System for GPS location, impact, and temperature recorder for a transporting container

• US 9,664,793 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2014
• Issued: 05/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Byron Gene Stinson
• Original Assignee: Byron Gene Stinson
• Inventors: Stinson, Byron Gene
• Primary Examiner(s): LIU, HARRY K
• Application Number:
  US14/547,758
• Publication Number:
  US 20150192679A1
• Time in Patent Office: 923 Days
• Field of Search: 34235751
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile

Abstract

A system for global positioning system (GPS) location, impact, and temperature recorder for a transporting container is an apparatus which monitors the location and the conditions of the transporting container. The apparatus consists of a first housing and a second housing, mounted externally and internally to the transporting container, respectively. The first housing contains: a GPS module to monitor the location of the transporting container; a mobile communication module, to broadcast the readings the apparatus to an end user; a first chipset linking the electrical components together; and a plurality of external sensors monitor motion of the transporting container, as well as if the container has been tampered with. The second housing is linked to the first housing via a second chipset to the first chipset. A plurality of internal-environmental sensors located on the second housing monitors and transmits the internal conditions of the transporting container to the first chipset.

Claims

1. A system for GPS location, impact, and temperature recorder for a transporting container comprises:

a transporting container;

a first housing;

a second housing;

a global positioning system (GPS) module;

a mobile communications module;

a first chipset;

a second chipset;

a plurality of internal-environment sensors;

a plurality of external-environment sensors;

the first housing being externally mounted onto the transporting container;

the second housing being internally mounted onto the transporting container;

the GPS module, the mobile communications device, and the first chipset being positioned within the first housing;

the GPS module and the mobile communications module being electronically connected to the first chipset;

the second chipset and the at least one power supply being positioned within the second housing;

the second chipset being communicatively coupled to the first chipset;

the plurality of external-environmental sensors being electronically connected to the first chipset; and

the plurality of internal-environmental sensors being electronically connected to the second chipset.

2. The system for GPS location, impact, and temperature recorder for a transporting container, as claimed claim 1, comprises:

an antenna; and

the antenna being electronically connected to the mobile communication module.

3. The system for GPS location, impact, and temperature recorder for a transporting container, as claimed claim 2, comprises:

the antenna being adjacently mounted onto the first housing.

4. The system for GPS location, impact, and temperature recorder for a transporting container, as claimed claim 2, comprises:

the antenna being adjacently mounted onto the transporting container.

5. The system for GPS location, impact, and temperature recorder for a transporting container, as claimed claim 1, comprises:

at least one portable power supply; and

the at least one power supply being electrically connected to the first chipset and the second chipset.

6. The system for GPS location, impact, and temperature recorder for a transporting container, as claimed claim 1, comprises:

at least one power supply;

the at least one power supply comprises the first power supply and a second power supply;

the first power supply being positioned within the first housing;

the first power supply being electrically connected to the first chipset;

the second power supply being positioned within the second housing; and

the second power supply being electrically connected to the second chipset.

7. The system for GPS location, impact, and temperature recorder for a transporting container, as claimed claim 1, comprises:

the second chipset being electronically connected to the first chipset through a weatherproof cable; and

the weatherproof cable traversing from the first housing, through the transporting container, and to the second housing.

8. The system for GPS location, impact, and temperature recorder for a transporting container, as claimed claim 1, comprises:

a first short-range transceiver;

a second short-range transceiver;

the first short-range transceiver being electronically connected to first chipset;

the first short-range transceiver being positioned within the first housing;

the second short-range transceiver being electronically connected to second chipset;

the second short-range transceiver being positioned within the second housing; and

the first short-range transceiver being communicably coupled to the second short-range transceiver.

9. The system for GPS location, impact, and temperature recorder for a transporting container, as claimed claim 1, comprises:

the plurality of external-environmental sensors comprises an accelerometer; and

the accelerometer being mounted within the first housing.

10. The system for GPS location, impact, and temperature recorder for a transporting container, as claimed claim 1, comprises:

the transporting container comprises a door;

the plurality of external-environmental sensors comprises a door sensor; and

the door sensor being adjacently mounted onto the door.

11. The system for GPS location, impact, and temperature recorder for a transporting container, as claimed claim 1, comprises:

the plurality of internal-environment sensors comprises a temperature sensor; and

the temperature sensors being adjacently mounted onto the second housing.

12. The system for GPS location, impact, and temperature recorder for a transporting container, as claimed claim 1, comprises:

the plurality of internal-environment sensors comprises a humidity sensor; and

the humidity sensors being adjacently mounted onto the second housing.

13. The system for GPS location, impact, and temperature recorder for a transporting container, as claimed claim 1, comprises:

the plurality of internal-environment sensors comprises a light sensor; and

the light sensors being adjacently mounted onto the second housing.

14. The system for GPS location, impact, and temperature recorder for a transporting container, as claimed claim 1, comprises:

a camera;

the camera electronically connected to the second chipset; and

the camera being adjacently and pivotably mounted onto the second housing.