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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2017
Spireon, Inc., Knoxville, TN (US);
Jeffrey M. Drazan, Woodside, CA (US);
James Brady, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA (US);
Jim Epler, Irvine, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Disclosed are a method, a device and/or a system of utilizing a camera array system to detect a load status of a semi-trailer truck. A sensor array is affixed to a surface of a trailer of the semi-trailer truck to automatically determine whether a cargo area of the semi-trailer truck is occupied. A set of cameras of the sensor array have each camera embedded in individual recesses of the sensor array. The cargo area is illuminated using at least one light source of the sensor array. A memory and a processor associated with the sensor array are configured to store one baseline image of the cargo area of the trailer in an empty state. The processor is configured to detect a triggering event. The processor determines a cargo status based upon a difference between the current image and the baseline image, and sends the cargo status to a dispatcher.