear power plant and being handled.

37. A method of confirming the soundness of a transported object with an inspection system for confirming the soundness of a transported object loaded on a transporting means while a nuclear fuel for use in a nuclear reactor, which is loaded on a transporting means from a nuclear fuel processing facility to another processing facility or a nuclear power plant or being handled, said inspection system including a vehicle-mounted system mounted on said transporting means which is any one of a vehicle, a ship, and an airplane, and a personal computer installed in a remote nuclear fuel transportation monitoring office,

said vehicle-mounted system comprising:

physical phenomenon measuring means mounted on said transported object, said transporting means, or a transportation container housing the transported object, for sampling waveform data representing a physical phenomenon;

traveling position measuring means for measuring data representing a traveling position of said transporting means;

video sampling means for sampling data representing a video image around the transported object while the transported object is being transported or handled;

A/D converting means for converting the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means from an analog signal into a digital signal;

a storage medium for storing the digital signal produced by said AND converting means, the data representing the traveling position measured by said traveling position measuring means, and the video image sampled by said video sampling means; and

vehicle-mounted bidirectional communication monitor means for performing bidirectional communications with said personal computer;

said inspection system comprising;

a server on a network to which said vehicle-mounted bidirectional communication monitor means and said personal computer are connectable, said server having data analyzing and processing means for analyzing the data sampled by said vehicle-mounted system, data storage means for storing the analyzed data, and database means for holding the stored data as latest data;

said personal computer having data processing and analyzing means for constantly monitoring and determining whether results analyzed by said data analyzing and processing means and stored in said data storage means are lower than an allowable threshold value or an allowable limit value which is set in view of the soundness of said transported object, said transporting means, and said transportation container as they are transported or handled, and displaying determines results on display means of said personal computer.

38. A method according to claim 37, wherein said database stores results of processed data in a past transporting session, and said data processing and analyzing means displays the results of processed data in the past transporting session on the display means of said personal computer.

39. A method according to claim 37, wherein said inspection system further comprises:

control means for controlling data sampling with said physical phenomenon measuring means, said traveling position measuring means, and said video sampling means;

wherein said control means energizes said video sampling means when the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means exceeds a predetermined value; and

said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, video image data obtained by said video sampling means, a temperature, a humidity, a radiation dosage, an acceleration value, a frequency, a frequency distribution, a PSD result as measured by said physical phenomenon measuring means when said waveform data exceeds the predetermined value, time data when said waveform data exceeds the predetermined value, and positional data when said data obtained from said traveling position measuring means exceeds the predetermined value.

40. A method according to claim 37, wherein said inspection system further comprises:

control means for controlling data sampling with said physical phenomenon measuring means, said traveling position measuring means, and said video sampling means;

wherein said control means energizes said video sampling means when the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means exceeds a predetermined value; and

said data processing and analyzing means displays, in a generated position on a map including a traveling route displayed on the display means of said personal computer, a time, an impact acceleration, a peak acceleration value, a pulse duration of a half wave of a row waveform of the peak acceleration value, and a frequency of the peak acceleration value as calculated from said pulse duration when said waveform data exceeds the predetermined value, displays a mark for confirming whether the video image captured by said video sampling means and raw waveform data of the impact acceleration, which have been sampled in said generated position, are to be displayed or not, displays the captured video image on the display means of the personal computer which is displaying said map when an instruction is entered to display the captured video image and the raw waveform data, and displays the raw waveform data together with an allowable limit value as a specification value.

41. A method according to claim 37, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, in a generated position on a map including a traveling route displayed on the display means of said personal computer, a generated time, an impact acceleration value, and a pulse duration and frequency of an impact acceleration as an impact acceleration generated point capable of displaying further information, when an impact acceleration represented by the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means exceeds a predetermined value, thereafter displays raw waveform data of the impact acceleration at said impact acceleration generated point together with an unaccepted range when a click entered at said impact acceleration generated point is confirmed, and displays the video image captured by said video sampling means in the generated position.

