US 12,249,165 B2
Asset tracking and monitoring in transportation
Uday Shankar, Herndon, VA (US)
Assigned to AMETEK, INC., Berwyn, PA (US)
Filed by AMETEK, INC., Berwyn, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/357,201.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/043,953, filed on Jun. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0406566 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G06T 7/62 (2017.01); B65D 88/12 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01F 17/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0639 (2023.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06V 20/59 (2022.01) [B65D 88/12 (2013.01); G01C 21/005 (2013.01); G01F 17/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0639 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30268 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); H04N 7/188 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An asset monitoring system comprising:
a server; and
a monitoring system mounted in a container, the monitoring system including:
a camera;
a transceiver; and
a controller configured to:
control the camera to capture images of the inside of the container,
control the transceiver transmit the images to the server,
wherein the controller captures and transmits the images to the server based on a door sensor trigger of the container,
wherein the server is configured to:
process the images to determine loading data including at least one of an unused volume or an unused floor space inside the container, and
transmit the loading data to a customer computer.