Method and apparatus for making status reporting devices for container handlers
US7598863B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 16, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08C17/02
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A mechanism and method for making status reporting devices for container handlers, including: providing a micro-controller module, and installing a program system into memory accessed by a computer directing the micro-controller module. The micro-controller module communicatively couples with means for wirelessly communicating and for sensing a state of the container handler. Means for wirelessly communicating may include means for wirelessly determining container handler location. The micro-controller module may be communicatively coupled to a separate means for determining location. An apparatus making the devices may include a second program system directing the invention's method through a second computer, which may control an assembly device in creating the micro-controller, coupled with the means for sensing and for wirelessly communicating.
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