PORTABLE AXLE SCALE SYSTEM USING SMART TERMINAL

• US 20130220708A1
• Filed: 05/23/2012
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Kyun Kim, Ki Tae Kim, SIMT Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Hong Kyun Kim, Ki Tae Kim, SIMT Incorporated
• Inventors: KIM, Hong Kyun, Kim, Ki Tae
• Application Number:
  US13/478,855
• Publication Number:
  US 20130220708A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 177/3
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/025 wheel-load scales
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 21/22 Weigh pans or other weighing receptacles; Weighing platforms
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 23/3735 using a digital network

Abstract

Disclosed is a portable axle scale system using a smart terminal. In the portable axle scale system, a portable smart terminal functions to judge whether or not a vehicle is overloaded based on a result measured by a portable axle scale, and to transmit a variety of information, such as information on the measured vehicle, personal information on a vehicle driver, photographs related to a measurement operation, and positional information on a measurement place, to a server for storage of the information. Then, the smart terminal may transmit the information to a cellular phone or other communication terminals of the vehicle driver to assist the vehicle driver in confirming relevant materials in real-time.

Claims

1. A portable axle scale system for performing an axle weight measurement operation using a smart terminal, the system comprising:

at least one portable sensing pad, wherein the portable sensing pad includes;

a weight sensor that measures an axle weight of a vehicle to output a weight signal;

a first communicator in the form of a wireless communication module;

a first controller that controls the weight sensor in response to a measurement request signal received through the first communicator and includes a weight information generator to process the weight signal and generate weight information, the first controller transmitting the weight information through the first communicator;

a power controller that supplies power to the first controller; and

a waterproof body that is provided at an upper portion thereof with the power controller and is configured to accommodate the first communicator and the first controller, the weight sensor being mounted in the center of the body; and

a smart terminal, wherein the smart terminal includes;

a second communicator that performs reception and transmission of signals and data with the first communicator;

a third communicator that is connected to a designated wired or wireless communication network for reception and transmission of signals and data;

a measurement requester that transmits the measurement request signal to the first controller through the second communicator;

an input unit that receives information on the measured vehicle and a vehicle driver, time and location information on the date and place of a measurement operation, and signature of the vehicle driver from a human manager;

a camera that takes a photograph of the measured vehicle;

a measured data generator that collects the weight information transmitted from the first controller, the information on the measured vehicle, the time and location information, and the signature input from the input unit, and the photograph captured by the camera to generate measured data;

a display unit that outputs an image signal to the human manager; and

a second controller that controls the second communicator, the third communicator, the measurement requester, the input unit, the camera, and the measured data generator, converts signals and data into image signals to output the image signals via the display unit, and transmits the measured data through the third communicator.

2. The portable axle scale system according to claim 1,

wherein the smart terminal further includes a position meter that acquires positional information on a place where a weight measurement is performed, and a barcode generator that generates a barcode containing the measured data,

wherein the measured data generator adds the positional information input from the position meter to the measured data, and

wherein the second controller controls the position meter and the barcode generator to transmit the barcode through the third communicator.

3. The portable axle scale system according to claim 1, further comprising an operating server,

wherein the operating server includes:

a fourth communicator that performs reception and transmission of data and signals with the third communicator and is connectable to an external communication network;

a database that stores the measured data received from the fourth communicator;

a certification data generator that generates certification data for confirmation and storage by the driver of the measured vehicle by processing the barcode and the measured data received from the fourth communicator; and

a third controller that controls the fourth communicator, the database, and the certified data generator, and transmits the generated certified data to a cellular phone of the driver of the measured vehicle through the fourth communicator.

4. The portable axle scale system according to claim 1,

wherein the portable sensing pad further includes a temperature and humidity meter that measures the temperature and humidity of a place where the body is installed to generate temperature and humidity information, and a memory in which verification/correction information including a verification/correction date received from the weight sensor, a zero point setting value and an offset value,

wherein the first controller further includes a verification/correction information transmitter that reads verification/correction information from the memory and transmits the information through the first communicator along with the temperature and humidity information, and

wherein the second controller includes a verification/correction information processor that outputs the verification/correction information via the display unit, or transmits the verification/correction information to an operating server through the third communicator.

5. The portable axle scale system according to claim 1, wherein the power controller includes:

a magnetic switch installed in an upper region of the body, the magnetic switch being turned on or off by external magnetic force; and

a magnetic substance used to operate the magnetic switch at the outside of the body.

6. The portable axle scale system according to claim 1,

wherein the power controller includes a battery and a power meter to measure remaining power of the battery,

wherein the first controller transmits a signal informing the remaining power measured by the power meter through the first communicator, and

wherein the second controller includes a battery information processor to output the remaining power of the battery via the display unit.

7. The portable axle scale system according to claim 1, wherein the body includes:

stoppers protruding upward respectively from front and rear sides of the body in a vehicle movement direction; and

dummy pads provided respectively at the front and rear sides of the body to extend from the ground to the top of the stoppers.

8. The portable axle scale system according to claim 1,

wherein the at least one portable sensing pad includes a plurality of portable sensing pads, and

wherein the portable axle scale system further comprises a repeater, which is connected to the first communicators of the plurality of portable sensing pads to collect the weight information from the respective portable sensing pads and transmit the collected weight information to the second communicator of the smart terminal.

9. The portable axle scale system according to claim 1, wherein the camera reads a photographed license plate of the vehicle such that the read result is included in the information on the measured data.