Shipping Weight Tracking With Tag-Based Destination Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing weight tracking systems fail to ensure accurate measurement of total weights on shipping vehicles and proper delivery of articles to correct destinations.
Innovation Solution
A weight tracking system comprising a weighing device, scale processor, first and second identification tags, and remote electronic devices for wireless communication, which reads and verifies the destination tags to ensure accurate weight tracking and correct delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional weighing devices are used to measure weight, then weight measurement is simple, but the system cannot ensure accurate tracking of total weights on shipping vehicles or verify correct delivery destinations
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the tracking process into multiple segments: weighing devices at loading points, identification tags on articles and destinations, remote electronic devices for verification, and a central processor for data aggregation. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function while collectively ensuring accurate weight tracking and destination verification across the entire shipping process.
Solution Approach 2:
Identification tags serve as intermediaries between articles and destinations, while remote electronic devices act as mediators between weighing devices and the central processor. These intermediary elements enable the system to track weights and verify destinations without requiring direct complex integration between all system components, thus improving reliability while managing complexity.
2Measurement precision
If manual weight recording is used, then system complexity is low, but measurement precision and delivery verification are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces manual weight recording with automated electronic weighing devices that digitally measure and transmit weight data. Remote electronic devices with identification tag readers automatically verify destinations and track weights, eliminating manual intervention and improving measurement precision while the electronic system manages the complexity of tracking multiple articles and destinations.
3Reliability
If articles are shipped without destination verification, then shipping speed is high, but delivery accuracy to correct destinations cannot be ensured
Solution Approach 1:
Identification tags are attached to articles and destinations before the shipping process begins. The system performs preliminary verification by scanning these tags at loading points and during transit, ensuring articles are directed to correct destinations before final delivery. This preliminary action prevents misdelivery while maintaining efficient shipping operations through automated verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors and verifies destination information through identification tags and remote electronic devices, providing real-time feedback on article location and destination accuracy. This feedback mechanism ensures articles are delivered to correct destinations by comparing actual delivery location with expected destination data, maintaining both reliability and shipping efficiency.
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AI summary
A weight tracking system for tracking weights of articles to be shipped includes a weighing device and a scale processor in communication with the weighing device. The scale processor is configured to receive weight data from the weighing device. A plurality of first identification tags is positioned proximate the weighing device, and a plurality of second identification tags is positioned remotely from the weighing device. Each first identification tag includes indicia associated with a respective destination of a plurality of destinations, and each second identification tag includes indicia associated with a respective destination of the plurality of destinations. Each second identification tag of the plurality of second identification tags is positioned adjacent to the respective destination. A remote electronic device is in wireless communication with the scale processor which comprises a tag reader configured to read the indicia of the first and second identification tags.