3 results about "Shipping container" patented technology

A multi-stage process utilizing one or more radiation sensors on a distributed network for the detection and identification of radiation, explosives, and special materials within a shipping container. The sensors are configured as nodes on the network. The system collects radiation data from one or more nodes and compares the collected data to one or more stored spectral images representing one or more isotopes to identify one or more isotopes present. The identified one or more isotopes present are corresponded to possible materials or goods that they represent. The possible materials or goods are compared with the manifest relating to the container to confirm the identity of materials or goods contained in the container or to detect and/or identify unauthorized materials or goods in the container. For shielded materials, explosives and other types of material detection, a neutron pulse device could be incorporated into the system.

A transport container (100) for transporting an object (105) has an object location (104) to receive the object (105) and a vacuum insulation panel VIP (102-i) to thermally insulate the object location (104). A sensor unit (120-i) in the VIP provides a panel condition signal (PCS, 125-i) that corresponds to a measurement value of a physical property of the VIP. The physical property influences thetemperature of the object (theta OBJECT). A short-distance transmitter unit (130-i) transmits a first coding (135-i) of the PCS inside the Container (100), a long-distance transmitter unit (140) transmits a second coding (145) of the PCS to a remote server (200) for processing the PSC. The server (200) determines a representation of an Operation State of the transport container, wherein the operation state is related to the temperature of the object (theta OBJECT). The material of the VIP is classified and differentiated so that transmitting parameters depend on the material.