ON-BOARD LOW-POWER VEHICLE CONDITION INDICATOR
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Abstract
A monitoring unit wirelessly monitors sensor(s) associated with a vehicle and includes (a) a radio frequency (RF) receiver that receives RF signals from one or more sensors; (b) a processing unit connected to the RF receiver that monitors information related received RF signals from the sensor(s); (c) the processing unit monitoring the received RF signals and a status of an output of the sensor(s) associated with the vehicle. The received RF signals may include information on a value of an output of the sensor and limits of acceptable values, and the processing unit generates an alarm when the value of the output is outside of the limits of acceptable values. The alarm may be a visual indication visible from the exterior of the vehicle.
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44 Claims
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25. A sensor monitoring system comprising:
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a housing mountable to an exterior surface of a transport apparatus; a radio frequency (RF) receiver positioned at least partially within the housing, the RF receiver configured to receive RF signals from a sensor unit associated with the transport apparatus, the RF signals including information associated with an output of one or more sensors of the sensor unit; a processing unit positioned within the housing and communicatively coupled to the RF receiver, the processing unit configured to monitor the information associated with the output of the one or more sensors; and a visual alarm indicator positioned at least partially within the housing and communicatively coupled to the processing unit, the visual alarm indicator including a state indicator configured to be visible from an exterior of the transport apparatus, the visual alarm indicator further configured to receive power only when changing a state and otherwise maintain the state without receiving power, wherein the processing unit is further configured to change the state of the visual alarm indicator when the information associated with the output of the one or more sensors is outside of one or more threshold values. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A sensor monitoring system comprising:
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housing means mountable to an exterior surface of a transport apparatus; receiver means for receiving RF signals from a sensor unit associated with the transport apparatus, the receiver means positioned at least partially within the housing, wherein the RF signals include information associated with an output of one or more sensors of the sensor unit; processing means for monitoring the information associated with the output of the one or more sensors, the processing means positioned within the housing and communicatively coupled to the RF receiver; and indicator means for indicating a current state of the sensor monitoring system, the indicator means positioned at least partially within the housing means, communicatively coupled to the processing means, and, when mounted to the transport apparatus, visible from an exterior of the transport apparatus, wherein the indicator means are further configured to receive power only when changing a current state and otherwise maintain the current state without receiving power, wherein the processing means are further configured to change the state of the visual alarm indicator when the information associated with the output of the one or more sensors is outside of one or more threshold values. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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43. A method of monitoring an output of one or more sensors of a sensor unit associated with a transport apparatus, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a radio frequency (RF) receiver of a sensor monitoring system, RF signals from a sensor unit associated with the transport apparatus, wherein the RF receiver is configured to receive RF signals from the sensor unit associated with the transport apparatus, and wherein the RF signals include information associated with an output of the one or more sensors of the sensor unit; monitoring, by a processing unit of the sensor monitoring system, the information associated with the output of the one or more sensors; presenting a state of a visual alarm indicator of the sensor monitoring system, wherein the state of a visual alarm indicator is visible from an exterior of the transport apparatus, wherein the visual alarm indicator does not receive power and maintains the first state without receiving power, detecting, by a processing unit of the sensor monitoring system, that the information associated with the output of the one or more sensors is outside of one or more threshold values; and responsive to detecting that the information associated with the output of the one or more sensors is outside of one or more threshold values, changing the state of the visual alarm indicator, wherein the visual alarm indicator receives power when changing the state. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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