Method and apparatus using radio-location tags to report status for a container handler
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1. A computerized method of reporting a location and a status for a container handler, comprising the step of operating a micro-controller module further comprising the steps of:
- using a means for sensing said state of said container handler to create a sensed state;
using a means for wireless determining location to communicate said sensed state of said container handler, with said means for wirelessly determining implementing means for providing timed signal bursts to multiple antenna sites to support determining said location and a radio location-tag unit;
wherein said container handler moves a container at least twenty feet in length.
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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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1. A computerized method of reporting a location and a status for a container handler, comprising the step of operating a micro-controller module further comprising the steps of:
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using a means for sensing said state of said container handler to create a sensed state; using a means for wireless determining location to communicate said sensed state of said container handler, with said means for wirelessly determining implementing means for providing timed signal bursts to multiple antenna sites to support determining said location and a radio location-tag unit; wherein said container handler moves a container at least twenty feet in length. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for sensing a state of a container handler to create a sensed state; means for wirelessly determining location to communicate said sensed state of said container handler, with said means for wirelessly determining implementing means for providing timed signal bursts to multiple antenna sites to support determining said location and a radio location-tag unit; and a micro-controller module first communicatively coupled to said means for wirelessly determining location and second communicatively coupled to said means for sensing said state, whereby said micro-controller module uses said means for sensing to create said sensed state, and said micro-controller modules uses said means for wirelessly determining location to communicate said sensed state. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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