US 12,072,193 B2
Methods and systems for notifying and mitigating a suboptimal event occurring in a transport climate control system
Ryan Wayne Schumacher, Bloomington, MN (US); Mark D. Leasure, Eagan, MN (US); Casey Briscoe, Minnetonka, MN (US); Matthew Srnec, Minnetonka, MN (US); Philip Lewis Lavrich, Mooresville, NC (US); Panayu Robert Srichai, Minneapolis, MN (US); Wallace Stephen Hubbard, Chanhassen, MN (US); and Grant A. Baumgardner, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to THERMO KING LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/420,032
Filed by THERMO KING LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 31, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/068129
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/142061, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0090924 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3415 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00428 (2013.01); B60H 1/3205 (2013.01); B60H 1/3225 (2013.01); B60H 1/3232 (2013.01); G07C 5/0825 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for notifying and mitigating a suboptimal event occurring in a transport climate control system that provides climate control to a climate controlled space of a transport unit, the method comprising:
monitoring an amount of power available for powering the transport climate control system;
monitoring a power demand from the transport climate control system;
accessing operational data of the transport climate control system and the transport unit, wherein the operational data includes climate control data for the transport climate control system and route data for the transport unit;
a controller determining whether a suboptimal event is detected based on:
the accessed operational data, including the climate control data for the transport climate control system and the route data for the transport unit; and
one or more of the monitored amount of power available and the monitored power demand;
the controller generating a notification when a suboptimal event is detected; and
the controller instructing the generated notification to be displayed on a display,
wherein the suboptimal event is one or more of an insufficient energy event, a predicted insufficient energy event, a poor operation and/or improper use event of the transport climate control system, an unexpected change in location of the transport unit, an unexpected change in a climate condition, and a trip goal for a driver is not being met.