Apparatus for tracking and recording vital signs and task-related information of a vehicle to identify operating patterns
DCFirst Claim
1. A method of operating a vehicle comprising:
- monitoring vital signs of the vehicle and collecting values thereof;
monitoring one or more task-related parameters of the vehicle and collecting values of the parameters;
identifying one or more values from one or more of the vital signs and task-related parameters indicating the vehicle is operating in a critical state; and
recording the critical state and a chronology of the one or more values of the one or more task-related parameters leading up to the critical state.
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for diagnosing the state of health of a vehicle and for providing the operator of the vehicle with a substantially real-time indication of the efficiency of the vehicle in performing an assigned task with respect to a predetermined goal. A processor on-board the vehicle monitors sensors that provide information regarding the state of health of the vehicle and the amount of work the vehicle has done. In response to anomalies in the data from the sensors, the processor records information that describes events leading up to the occurrence of the anomaly for later analysis that can be used to diagnose the cause of the anomaly. The sensors are also used to prompt the operator of the vehicle to operate the vehicle at optimum efficiency.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of operating a vehicle comprising:
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monitoring vital signs of the vehicle and collecting values thereof; monitoring one or more task-related parameters of the vehicle and collecting values of the parameters; identifying one or more values from one or more of the vital signs and task-related parameters indicating the vehicle is operating in a critical state; and recording the critical state and a chronology of the one or more values of the one or more task-related parameters leading up to the critical state. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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2. A method for recording events of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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monitoring vital signs of the vehicle; detecting an overweight condition of the vehicle; recording the values of the vital signs collected when the overweight condition was detected; and recording a date and time with the recording of the collected values of the vital signs. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 18)
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8. A method for detecting and reporting a crash of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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monitoring values of at least one of each of vital sign and task-related parameters of the vehicle leading up to a crash of the vehicle; detecting the crash of the vehicle; recording the monitored values in response to the crash; and automatically broadcasting a distress signal in response to detecting the crash. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for recording events of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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monitoring production-related parameters of the vehicle; detecting a critical state of a vital sign of the vehicle; recording values of the production-related parameters leading up to the detection of the critical; and recording a date with the recording of the values of the production-related parameters leading up to the detection of the critical state. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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19. An apparatus for detecting and reporting a crash of a vehicle comprising:
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a processor for monitoring values of at least one of each of vital signs and task-related parameters of the vehicle leading up to a crash of the vehicle; a detector for detecting the crash of the vehicle; memory for recording the monitored values in response to the crash; and a transmitter for automatically broadcasting a distress signal in response to the detector detecting the crash. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus comprising:
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sensors for monitoring vital signs and one or more task-related parameters of a vehicle and collecting values thereof; a processor for identifying one or more values from one or more of the vital signs and task-related parameters indicating the vehicle is operating in a critical state; and a memory for recording the critical state and a chronology of the one or more values of the one or more task-related parameters leading up to the critical state. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. An apparatus for recording events of a vehicle comprising:
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sensors for monitoring one or more production-related parameters of the vehicle; a processor responsive to the sensors for detecting a critical state of a vital sign of the vehicle; and memory responsive to the processor for recording values and a date of the one or more production-related parameters leading up to the detection of the critical state. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus for recording events of a vehicle comprising:
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sensors for monitoring vital signs of the vehicle; a processor for detecting an overweight condition of the vehicle; and a memory for recording the values of the vital signs collected when the overweight condition was detected and a date and time the values of the vital signs were collected. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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