BlackBerry Limited
Method and system for shipping container load estimation

Abstract:

A method at a computing device, the method including obtaining sensor data for a vehicle providing one or both of displacement or acceleration information for the vehicle; calculating a vibration frequency for the vehicle; retrieving calibration data for the vehicle, the calibration data comprising at least a first known mass; a second known mass; a vibration frequency for the vehicle at the first known mass; and a vibration frequency of the vehicle at a second known mass; and using the calibration data and the vibration frequency for the vehicle, calculating a load estimation for the vehicle.