System and method for automated container chassis stack configuration determination and reporting

A first electronic device for mounting to a first transport chassis to transmit transport chassis stacking configuration information, comprising:

• a first radio transceiver;
• an accelerometer and gyro;
• an altimeter;
• a memory;
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, to the first radio transceiver, to the accelerometer and gyro, and to the altimeter;
• and
• an application stored in a non-transitory portion of the memory that, when executed by the processor
• determines a count of transport chassis in a stack of transport chassis that includes the first transport chassis, and
• transmits the count of transport chassis in the stack of transport chassis via the first radio transceiver.

A method of determining a transport chassis stacking configuration, comprising:

• determining by an application executing on a processor an orientation of each of a plurality of transport chassis in a stacked configuration, wherein the orientation is one of a rightside-up orientation or an upside-down configuration;
• determining by the application an elevation of each of the transport chassis;
• determining by the application a count of transport chassis in the transport chassis stack;
• and
• determining by the application based on the orientation of each of the transport chassis and based on the elevation of each of the transport chassis a transport chassis stacking configuration of the transport chassis as one of a road stacking configuration and a park stacking configuration.