Vehicle-load-weight display system

• US 5,817,989 A
• Filed: 09/21/1995
• Issued: 10/06/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Shimizu, Shinichiro, Nakazaki, Yoji
• Primary Examiner(s): Gellner, Michael L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gibson, Randy W.
• Application Number:
  US08/531,647
• Time in Patent Office: 1,111 Days
• Field of Search: 177/25.11, 177/25.12, 177/25.13, 177/25.19, 177/136, 177/137, 177/138, 177/139, 177/141, 364/569
• US Class Current: 177/136
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/08 for incorporation in vehicles

Abstract

A vehicle-load-weight display system includes a weight calculating means 1 which obtains the load weight from output signals from sensors mounted in a vehicle, a display means 2 displaying the load weight obtained by the calculating means 1, and a display control means 3 controlling the display means 2 during a run so as to display the load weight obtained prior to the run. The weight calculating means 1 obtains the load weight from output signals provided by the weight sensors in the initial part of each period at constant intervals, and the display control means 3 decides whether the vehicle is running by a pulse outputted from a run sensor during each of multiple periods. A detecting means 4 detecting the start of loading and unloading works when a given time has passed after the vehicle stopped running. During the period from the detection of the start of loading and unloading works to the start of the vehicle running, the weight calculating means 1 calculates the difference in the load weights between the present period and the previous period, and moreover the display control means 3 makes the display means 2 display the present weight obtained by adding the difference in the load weights to the previously displayed weight.

Claims

1. A vehicle-load-weight display system comprising:

a weight calculating means for obtaining a load weight from output signals of sensors mounted in the vehicle;

a display means for displaying the load weight obtained by said calculating means; and

a display control means for controlling said display means to only display the load weight obtained prior to movement of the vehicle.

2. A vehicle-load-weight display system according to claim 1,

wherein said display control means decides whether the vehicle is moving by a run pulse outputted from a run sensor in the vehicle.

3. A vehicle-load-weight display system according to claim 1,

wherein said display control means controls said display means so as to display the load weight obtained prior to the movement of the vehicle, even during a predetermined stopping period after the movement of the vehicle.

4. A vehicle-load-weight display system according to each of claims 1, 2 or 3,

wherein, if said display control means decides that the vehicle is moving, said display control means stops said weight calculating means from calculating the load weight so as to display the load weight obtained prior to the movement of the vehicle by said display means.

5. A vehicle-load-weight display system according to claim 1, wherein said weight calculating means obtains the load weight from output signals provided by weight sensors during an initial part of each of a plurality of predetermined periods, and said display control means decides whether the vehicle is moving by a run pulse outputted from a run sensor in said each of the plurality of predetermined periods.

6. A vehicle-load-weight display system according to claim 5, further comprising a detecting means for detecting a start of loading and unloading works after a predetermined time has passed after stopping of the movement of the vehicle,

wherein, during a time period from the start of loading and unloading works to the start of the vehicle movement, said weight calculating means calculates the difference in the load weights between a present period and a previous period, and moreover said display control means controls said display means to display the present load weight obtained by adding said difference in the load weights to a previously displayed weight.

7. A vehicle-load-weight display system according to claim 6,

wherein said detecting means detects the start of loading and unloading works by detecting a manual operation of a switch.

8. A vehicle-load-weight display system according to claim 6,

wherein said detecting means detects the start of loading and unloading works by recognizing that said difference in the load weights between when a predetermined time has passed after stopping of the vehicle movement and when a second load weight is newly calculated thereafter becomes larger than a predetermined value.

9. A vehicle-load-weight display system according to claim 5,

wherein said each of the plurality of predetermined periods is substantially equal to a time period from a first power transmission to a start of wheel rotation.

10. A vehicle-load-weight display system according to claim 6,

wherein said predetermined time is substantially equal to a time period from stopping of the vehicle running to ceasing of the vehicle'"'"'s sway motion.

11. A vehicle-load-weight display system for a vehicle comprising:

a weight calculating means for obtaining a load weight from output signals of sensors mounted in the vehicle during an initial part of each of a plurality of predetermined periods when the vehicle is not moving;

a display to display the load weight calculated by said weight calculating means; and

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a display control means for controlling said display to display the load weight calculated prior to the movement of the vehicle,

wherein the movement of the vehicle is determined by a run pulse generated by a run sensor during any part of one of the plurality of predetermined periods.

12. A vehicle-load-weight display system for a vehicle comprising:

a weight calculating means for obtaining a load weight from output signals of sensors mounted in the vehicle;

a display to display the load weight calculated by said weight calculating means; and

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a display control means for controlling said display to display the load weight calculated prior to movement of the vehicle and excluding a load weight variation occurring during a time period from a start of power transmission to a start of wheel rotation.

13. A vehicle-load-weight display system for a vehicle comprising:

a weight calculating means for calculating a load weight based on output signals of sensors mounted in the vehicle prior to movement of the vehicle and stopping calculation during the movement of the vehicle;

a display to display the load weight calculated by said weight calculating means; and

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a display control means for controlling said display to display the load weight calculated prior to the movement of the vehicle.