Vehicle operation management system with automatic sequence detection
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1. An operation management system for a vehicle controllable by an operator to perform various vehicle actions, the system including a processor, a memory, and a human-machine interface, the processor configured to:
- record sequences of operator-initiated vehicle actions into the memory;
record a distance value associated with each vehicle action relative to a previous vehicle action in the sequence into the memory;
generate a new sequence in the memory beginning with each vehicle action;
track a time delta and a distance delta for each sequence;
determine whether the time delta is greater than or equal to a time threshold or whether the distance delta is greater than or equal to a distance threshold for one of the sequences;
if either the time threshold or the distance threshold is met, determine whether the sequence includes at least a predetermined number of vehicle actions in the sequence and
1) delete the sequence from the memory if the number of vehicle actions is not at least the predetermined number of vehicle actions or
2) save the sequence to the memory if the number of vehicle actions is at least the predetermined number of vehicle actions; and
select one or more saved sequences from the memory and display on the human-machine interface a representation of the one or more saved sequences.
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Abstract
An operation management system for a vehicle controllable by an operator to perform various vehicle actions, the system including a processor, a memory, and a human-machine interface. The processor is configured to record sequences of operator-initiated vehicle actions into the memory, record a distance value associated with each vehicle action relative to a previous vehicle action in the sequence into the memory, and generate a new sequence in the memory beginning with each vehicle action.
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1. An operation management system for a vehicle controllable by an operator to perform various vehicle actions, the system including a processor, a memory, and a human-machine interface, the processor configured to:
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record sequences of operator-initiated vehicle actions into the memory; record a distance value associated with each vehicle action relative to a previous vehicle action in the sequence into the memory; generate a new sequence in the memory beginning with each vehicle action; track a time delta and a distance delta for each sequence; determine whether the time delta is greater than or equal to a time threshold or whether the distance delta is greater than or equal to a distance threshold for one of the sequences; if either the time threshold or the distance threshold is met, determine whether the sequence includes at least a predetermined number of vehicle actions in the sequence and
1) delete the sequence from the memory if the number of vehicle actions is not at least the predetermined number of vehicle actions or
2) save the sequence to the memory if the number of vehicle actions is at least the predetermined number of vehicle actions; andselect one or more saved sequences from the memory and display on the human-machine interface a representation of the one or more saved sequences.
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2. An operation management system for a vehicle controllable by an operator to perform various vehicle actions, the system including a processor, a memory, and a human-machine interface, the processor configured to:
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record sequences of operator-initiated vehicle actions into the memory; record a distance value associated with each vehicle action relative to a previous vehicle action in the sequence into the memory; and generate a new sequence in the memory beginning with each vehicle action; track a time delta associated with each sequence; if the time delta meets a time threshold, determine whether the sequence includes at least a predetermined number of vehicle actions in the sequence; delete the sequence from the memory if the number of vehicle actions is less than the predetermined number of vehicle actions; and end recording of and save the sequence to the memory if the number of vehicle actions is at least the predetermined number of vehicle actions. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of facilitating operation of a vehicle controllable by an operator to perform various vehicle actions, the method comprising:
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recording sequences of operator-initiated vehicle actions into a memory; recording a distance value associated with each vehicle action relative to a previous vehicle action in the sequence into the memory; and generating a new sequence into the memory beginning with each new vehicle action and adding the new vehicle action to all preexisting sequences in the memory such that the generating and the adding include; starting a first sequence in the memory with a first vehicle action, starting a second sequence in the memory with a second vehicle action and adding the second vehicle action to the first sequence in the memory, and starting a third sequence in the memory with a third vehicle action and adding the third vehicle action to the second sequence and to the first sequence in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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