System for providing fuel efficiency information of construction machinery

• US 9,446,769 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2013
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HD Hyundai Infracore Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Doosan Infracore Company Limited
• Inventors: Yun, Hong Cheol, Park, Duck Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaawat, Mussa A
• Assistant Examiner(s): JHA, ABDHESH K
• Application Number:
  US14/372,839
• Publication Number:
  US 20140336916A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,335 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/146 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2300/17 Construction vehicles, e.g. graders, excavators
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/0638 Engine speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2530/211 Fuel quality, e.g. water content due to age of fuel
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/30 Driving style
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/12 related to parameters of the vehicle itself , e.g. tyre models
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/267 Diagnosing or detecting failure of vehicles

Abstract

According to the present disclosure, there is provided a system for providing information about fuel efficiency of construction machinery, including: a TMS controller obtaining information about reference fuel efficiency through a communication network from a server, and providing the information about the reference fuel efficiency as display information; and an equipment controller calculating information about current fuel efficiency by analyzing operations of constituent elements of the construction machinery.

Claims

1. A system for providing information about fuel efficiency of construction machinery and driving the construction machinery accordingly, comprising:

a hydraulic pump;

a tele management system (TMS) controller configured to obtain information about reference fuel efficiency through a communication network from a server; and

provide the information about the reference fuel efficiency as display information; and

an equipment controller configured to;

calculate information about current fuel efficiency by analyzing operations of constituent elements of the construction machinery,

wherein the information about the reference fuel efficiency includes a plurality of tables and records and fields of the respective tables,

wherein the plurality of tables is configured for each type of construction machinery, and the records and the fields of the tables include at least one of best fuel efficiency equipment for each operation place condition, daily best fuel efficiency equipment, weekly best fuel efficiency equipment, monthly best fuel efficiency equipment, and annually best fuel efficiency equipment,

wherein the records and the fields of the tables include at least one of revolutions per minute of an engine, a discharged flow rate, horsepower, a driving speed, and a use time with no load,

wherein the information about the current fuel efficiency is transmitted to the server, and compared with the information about the reference fuel efficiency,

wherein the compared information is calculated as fuel efficiency learning information to be provided to an operator through a personal terminal, and

wherein the fuel efficiency learning information includes a use time with no load of the best fuel efficiency equipment, a difference in the use time with no load between the best fuel efficiency equipment and current equipment, a recommended operation mode through an analysis of corresponding information, revolutions per minute of the engine, and a use time with no load required to be decreased;

display the information about the current fuel efficiency calculated by analyzing operations of constituent elements of the construction machinery and the information about the reference fuel efficiency obtained from the TMS controller together on a gauge;

display variances of the information about the reference fuel efficiency and the information about the current fuel efficiency according to a time in a graph form on the gauge; and

induce generation of a manipulation signal that drives a working device of the construction machinery according to the fuel efficiency learning information, wherein hydraulic oil is outputted from the hydraulic pump to the working device according to the manipulation signal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the TMS controller is configured to provide the information about the current fuel efficiency to the server.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the equipment controller is configured to:

display information about optimum reference fuel efficiency on a first area of the gauge;

display the information about the current fuel efficiency on a second area of the gauge; and

display information about a total fuel consumption ratio, which represents a ratio of the amount of fuel consumed by the current fuel efficiency to the amount of fuel consumed by the reference fuel efficiency for a predetermined time, on a third area of the gauge.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the personal terminal includes at least one of a PC and a portable terminal, and

wherein the fuel efficiency learning information is provided to at least one of the PC and the portable terminal through a web page.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to calculate the information about the reference fuel efficiency based on current fuel efficiency of best fuel efficiency equipment by comparing the information about the current fuel efficiency provided from a plurality of construction machinery.