US 11,850,914 B2
Methods and systems of conveying data to and from a transport climate control system
Christos Alkiviadis Polyzois, Bloomington, MN (US); Wendy K. Foslien, Woodbury, MN (US); Hardeep Singh, Minneapolis, MN (US); Grant Ovsak, Hopkins, MN (US); Matthew Srnec, Minnetonka, MN (US); Travis Lumpkin, Minneapolis, MN (US); George Wallace Malheiros, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Jordyn Purvins, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to THERMO KING LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by THERMO KING CORPORATION, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on May 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/326,439.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/028,144, filed on May 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0362564 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00735 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00971 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for conveying data from a transport climate control system (TCCS) that provides climate control within an internal space moved by a vehicle, the method comprising:
determining, by a controller, a set of TCCS operational measurements;
obtaining, by the controller, a set of TCCS operational settings, the set of TCCS operational settings including one or more of a tight temperature control configuration, a loose temperature control configuration, a setpoint temperature, a continuous airflow configuration, and a start-stop airflow configuration;
determining, by the controller, a set of cargo measurements;
tracking a freshness score to reflect a condition of goods in the internal space based on sensor data sensed by at least one sensor;
determining the set of TCCS operational settings to achieve a freshness target based on the freshness score;
controlling the TCCS with the set of TCCS operational settings;
creating a shipment performance log based on the set of TCCS operational measurements, the set of TCCS operational settings, and the set of cargo measurements;
publishing the shipment performance log to a data repository;
retrieving the shipment performance log; and
facilitating disposition of goods in the internal space based on the retrieved shipment performance log, disposition of goods including one or more of accepting the goods, inspecting the goods, rejecting the goods, and intervening to save the goods based on the shipment performance log,
wherein the data repository is Blockchain, publishing the shipment performance log includes disseminating, notarizing, and sharing the shipment performance log via the data repository,
wherein publishing the shipment performance log to the data repository is performed via telematics of the TCCS.