Apparatus and method responsive to the on-board measuring of haulage parameters of a vehicle
DCFirst Claim
1. An apparatus for determining and recording a location of a vehicle and a hauling status of a load carried by the vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a device mounted to the vehicle for providing a signal whose value is indicative of the hauling status of the load carried by the vehicle;
a source of a signal whose value is indicative of the location of the vehicle, where the source is responsive to an electromagnetic network that grids a work area of the vehicle;
a processor responsive to the signals from the device and the network for processing the signals to determine the status of the vehicle'"'"'s load at a particular location in the work area with respect to time information provided by the processor; and
, a memory for receiving from the processor as historical information the status of the load, the particular location and the time information and storing the historical information in a format correlating the status of the load, the particular location and the time information.
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Abstract
An apparatus is described for determining and recording a location of a vehicle and a hauling status of a load carried by the vehicle. Information describing the location of the vehicle is derived from an electromagnetic network that grids a work area of the vehicle. A device on-board the vehicle provides information regarding the hauling status of a load. Electronics on-board the vehicle determines the status of the vehicle'"'"'s load at a particular location in the work area with respect to time. This information is stored as a historical event by correlating the status of the load with the location and time the status was determined. The electromagnetic network is created by a remotely located satellite-based or land-based system. In a particular embodiment of the invention, a weight of the load carried by the vehicle is reported to a remote site along with the location of the vehicle and the vehicle'"'"'s identification code. An infrared communications device on-board the vehicle provides an electromagnetic link to a complementary device off the vehicle.
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1. An apparatus for determining and recording a location of a vehicle and a hauling status of a load carried by the vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a device mounted to the vehicle for providing a signal whose value is indicative of the hauling status of the load carried by the vehicle;
a source of a signal whose value is indicative of the location of the vehicle, where the source is responsive to an electromagnetic network that grids a work area of the vehicle;
a processor responsive to the signals from the device and the network for processing the signals to determine the status of the vehicle'"'"'s load at a particular location in the work area with respect to time information provided by the processor; and
, a memory for receiving from the processor as historical information the status of the load, the particular location and the time information and storing the historical information in a format correlating the status of the load, the particular location and the time information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- a device mounted to the vehicle for providing a signal whose value is indicative of the hauling status of the load carried by the vehicle;
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13. A system for reporting to a remote site a weight, location and identification code for a haulage vehicle, the system comprising:
- a sensor on-board the vehicle for providing a weight signal whose value is indicative of a weight of a load carried by the vehicle;
a memory on-board the vehicle containing an identification code of the vehicle;
a source of a location signal whose value is indicative of a location of the vehicle;
an infrared communications device on-board the vehicle for providing an electromagnetic link to a complementary device off the vehicle; and
, a transmitter for transmitting to the remote site the weight and location in association with the identification code of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- a sensor on-board the vehicle for providing a weight signal whose value is indicative of a weight of a load carried by the vehicle;
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19. An apparatus for determining and recording a location of a vehicle and a status of a load carried by the vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a device mounted to the vehicle for providing a signal whose value is indicative of the status of the load carried by the vehicle;
a source of a signal whose value is indicative of a particular location in the work area of the vehicle, where the source is responsive to a satellite-based electromagnetic network that grids a work area of the vehicle;
a processor responsive to the signals from the device and the source for processing the signals to determine the vehicle'"'"'s load status at the particular location; and
, a memory for receiving from the processor as historical information the status of the load and the particular location and storing the historical information in a format correlating the status of the load and the particular location.
- a device mounted to the vehicle for providing a signal whose value is indicative of the status of the load carried by the vehicle;
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