×

Low power remote asset monitoring

  • US RE40,073 E1
  • Filed: 05/01/2006
  • Issued: 02/19/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. An asset including an arrangement for monitoring the asset and inanimate contents in an interior of the asset, comprising:

  • an interior sensor system arranged on the asset, said interior sensor system being arranged to obtain information about the inanimate contents in the interior of the asset different than the presence of the contents, the location of the asset and the inanimate contents thereof;

    a location determining system arranged on the asset, said location determining system being arranged to monitor the location of the asset; and

    a communication system arranged on the asset and coupled to said interior sensor system and said location determining system, said communication system being arranged to transmit the information about the inanimate contents in the interior of the asset and the location of the asset to a remote facility, said interior sensor system comprising at least one wave receiver arranged to receive waves from the interior of the asset and a processor arranged to compare waves received by said at least one wave receiver at different times and obtain information about the inanimate contents in the interior of the asset based on the comparison of the waves received by said at least one wave receiver at different times.

View all claims
  • 0 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×