ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,401, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to THERMO KING LLC (Minneapolis).
"Virtual door sensor for transport unit" was invented by Girija Parthasarathy (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Stephanie Deckas Benson (Prior Lake, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of providing a virtual door sensor for a transport unit is disclosed. The method includes monitoring operation of a transport climate control system for a climate controlled space to obtain transport climate control system operating data; transforming the transport climate control system operating data into door event model inputs; predicting a door event based on the obtained do...