42. A method according to claim 37, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, in a generated position on a map including a traveling route displayed on the display means of said personal computer, a generated time, an impact acceleration value expressed by a bar graph, and a pulse duration and frequency of an impact acceleration as an impact acceleration generated point capable of displaying further information, when an impact acceleration represented by the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means exceeds a predetermined value, thereafter displays raw waveform data of the impact acceleration at said impact acceleration generated point together with an unaccepted range representing an allowable limit value when a click entered at said impact acceleration generated point is confirmed, and displays the video image captured by said video sampling means in the generated position.

43. A method according to claim 37, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, in a generated position on a map including a traveling route displayed on the display means of said personal computer, an acceleration response magnification value, which is produced by dividing an acceleration of the transported object or the transportation container by an acceleration of a floor of the transporting means, the magnitude of the acceleration of the floor of the transporting means, the magnitude of the acceleration of the transported object or the transportation container, a pulse duration and frequency of an impact acceleration, and a generated time as an impact acceleration generated point capable of displaying further information, when an impact acceleration represented by the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means exceeds a predetermined value, thereafter displays raw waveform data of the impact acceleration of the floor of the transporting means, the transported object, or the transportation container at said impact acceleration generated point together with an unaccepted range representing an allowable limit value, and displays the video image captured by said video sampling means in the generated position.

44. A method according to claim 37, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, a traveling route from a start of transportation to a present traveling position or a completion of transportation, and displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the impact acceleration generated point and the video image captured by said video sampling means in a specified traveling section or a specified time zone when an input to specify a traveling section by clicking starting and ending points thereof on the display means, an input to specify a traveling section by entering place names at starting and ending points on said map on the display means, or an input to enter actual traveling times at starting and ending points of a traveling section on the display means is confirmed.

45. A method according to claim 37, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means, and displays an actual traveled distance from a start of transportation to a present traveling position, a remaining distance to travel to a destination, major place names of traveling spots depending on the actual traveled distance, and information as to whether the transporting means is traveling along a general road or an expressway, at an actual traveling spot from the start of transportation to a completion of transportation or while the object is being transported.

46. A method according to claim 45, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, together with the actual traveled distance, a chronology of steady accelerations and temporary impact unsteady accelerations in a sampled sequence as acceleration data based on the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means, including a line defining a steady acceleration range and an unsteady acceleration range, with a region in excess of said unsteady acceleration range being displayed as an unaccepted range.

47. A method according to claim 46, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, latest acceleration data and an actual traveling spot based on the actual traveled distance in the displayed chronology, and when an input to specify a display of an unsteady acceleration in said chronology is received, displays an impact acceleration, a pulse duration, a frequency, and a generated time of said unsteady acceleration, a raw waveform of the impact acceleration at a time of the unsteady acceleration together with an unaccepted range representing an allowable limit value, and the video image captured by said video sampling means at a generated position of the unsteady acceleration.

48. A method according to claim 45, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the actual traveled distance and an acceleration chronology frequency distribution including a bar graph representing the proportion of a frequency of accelerations together with a line and a region representing an unaccepted range for determining whether said proportion falls in the unaccepted range or not.

49. A method according to claim 45, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the actual traveled distance and an acceleration-frequency distribution including plotted dots of data representing the relationship between accelerations and frequencies together with a line and a region representing an unaccepted range for determining whether said relationship falls in the unaccepted range or not.

50. A method according to claim 45, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the actual traveled distance and a PSD analysis result representing the magnitude of vibration energy based on the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means together with a line and a region representing an unaccepted range for determining whether a waveform of the PSD analysis result falls in the unaccepted range or not.

51. A method according to claim 45, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the actual traveled distance and plotted dots of data of an acceleration response magnification representing the magnitude of an acceleration of the object or the transportation container based on an acceleration of the floor of the transporting means together with a line and a region representing an unaccepted range for determining whether said magnification falls in the unaccepted range or not.

52. A method according to claim 45, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, the actual traveled distance and a chronology of detected temperature, humidity, radiation dosage, and gas concentration data plotted as dots or lines together with a line and a region representing an unaccepted range for determining whether said dots or lines fall in the unaccepted range or not.

