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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2016
Fedex Corporate Services, Inc., Collierville, TN (US);
Reuben F. Burch, V, Rossville, TN (US);
William Cawein, Germantown, TN (US);
FEDEX CORPORATE SERVICES, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Apparatus, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are described for detecting an operational safety condition within a container using a scanning sensor node deployed within the container and above a storage space within the container. For example, the method uses the scanning sensor node to sense if the container is in a closed state and monitors the storage space from above the storage space while the container is in the closed state. The method then has the scanning sensor node detecting a movement within the container based upon the monitoring of the storage space while in the closed state. Such a detected movement is indicative of the operational safety condition. The method then has the scanning sensor node transmitting an alert to a managing node over a wireless communication interface of the scanning sensor node, where the alert is associated with the operational safety condition within the container.