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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2010
Marco Mauro, Turin, IT;
Stefano Cosenza, Turin, IT;
Paolo Capano, Turin, IT;
C.R.F. Societá Consortile per Azioni, Orbassano, IT;
Abstract
A container tracking system comprising a mobile unit configured to be coupled to a container to be tracked and to communicate with a remote control unit through of a communication system. The mobile unit comprising a positioning module, an alarm module adapted to detect alarm conditions related to said container, and a communication module generating a tracking signal containing positioning data of the mobile unit and/or alarm information associated with one or more alarm conditions related to the container. Furthermore, the mobile unit is configured to evolve to a temporary deactivation state whenever a communication unavailability condition of the tracking signal through the communication system occurs.