53. A method according to claim 37, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of said personal computer, a list of processed results of temporary unsteady acceleration data as the sampled waveform data which are divided into a sequence of times, a sequence of maximum acceleration values, a sequence of pulse durations representing frequencies, and a sequence of pulse width bands representing frequency bands, displays a map including a traveling route from a start of transportation to a present traveling position or a completion of transportation, and displays the sequences in a specified traveling section when an input to specify a traveling section by clicking starting and ending points thereof on the display means, an input to specify a traveling section by entering place names at starting and ending points on said map on the display means, or an input to enter actual traveling times at starting and ending points of a traveling section on the display means is received.

54. An inspection system for confirming the soundness of a transported object loaded on a transporting means while the object is being transported from an object processing factory to a destination or being handled, said inspection system including a vehicle-mounted system mounted on said transporting means and a personal computer installed in a remote transported object monitoring office,

said vehicle-mounted system comprising:

physical phenomenon measuring means mounted on said transported object, said transporting means, or a transportation container housing the transported object, for sampling waveform data representing a physical phenomenon;

traveling position measuring means for measuring data representing a traveling position of said transporting means;

video sampling means for sampling data representing a video image around the transported object while the transported object is being transported or handled;

A/D converting means for converting the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means from an analog signal into a digital signal;

a seal state detecting sensor for detecting data representing the state of a seal attached to the transportation container;

a storage medium for storing the digital signal produced by said A/D converting means, the data representing the traveling position measured by said traveling position measuring means, the video image sampled by said video sampling means, and the data detected by said seal state detecting sensor; and

vehicle-mounted bidirectional communication monitor means for performing bidirectional communications with said personal computer;

said inspection system comprising;

a server on a network to which said vehicle-mounted bidirectional communication monitor means and said personal computer are connectable, said server having data analyzing and processing means for analyzing the data sampled by said vehicle-mounted system, data storage means for storing the analyzed data, and database means for holding the stored data as latest data;

said personal computer having data processing and analyzing means for displaying, on a display means of said personal computer, the position of the transported object, the transporting means, or the transportation container, information as to whether the transported object passes through a passing point at a time leading or lagging behind a planned time, an actual error time after the transported object passes through the passing point, and information as to whether the actual error time falls within a predetermined allowable passing time range or not, depending on results analyzed by said data analyzing and processing means and stored in said data storage means, while said transporting means is in operation, displaying a warning indicating that said transporting means is traveling along a wrong route if said transporting means deviates from an applied-for route by a distance equal to or greater than a predetermined distance continuously for a predetermined time, and displaying the image sampled by said video sampling means when the data from said seal state detecting sensor indicates that the seal attached to the transportation container is broken.

55. An inspection system according to claim 54, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of the personal computer, a map including a traveling route for the transporting means, displays a passing spot applied for with a competent authority for the transporting means to pass through, a planned applied-for passing time at said applied-for passing spot, an actual passing time at which said transporting means actually passes through said applied-for passing spot, and the difference between said planned applied-for passing time and said actual passing time, together with a planned passing spot on the displayed map, displays an image sampled by said video sampling means from a predetermined distance before said applied-for passing spot, a time of the image, and a confirmation mark, and thereafter displays an image sampled by said video sampling means in response to an input applied to said confirmation mark.

56. An inspection system according to claim 55, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of the personal computer, an applied-for plane name indicating the name of an applied-for passing spot, an applied-for passing time or an applied-for arrival time at the applied-for passing spot, a planned passing or arrival time at the applied-for passing spot in actual transportation, an actual passing or arrival time at which the transporting means actually passes through the applied-for passing spot, a traveled distance over a section between planned passing spots, total traveled distances from a departure spot to the respective planned passing spots, road names in respective sections from the departure spot to the respective planned passing spots, and average speeds of the transporting means in the respective sections, and also displays a data list and an arrow mark in motion which is indicative of a section in which the transporting means is traveling, as a present traveling position of the transporting means.

57. An inspection system according to claim 56, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of the personal computer, an image sampled by said video sampling means as confirming a road status at the present traveling position of the transporting means.

58. An inspection system according to claim 55, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the traveling route on the map displayed on the display means of the personal computer, the difference between an applied passing time and a planned passing time at an applied-for passing spot, and the difference between the applied passing time and an actual passing time, successively for each of planned passing spots from a departure spot to an arrival spot.

