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Device and method for monitoring the transit time of transported articles

US5903856A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 16, 1996
Grant dateMay 11, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01P1/127
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a device and a method for monitoring the transit time of transported articles, in which the movement of a consignment is recorded by a monitoring system acceleration sensor of which the measured values are stored and delivered to an evaluation arrangement, a predetermined number of K frequency spectra are determined in each predetermined cycle period T in order to give predetermined number of N measured values in each case, the K frequency spectra are integrated, and the integrated frequency spectra are stored in a memory.

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