System, method, and recording medium for vehicle weight detection

• US 10,140,618 B2
• Filed: 06/21/2016
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Crawford, Catherine Helen, Hwang, Inseok, Gunnels, John Andrew, Nowicki, Tomasz J., Swirszcz, Grzegorz Michal
• Primary Examiner(s): Bui, Bryan
• Application Number:
  US15/188,295
• Publication Number:
  US 20170364926A1
• Time in Patent Office: 889 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/02 for weighing wheeled or rolling bodies, e.g. vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/021 having electrical weight-sensitive devices G01G19/04 - G01G19/07 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 23/3735 using a digital network
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products

Abstract

A vehicle weight detection method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include calculating a first difference between a first expected weight of a vehicle and a first current weight of the vehicle based on On-Board Dash (OBD) input data, calculating a second difference between a second expected weight of the vehicle and a second current weight of the vehicle based on a spring-mass-damper mechanical algorithm using vehicle data received from a user device, a comparing circuit configured to compare each of the first difference and the second difference to a predetermined weight difference threshold value, and a location checking circuit configured to checks if a location of the vehicle matches a location in a list of verified weight change locations of a database if the comparing circuit detects at least one of the first difference and the second difference is greater than the predetermined weight difference threshold value.

Claims

1. A vehicle weight detection system, comprising:

a first weight calculating circuit configured to calculate a first difference between a first expected weight of a vehicle and a first current weight of the vehicle, each of the first expected weight of the vehicle and the first current weight of the vehicle being determined based on On-Board Dash (OBD) input data;

a second weight calculating circuit configured to calculate a second difference between a second expected weight of the vehicle and a second current weight of the vehicle, each of the second expected weight of the vehicle and the second current weight of the vehicle being determined based on a spring-mass-damper mechanical algorithm using vehicle data received from a user device;

a comparing circuit configured to compare each of the first difference and the second difference to a predetermined weight difference threshold value; and

a location checking circuit configured to check if a location of the vehicle matches a location in a list of verified weight change locations of a database if the comparing circuit detects at least one of the first difference and the second difference is greater than the predetermined weight difference threshold value.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first weight calculating circuit calculates the first expected weight and the first current weight based only on the OBD input data.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the second weight calculating circuit calculates the second expected weight and the second current weight based only on the vehicle data received from the user device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the spring-mass-damper mechanical algorithm is based on a potential energy change of the vehicle during travel.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the On-Board Dash (OBD) input data comprises a fuel consumption rate.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the location checking a circuit sends an alert if the location of the vehicle does not match a location in the list of verified weight change locations.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the comparing circuit further compares the first difference to the second difference to detect if the first difference is different than the second difference by a value greater than a threshold value,

wherein the comparing circuit causes the location checking circuit to check a route traveled by the vehicle to determine a road condition if the first difference is different than the second difference by the value greater than the threshold value, and

wherein the comparing circuit ignores the second difference if the road condition is a predetermined condition.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the predetermined condition comprises a road having no bumps greater than a predetermined tolerance value.

9. A vehicle weight detection method, comprising:

first calculating a first difference between a first expected weight of a vehicle and a first current weight of the vehicle, each of the first expected weight of the vehicle and the first current weight of the vehicle being determined based on On-Board Dash (OBD) input data;

second calculating a second difference between a second expected weight of the vehicle and a second current weight of the vehicle, each of the second expected weight of the vehicle and the second current weight of the vehicle being determined based on a spring-mass-damper mechanical algorithm using vehicle data received from a user device;

comparing each of the first difference and the second difference to a predetermined weight difference threshold value; and

checking if a location of the vehicle matches a location in a list of verified weight change locations of a database if the comparing detects at least one of the first difference and the second difference is greater than the predetermined weight difference threshold value.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first calculating calculates the first expected weight and the first current weight based only on the OBD input data.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the second calculating calculates the second expected weight and the second current weight based only on the vehicle data received from the user device.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the spring-mass-damper mechanical algorithm is based on a potential energy change of the vehicle during travel.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the On-Board Dash (OBD) input data comprises a fuel consumption rate.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the checking sends an alert if the location of the vehicle does not match a location in the list of verified weight change locations.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the comparing further compares the first difference to the second difference to detect if the first difference is different than the second difference by a value greater than a threshold value,

wherein the checking checks a route traveled by the vehicle to determine a road condition if the first difference is different than the second difference by the value greater than the threshold value, and

wherein the comparing ignores the second difference if the road condition is a predetermined condition.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a vehicle weight detection program, the program causing a computer to perform:

first calculating a first difference between a first expected weight of a vehicle and a first current weight of the vehicle, each of the first expected weight of the vehicle and the first current weight of the vehicle being determined based on On-Board Dash (OBD) input data;

second calculating a second difference between a second expected weight of the vehicle and a second current weight of the vehicle, each of the second expected weight of the vehicle and the second current weight of the vehicle being determined based on a spring-mass-damper mechanical algorithm using vehicle data received from a user device;

comparing each of the first difference and the second difference to a predetermined weight difference threshold value; and

checking if a location of the vehicle matches a location in a list of verified weight change locations of a database if the comparing detects at least one of the first difference and the second difference is greater than the predetermined weight difference threshold value.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 16, wherein the first calculating calculates the first expected weight and the first current weight based only on the OBD input data.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 16, wherein the second calculating calculates the second expected weight and the second current weight based only on the vehicle data received from the user device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 16, wherein the spring-mass-damper mechanical algorithm is based on a potential energy change of the vehicle during travel.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 16, wherein the comparing further compares the first difference to the second difference to detect if the first difference is different than the second difference by a value greater than a threshold value,

wherein the checking checks a route traveled by the vehicle to determine a road condition if the first different is difference than the second difference by the value greater than the threshold value, and

wherein the comparing ignores the second difference if the road condition is a predetermined condition.