59. An inspection system according to claim 56, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of the personal computer, the arrow mark in motion which is indicative of the section in which the transporting means is traveling, as the present traveling position of the transporting means, the applied-for passing time at the applied-for passing spot, a symbol (−

) representing a lag if the difference between the planned passing time and the applied-for passing time at the applied-for passing spot represents a lag, a symbol (+) representing a lead if the difference between the planned passing time and the applied-for passing time at the applied-for passing spot represents a lead, a symbol (−

) representing a lag if the difference between the actual passing time at which the transporting means actually passes through the applied-for passing spot and the planned passing time represents a lag, a symbol (+) representing a lead if the difference between the actual passing time at which the transporting means actually passes through the applied-for passing spot and the planned passing time represents a lead, a comparison between the applied-for passing time and the actual passing time, and a comparison between the applied-for passing time and the planned passing time.

60. An inspection system according to claim 56, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of the personal computer, the arrow mark in motion which is indicative of the section in which the transporting means is traveling, as the present traveling position of the transporting means, the traveled distance from the departure spot or an applied-for spot to the present traveling position, a distance to travel up to a destination, traveling speed graduations on a vertical axis on a screen of the display means for estimating a traveling time required from the present traveling position to the destination, distance graduations on a horizontal axis on the screen of the display means, thereafter, when an input to a position the map on the screen of the display means is confirmed, calculates a time required from said position on the map to the destination, and displays a numerical value and a bar graph representing a lag or a lead of the planned passing or arrival time with respect to the applied-for passing time based on the calculated time.

61. An inspection system according to claim 55, wherein if the transporting means which has traveled along a normal route enters from a branch point on the normal route into a wrong route away from the normal route and deviates from a circle of a specified radius around a normal input spot which has been input on the map as an advance traveling route, said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of the personal computer, the traveling position of the transporting means as deviating from the normal input spot and traveling along the wrong route.

62. An inspection system according to claim 55, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the map including the traveling route on the display means of the personal computer, a wrong route warning display and sound, and a message mark for prompting the driver of the transporting means to confirm the wrong route, and thereafter, if an input to the massage mark is confirmed, display wrong route warning information.

63. An inspection system according to claim 55, wherein when the transporting means or a vehicle ahead thereof encounters an accident, said data processing and analyzing means recognizes the accident from various data, and displays, on the display means of the personal computer, the present position of the transporting means and a signal indicative of the occurrence of the accident on the map including the traveling route on the display means, and a list of accident-handling information, said list of accident-handling information including display items including a communication network upon accident, nearby information upon occurrence of accident, video information indicating an accident status captured by the video sampling means, and a manual for accident, and wherein when said data processing and confirming means confirms an input to the displayed items, the data processing and confirming means displays detailed information relative to the displayed items, the nearby information upon occurrence of accident allowing a range covering a predetermined distance from the accident spot to be specified, and wherein when said data processing and confirming means confirms an input to specify said range, said data processing and confirming means displays a circle having a specified radius around the accident spot, displays items of city/town/village offices, schools, hospitals, and police departments within the circle, and when said data processing and confirming means confirms an input to said items, said data processing and confirming means displays detailed information including addresses and access points of the items.

64. An inspection system according to claim 55, wherein said transporting means includes an object transportation vehicle for actually transporting the object and an accompanying security vehicle, and when said transporting means encounters an accident, said data processing and analyzing means recognizes the accident from various data, and displays a list of accident occurrence status information on the display means of the personal computer, said list of accident status information being divided into a related vehicle status and a front other vehicle, said related vehicle status having vehicle types including a front accompanying security vehicle, a rear accompanying security vehicle, and a transporting vehicle, and having accident levels classified into first through fifth classes to be displayed together with an image sampled by said video sampling means, said front other vehicle status having accident ranges and accident levels classified into first through third classes, said accident ranges being classified into different classes for respective distance ranges between the position of the transporting means and the position of another vehicle.

