Method and apparatus using radio-location tags to report status for a container handler
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a micro-controller module for use on a top handler communicatively coupled to a means for optically sensing a container code of a container being handled by said top handler to create an optical container characteristic including at least one member of a container code characteristic collection, and communicatively coupled to at least one of a means for wirelessly communicating said optical container characteristic, and a means for wirelessly determining location;
wherein said micro-controller module includes a computer;
said computer further includes at least one member of a list comprising an instruction processor, an inferential engine, a neural network, and a finite state machine;
wherein said instruction processor includes at least one instruction processing element and at least one data processing element;
wherein each of said data processing elements is controlled by at least one of said instruction processing elementsand said instruction processor is accessibly coupled to a memory and said instruction processor is directed by a program system including program steps residing in said memory; and
wherein said finite state machine includes at least one of;
means for using a means for sensing a state of said top handler to create a sensed state;
means for using said means for wireless communicating to communicate said sensed state of said top handler.
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Abstract
The invention includes apparatus and methods using a means for wirelessly communicating, preferably a radio location-tag unit, for reporting a sensed state of a container handler. The status reporting device may include: a micro-controller module, a means for wirelessly communicating, which may include means for wirelessly determining container handler location, and a means for sensing the state of the container handler.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a micro-controller module for use on a top handler communicatively coupled to a means for optically sensing a container code of a container being handled by said top handler to create an optical container characteristic including at least one member of a container code characteristic collection, and communicatively coupled to at least one of a means for wirelessly communicating said optical container characteristic, and a means for wirelessly determining location; wherein said micro-controller module includes a computer;
said computer further includes at least one member of a list comprising an instruction processor, an inferential engine, a neural network, and a finite state machine;wherein said instruction processor includes at least one instruction processing element and at least one data processing element;
wherein each of said data processing elements is controlled by at least one of said instruction processing elementsand said instruction processor is accessibly coupled to a memory and said instruction processor is directed by a program system including program steps residing in said memory; and wherein said finite state machine includes at least one of; means for using a means for sensing a state of said top handler to create a sensed state; means for using said means for wireless communicating to communicate said sensed state of said top handler. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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