Protective maintenance service system for vehicles
First Claim
1. A protective maintenance service system for vehicles by a service provider, with which a business unit that controls a plurality of vehicles makes a contract of protective maintenance service for monitoring conditions of inspection required parts of the respective vehicles that are under the control of said business unit, wherein databases comprise,a vehicle database provided by the business unit in advance, which stores the information of vehicles under the control of the business unit, a vehicle inspection parts database, which stores the contents and service lives of the inspection required parts of the respective vehicles that are provided by the business unit in advance and stored in said vehicle database, a part condition sensor database, which stores the sensors attached to the parts that require continuous condition monitoring, of the respective inspection required parts stored in said vehicle inspection parts database, an environment sensor database, which stores the sensors that are mounted on the vehicles stored in said vehicle database and detect the ambient environments of the vehicles, a vehicle service environment database, which stores the environmental conditions under which the vehicles stored in said vehicle database are in service, a road/road surface database, which stores the information on roads and road surfaces on maps incorporating the road and road surface data that is provided by said respective vehicles, a vehicle condition monitoring database, which stores the conditions of the respective parts of the respective vehicles that are stored in said vehicle database, a maintenance database, which stores the information on repair and replacement of the respective inspection required parts that are stored in said vehicle inspection parts database at inspection-maintenance, a map database, which stores the map information throughout a country, and the current degradation conditions of the respective parts are stored in said vehicle condition monitoring database, by determining the degradation conditions of the inspection required parts stored in said vehicle inspection parts database on the basis of, the part condition information detected by the part condition sensors and stored in said part condition sensor database, the environment information of the vehicles in service stored in said vehicle service environment database based on the vehicle ambient environment information detected by the environment sensors stored in said environment sensor database, and the road and road surface information stored in said road/road surface information database.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a protective maintenance service system capable of raising an alarm for the replacement of a part when the degradation of an inspection required part reaches the prescribed criteria of replacement. Of the respective inspection required parts stored in the vehicle inspection parts database for the respective vehicles stored in the vehicle database provided by a business unit in advance, the time of part replacement is determined on the basis of the data detected by a part condition sensor for a part having a part condition sensor, and on the basis of the time, which is obtained from the service life compensated with an actual service environment, for a part without a part condition sensor.
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21 Claims
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1. A protective maintenance service system for vehicles by a service provider, with which a business unit that controls a plurality of vehicles makes a contract of protective maintenance service for monitoring conditions of inspection required parts of the respective vehicles that are under the control of said business unit, wherein databases comprise,
a vehicle database provided by the business unit in advance, which stores the information of vehicles under the control of the business unit, a vehicle inspection parts database, which stores the contents and service lives of the inspection required parts of the respective vehicles that are provided by the business unit in advance and stored in said vehicle database, a part condition sensor database, which stores the sensors attached to the parts that require continuous condition monitoring, of the respective inspection required parts stored in said vehicle inspection parts database, an environment sensor database, which stores the sensors that are mounted on the vehicles stored in said vehicle database and detect the ambient environments of the vehicles, a vehicle service environment database, which stores the environmental conditions under which the vehicles stored in said vehicle database are in service, a road/road surface database, which stores the information on roads and road surfaces on maps incorporating the road and road surface data that is provided by said respective vehicles, a vehicle condition monitoring database, which stores the conditions of the respective parts of the respective vehicles that are stored in said vehicle database, a maintenance database, which stores the information on repair and replacement of the respective inspection required parts that are stored in said vehicle inspection parts database at inspection-maintenance, a map database, which stores the map information throughout a country, and the current degradation conditions of the respective parts are stored in said vehicle condition monitoring database, by determining the degradation conditions of the inspection required parts stored in said vehicle inspection parts database on the basis of, the part condition information detected by the part condition sensors and stored in said part condition sensor database, the environment information of the vehicles in service stored in said vehicle service environment database based on the vehicle ambient environment information detected by the environment sensors stored in said environment sensor database, and the road and road surface information stored in said road/road surface information database.
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17. A protective maintenance service method for vehicles, comprising:
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storing inspection-required parts information in a vehicle inspection parts database at a service provider, the inspection required parts information being related to a plurality of vehicles controlled by a business unit and being provided by the business unit to the service provider, detecting a part condition of at least one inspection-required part of the vehicles using a part condition sensor mounted on the respective vehicles, and generating an alarm indicating a time of part replacement is approaching based on the detected part condition; and
determining a service life compensated by an actual service environment of at least one other inspection-required part lacking a part condition sensor mounted on the vehicle, and generating an alarm indicating a time of part replacement is approaching based on the determined service life. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A protective maintenance service method for vehicles, comprising:
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storing inspection-required parts information in a vehicle inspection parts database at a service provider, the inspection required parts information being related to a plurality of vehicles controlled by a business unit and being provided by the business unit to the service provider, providing an expected time of part replacement for at least one part having a part condition sensor, the expected time of part replacement being computed with the change of an inspection required part per time and the degree of degradation development of the inspection required part, which is computed with the change of the inspection required part per time detected by said part condition sensor and a mileage per time in the past; and
providing an expected time of part replacement for at least one part lacking a part condition sensor, the expected time of part replacement being computed using a service life compensated with an actual service environment. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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