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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2000
Johan Dawid Kruger, Witkoppen, ZA;
Supersensor (Proprietary) Limited, Midrand, ZA;
Abstract
A system,for monitoring the load on a load carrying vehicle comprises an electronic radio frequency (RF) identification system,comprising a reader,and a plurality of RF transponders,to,. Each transponder is associated with a respective load item,to,, and the items collectively constitute the load located in a load carrying region of the vehicle. The reader is operative in use to interrogate the transponders, to read response data received from the transponders and to generate data relating to a load change event. A controller,and a vehicle position data generating device,are connected to the controller. The controller is sensitive to a load change event and operative to record vehicle position related data corresponding to the load change event.