65. An inspection system according to claim 54, wherein said seal state detecting sensor comprises:

a reader for confirming the soundness of the seal on the transportation container, said reader being connected in a wired or wireless fashion to a control box for continuously monitoring the seal on the transportation container;

said transportation container having a sealing system having a sealing cord and a sealing body which are integrally joined to each other and interconnect an upper lid and a main housing of the transportation container, said sealing cord having an end integrally joined to said sealing body and another end disconnected from said sealing body before the transportation container is sealed and joined to said sealing boy after the transportation container is sealed;

wherein the other end of the sealing cord which is not joined to said sealing body before the transportation container is sealed is passed through a flange hole extending through the upper lid and the main housing and then integrally joined to the sealing body, thereby sealing the transportation container, said sealing body having a battery and a microchip disposed therein, and said reader periodically sends an electromagnetic wave to the microchip for confirming that the sealing cord and the sealing body are integrally joined to each other and hence are normal;

wherein in response to the electromagnetic wave from said reader, said microchip selectively sends two different signals such that if the sealing cord and the sealing body are integrally joined to each other and hence are normal, then the microchip sends a response communication signal to said reader, and if sealing cord is broken or the sealing body is damaged and abnormal, then the microchip sends no response communication signal to said reader, but sends a communication signal different from the response communication signal; and

wherein said reader receives the signals from said microchip and transmits confirmatory data relative to the soundness of the seal on the transportation container through the control box and a communication antenna to a transportation container continuous monitoring center.

66. An inspection system according to claim 54, wherein if the soundness of the seal on the transportation container is impaired while the transporting means is traveling or at rest, said data processing and analyzing means recognizes the impaired seal from various data, displays the present position of the transporting means and a seal failure occurrence on the display means of the personal computer, simultaneously displays the time of the seal failure occurrence and a number representing the transportation container with respect to which the soundness of the seal has been impaired as detailed information of a seal failure occurrence warning, and produces an alarm sound or buzzer sound indicative of the seal failure occurrence warning in addition to the displayed data.

67. An inspection system according to claim 54, wherein if the soundness of the seal on the transportation container is not impaired, said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of the personal computer, a map indicative of the location where the sealed transportation container is stored, a container number, a container seal starting date, a seal inspecting date, an inspection result, and a message “

normal”

indicative of the soundness of the seal at present, which represent a container sealing status within an area including the location where the sealed transportation container is stored, and wherein if the soundness of the seal on the transportation container is impaired for some reason, said data processing and analyzing means recognizes the impaired seal from various data, displays, on the display means of the personal computer, a seal failure occurrence warning in real-time, a number representing the transportation container with respect to which the soundness of the seal has been impaired, and a time as a date on which the seal is broken due to a seal failure.

68. A method of confirming the soundness of a transported object with an inspection system for confirming the soundness of a transported object loaded on a transporting means while the object is being transported from an object processing factory to a destination or being handled, said inspection system including a vehicle-mounted system mounted on said transporting means and a personal computer installed in a remote transported object monitoring office,

said vehicle-mounted system comprising:

physical phenomenon measuring means mounted on said transported object, said transporting means, or a transportation container housing the transported object, for sampling waveform data representing a physical phenomenon;

traveling position measuring means for measuring data representing a traveling position of said transporting means;

video sampling means for sampling data representing a video image around the transported object while the transported object is being transported or handled;

A/D converting means for converting the waveform data sampled by said physical phenomenon measuring means from an analog signal into a digital signal;

a seal state detecting sensor for detecting data representing the state of a seal attached to the transportation container;

a storage medium for storing the digital signal produced by said A/D converting means, the data representing the traveling position measured by said traveling position measuring means, the video image sampled by said video sampling means, and the data detected by said seal state detecting sensor; and

vehicle-mounted bidirectional communication monitor means for performing bidirectional communications with said personal computer;

said inspection system comprising;

a server on a network to which said vehicle-mounted bidirectional communication monitor means and said personal computer are connectable, said server having data analyzing and processing means for analyzing the data sampled by said vehicle-mounted system, data storage means for storing the analyzed data, and database means for holding the stored data as latest data;

said personal computer having data processing and analyzing means for displaying, on a display means of said personal computer, the position of the transported object, the transporting means, or the transportation container, information as to whether the transported object passes through a passing point at a time leading or lagging behind a planned time, an actual error time after the transported object passes through the passing point, and information as to whether the actual error time falls within a predetermined allowable passing time range or not, depending on results analyzed by said data analyzing and processing means and stored in said data storage means, while said transporting means is in operation, displaying a warning indicating that said transporting means is traveling along a wrong route if said transporting means deviates from an applied-for route by a distance equal to or greater than a predetermined distance continuously for a predetermined time, and displaying the image sampled by said video sampling means when the data from said seal state detecting sensor indicates that the seal attached to the transportation container is broken.

