Trailer compartment transportation refrigeration unit operation visualization

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12138985-B2
Application number	US-202017255194-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2020
Priority date	Jul 30, 2019
Publication date	Nov 12, 2024
Grant date	Nov 12, 2024

Abstract

A transport refrigeration system including a refrigerated cargo space subdivided into one or more compartments including a first compartment; a transportation refrigeration unit configured to provide conditioned air to each of the one or more compartments; and a display configured to generate a graphical user interface comprising one or more graphical user interface sections, wherein the one or more graphical user interface sections comprise a first graphical user interface section associated with the first compartment, wherein the first graphical user interface section displays operating parameters for the first compartment, and wherein the first graphical user interface section displays a compartment icon illustrating a current compartment layout of the one or more compartments and identifies the first compartment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transport refrigeration system comprising:
a refrigerated cargo space subdivided into one or more compartments comprising a first compartment;
a transportation refrigeration unit configured to provide conditioned air to each of the one or more compartments; and
a display configured to generate a graphical user interface comprising one or more graphical user interface sections, wherein the one or more graphical user interface sections comprises a first graphical user interface section associated with the first compartment,
wherein the first graphical user interface section displays operating parameters for the first compartment, and
wherein the first graphical user interface section displays a compartment icon illustrating a current compartment layout of the one or more compartments and identifies the first compartment;
wherein the one or more compartments further comprises a second compartment, wherein the one or more graphical user interface sections further comprises a second graphical user interface section associated with the second compartment, wherein the second graphical user interface section displays operating parameters for the second compartment;
wherein the second graphical user interface section displays a compartment icon illustrating a current compartment layout of the one or more compartments and identifies the second compartment;
wherein the current compartment layout of the one or more compartments includes the number and arrangement of the compartments.

2. The transport refrigeration system of claim 1 , wherein the operating parameter include at least one of a temperature within the first compartment and a set point for the first compartment.

3. The transport refrigeration system of claim 1 , wherein the first compartment is identified by the first graphical user interface by shading the first compartment within the current compartment layout of the graphical user interface.

4. The transport refrigeration system of claim 1 , wherein the second graphical user interface section is displayed simultaneously with the first graphical user interface section.

5. The transport refrigeration system of claim 1 , wherein graphical user interface scrolls between the first graphical user interface section and the second graphical user interface section.

6. A method of monitoring operating parameters of a refrigerated cargo space within a transport refrigeration system, the method comprising:
obtaining a compartment layout of the refrigerated cargo space, the refrigerated cargo space being subdivided into one or more compartments comprising a first compartment;
detecting operating parameters of the first compartment;
generating a graphical user interface on a display device, the graphical user interface comprising one or more graphical user interface sections, wherein the one or more graphical user interface sections comprises a first graphical user interface section associated with the first compartment;
displaying the operating parameter of the first compartment via graphical user interface within the first graphical user interface section; and
displaying a compartment icon within the first graphical user interface section, the compartment icon illustrating a current compartment layout of the one or more compartments and identifying the first compartment;
wherein the one or more compartments further comprises a second compartment, wherein the one or more graphical user interface sections further comprises a second graphical user interface section associated with the second compartment, and wherein the method further comprises:
displaying the operating parameter of the second compartment via graphical user interface within the second graphical user interface section;
displaying a second compartment icon within the second graphical user interface section, the compartment icon illustrating a current compartment layout of the one or more compartments and identifying the second compartment;
wherein the current compartment layout of the one or more compartments includes the number and arrangement of the compartments.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
providing conditioned air to at least one of the one or more compartments.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
providing conditioned air to the one or more compartments.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the operating parameter include at least one of a temperature within the first compartment and a set point for the first compartment.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first compartment is identified by the first graphical user interface by shading the first compartment within the current compartment layout of the graphical user interface.

11. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
displaying the second graphical user interface section simultaneously with the first graphical user interface section.

12. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
displaying the second graphical user interface section and the first graphical user interface section separately, wherein graphical user interface scrolls between the first graphical user interface section and the second graphical user interface section.

13. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a compartment layout of the refrigerated cargo space, the refrigerated cargo space being subdivided into one or more compartments comprising a first compartment;
detecting operating parameters of the first compartment;
generating a graphical user interface on a display device, the graphical user interface being sub-divided into one or more graphical user interface sections, wherein the one or more graphical user interface sections comprises a first graphical user interface section associated with the first compartment;
displaying the operating parameter of the first compartment via graphical user interface within the first graphical user interface section; and
displaying a compartment icon within the first graphical user interface section, the compartment icon illustrating a current compartment layout of the one or more compartments and identifying the first compartment;
wherein the one or more compartments further comprises a second compartment, wherein the one or more graphical user interface sections further comprises a second graphical user interface section associated with the second compartment, and wherein the operations further comprise:
displaying the operating parameter of the second compartment via graphical user interface within the second graphical user interface section;
displaying a second compartment icon within the second graphical user interface section, the compartment icon illustrating a current compartment layout of the one or more compartments and identifying the second compartment;
wherein the current compartment layout of the one or more compartments includes the number and arrangement of the compartments.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
providing conditioned air to at least one of the one or more compartments.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
providing conditioned air to the one or more compartments.

Assignees

• Carrier Corp

Inventors

• Mcdonald Patrick
• Hannon John F
• Fragnito Mark
• Champagne Deborah A
• Phan Thaison
• Shuart Ken
• Mcleish Vohn

Classifications

• F25D29/003

  for movable devices · CPC title

• F25D11/003

  Transport containers · CPC title

• F25D2400/36

  Visual displays · CPC title

• B62D33/042

  divided into compartments (movable bulk heads B60P7/14; cattle transport B60P3/04; bottled liquids B60P3/22) · CPC title

• B60H1/00014 Primary

  for load cargos on load transporting vehicles · CPC title