Transport container with remote surveillance capability

US10883759B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Frank Beham · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Stefan Kolb · Unterschleißheim, DE
• Philipp Johannes Boeckmann · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Jan Kurt Walter Sandler · Heidelberg, DE
• Marc Fricke · Straubing, DE
• Elsie Jamin-Maguire · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Joerg Krogmann · Lemförde, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 27, 2017
• Grant date: Jan 5, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 24, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q2209/82
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A transport container for transporting an object includes an object location to receive the object and a vacuum insulation panel (VIP) to thermally insulate the object location. A sensor unit in the VIP provides a panel condition signal that corresponds to a measurement value of a physical property of the VIP. The physical property influences temperature of the object. A short-distance transmitter unit transmits a first coding of the PCS inside the Container, a long-distance transmitter unit transmits a second coding of the PCS to a remote server for processing the PCS. The server determines a representation of an operation state of the transport container, wherein the operation state is related to the temperature of the object. The material of the VIP is classified and differentiated so that transmitting parameters depend on the material.