Patent ID: 6545601
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B64D,G08B

Abstract:
A security and surveillance system for ground or in port monitoring the condition of and tracking the location of a commercial transport as it moves about in monitored zones, the system comprising:a. a ground based monitoring station for monitoring the position of and conditions relative to a commercial transport when in port; b. a network of ground based sensors positioned on the ground and throughout an area to be monitored for defining a plurality of operating zones within the area, each of said sensors operational within the thus defined operating zone and adapted for monitoring a pre-selected condition associated with the commercial transport while within the operating zone for generating a unique data signal representing the specific condition to be monitored for describing both the status of the pre-selected condition of the commercial transport and for identifying the commercial transport as being located within the zone; c. a communication system for transmitting the unique data signal from each of the network of ground based sensors to the ground based monitoring station for monitoring the selected conditions at the commercial transport, whereby both the condition and the location of the commercial transport may be determined; and d. the ground based monitoring station further including a processor whereby all of the data signals from the network sensors is combined in order to derive the comprehensive condition of the commercial transport based on the data from all of the sensors.