Cargo security sensing system
CA 2581589 C · Owner: Accenture Global Services Limited · Inventors: Fano, Andrew E.
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A cargo security sensing system includes a smart container having a sensor wherein the smart container is a standard shipping cargo container that includes the sensor. The sensor may be any suitable type of sensing device capable of sensing changes in environmental conditions. The sensing system includes a plurality of dumb containers in corresponding relation to the smart container, wherein, the dumb container may be any suitable shipment container including the same type of cargo shipment container or other type as the , smart container, excluding the sensor. The system for cargo security provides for the smart container to detect an event occurring with respect to either the smart …
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- Filed October 5, 2005 and granted June 17, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 5, 2025.
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