US 12,069,770 B2
Systems and methods for advanced grain storage and management using predictive analytics and anomaly detection
Naeem Zafar, Cupertino, CA (US); Nicholas William Garner, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Achint Jagjit Sanghi, San Diego, CA (US); Pragya Kumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Ali Ahmed, Los Gatos, CA (US); and Glenn Adler, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Telesense, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by TeleSense, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/089,011.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/932,103, filed on Nov. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0144802 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 84/04 (2009.01); A01G 22/00 (2018.01); F26B 9/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 84/04 (2013.01) [A01G 22/00 (2018.02); F26B 9/063 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor unit for monitoring crops and crop products stored in a storage environment, the sensor unit comprising:
(a) an upper enclosure, the upper enclosure containing at least the following:
(i) a power supply;
(ii) a memory;
(iii) a processor, the processor configured to execute instructions in the memory and to read and write data to and from the memory;
(iv) a radio receiver; and
(v) a radio transmitter;
(b) an elongated shaft, the elongated shaft coupled to the upper enclosure, wherein the elongated shaft comprises two or more local shaft sensors within and along the elongated shaft, wherein the two or more local shaft sensors comprise at least one of the following: a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an oxygen sensor, a carbon dioxide sensor, a phosphine sensor, an acoustic sensor, an ethylene sensor, a positioning sensor, an accelerometer, and a pressure sensor; and
(c) an antenna, the antenna coupled to the upper enclosure and configured to wirelessly transmit data and receive data;
wherein the power supply is coupled to the memory chip, the processor, the radio receiver, the radio transmitter, and the two or more local shaft sensors; the memory chip is coupled to the processor, the radio receiver, the radio transmitter and the two or more local shaft sensors; the processor is coupled to the radio receiver, the radio transmitter, and the two or more local shaft sensors; and the antenna is coupled to the radio transmitter and the radio receiver;
wherein the elongated shaft comprises a permeable area, thereby allowing the two or more local shaft sensors to detect the environment; and
wherein the sensor unit transmits data and receives data to a cloud computing system via a wireless network.