COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF MONITORING THE OPERATION OF A CARGO SHIPPING REEFER CONTAINER
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of remotely monitoring the operation of a cargo shipping reefer container configured with a refrigeration system that has installed therewith a control computer coupled with sensors monitoring the operation of the refrigeration system;
- the method comprises;
collecting, from the control computer, a first set of observation data and a second set of observation data comprising a respective first and second sequence of measurement values measured by sensors coupled to the control computer;
collecting preset values, from a database, that define settings for a cargo property value that defines thermo-dynamic properties of the cargo,running a simulation model that receives the first set of observation data and the preset values as input and outputs simulated values;
wherein the simulation model is configured to output the simulated values as estimates of the second set of the observation data;
computing an indicator value as a function of residual values computed from the difference between the values of the second set of observation data and the simulated values;
evaluating the indicator value against a predefined criterion and issuing an alarm signal in case the predefined criterion is exceeded.
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Abstract
Techniques for remotely monitoring the operation of a cargo shipping reefer container configured with a refrigeration system that has installed therewith a control computer coupled with sensors monitoring the operation of the refrigeration system include: collecting a first and second set of observation data comprising a respective first and second sequence of measurement values measured by sensors coupled to the control computer; running a simulation model that receives the first set of observation data as input and outputs simulated values; the simulation model is configured to output the simulated values as estimates of the second set of the observations; computing an indicator value as a function of residual values computed from the difference between the values of the second set of observations and the simulated values; and evaluating the indicator value against a predefined criterion and issuing an alarm signal in case the predefined criterion is exceeded.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of remotely monitoring the operation of a cargo shipping reefer container configured with a refrigeration system that has installed therewith a control computer coupled with sensors monitoring the operation of the refrigeration system;
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the method comprises; collecting, from the control computer, a first set of observation data and a second set of observation data comprising a respective first and second sequence of measurement values measured by sensors coupled to the control computer; collecting preset values, from a database, that define settings for a cargo property value that defines thermo-dynamic properties of the cargo, running a simulation model that receives the first set of observation data and the preset values as input and outputs simulated values;
wherein the simulation model is configured to output the simulated values as estimates of the second set of the observation data;computing an indicator value as a function of residual values computed from the difference between the values of the second set of observation data and the simulated values; evaluating the indicator value against a predefined criterion and issuing an alarm signal in case the predefined criterion is exceeded. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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