Method and transit time tester for monitoring the transit time of small-sized goods to be conveyed, particularly of letters and similar mail items
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Disclosed is a method and a transit time tester for monitoring the transit time of an item to be conveyed, particularly a mail consignment, wherein the movements of a consignment are registered and stored in a transit time tester for later evaluation of the sequence of transportation. The transit time tester is equipped with sensors, satellite-based positioning system (GPS) receiver and storage media, corresponding in its dimensions and characteristics to the item to be conveyed to be monitored and determined from the sensor data the current type of conveyance with the aid of a microprocessor. To be monitored, the transit time and the routes of transportation of standard letters and similar mail consignments over a number of days. The receiver for the GPS is selectively switched on and off as a function of the changing conditions of reception and the current type of conveyance of the item to be conveyed.
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44 Claims
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25. A method for monitoring the transit time of a mail item to be conveyed, comprising:
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providing a transit time tester having; sensors, satellite-based positioning system receiver and storage media, corresponds in its dimensions and characteristics largely to the item to be conveyed to be monitored and determines from the sensor data the current type of conveyance with the aid of a microprocessor; registering and storing the movements of a consignment in a transit time tester for later evaluation of the sequence of transportation; and selectively switching the receiver for the satellite-based positioning system on and off as a function of the changing conditions of reception and/or the current state of conveyance of the item to be conveyed. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A transit time tester for monitoring the transit time of a mail item to be conveyed, comprising:
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a data logger with a satellite-based positioning system receiver; an intelligent power supply that monitors available energy having; sensors for measuring the physical quantities, a microprocessor that detects the current types of conveyance based on the measured physical quantities and controls the transit time tester, and an event generator for starting special procedures of the transit time tester. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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