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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2015
Applicant:
I.d. Systems, Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Michael L. Ehrman, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Steven R. Wendler, Flower Mound, TX (US);
James E. Gripp, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
I.D. SYSTEMS, INC., Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); A47G 29/122 (2006.01); G08B 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/182 (2013.01); A47G 29/1214 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); B65D 2203/00 (2013.01); G08B 13/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Implementations for a system to receive a message indicating that an ambient light level measured by an ambient light sensor within a container exceeds a first threshold value or falls below a second threshold value; in response to the message indicating that the ambient light level exceeds the first threshold value, activate a cargo sensor; and in response to the message indicating that the ambient light level falls below the second threshold value, de-activate the cargo sensor.