69. A method according to claim 68, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of the personal computer, a map including a traveling route for the transporting means, displays a passing spot applied for with a competent authority for the transporting means to pass through, a planned applied-for passing time at said applied-for passing spot, an actual passing time at which said transporting means actually passes through said applied-for passing spot, and the difference between said planned applied-for passing time and said actual passing time, together with a planned passing spot on the displayed map, displays an image sampled by said video sampling means from a predetermined distance before said applied-for passing spot, a time of the image, and a confirmation mark, and thereafter displays an image sampled by said video sampling means in response to an input applied to said confirmation mark.

70. A method according to claim 69, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of the personal computer, an applied-for plane name indicating the name of an applied-for passing spot, an applied-for passing time or an applied-for arrival time at the applied-for passing spot, a planned passing or arrival time at the applied-for passing spot in actual transportation, an actual passing or arrival time at which the transporting means actually passes through the applied-for passing spot, a traveled distance over a section between planned passing spots, total traveled distances from a departure spot to the respective planned passing spots, road names in respective sections from the departure spot to the respective planned passing spots, and average speeds of the transporting means in the respective sections, and also displays a data list and an arrow mark in motion which is indicative of a section in which the transporting means is traveling, as a present traveling position of the transporting means.

71. A method according to claim 69, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of the personal computer, an image sampled by said video sampling means as confirming a road status at the present traveling position of the transporting means.

72. A method according to claim 69, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the traveling route on the map displayed on the display means of the personal computer, the difference between an applied passing time and a planned passing time at an applied-for passing spot, and the difference between the applied passing time and an actual passing time, successively for each of planned passing spots from a departure spot to an arrival spot.

73. A method according to claim 70, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of the personal computer, the arrow mark in motion which is indicative of the section in which the transporting means is traveling, as the present traveling position of the transporting means, the applied-for passing time at the applied-for passing spot, a symbol (−

) representing a lag if the difference between the planned passing time and the applied-for passing time at the applied-for passing spot represents a lag, a symbol (+) representing a lead if the difference between the planned passing time and the applied-for passing time at the applied-for passing spot represents a lead, a symbol (−

) representing a lag if the difference between the actual passing time at which the transporting means actually passes through the applied-for passing spot and the planned passing time represents a lag, a symbol (+) representing a lead if the difference between the actual passing time at which the transporting means actually passes through the applied-for passing spot and the planned passing time represents a lead, a comparison between the applied-for passing time and the actual passing time, and a comparison between the applied-for passing time and the planned passing time.

74. A method according to claim 70, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of the personal computer, the arrow mark in motion which is indicative of the section in which the transporting means is traveling, as the present traveling position of the transporting means, the traveled distance from the departure spot or an applied-for spot to the present traveling position, a distance to travel up to a destination, traveling speed graduations on a vertical axis on a screen of the display means for estimating a traveling time required from the present traveling position to the destination, distance graduations on a horizontal axis on the screen of the display means, thereafter, when an input to a position the map on the screen of the display means is confirmed, calculates a time required from said position on the map to the destination, and displays a numerical value and a bar graph representing a lag or a lead of the planned passing or arrival time with respect to the applied-for passing time based on the calculated time.

75. A method according to claim 69, wherein if the transporting means which has traveled along a normal route enters from a branch point on the normal route into a wrong route away from the normal route and deviates from a circle of a specified radius around a normal input spot which has been input on the map as an advance traveling route, said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of the personal computer, the traveling position of the transporting means as deviating from the normal input spot and traveling along the wrong route.

76. A method according to claim 69, wherein said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the map including the traveling route on the display means of the personal computer, a wrong route warning display and sound, and a message mark for prompting the driver of the transporting means to confirm the wrong route, and thereafter, if an input to the massage mark is confirmed, display wrong route warning information.

