Information system for industrial vehicles
First Claim
1. A method of tracking usage of an industrial vehicle, the method comprising:
- establishing configuration data for an hour meter that tracks usage of an associated feature of an industrial vehicle, wherein the configuration data includes at least one rule that is based on inputs selected from a user interface and that indicates when the hour meter is to accumulate usage measurements;
wirelessly communicating the configuration data from a server application to an associated industrial vehicle having a transceiver installed therewith for receiving wirelessly communicated messages from the server application;
programming hour meter settings on the associated industrial vehicle that define when usage measurements of the associated feature tracked by the hour meter are accumulated in accordance with the at least one rule of the configuration data wirelessly received from the server application;
operating the hour meter on the industrial vehicle to record usage of the associated feature according to the programmed hour meter settings; and
providing a reading to indicate usage of the associated feature.
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Abstract
Industrial vehicles communicate across a wireless environment and the wireless communication, data collection and/or processing capabilities of industrial vehicles are leveraged against robust software solutions to implement enterprise wide asset management functions, to integrate industrial vehicle data into existing enterprise workflows and/or to enable trusted third party integration into the enterprise for enhanced asset and/or workflow management. Still further, wireless communication, data collection and/or processing capabilities of industrial vehicles are leveraged with robust software solutions that aggregate and analyze data across multiple enterprises and/or promote the exchange of information between independent entities.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of tracking usage of an industrial vehicle, the method comprising:
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establishing configuration data for an hour meter that tracks usage of an associated feature of an industrial vehicle, wherein the configuration data includes at least one rule that is based on inputs selected from a user interface and that indicates when the hour meter is to accumulate usage measurements; wirelessly communicating the configuration data from a server application to an associated industrial vehicle having a transceiver installed therewith for receiving wirelessly communicated messages from the server application; programming hour meter settings on the associated industrial vehicle that define when usage measurements of the associated feature tracked by the hour meter are accumulated in accordance with the at least one rule of the configuration data wirelessly received from the server application; operating the hour meter on the industrial vehicle to record usage of the associated feature according to the programmed hour meter settings; and providing a reading to indicate usage of the associated feature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of tracking usage of an industrial vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving configuration data associated with an hour meter that tracks usage of an associated feature of an industrial vehicle, from a server application, by an industrial vehicle having a transceiver installed therewith for receiving wirelessly communicated messages from the server application, wherein the configuration data includes at least one rule that is based on inputs selected from a user interface and that indicates when the hour meter is to accumulate usage measurements; programming hour meter settings that define when usage measurements of the associated feature on the associated industrial vehicle tracked by the hour meter are accumulated in accordance with the at least one rule of the configuration data wirelessly received from the server application; operating the hour meter on the industrial vehicle to record usage of the associated feature according to the programmed hour meter settings; and providing a reading to indicate usage of the associated feature. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An industrial vehicle comprising:
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a power unit; an operator'"'"'s compartment associated with the power unit; a vehicle network bus; at least one drive wheel coupled to the power unit controllably coupled to a motor controller, which is mounted on the industrial vehicle and coupled to the vehicle network bus; a wireless transceiver mounted on the industrial vehicle and coupled to the vehicle network bus configured to receive configuration data from a server application, the configuration data including a rule associated with an hour meter that tracks usage of an associated feature of the industrial vehicle, wherein the rule is based on inputs selected from a user interface and indicates when the hour meter is to accumulate measurements; a processor mounted on the industrial vehicle configured to program hour meter settings that define when usage measurements of the associated feature tracked by the hour meter are accumulated in accordance with at least the rule wirelessly received from the server application, wherein the processor is configured to operate the hour meter on the industrial vehicle to record usage of the associated feature according to the programmed hour meter settings; and a display viewable from the operator'"'"'s compartment, which is configured to provide a reading of the usage of the associated feature. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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