System and method for indentifying, validating, weighing and characterizing moving or stationary vehicles and cargo
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12. A WIM-II device comprising;
- a) at least one transducer pad, said pad having at least one transducer group with transducers positioned essentially perpendicular to the direction of travel, each transducer group positioned at a pre-defined distance from each other in a direction essentially parallel to the direction of travel;
b) at least one pad microcomputer on each transducer pad, said pad microcomputer using a means for calculating first output signal indicative of weight, second output signal indicative of time, and third output signal indicative of speed;
c) at least one host microcomputer in electronic communication with each pad microcomputer, said host microcomputer using a means for calculating at least one unknown selected from the group consisting of individual tire weight, individual axle weight, axle spacing, speed profile, longitudinal center of balance, and transverse center of balance;
d) a network communication system for transferring data between said pad microcomputer and said host microcomputer.
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Abstract
An asset identification and information infrastructure management (AI3M) device having an automated identification technology system (AIT), a Transportation Coordinators'"'"' Automated Information for Movements System II (TC-AIMS II), a weigh-in-motion system (WIM-II), and an Automated Air Load Planning system (AALPS) all in electronic communication for measuring and calculating actual asset characteristics, either statically or in-motion, and further calculating an actual load plan.
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12. A WIM-II device comprising;
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a) at least one transducer pad, said pad having at least one transducer group with transducers positioned essentially perpendicular to the direction of travel, each transducer group positioned at a pre-defined distance from each other in a direction essentially parallel to the direction of travel;
b) at least one pad microcomputer on each transducer pad, said pad microcomputer using a means for calculating first output signal indicative of weight, second output signal indicative of time, and third output signal indicative of speed;
c) at least one host microcomputer in electronic communication with each pad microcomputer, said host microcomputer using a means for calculating at least one unknown selected from the group consisting of individual tire weight, individual axle weight, axle spacing, speed profile, longitudinal center of balance, and transverse center of balance;
d) a network communication system for transferring data between said pad microcomputer and said host microcomputer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of characterizing assets comprising the steps of:
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a) establishing an electronic communication path between AIT, TC-AIMS-II, WIM-II, and AALPS, b) identifying an asset with AIT, c) retrieving planned asset characteristics from TC-AIMS-II, d) transmitting said planned asset characteristics to WIM-II, e) measuring actual asset characteristics using WIM-II, f) transmitting said actual asset characteristics to TC-AIMS-II and AALPS, g) calculating an actual load plan using AALPS. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of measuring asset characteristics comprising the steps of;
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a) passing said asset over at least one transducer pad, said pad having at least one transducer group with transducers positioned essentially perpendicular to the direction of travel, each transducer group positioned at a pre-defined distance from each other in a direction essentially parallel to the direction of travel;
b) measuring asset characteristics using at least one pad microcomputer on each transducer pad, said pad microcomputer using a means for calculating first output signal indicative of weight, second output signal indicative of time, and third output signal indicative of speed;
c) calculating asset characteristics using at least one host microcomputer in electronic communication with each pad microcomputer, said host microcomputer using a means for calculating at least one unknown selected from the group consisting of individual tire weight, individual axle weight, axle spacing, speed profile, longitudinal center of balance, and transverse center of balance;
d) communicating said asset characteristics over a network communication system between said pad microcomputer and said host microcomputer. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. An asset identification and information infrastructure management device comprising,
a) at least one automated identification technology system, b) at least one information management system, and c) at least one weigh-in-motion system, wherein said automated identification technology system is in electronic communication with said information management system and said information management system is in electronic communication with said weigh-in-motion system.
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37-1. The device of claim 36 wherein said network communication system is a controller area network.
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