Telematics Road Ready System including a Bridge Integrator Unit

Abstract

A bridge integrator unit is part of a telematics system integrated with vehicular communications, and extending in various fields of telematics. The system has the capability to accept information from several means of transmission, specifically acting as a communications hub to take in various transmissions, including those that cannot be directly broadcast to a master control unit or microcontroller.

1 . A system for monitoring a trailer and configured for operating in conjunction with a plurality of wireless sensors, and a remote user interface, said system comprising:
 a master control unit attached to an outside surface of the trailer, said master control unit including:   a solar panel;   a GPS receiver module for generating trailer location data;   a cellular data transceiver module for communicating with a central tracking computer via a cellular data network interfaced to the Internet;   a local wireless network master transceiver module in wireless communication with the plurality of wireless sensors and the light failure detection system; and   a first microcontroller for controlling said local wireless network master transceiver module to periodically obtain sensor data from said wireless sensors and said light failure detection system, and for controlling said cellular data transceiver module to transmit said location data and said sensor data to said remote user interface; and   a bridge integrator unit for converting data transmitted from at least one sensor to a protocol compatible with the master control unit.