77. A method according to claim 69, wherein when the transporting means or a vehicle ahead thereof encounters an accident, said data processing and analyzing means recognizes the accident from various data, and displays, on the display means of the personal computer, the present position of the transporting means and a signal indicative of the occurrence of the accident on the map including the traveling route on the display means, and a list of accident-handling information, said list of accident-handling information including display items including a communication network upon accident, nearby information upon occurrence of accident, video information indicating an accident status captured by the video sampling means, and a manual for accident, and wherein when said data processing and confirming means confirms an input to the displayed items, the data processing and confirming means displays detailed information relative to the displayed items, the nearby information upon occurrence of accident allowing a range covering a predetermined distance from the accident spot to be specified, and wherein when said data processing and confirming means confirms an input to specify said range, said data processing and confirming means displays a circle having a specified radius around the accident spot, displays items of city/town/village offices, schools, hospitals, and police departments within the circle, and when said data processing and confirming means confirms an input to said items, said data processing and confirming means displays detailed information including addresses and access points of the items.

78. A method according to claim 69, wherein said transporting means includes an object transportation vehicle for actually transporting the object and an accompanying security vehicle, and when said transporting means encounters an accident, said data processing and analyzing means recognizes the accident from various data, and displays a list of accident occurrence status information on the display means of the personal computer, said list of accident status information being divided into a related vehicle status and a front other vehicle, said related vehicle status having vehicle types including a front accompanying security vehicle, a rear accompanying security vehicle, and a transporting vehicle, and having accident levels classified into first through fifth classes to be displayed together with an image sampled by said video sampling means, said front other vehicle status having accident ranges and accident levels classified into first through third classes, said accident ranges being classified into different classes for respective distance ranges between the position of the transporting means and the position of another vehicle.

79. A method according to claim 68, wherein said seal state detecting sensor comprises:

a reader for confirming the soundness of the seal on the transportation container, said reader being connected in a wired or wireless fashion to a control box for continuously monitoring the seal on the transportation container;

said transportation container having a sealing system having a sealing cord and a sealing body which are integrally joined to each other and interconnect an upper lid and a main housing of the transportation container, said sealing cord having an end integrally joined to said sealing body and another end disconnected from said sealing body before the transportation container is sealed and joined to said sealing boy after the transportation container is sealed;

wherein the other end of the sealing cord which is not joined to said sealing body before the transportation container is sealed is passed through a flange hole extending through the upper lid and the main housing and then integrally joined to the sealing body, thereby sealing the transportation container, said sealing body having a battery and a microchip disposed therein, and said reader periodically sends an electromagnetic wave to the microchip for confirming that the sealing cord and the sealing body are integrally joined to each other and hence are normal;

wherein in response to the electromagnetic wave from said reader, said microchip selectively sends two different signals such that if the sealing cord and the sealing body are integrally joined to each other and hence are normal, then the microchip sends a response communication signal to said reader, and if sealing cord is broken or the sealing body is damaged and abnormal, then the microchip sends no response communication signal to said reader, but sends a communication signal different from the response communication signal; and

wherein said reader receives the signals from said microchip and transmits confirmatory data relative to the soundness of the seal on the transportation container through the control box and a communication antenna to a transportation container continuous monitoring center.

80. A method according to claim 68, wherein if the soundness of the seal on the transportation container is impaired while the transporting means is traveling or at rest, said data processing and analyzing means recognizes the impaired seal from various data, displays the present position of the transporting means and a seal failure occurrence on the display means of the personal computer, simultaneously displays the time of the seal failure occurrence and a number representing the transportation container with respect to which the soundness of the seal has been impaired as detailed information of a seal failure occurrence warning, and produces an alarm sound or buzzer sound indicative of the seal failure occurrence warning in addition to the displayed data.

81. A method according to claim 68, wherein if the soundness of the seal on the transportation container is not impaired, said data processing and analyzing means displays, on the display means of the personal computer, a map indicative of the location where the sealed transportation container is stored, a container number, a container seal starting date, a seal inspecting date, an inspection result, and a message “

normal”

indicative of the soundness of the seal at present, which represent a container sealing status within an area including the location where the sealed transportation container is stored, and wherein if the soundness of the seal on the transportation container is impaired for some reason, said data processing and analyzing means recognizes the impaired seal from various data, displays, on the display means of the personal computer, a seal failure occurrence warning in real-time, a number representing the transportation container with respect to which the soundness of the seal has been impaired, and a time as a date on which the seal is broken due to a seal failure.