Information reporting system for managing a fleet of an industrial vehicles
First Claim
1. A system, for managing a plurality of material handling vehicles at a facility, comprising:
- a sensor on each material handling vehicle to monitor at least one of speed and acceleration of the material handling vehicle;
a communication interface on each material handling vehicle which transmits and receives data regarding vehicle operation, the data regarding vehicle operation including at least one of speed data and acceleration data;
a communications system that receives the data from each communication interface; and
a computer system comprising a processor, a user input device and a monitor having a screen on which information is displayed, and being connected to the communications system for processing the data from each of the material handling vehicles, including the at least one of speed data and acceleration data, and presenting reports on the screen based on the processed data from each of the material handling vehicles, including the at least one of speed data and acceleration data, the computer system operating in a plurality of report modes that comprises an impact report mode presenting reports about collisions of material handling vehicles with objects, a maintenance report mode presenting reports about maintenance and service performed on the material handling vehicles, a verify report mode presenting data about inspections performed on the material handling vehicles, and a metrics report mode presenting reports about amounts of work performed by the material handling vehicles, and an overview report mode presenting an overview report that contains separate graphs each summarizing report information from a different one of the impact, maintenance, verify, and metrics report modes, the processor to limit at least one vehicle operating parameter based on at least one of the presented reports, the at least one vehicle operating parameter including at least one of speed and acceleration;
wherein the computer system transitions from the overview report mode to another report mode that is selected in response to activation of the user input device, each of the impact, maintenance, verify, and metrics report modes has a summary display mode with a graph that presents data compiled from the plurality of material handling vehicles at the facility, a list display mode with a table that individually lists data about each one of at least some of the plurality of material handling vehicles, and a trend display mode containing a graph that presents a trend line of data during a defined time period, wherein the summary display mode, list display mode and the trend display mode is selectable in response a user activating the user input device to select an element presented on the screen.
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Abstract
Operational data are transmitted, by each of a plurality of material handling vehicles at a facility, into a communications system. A computer connected to the communications system processes the operational data and presents reports on a monitor screen. The computer operates in an impact report mode which provides reports about material handling vehicle impacts with objects, a maintenance report mode for reports pertaining to vehicle maintenance, a verify report mode presenting reports about vehicle inspections, and a metrics report mode for reports describing amounts of work performed by the vehicles, and an overview mode summarizes information from each of other report modes. Each report mode has different display modes which summarize data for a group of the vehicles or provide detailed information about one particular vehicle or one specific vehicle operator.
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30 Claims
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1. A system, for managing a plurality of material handling vehicles at a facility, comprising:
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a sensor on each material handling vehicle to monitor at least one of speed and acceleration of the material handling vehicle; a communication interface on each material handling vehicle which transmits and receives data regarding vehicle operation, the data regarding vehicle operation including at least one of speed data and acceleration data; a communications system that receives the data from each communication interface; and a computer system comprising a processor, a user input device and a monitor having a screen on which information is displayed, and being connected to the communications system for processing the data from each of the material handling vehicles, including the at least one of speed data and acceleration data, and presenting reports on the screen based on the processed data from each of the material handling vehicles, including the at least one of speed data and acceleration data, the computer system operating in a plurality of report modes that comprises an impact report mode presenting reports about collisions of material handling vehicles with objects, a maintenance report mode presenting reports about maintenance and service performed on the material handling vehicles, a verify report mode presenting data about inspections performed on the material handling vehicles, and a metrics report mode presenting reports about amounts of work performed by the material handling vehicles, and an overview report mode presenting an overview report that contains separate graphs each summarizing report information from a different one of the impact, maintenance, verify, and metrics report modes, the processor to limit at least one vehicle operating parameter based on at least one of the presented reports, the at least one vehicle operating parameter including at least one of speed and acceleration; wherein the computer system transitions from the overview report mode to another report mode that is selected in response to activation of the user input device, each of the impact, maintenance, verify, and metrics report modes has a summary display mode with a graph that presents data compiled from the plurality of material handling vehicles at the facility, a list display mode with a table that individually lists data about each one of at least some of the plurality of material handling vehicles, and a trend display mode containing a graph that presents a trend line of data during a defined time period, wherein the summary display mode, list display mode and the trend display mode is selectable in response a user activating the user input device to select an element presented on the screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system, for managing a plurality of material handling vehicles at a facility, comprising:
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a temperature sensor on each material handling vehicle; a communication interface on each material handling vehicle which transmits and receives data regarding vehicle operation, the data regarding vehicle operation including vehicle temperature data; a communications system that receives the data from each communication interface; and a computer system comprising a processor, a user input device and a monitor having a screen on which information is displayed, and being connected to the communications system for processing the data from each of the material handling vehicles, including the vehicle temperature data, and presenting reports on the screen based on the processed data from each of the material handling vehicles, including the vehicle temperature data, the computer system operating in a plurality of report modes that comprises an impact report mode presenting reports about collisions of material handling vehicles with objects, a maintenance report mode presenting reports about maintenance and service performed on the material handling vehicles, a verify report mode presenting data about inspections performed on the material handling vehicles, and a metrics report mode presenting reports about amounts of work performed by the material handling vehicles, and an overview report mode presenting an overview report that contains separate graphs each summarizing report information from a different one of the impact, maintenance, verify, and metrics report modes, the processor to control at least one of a vehicle speed and a vehicle acceleration based on the vehicle temperature data from at least one of the presented reports; wherein the computer system transitions from the overview report mode to another report mode that is selected in response to activation of the user input device, each of the impact, maintenance, verify, and metrics report modes has a first display mode with a graph that presents data compiled from the plurality of material handling vehicles at the facility, and in response to activating the user input device to select an element presented on the screen in the first display mode, the computer system transitions to a second display mode that presents information pertaining to only one material handling vehicle designated by the element. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for managing a plurality of material handling vehicles at a plurality of facilities comprising:
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a battery on each material handling vehicle; a communication interface on each material handling vehicle which transmits and receives data regarding vehicle operation, the data regarding vehicle operation including a battery state data; a communication system that receives the data from each communication interface; a computer system comprising a processor, a user input device and a monitor having a display screen on which information is displayed, and being connected to the communication system for processing the data from each of the material handling vehicles including the battery state data, and presenting reports on the display screen based on the processed data from each of the material handling vehicles, including the battery state data;
the computer system operating in a plurality of report modes that comprise an impact report mode presenting reports about collisions of material handling vehicles with objects, a maintenance report mode presenting reports about maintenance and service performed on the material handling vehicles, a verify report mode presenting information about inspections performed on material handling vehicles, and a metrics report mode presenting reports about amounts of usage of material handling vehicles during defined periods of time, and an overview report mode presenting an overview report that contains separate graphs each summarizing report information from a different one of the impact, maintenance, verify, and metrics modes for all the plurality of facilities, wherein each report mode has a plurality of display modes, the processor to control at least one of a vehicle speed and a vehicle acceleration based on the battery state data from at least one of the presented reports;wherein the computer system transitions from the overview report mode to another report mode that is selected in response to activation of the user input device, each of the impact, maintenance, verify, and metrics modes has a first display mode with a graph that presents data compiled from all the plurality of material handling vehicles at all the plurality of facilities, and in response to activating the user input device to select an element presented on the display screen in the first display mode, the computer system transitions to a second display mode that presents information pertaining to only one of the plurality of facilities, and in response to activating the user input device to select another element presented on the display screen in the second display mode, the computer system transitions to a third display mode that presents information pertaining to only one of the plurality of material handling vehicles at the only one of the plurality of facilities. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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