Device and method for monitoring a mobile object

A device for monitoring a mobile object, comprising:

• at least one sensor sensing and monitoring the mobile object;
• and
• a processor recording measured values from the sensor within a time span of a measuring frequency, wherein the processor determines, as a function of the recorded measured values, in what type of process in a transport chain the object is involved;
• wherein the mobile object is monitored, via the processor, as to whether external influences acting on the mobile object could damage the mobile object, wherein the external influences include at least two of:
• (i) excessive vibrations or shocks, (ii) temperatures below a minimum temperature or above a maximum temperature, (iii) excessive moisture;
• and/or (iv) excessive incident light, and
• wherein no GPS signal or no information is required from a provider or an active gateway to determine the type of process in which the mobile object is involved,
• wherein the device is attached on the mobile object, and the at least one sensor includes a triaxial acceleration sensor for recording the measured values of at least one measured value profile, which represent a movement profile, so that the external influences acting on the mobile object are transmittable to the device and registered by the acceleration sensor, and wherein the processor determines the process as a function of the movement profile, and
• wherein the processor is connected to the at least one sensor so that the measured values are transmittable by the at least one sensor to the processor and recorded by the processor,
• wherein the processor is additionally connected to a memory to allow for a bidirectional data exchange, so that the processor records and reads out the measured values in the memory, wherein the at least one measured value profile, which represents the predetermined process in the transport chain, is stored in the memory, so that the processor is able to read out the measured value profile,
• wherein a communication unit is connected bi-directionally to the processor and establishes a wireless connection to an external Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connection, and
• wherein the processor compares the recorded measured values to at least one measured value profile stored in the memory, which profile represents a predetermined process in the transport chain, and to determine that the predetermined process is the actual process if there is at least a partial match between the recorded measured values and the stored measured value profile,
• wherein the processor performs at least one response as a function of the determined process, and wherein the processor increases and/or lowers, as the at least one response, a measuring frequency at which the measured values are recorded,
• wherein the length of the time span of the measuring frequency is chosen depending on how long a recording of the measured values is required to draw a meaningful inference regarding the type of process in the transport chain in which the mobile object is involved, and
• wherein the at least one sensor includes a plurality of sensors, and wherein the measuring frequency is individually adapted for each of the sensors.