VEHICLE MAINTENANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD

• US 20170124776A1
• Filed: 11/03/2015
• Published: 05/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC (CNH Industrial N.V.)
• Original Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC (CNH Industrial N.V.)
• Inventors: Carpentier, Michael, Brubaker, Christopher A.
• Application Number:
  US14/930,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20170124776A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0205 by means of a monitoring system capable of detecting and responding to faults
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0218 characterised by the fault detection method dealing with either existing or incipient faults
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0259 characterized by the response to fault detection
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0262 Confirmation of fault detection, e.g. extra checks to confirm that a failure has indeed occurred
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0267 Fault communication, e.g. human machine interface [HMI]
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0272 Presentation of monitored results, e.g. selection of status reports to be displayed; Filtering information to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0283 Predictive maintenance, e.g. involving the monitoring of a system and, based on the monitoring results, taking decisions on the maintenance schedule of the monitored system; Estimating remaining useful life [RUL] preventive maintenance, i.e. planning maintenance according to the available resources without monitoring the system G06Q10/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/006 Indicating maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C

Abstract

An agricultural vehicle including a chassis, a controller carried by the chassis, and a vehicle maintenance system coupled to the vehicle. The vehicle maintenance system includes a viewing system configured to process an image of at least a portion of the vehicle and an augmentation system. The augmentation system is configured to identify an element of the vehicle in the image; receive information from the vehicle about a maintenance action relative to the element; and place a designator proximate to the element identified in the image, the designator indicating the maintenance action that is to be undertaken involving the element.

Claims

1. An agricultural vehicle, comprising:

a chassis;

a controller carried by the chassis; and

a vehicle maintenance system coupled to the vehicle, the vehicle maintenance system including;

a viewing system configured to process an image of at least a portion of the vehicle; and

an augmentation system configured to;

identify an element of the vehicle in the image;

receive information from the vehicle about a maintenance action relative to the element; and

place a designator proximate to the element identified in the image, the designator indicating the maintenance action that is to be undertaken involving the element.

2. The agricultural vehicle of claim 1, wherein the designator includes a message indicating an operational time interval from a scheduled maintenance of the element and the type of maintenance needed.

3. The agricultural vehicle of claim 2, wherein the designator image is scaled, oriented and overlain on the image of the vehicle to approximate a location of the subassembly.

4. The agricultural vehicle of claim 3, wherein the viewing system also displays an additional image of details of the subassembly.

5. The agricultural vehicle of claim 1, wherein the designator includes a text message identifying a subassembly of the vehicle for which the maintenance is to be undertaken.

6. The agricultural vehicle of claim 5, wherein the text of the designator is positioned in a box with an arrow extending therefrom pointing to an area of the image of the vehicle to direct a user to that area for the performance of the maintenance.

7. The agricultural vehicle of claim 1, wherein the augmentation system is further configured to display an active fault of the vehicle as part of the designator.

8. The agricultural vehicle of claim 1, wherein information relative to the maintenance action is stored by the vehicle and is wirelessly transmitted to the viewing system.

9. A vehicle maintenance system for use with an agricultural vehicle, comprising:

a viewing system configured to process an image of at least a portion of the vehicle; and

an augmentation system configured to;

identify an element of the vehicle in the image;

receive information from the vehicle about a maintenance action relative to the element; and

place a designator proximate to the element identified in the image, the designator indicating the maintenance action that is to be undertaken involving the element.

10. The vehicle maintenance system of claim 9, wherein the designator includes a message indicating an operational time interval from a scheduled maintenance of the element and the type of maintenance needed.

11. The vehicle maintenance system of claim 10, wherein the designator image is scaled, oriented and overlain on the image of the vehicle to approximate a location of the subassembly.

12. The vehicle maintenance system of claim 11, wherein the viewing system also displays an additional image of details of the subassembly.

13. The vehicle maintenance system of claim 9, wherein the designator includes a text message identifying a subassembly of the vehicle for which the maintenance is to be undertaken.

14. The vehicle maintenance system of claim 13, wherein the text of the designator is positioned in a box with an arrow extending therefrom pointing to an area of the image of the vehicle to direct a user to that area for the performance of the maintenance.

15. The vehicle maintenance system of claim 9, wherein the augmentation system is further configured to display an active fault of the vehicle as part of the designator.

16. The vehicle maintenance system of claim 9, wherein information relative to the maintenance action is stored by the vehicle and is wirelessly transmitted to the viewing system.

17. A vehicle maintenance method, comprising the steps of:

viewing a portion of the vehicle with a viewing system, the viewing system displaying an image;

identifying an element of the vehicle in the image;

receiving maintenance information about the element from the vehicle; and

augmenting the image by placing a designator proximate to the element identified in the image, the designator including information received in the receiving step.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the designator includes a message indicating an operational time interval from a scheduled maintenance of the element and the type of maintenance needed.

19. The vehicle maintenance system of claim 18, wherein the designator image is scaled, oriented and overlain on the image of the vehicle to approximate a location of the subassembly.

20. The vehicle maintenance system of claim 19, wherein the viewing system also displays an additional image of details of the subassembly.