Hazardous Material Transportation Monitoring Techniques
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring transport of hazardous materials, comprisingarranging at least one sensor capable of detecting hazardous materials on a vehicle;
- transmitting information about the detection of hazardous materials by the at least one sensor upon approach of the vehicle to infrastructure regulating the transport of the hazardous materials; and
regulating the transit of the vehicle relative to the infrastructure based on whether the at least one sensor provides information about the presence of hazardous materials on the vehicle.
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Abstract
Method and arrangement for monitoring transport of hazardous materials includes arranging at least one sensor capable of detecting hazardous materials on a vehicle, transmitting information about the detection of hazardous materials by each sensor upon approach of the vehicle to infrastructure regulating the transport of the hazardous materials, and regulating the transit of the vehicle relative to the infrastructure based on whether any sensor provides information about the presence of hazardous materials on the vehicle. When the vehicles are trucks having trailers, each sensor can be arranged to detect hazardous materials in the trailer. When transit of hazardous materials through or over the infrastructure is prohibited, regulating the transit of the vehicle relative to the infrastructure may entail preventing the vehicle from passing through or over the infrastructure, e.g., by interposing a barrier to the vehicle'"'"'s passage through or over the infrastructure.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring transport of hazardous materials, comprising
arranging at least one sensor capable of detecting hazardous materials on a vehicle; -
transmitting information about the detection of hazardous materials by the at least one sensor upon approach of the vehicle to infrastructure regulating the transport of the hazardous materials; and regulating the transit of the vehicle relative to the infrastructure based on whether the at least one sensor provides information about the presence of hazardous materials on the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An arrangement for monitoring transport of hazardous materials on vehicles, comprising
at least one sensor capable of detecting hazardous materials arranged on each vehicle; -
a communications unit arranged on each vehicle and coupled to said at least one sensor; and an infrastructure monitoring facility arranged to monitor transit of vehicles relative to infrastructure, said monitoring facility being arranged to receive transmission from said communications units on the vehicle containing information about the presence of hazardous materials on each vehicle and regulating the transit of the vehicles relative to the infrastructure based on whether any vehicles contain hazardous materials. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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