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Concrete drum control, property prediction, and monitoring systems and methods

  • US 10,414,067 B2
  • Filed: 06/16/2017
  • Issued: 09/17/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle system comprising:

  • a vehicle comprising;

    a chassis; and

    a drum assembly coupled to the chassis, the drum assembly including;

    a drum configured to receive drum contents including at least one of ingredients and a mixture;

    a drive system coupled to the drum, the drive system configured to rotate the drum to agitate the drum contents; and

    a sensor positioned to acquire at least one of (i) mixture data indicative of a current property of the drum contents and (ii) environment data indicative of an environmental characteristic external to the drum; and

    a control system configured to;

    receive delivery data for the drum contents indicative of at least one of a delivery location, a delivery time, and a delivery route;

    receive at least one initial property of the drum contents;

    predict a delivery property for the drum contents based on the delivery data and the at least one initial property;

    receive en route data including at least one of (i) the mixture data, (ii) the environment data, and (iii) GPS data indicative of at least one of a travel distance, a travel time, traffic information, and a road parameter between a current location of the vehicle and the delivery location for the drum contents; and

    update the predicted delivery property for the drum contents based on the en route data.

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