Arrangement and Method for Monitoring Shipping Containers
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1. An arrangement for monitoring the weight of a shipping container, comprising:
- a strain gage-based sensor system arranged to obtain information about the weight of a container and comprising one or more strain gage weight sensors for measuring weight at a mounting location;
a wireless communication system arranged to receive the weight measured by said weight sensors and process the received weight into an indication of the weight of the shipping container or the weight of contents therein; and
a wireless interrogator controlled by a processor to initiate a transmission of the weight measured by said weight sensors to said communication system.
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Arrangement for monitoring the weight of a shipping container includes a strain gage-based sensor system arranged to obtain information about the weight of a container and comprising one or more strain gage weight sensors for measuring weight at a mounting location, a wireless communication system arranged to receive the weight measured by the weight sensors and process the received weight into an indication of the weight of the shipping container or the weight of contents therein, and a wireless interrogator controlled by a processor to initiate a transmission of the weight measured by the weight sensors to the communication system.
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1. An arrangement for monitoring the weight of a shipping container, comprising:
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a strain gage-based sensor system arranged to obtain information about the weight of a container and comprising one or more strain gage weight sensors for measuring weight at a mounting location; a wireless communication system arranged to receive the weight measured by said weight sensors and process the received weight into an indication of the weight of the shipping container or the weight of contents therein; and a wireless interrogator controlled by a processor to initiate a transmission of the weight measured by said weight sensors to said communication system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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