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Cargo sensors, cargo-sensing units, cargo-sensing systems, and methods of using the same

US11080643B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 2019
Grant dateAug 3, 2021
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T7/0008
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cargo-sensing unit including: an image sensor; a transceiver; at least one processor; and a memory having stored thereon computer program code that, when executed by the processor, controls the at least one processor to: receive, from a controlling server and through the transceiver, an instruction to capture an image of cargo space within a cargo container; control the image sensor to capture an image of the cargo space in response to receiving the instruction; and operate in accordance with a determined cargo container status based on an analysis of the captured image.

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