Controlling detection of cargo transportation unit conditions
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsMahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Jesse William Bennett, Scott Leonard Dill, Mark Edward Reaume, Jason Wayne Jantzi, Yu Gao, Alexander Karl Levato
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Abstract
In some examples, a system includes a communication interface, and at least one processor configured to cause sending, to a sensor device attached to a cargo transportation unit (CTU), parameter information through the communication interface, the parameter information controlling detection of a condition associated with the CTU by the sensor device.
Claims18
A system comprising:
- a communication interface;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- receive configuration information representing a configuration of a cargo transportation unit (CTU),
- obtain a parameter for the configuration of the CTU, and
- send, to a sensor device attached to the CTU, the parameter through the communication interface,
- the parameter controlling detection of a condition associated with the CTU by the sensor device, wherein the parameter controls a signal strength of a signal emitted by a sensor in the sensor device, and wherein the parameter when set to a first value causes the sensor to emit the signal at a first signal strength, and the parameter when set to a second value causes the sensor to emit the signal at a second signal strength different from the first signal strength.
A sensor device for attachment to a cargo transportation unit (CTU), comprising:
- a sensor;
- a communication interface to communicate over a network;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- receive a parameter through the communication interface, the parameter transmitted by a remote service over the network,
- modify an operating characteristic of the sensor based on the parameter to provide a calibrated sensor, wherein the operating characteristic is a signal strength of a signal emitted by the sensor, wherein the modifying comprises:
- setting a first signal strength of the signal emitted by the calibrated sensor when the parameter is set to a first value;
- setting a second signal strength of the signal emitted by the calibrated sensor when the parameter is set to a second value, the second signal strength being different from the first signal strength,
- receive measurement data from the calibrated sensor, and
- determine a condition of the CTU based on the measurement data.
A method performed by a sensor device in a cargo transportation unit (CTU), comprising:
- receiving a parameter through a communication interface, the parameter transmitted by a remote service over a network;
- calibrating a sensor of the sensor device in the CTU based on the parameter, the calibrating of the sensor comprising modifying an operating characteristic of the sensor based on the parameter, wherein the operating characteristic is a signal strength of a signal emitted by the sensor, wherein the modifying comprises:
- setting a first signal strength of the signal emitted by the calibrated sensor when the parameter is set to a first value;
- setting a second signal strength of the signal emitted by the calibrated sensor when the parameter is set to a second value, the second signal strength being different from the first signal strength;
- measuring, by the calibrated sensor, measurement data of the CTU;
- and
- determining a condition of the CTU based on the measurement data from the calibrated sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.