VEHICLE LOADING AND UNLOADING DETECTION
First Claim
1. A system for detecting the start and completion of loading and unloading of a vehicle, comprising:
- an acceleration detector provided on the vehicle;
a location detector for detecting the vehicle'"'"'s location;
a processor which receives information detected by the acceleration detector and the location detector and determines whether the detected acceleration is due to vehicle loading based on the received information; and
a timer, wherein;
the processor is configured to start the timer when the loading is determined to start;
the processor is configured to stop the timer when the loading has completed; and
the processor is configured to record the time taken to load the vehicle from the start to the completion measured by the timer.
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Abstract
A system for determining vehicle loading and unloading comprises an acceleration detector provided on a vehicle, a location detector for detecting the location of the vehicle and a processor that receives information detected by the acceleration detector and location detector and determines whether the detected acceleration is due to vehicle loading, unloading or travel, based on the received information. A timer may be started, when vehicle loading or unloading is determined, such that the amount of time spent loading or unloading the vehicle may be obtained. Also, a condition of a traveled surface may be determined based on information received from the acceleration detector and location detector.
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33 Claims
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1. A system for detecting the start and completion of loading and unloading of a vehicle, comprising:
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an acceleration detector provided on the vehicle; a location detector for detecting the vehicle'"'"'s location; a processor which receives information detected by the acceleration detector and the location detector and determines whether the detected acceleration is due to vehicle loading based on the received information; and a timer, wherein; the processor is configured to start the timer when the loading is determined to start; the processor is configured to stop the timer when the loading has completed; and the processor is configured to record the time taken to load the vehicle from the start to the completion measured by the timer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16)
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17. A method for detecting loading of a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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detecting acceleration, with an acceleration detector provided on the vehicle; detecting, with a location detector, the location of the vehicle; transmitting information detected by the acceleration detector and the location detector to a processor; counting a number of shovel loads using the detected acceleration due to vehicle loading; and determining when vehicle loading is complete based on the counted number of shovel loads. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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27. A computer program product encoded in computer readable medium disposed in a processor, said computer program product being usable with said processor in a mining operation, for detecting the start and completion of unloading of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle is provided with an acceleration detector for acceleration;
- the vehicle'"'"'s position is detected by a location detector; and
information detected by the acceleration detector and the location detector is transmitted to the processor;
wherein said computer readable program code comprises a series of computer readable program steps for performing the method comprising;determining, by the processor, whether the detected acceleration is due to vehicle unloading based on the information received by the processor by determining, by the processor, whether the vehicle dump body is raised based on the detected acceleration; starting a timer when the start of unloading of the vehicle is determined, wherein the timer is started by the processor; stopping the timer when the completion of the unloading of the vehicle is determined, wherein the timer is stopped by the processor recording the time taken to load the vehicle from the start to the completion. - View Dependent Claims (28)
- the vehicle'"'"'s position is detected by a location detector; and
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