System and Method for Monitoring the Cargo Space of a Transporation Device

• US 20070241897A1
• Filed: 12/07/2004
• Published: 10/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Herth+Buss GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Herthgmbh & Company KG
• Inventors: Knuepfer, Juergen
• Application Number:
  US10/596,392
• Publication Number:
  US 20070241897A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/568.100
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/302 Airplanes
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/00 Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/1003 Alarm systems characterised by arm or disarm features
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/102 a signal being sent to a remote location, e.g. a radio signal being transmitted to a police station, a security company or the owner
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/302 using recording means, e.g. black box
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/305 using a camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/33 of global position, e.g. by providing GPS coordinates
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1965 the vehicle being an aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19673 Addition of time stamp, i.e. time metadata, to video stream
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9201 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A monitoring system for the cargo space of a transporting device such as a goods-carrying vehicle, an aircraft or a container, including a control unit, to which a characteristic value for the actual state of motion of the transporting device can be fed and which, on the data input-side, is connected to a number of motion sensors and, on the data output-side, to a number of image recording units.

Claims

1-17. -17. (canceled)

18. :

A monitoring system for the cargo space of a transportation means, the monitoring system comprising;

a control unit configured to can receive a characteristic value for a current state of motion of the transportation means;

a plurality of motion detectors connected to a data input side of the control unit; and

a plurality of image-recording devices connected to a data output side of the control unit.

19. :

The monitoring system as recited in claim 18, wherein the plurality of motion detectors include a plurality of acceleration sensors.

20. :

The monitoring system as recited in claim 18, further comprising a memory module, and wherein at least one of the image-recording devices is connected to the memory module.

21. :

The monitoring system as recited in claim 20, wherein at least one of the memory modules is configured for digital data storage.

22. :

The monitoring system as recited in claim 21, wherein the at least memory module includes a multi-media card.

23. :

The monitoring system as recited in claim 20, wherein the memory module stores characteristic values for permissible loading and/or unloading positions.

24. :

The monitoring system as recited in claim 18, wherein at least one of the image-recording devices is configured to, upon activation by the control unit, record a predefinable number of images and subsequently deactivate itself autonomously.

25. :

The monitoring system as recited in claim 18, further comprising a transmitter for wireless data transmission connected to the data output side of the control unit.

26. :

The monitoring system as recited in claim 18, further comprising a GPS receiver connected to the control unit.

27. :

The monitoring system as recited in claim 18, wherein the transportation means includes and information system and wherein the control unit is connected to the information system.

28. :

The monitoring system as recited in claim 18, further comprising a plurality of interfaces for connecting other functional components and wherein the control unit is connected to the plurality of interfaces.

29. :

A vehicle having a cargo space that is provided with a monitoring system as recited in claim 20

30. :

A method for monitoring a cargo space of a transportation means, the method comprising;

ascertaining a movement in the cargo space; and

activating a plurality of image-recording devices as a function of a current state of motion of the transportation means and of the movement in the cargo space.

31. :

The method as recited in claim 30, wherein the ascertaining of the movement in the cargo space is performed based on acceleration data of the transportation means.

32. :

The method as recited in claim 30, further comprising digitally storing detected image data produced by the plurality of image recording devices.

33. :

The method as recited in claim 32, wherein the detected image data is stored digitally on a multi-media card.

34. :

The method as recited in claim 30, further comprising, after the activating, recording a predefinable number of images using at least one of the image-recording devices and subsequently deactivating the plurality of image-recording devices.

35. :

The method as recited in claim 30, further comprising, after the activating, sending a warning message to a transmitter.

36. :

The method as recited in claim 30, further comprising, after the activating, determining a position of the transportation means.