Tire management system and tire management method

• US 10,112,619 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2013
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Inventors: Sudou, Tsugio
• Primary Examiner(s): Tissot, Adam D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Aaron C
• Application Number:
  US15/021,756
• Publication Number:
  US 20160221582A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,866 Days
• Field of Search: 701 1
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 19/00 Tyre parts or constructions not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2530/10 Weight
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/13 Load or weight
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/08 for incorporation in vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/08 Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time

Abstract

A tire management system assigns work to each of a plurality of vehicles and manages a loaded state of a tire mounted on each of the vehicles that perform the assigned work. The tire management system includes: an overload vehicle detection unit configured to detect an overload vehicle in which a tire load of the work assigned to each of the vehicles exceeds a predetermined tire load set in the tire itself of the vehicle; and a work contents changing processing unit configured to perform, when the overload vehicle is detected, processing of changing work contents of the overload vehicle such that the tire load of the overload vehicle becomes equal to or less than the predetermined tire load.

Claims

1. A tire management system that assigns work to each of a plurality of vehicles and manages a loaded state of a tire mounted on each of the vehicles that perform the assigned work, the tire management system comprising:

an overload vehicle detection unit configured to detect an overload vehicle in which a tire load of the work assigned to each of the vehicles exceeds a predetermined tire load set in the tire itself of the vehicle;

a work contents changing processing unit configured to perform, when the overload vehicle is detected, processing of changing work contents of the overload vehicle such that the tire load of the overload vehicle becomes equal to or less than the predetermined tire load; and

a predicted tire load calculation unit configured to obtain a planned work at a planning stage, the planned work being assigned to each of the vehicles, the planning stage being a stage before each of the vehicles starts the assigned planned work, and calculate a predicted tire load of the planned work in the planning stage assigned to each of the vehicles,

wherein the overload vehicle detection unit detects an overload vehicle in which the predicted tire load exceeds the predetermined tire load, and

the work contents change processing unit performs, when the overload vehicle is detected, processing of changing the work contents in the planning stage of the overload vehicle such that the predicted tire load of the overload vehicle becomes equal to or less than the predetermined tire load.

2. The tire management system according to claim 1, wherein the work contents change processing unit determines whether there is a running route in which the tire load of the detected overload vehicle becomes equal to or greater than the predetermined tire load, and in response to detecting that the detected over load vehicle is equal to or greater than the predetermined tire load, the work content change processor changes to such a running route when there is the running route for the detected overload vehicle to become equal to or less than the predetermined tire load, and decelerates the overload vehicle or reduces the loaded amount when there is no running route for the detected overload vehicle to become equal to or less than the predetermined tire load.

3. The tire management system according to claim 1, wherein the tire load includes a load index which is expressed as a Ton Kilometer Per Hour (TKPH).

4. A tire management method for assigning work to each of a plurality of vehicles and managing a loaded state of a tire mounted on each of the vehicles that perform the assigned work, the tire management method comprising:

an overload vehicle detection step of detecting an overload vehicle in which a tire load of the work assigned to each of the vehicles exceeds a predetermined tire load set in the tire itself of the vehicle;

a work contents change processing step of performing, when the overload vehicle is detected, processing of changing work contents of the overload vehicle such that the tire load of the overload vehicle becomes equal to or less than the predetermined tire load; and

a predicted tire load calculation step of obtaining a planned work at a planning stage, the planned work being assigned to each of the vehicles, the planning stage being a stage before each of the vehicles starts the assigned planned work, and calculating a predicted tire load of the planned work in the planning stage assigned to each of the vehicles,

wherein the overload vehicle detection step detects an overload vehicle in which the predicted tire load exceeds the predetermined tire load, and

the work contents change processing step performs, when the overload vehicle is detected, processing of changing the work contents in the planning stage of the overload vehicle such that the predicted tire load of the overload vehicle becomes equal to or less than the predetermined tire load.

5. The tire management method according to claim 4, wherein the work contents change processing step determines whether there is a running route in which the tire load of the detected overload vehicle becomes equal to or greater than the predetermined tire load, and in response to detecting that the detected over load vehicle is equal to or greater than the predetermined tire load, the work content change processor, changes to such a running route when there is the running route for the detected overload vehicle to become equal to or less than the predetermined tire load, and decelerates the overload vehicle or reduces the loaded amount when there is no running route for the detected overload vehicle to become equal to or less than the predetermined tire load.

6. The tire management method according to claim 4, wherein the tire load includes a load index which is expressed as a Ton Kilometer Per Hour (TKPH).