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US 11,242,697 B2Granted
Road freight transport security system
AssigneeAET Int Ltd
InventorBarry Southon
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InventorBarry Southon
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A road freight transport security system for a vehicle, is described, which comprises a database; and a portable electronic device running a security application. The security application is configured to prompt a user to carry out a plurality of external security checks of the vehicle, provide a facility for the user to confirm completion of those checks, provide a facility for the user to associate one or more photographs, taken by the portable electronic device, with one or more of the checks, and to upload log data to the database, the log data indicating at least a date and time of completion of the checks. A sensor device is also provided, mounted within a freight area of the vehicle, having one or more sensors, and being operable to communicate an alert to the portable electronic device in the event that an anomaly is detected inside the freight area. In this way, real time detection of security breaches within a freight trailer or container may be achieved. The driver is not required to engage directly with an intruder, and is facilitated in reporting the crime and demonstrating that appropriate precautions had been taken. Accordingly, driver safety may be improved and freight thefts and or losses via contamination reduced.
A road freight transport security system for a vehicle, comprising:
A portable electronic device running a security application for a road freight transport security system for a vehicle, the portable electronic device providing access to a remote database, and being configured to receive alerts from a remote sensor device mounted within a freight area of the vehicle in the event that an anomaly is detected inside the freight area, the remote sensor device comprising one or more of a motion sensor, a CO2 sensor, a temperature sensor, and a humidity detector, each for detecting an anomaly indicative of unauthorized entry of and presence inside the freight area of the vehicle by one or more persons,
A remote sensor device, for mounting within a freight area of a vehicle, having, or being in communication with, one or more sensors, and being operable to communicate an alert to a portable electronic device in the event that an anomaly is detected inside the freight area, the portable electronic device running a security application for a road freight transport security system for the vehicle, the portable electronic device providing access to a remote database, and being configured to receive alerts from the remote sensor device in the event that the anomaly is detected inside the freight area, the remote sensor device comprising one or more of a motion sensor, a CO2 sensor, a temperature sensor, and a humidity detector, each for detecting an anomaly indicative of unauthorized entry of and presence inside the freight area of the vehicle by one or more persons,
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