Transportation security system and associated methods
First Claim
1. A security system for monitoring at least one shipping container being transported by at least one cargo transport vehicle, the system comprising:
- a Container Security Device (CSD) configured to be removably coupled to the at least one freight shipping container wall thereby utilized for monitoring a cargo inside the container and detection of intrusion violations accompanied with partial destruction of the container wall when in a coupled condition, the CSD including at least one anti-tamper sensor, a microcontroller and a communication device;
wherein the microcontroller generates an alert status based on an output data generated by least one anti-tamper sensor being subjected to an individual sensor processing procedure and then to an integrated sensor processing procedure, the integrated sensor processing procedure makes determination of the overall container alert status based on the output data from said at least one sensor; and
a Network Operations Center (NOC), the NOC including a NOC communications facility configured to communicate with at least one telecommunication network, the NOC being configured to receive data from each of a plurality of the CSDs and including a data storage medium configured to store sensor data and contained an archive of the container events.
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Abstract
A security system for monitoring at least one shipping container being transported by at least one cargo transport vehicle has a Container Security Device (CSD) configured to be removably coupled to the at least one freight shipping container wall thereby utilizing for monitoring a cargo inside the container and detection of intrusion violations accompanied with partial destruction of the container wall when in a coupled condition. The CSD including at least one anti-tamper sensor, a microcontroller and a communication device; where the microcontroller generates an alarm signal based on a signal from at least one anti-tamper sensor is subjected to an individual sensor processing procedure and then to an integrated sensor processing procedure, the integrated sensor processing procedure make determination of the overall container alert status based on the alarm signal from at least one sensor. The system also has a Network Operations Center (NOC), the NOC including a NOC communications facility configured to communicate with at least one telecommunication network, the NOC being configured to receive data from each of the plurality of the CSDs and including a data storage medium configured to store sensor data and contained an archive of the container events.
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116 Claims
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1. A security system for monitoring at least one shipping container being transported by at least one cargo transport vehicle, the system comprising:
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a Container Security Device (CSD) configured to be removably coupled to the at least one freight shipping container wall thereby utilized for monitoring a cargo inside the container and detection of intrusion violations accompanied with partial destruction of the container wall when in a coupled condition, the CSD including at least one anti-tamper sensor, a microcontroller and a communication device;
wherein the microcontroller generates an alert status based on an output data generated by least one anti-tamper sensor being subjected to an individual sensor processing procedure and then to an integrated sensor processing procedure, the integrated sensor processing procedure makes determination of the overall container alert status based on the output data from said at least one sensor; and
a Network Operations Center (NOC), the NOC including a NOC communications facility configured to communicate with at least one telecommunication network, the NOC being configured to receive data from each of a plurality of the CSDs and including a data storage medium configured to store sensor data and contained an archive of the container events. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A security system for monitoring a plurality of shipping containers being transported by a plurality of cargo transport vehicles, each of the plurality of cargo vehicles transporting at least one shipping container, the system comprising:
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a Container Security Device (CSD) configured to be removably coupled to the at least one freight shipping container wall thereby utilizing for monitoring a cargo inside the container and detection of intrusion violations accompanied with partial destruction of the container wall when in a coupled condition, the CSD including at least one anti-tamper sensor, a microcontroller and a communication device;
a plurality of bridges, each bridge of the plurality of bridges being disposed in one cargo transport vehicle, each bridge including a recorder communication system being configured to communicate with the CSD communication device and a NOC communication devise, the bridge also including a data storage medium configured to store a data pertaining to the container events. a Network Operating Center (NOC) in communication with each of the plurality of bridges and CSDs in the system, the NOC being configured to receive data from each of the plurality of bridges and CSDs, including a data storage medium contained an archive of the container events and configured to store sensor data.
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71. A method for monitoring at least one freight shipping container being transported by at least one cargo transport vehicle, the method comprising:
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providing a container security device (CSD) configured to be removably coupled to the at least one freight shipping container wall thereby utilizing for monitoring a cargo inside the container and detection of intrusion violations accompanied with partial destruction of container wall when in a coupled condition, the CSD including at least one anti-tamper sensor, a microcontroller, and the CSD communication device; and
sending an output data obtained from the at least one anti-tamper sensor to the microcontroller. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92)
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93. A method of monitoring at least one freight shipping container being transported by at least one cargo transport vehicle from a point of origin to a destination point, the method comprising:
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providing route data corresponding to the path traversed by at least one cargo transport vehicle from a point of origin to a point of destination;
monitoring an actual position of at least one cargo vehicle to determine whether the actual position of the vehicle corresponds to the route data;
generating an alert status condition if the actual position of the vehicle does not correspond to the route data;
notify a Network Operation Center (NOC) of the alert status. - View Dependent Claims (95, 97)
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94. A computer readable medium stored thereon a data structure for packetizing data being transmitted between a container CSD and a bridge, the CSD being configured to be removably coupled to the at least one freight shipping container disposed on a cargo transport vehicle, the bridge being disposed on the cargo transport vehicle, the data structure comprising:
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a container CSD identification field containing data that uniquely identifies the container CSD; and
a payload field containing either CSD status data or bridge command data depending on the course of the packet. - View Dependent Claims (96, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115)
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106. A computer readable medium having stored thereon a data structure for packetizing data being transmitted between a bridge and a Network Operations Center (NOC), the bridge being configured to monitor at least one container CSD configured to be removably coupled to the at least one freight shipping container disposed on a cargo transport vehicle, the bridge being disposed on the cargo transport vehicle, the data structure comprising:
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a bridge identification field containing data that uniquely identifies the container CSD; and
a payload field containing either bridge status or NOC command data depending on the source of the packet.
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109. A system for monitoring shipping containers, comprising:
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a network operations center (NOC);
a container security device (CSD) that may be removably coupled to a shipping container to detect intrusion into the shipping container;
wherein the NOC receives an alert status when the intrusion is detected.
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116. A system for monitoring personal condition, comprising:
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a network operations center (NOC);
a monitoring module that may be removably coupled to a human being to monitor health conditions and detect potential emergency event;
wherein the monitoring module comprising;
a microcontroller;
at least one sensor for detecting potential emergency event;
at least one communication device for communicating with the NOC;
a power source for providing power to the microcontroller, sensor and communication device. wherein the NOC receives an alert status when the emergency event occurred.
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Specification