Automated wireless securement-monitoring and feedback system
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsAnil Singh Bika, Nathan F. Thompson, Dorel M. Sala, Kenneth J. Shoemaker, Norman J. Weigert
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Abstract
Methods and systems for receiving, by a destination device at which a securement-monitoring application is operating, from a securement sensor device, a securement-condition communication indicating a condition of a securement remote to the destination device. Operations also include determining, by the destination device using the securement-monitoring application, an action to take responsive to the securement-condition communication, such as notifying a user of an undesired condition at the securement. The operations further include initiating the action determined.
Claims18
A securement sensing device comprising:
- a body having a top wall, a first wall, and a second wall, wherein the first wall and the second wall are opposite one another and the top wall extends between the first wall and the second wall;
- a first bar attached to the first wall;
- a second bar attached to the second wall;
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- a sensor attached to the top wall, wherein the sensor is positioned on the top wall such that at least a portion of a height of the sensor extends above a height of a top edge of the first wall and a height of a top edge of the second wall;
- wherein a strap passes between the first bar and the first wall, over the top edge of the first wall, over the sensor, over the top edge of the second wall, and between the second bar and the second wall such that tensioning of the strap moves the strap toward the top wall such that the strap exerts a force on the sensor;
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- wherein the sensor is configured to sense the force exerted on the sensor by the strap in operation.
A securement sensing device comprising:
- a base wall;
- a first wall attached to the base wall;
- a second wall attached to the base wall, the second wall opposing the first wall;
- a first pin disposed between the first wall and the second wall;
- a second pin disposed between the first wall and the second wall;
- a third pin disposed between the first wall and the second wall, wherein the second pin and the third pin are closer to the base wall than the first pin;
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- a sensor, wherein the first pin is configured to directly apply a force to the sensor, wherein the force is one of a compression force or a pulling force;
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- wherein a strap passes under the second pin between the second pin and the base wall, over the first pin, and under the third pin between the third pin and the base wall, wherein tensioning of the strap applies a compression force to the first pin and the first pin directly applies the force to the sensor such that the sensor detects the force applied by the first pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.