ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,854, issued on May 12, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).
"Early package damage detection" was invented by Eric L. Caron (Ottawa), Vinicius Michel Gottin (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Jason Bonafide (Winter Garden, Fla.), Nalinkumar Mistry (Ottawa) and Eric Bruno (Shirley, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Detecting damaged packages is disclosed. Transport mechanisms, such as pallets, are equipped with sensors including inertial sensors. The inertial data, in conjunction with characteristics of the packages such as fragility values, can be used to determine whether a package may be damaged. If damage is suspected, the...