Blackberry Corporation

Research in Motion Corporation

Malikie Innovations Limited

Yu Gao

Scott Leonard Dill

Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad

Jesse William Bennett

Jason Wayne Jantzi

Alexander Levato

Cortez M Corley

Shouxing Qu

Zhijun Cai

Gaëlle Christine Martin-Cocher

Sandeep Chennakeshu

Mark Edward Reaume

Joseph Orais Santiago

Dake He

Antanas Matthew Broga

Ying Tong Man

Cornel Mercea

Sameh Ayoub

Enliang Wang

Suresh Periyalwar

Jason Tyler Griffin

Todd Andrew Wood

Mihal Lazaridis

Michael Peter Montemurro

Joel Paul Steele

Arnett Ryan Weber

Jonathan Quinn Brubacher

Amit Pal Singh

Hsin Chin Lee

Victor James Stolpman

Steven Robert Grenier

Priyadarshini Krishnaswamy

Shigeharu Furukawa

Alexander Karl Levato

Mahendra Fuleswar Prasad

An asset tracking device and method for detecting the presence of an intermodal shipping container and responsively selecting a preferred location determination. The device may include a controller, a sensor coupled to the controller, a global navigation satellite system chip, and a cellular signal transceiver. While not detecting a container, the controller obtains location data via a global satellite system chip. While a container is detected, the sensor sends a detection signal to the controller and, responsive to the detection signal, the controller obtains location data from a cellular signal transceiver and not from the global satellite system chip.

Asset tracking device and methods for location determination

Cargo radar housing

Devices and methods for detecting and reporting a battery tamper event with regard to an intrinsically-safe or explosion-proof device while the device is located in a hazardous environment. The device may include a location sensor for determining that the device is in a hazardous location. While in the hazardous location, the device may detect an open enclosure event using a sensor and, if so, it may monitor for detection of a battery tampering event. The battery tampering event may include battery replacement or battery charging. The battery tamper event may be reported to a remote server over a wireless channel when it occurs.

Tamper detection for intrinsically-safe or explosion-proof enclosures

Visor accessory for a sensor

A method at a sensor apparatus, the method including calculating a value for a target function based on at least one sensor of the sensor apparatus; determining that the value of the target function is within a defined threshold range for a defined time period, thereby finding an in-flight state for the sensor apparatus; and turning off transmission from a radio of the sensor apparatus based on the in-flight state.

Method and system for moving status detection for a sensor apparatus

Systems and methods for determining a presence of cargo within a container are described. The determination may comprise transmitting a first electromagnetic signal within the container and receiving a first reflected electromagnetic signal corresponding to the first electromagnetic signal. The first reflected electromagnetic signal may be converted into a set of first magnitude values corresponding to a set of bin values representing a respective distance from the radar device. The first magnitude values may be integrated, using a moving window, over successive subranges of bin values to produce a set of integrated magnitude values. A set of integrated base magnitude values may be subtracted from the set of integrated magnitude values to produce a set of normalized integrated magnitude values. A presence of cargo within the container may then be determined by comparing each of the normalized integrated magnitude values with corresponding threshold values.

Method and system for detecting cargo inside a container

A method for updating communication parameters on a mobile device, the method including sending a communication from the mobile device to a server, the communication including a location of the mobile device; receiving at the mobile device, responsive to the communication, a new communication parameter; reconfiguring the mobile device with the new communication parameter; and sending a second communication from the mobile device to the server, the second communication using the new communication parameter.

Method and system for dynamic APN selection

Tilt bracket set

A method at a sensor apparatus affixed to a transportation asset, the method including detecting a trigger at the sensor apparatus; taking a threshold number of samples of a displacement-related value of the transportation asset over time; determining that a variance of the threshold number of samples exceeds a threshold; analyzing a frequency property based on the threshold number of samples; and based on the frequency property, determining whether the transportation asset is loaded or unloaded.

Method and system for cargo loading detection

A method at a computing device, the method including obtaining sensor data for a vehicle providing vibration frequency and magnitude; calculating an energy for each of a low frequency passband and a high frequency passband of a bandpass filter pair; finding an energy ratio based on the energy for the low frequency passband and the energy for the high frequency passband; applying weighting constants to each of the energy for the low frequency passband, the energy for the high frequency passband and the energy ratio to calculate a decision variable; and finding that the vehicle is unloaded if the decision variable is below a threshold and finding that the vehicle is loaded if the decision variable is above a threshold.

Method and system for shipping container loading and unloading estimation

A method for pairing a first computing device with a second computing device, the method including: detecting motion at the first computing device; determining, at the first computing device, that a pattern of the detected motion corresponds with a saved motion pattern; and activating a communications subsystem on the first computing device based on the determining to begin a pairing process.

Method and system for pairing a chassis and container in an asset tracking system

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Yu Gao