Biometric Locked Canister with Weight Tracking for Cannabis Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current transportation containers for cannabis lack effective monitoring and security features, leading to discrepancies in weight and unauthorized access during transit.
Innovation Solution
A modular transportation container with weight monitoring, biometric security, and GPS tracking capabilities, allowing real-time weight data transmission and secure access through a biometric authorization system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional transportation containers are used for cannabis, then the container structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the container cannot monitor weight and location during transit, leading to information loss
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple monitoring functions (weight sensing via load cells, GPS location tracking, temperature monitoring, and humidity sensing) into a single integrated container system. The electronic components are merged within the container structure, with all sensors and communication modules working together to provide comprehensive monitoring of cannabis during transportation, thereby preventing information loss without requiring separate independent systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The container is designed with multi-functionality to address various monitoring needs simultaneously. It can track weight through load cells, determine location via GPS, monitor environmental conditions (temperature and humidity), and provide security alerts. This universal monitoring system ensures all critical parameters are captured in one integrated platform, resolving the information loss problem while maintaining practical device complexity.
2Reliability
If traditional containers without security systems are used, then the container is easy to operate and access, but unauthorized access and weight discrepancies cannot be prevented or detected
Solution Approach 1:
The container incorporates a feedback mechanism where the biometric sensor continuously monitors for authorized access, and the load cells continuously track weight changes. When unauthorized access is detected (biometric authentication fails) or weight discrepancies occur, the system immediately generates alerts and notifications to relevant parties. This real-time feedback loop ensures security reliability while maintaining ease of operation for authorized users through automatic verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The biometric authentication system provides self-service access control by automatically verifying authorized individuals without requiring manual security checks. The system independently handles authentication, monitoring, and alerting functions, reducing the need for external security personnel while maintaining high reliability. Authorized users simply present their biometric data for automatic verification, making the process both secure and easy to operate.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a modular container system is implemented, then the container can be adapted for various functions and configurations, but the device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into modular segments including removable trays, adjustable dividers, and separable electronic modules. The load cells, sensors, and communication components are designed as independent modules that can be easily installed or removed. This segmentation allows the container to be adapted for different cannabis storage and transportation needs while simplifying manufacturing through standardized modular components that can be produced independently and assembled efficiently.
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AI summary
An inventory tracking scaled locking canister has a housing, a closure, a commodity container positioned within the housing and releasably sealed within the housing by the closure through an electrically disengageable magnetic locking mechanism, at least one weight sensor, a processing unit, a biometric sensor, a digital display, a data storage unit, a wireless communication device, a power source, and a GPS module. The commodity container may have multiple nested frames with perforations that allow smaller byproducts of the contents of the central frame to be separated from the bulk of the contents. The weight of each frame is measured individually through one or more load cells. The biometric sensor prevents unauthorized access to the commodity container. The processing unit facilitates data collection, storage, and transmittal through the wireless communication device to a remote server. The GPS module tracks the location of the canister in case of theft.