Method of communication between construction equipment and management server

• US 9,584,600 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2013
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HD Hyundai Infracore Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Doosan Infracore Company Limited
• Inventors: Yun, Gi Jung
• Primary Examiner(s): Higa, Brendan
• Application Number:
  US14/374,806
• Publication Number:
  US 20150312347A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,491 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/145 Payments according to the detected use or quantity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/145 trading network capacity or selecting route based on tariff
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A communication method between construction equipment and a management server according to the present disclosure includes: receiving, by a diagnostic device of the construction equipment, state information from a plurality of vehicle control devices; checking, by the diagnostic device, a usable communication method when the received state information needs to be transmitted to a management server; when there is one usable communication method, transmitting, by the diagnostic device, the state information to the management server by using the corresponding communication method; and when there is a plurality of usable communication methods, selecting, by the diagnostic device, a communication method having the lowest fee per unit data, and transmitting the state information to the management server by using the selected communication method.

Claims

1. A communication method between construction equipment and a management server, comprising:

(i) receiving, by a diagnostic device of the construction equipment, state information from a plurality of vehicle control devices;

(ii) checking for, by the diagnostic device, a usable communication method when the received state information is identified to be transmitted to the management server;

(iii) when there is one usable communication method identified by the checking, transmitting, by the diagnostic device, the state information to the management server using the one usable communication method; and

(iv) when there is a plurality of usable communication methods identified by the checking, selecting, by the diagnostic device, a communication method from the plurality of usable communication methods having the lowest fee per unit data, and transmitting the state information to the management server using the selected communication method,

wherein the diagnostic device of the construction equipment periodically monitors respective location information and charging policies of communication network providers using the operations (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv).

2. The communication method of claim 1, wherein the diagnostic device of the construction equipment periodically compares a fee per unit data for each usable communication method, selects a communication method having the lowest fee, and performs a communication according to the selected communication method.

3. A communication method between construction equipment and a management server, comprising:

transmitting, by a diagnostic device of the construction equipment, current location information on the construction equipment to a management server;

requesting a check of a first mobile communication fee, which is a fee per unit data when the diagnostic device uses a mobile communications device;

identifying, by the diagnostic device, a surrounding communication terminal;

requesting a check of a second mobile communication fee, which is a fee per unit data when the identified surrounding communication terminal is used;

selecting, by the diagnostic device, a communication method having the lowest communication fee among the first mobile communication fee, the second mobile communication fee, and a pre-stored satellite communication fee; and

transmitting, by the diagnostic device, state information on the construction equipment using the selected method.

4. The communication method of claim 3, wherein the identified surrounding communication terminal sets an option for a communication connection with the diagnostic device including whether to allow a connection, a connection time, or a connection period of time, through a program installed inside the communication terminal.

5. A diagnostic device of construction equipment, comprising:

a CAN interface configured to perform CAN communication with a plurality of vehicle control devices included in the construction equipment;

a GPS configured to provide location information on the construction equipment;

communication circuitry including a near field communication device, a mobile communications device, and a satellite communication device configured to transmit state information on the vehicle control devices to a surrounding communication terminal or a management server;

a memory configured to store the state information received from the plurality of vehicle control devices, and a satellite communication fee when the satellite communication device is used; and

a controller configured to;

request the state information from the plurality of vehicle control devices;

receive the state information; and

transmit the received state information to the surrounding communication terminal or the management server,

wherein the controller requests a check of a first mobile communication fee when the mobile communications device transmits current location information on the construction equipment to the management server, requests a check of a second mobile communication fee from the surrounding communication terminal when the surrounding communication terminal is used, and selects a communication method having the lowest communication fee among the first mobile communication fee, the second mobile communication fee, and a pre-stored satellite communication fee.