Operation data collection device for work machines

• US 10,165,053 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2014
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Fujiwara, Jyunsuke, Suzuki, Hideaki, Hiruta, Tomoaki, Aihara, Mitsuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Viet D
• Application Number:
  US15/022,216
• Publication Number:
  US 20160226977A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,530 Days
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2054 Fleet management
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/267 Diagnosing or detecting failure of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0264 Control of logging system, e.g. decision on which data to store; time-stamping measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information

Abstract

The operation data collection device for work machines includes a plurality of sensors attached to a work machine to receive measurement data as operation data and record the operation data in an operation data storage section. The operation data collection device further includes: a communication processing section that transmits the operation data stored in the operation data storage section to an external server in response to a download request from the external server; an access history management section that manages a download status of the operation data recorded in the operation data storage section, through the download request from the external server and the transmission of the operation data to the external server; and a recorded data change processing section that changes a condition for recording the operation data in the operation data storage section in accordance with the download status of the operation data.

Claims

1. An operation data collection device for work machines having a plurality of sensors attached to a work machine, the operation data collection device receiving measurement data of the sensors as operation data to record the operation data in an operation data storage section, the operation data collection device comprising:

a communication processing section that transmits the operation data stored in the operation data storage section to an external server in response to a download request from the external server;

an access history management section that manages a download status of the operation data recorded in the operation data storage based on the download request from the external server and the transmission of the operation data to the external server; and

a data recording condition storage section that stores information including respective recording levels indicating an amount of recorded information; and

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a recorded data change processing section that changes a recording level for the operation data that is recorded in the operation data storage section and that is yet to be downloaded to the external server, based on the information stored in the data recording condition storage section,

wherein the data recording condition storage section is configured to store;

recording condition tables for every recording level, each recording condition table including sensor items and a recording time window width that are specified for each recording level;

first information indicating a recording level base on a recordable remaining space of the operation data storage section; and

second information indicating a recording level based on a number of days elapsed from a recording date of the operating data, and

wherein the recorded data change processing section is configured to;

calculate a first recording level for the yet to be downloaded operation data in accordance with the recordable remaining space of the operation data storage section based on the first information stored in the data recording condition storage section;

calculate a second recording level for the yet to be downloaded operation data in accordance with the number of days elapsed from the recording date of the yet to be downloaded operation data in the operation data storage section based on the second information stored in the data recording condition storage section;

change the recording level of the yet to be downloaded operation data to the greater of the first and second recording levels;

extract information including sensor items and a recording window width from the recording condition table for the changed recording level stored in the data recording condition storage section; and

change the recorded information of the yet to be downloaded operation data based on the extracted information.

2. The operation data collection device for work machines according to claim 1 comprising:

a diagnostic processing section that diagnoses the operating state of a plurality of components of the work machine on the basis of the operation data; and

a data recording processing section configured to

identify an occurrence of a faulty condition on the basis of results of diagnosis made by the diagnostic processing section, and

record the operation data in the operation data storage section only for a given period of time including the time of occurrence of the faulty condition when the data recording processing section identified an occurrence of a faulty condition.

3. The operation data collection device for work machines according to claim 2, wherein

the plurality of components of the work machine include engine systems and hydraulic systems.