METHOD OF DETECTING COMPONENTS IN MACHINE

• US 20160225202A1
• Filed: 04/10/2016
• Published: 08/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Inventors: Johnson, Lonny E.
• Application Number:
  US15/095,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20160225202A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/08 Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction

Abstract

A method of detecting components in a machine is provided. The method includes determining, by a control module, ignition state of an engine of the machine and identifying one or more electronic tags, each of the one or more electronic tags being associated with a component in the machine. The method includes obtaining information pertaining to one or more components of the machine via the one or more electronic tags. The method includes moving the machine from a first location to a second location. The method includes receiving, by the control module, information pertaining to replaced components from the electronic tags. The method includes analyzing, by the control module, the received information by comparing with a predefined set of information. The method includes displaying, by the control module, the information relating to the replaced components based on the comparison of the received information with the predefined set of information.

Claims

1. A method of detecting components in a machine, the method comprising:

determining, by a control module, ignition state of an engine of the machine, the ignition state including at least one of an “

ON”

condition and an “

OFF”

condition of the engine;

identifying, by the control module, one or more electronic tags, each of the one or more electronic tags being associated with a component in the machine;

obtaining, by the control module, information pertaining to one or more components of the machine via the one or more electronic tags, when the ignition state of the engine is in the “

ON”

condition;

moving the machine from a first location to a second location, the first location associated with a location at a service station and the second location associated with a location at a threshold distance from the first location;

receiving, by the control module, information pertaining to replaced components from the electronic tags, wherein the electronic tags communicate information to the control module for a predetermined. time interval;

analyzing, by the control module, the received information by comparing with a predefined set of information, the predefined set of information including information relating to non-replaced components in the machine; and

displaying, by the control module, the information relating to the replaced components based on the comparison of the received information with the predefined set of information.