SHIPPING CONTAINER ROTATION ANGLE AND IMPACT DETECTOR
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1. A method for monitoring a container, the method comprising:
- recording a plurality of forces experienced by the container with an electronic detection device;
storing each recorded experience from the electronic detection device as tracking data, the tracking data comprising a corresponding date and time of occurrence; and
based on the tracking data, determining when the container is exposed to a predetermined amount of excessive force.
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Abstract
A method for monitoring a container is disclosed. The method involves recording a plurality of forces experienced by the container with an electronic detection device and storing each recorded experience from the electronic detection device as tracking data, the tracking data comprising a corresponding date and time of occurrence. Based on the tracking data, the method determines when the container is exposed to a predetermined amount of excessive force.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring a container, the method comprising:
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recording a plurality of forces experienced by the container with an electronic detection device; storing each recorded experience from the electronic detection device as tracking data, the tracking data comprising a corresponding date and time of occurrence; and based on the tracking data, determining when the container is exposed to a predetermined amount of excessive force. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A program product comprising program instructions embodied on a storage medium, the program instructions cause at least one programmable processor in a shipping container rotation angle and impact detector to:
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process a plurality of shipment handling readings, each of the shipment handling readings including rotation angles and g-forces measured by the shipping container rotation angle and impact detector; and record the plurality of shipment handling readings at a sampling interval, each record comprising a timestamp associated with each of the shipment handling readings. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic data collection system, comprising:
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a shipping container; an electronic sensor package that periodically detects rotation angles and angular acceleration of the shipping container, the package including; one or more gyroscopes that record the rotation angles experienced by the shipping container, and one or more accelerometers that record the angular acceleration as g-forces experienced by the shipping container during potential impacts; and a recording device responsive to a plurality of rotation angle and impact recordings from the electronic sensor package, each of the rotation angle and impact recordings comprising a corresponding date and time of occurrence. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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