Security monitoring system for a bulk foodstuff transport container

US7886959B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Western Kentucky University · US
• University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. · US
• University of Kentucky Research Foundation · US

Inventors

• Christopher Dwight Thompson · Lexington, US
• Suraj M. Alexander · Anchorage, US
• William L. Crist · Lexington, US
• Brian D. Luck · Hanson, US
• James Ryan Moore · Beaver Dam, US
• Jonathan C. Paschal · Alvaton, US
• Frederick Alan Payne · Lexington, US
• Timothy S. Stombaugh · Nicholasville, US
• Nasrin Tabayehnejad · Lexington, US
• Phillip C. Womble · White House, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 19, 2008
• Grant date: Feb 15, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T70/554
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A security monitoring system provides for the secure transport of a bulk foodstuff container. The system includes an electromechanical locking mechanism allowing access by only authorized persons, a positional locator for determining the geographical position of the bulk foodstuff transport container, and a controller associated with the transport container. The controller controls operation of the electromechanical locking mechanism, stores data received from the electromechanical locking mechanism and the positional locator, and communicates with a remote data processor in near real time. A handheld user interface device is configured to control operation of the controller, to process and store data received from the controller, and to communicate with the remote data processor. Unique identifiers are provided for the bulk foodstuff transport container, the transport vehicle, any storage container from which or into which a bulk foodstuff is transferred, and any authorized operator of the security monitoring system.