Actuatable cushioning elements
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1. A system comprising:
- circuitry for determining at least one first event associated with packing of at least one container and at least one second event associated with movement of the at least one container; and
circuitry for establishing one or more communications with at least some of two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container for (i) at least partially actuating at least some of the two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container in response to the at least one first event associated with packing of the at least one container and (ii) at least partially actuating at least some of the two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container in response to the at least one second event associated with movement of the at least one container.
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Abstract
An apparatus, methods and computer program product, and system are described that enable a first subset of actuatable cushioning elements for a first time period, enable a second subset of actuatable cushioning elements for a second time period, determine an event, and actuate, based on a time the event is determined, at least one of the first and the second subsets of actuatable cushioning elements to provide cushioning support for an object. Other example embodiments are also provided relating to actuatable cushioning elements.
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22 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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circuitry for determining at least one first event associated with packing of at least one container and at least one second event associated with movement of the at least one container; and circuitry for establishing one or more communications with at least some of two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container for (i) at least partially actuating at least some of the two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container in response to the at least one first event associated with packing of the at least one container and (ii) at least partially actuating at least some of the two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container in response to the at least one second event associated with movement of the at least one container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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means for determining at least one first event associated with packing of at least one container and at least one second event associated with movement of the at least one container; and means for establishing one or more communications with at least some of two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container for (i) at least partially actuating at least some of the two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container in response to the at least one first event associated with packing of the at least one container and (ii) at least partially actuating at least some of the two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container in response to the at least one second event associated with movement of the at least one container.
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20. A method comprising:
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determining at least one first event associated with packing of at least one container and at least one second event associated with movement of the at least one container; and establishing one or more communications with at least some of two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container for (i) at least partially actuating at least some of the two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container in response to the at least one first event associated with packing of the at least one container and (ii) at least partially actuating at least some of the two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container in response to the at least one second event associated with movement of the at least one container.
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21. Non-transitory computer readable media bearing one or more instructions for facilitating operations comprising:
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determining at least one first event associated with packing of at least one container and at least one second event associated with movement of the at least one container; and establishing one or more communications with at least some of two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container for (i) at least partially actuating at least some of the two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container in response to the at least one first event associated with packing of the at least one container and (ii) at least partially actuating at least some of the two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container in response to the at least one second event associated with movement of the at least one container.
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22. A system comprising:
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one or more event detectors for determining at least one first event associated with packing of at least one container and at least one second event associated with movement of the at least one container; and one or more controllers for establishing one or more communications with at least some of two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container for (i) at least partially actuating at least some of the two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container in response to the at least one first event associated with packing of the at least one container and (ii) at least partially actuating at least some of the two or more actuatable cushioning elements internal of the at least one container in response to the at least one second event associated with movement of the at least one container.
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