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Task completion confirmation system for vehicles

Assignee: Denso Corp
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Filing: 1994-03-25
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Granted: 1996-02-06
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Expires: 2014-03-25
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Abstract

Abstract An object of the present invention is to provide a task completion confirmation system for vehicles which allows crew members to carry out their tasks correctly by automatically displaying the tasks which have been completed. A garbage truck goes to a plurality of garbage collecting areas to collect garbage. When the garbage truck comes near or reaches the garbage collecting area, a communication device is capable of communicating with a response device in a display plate. It writes into a storage circuit data indicating garbage collecting points, progress of task, and the like, based on the communication. Accordingly, the crew members are able to collect garbage at each of the garbage collecting areas, without making any mistakes.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hisashi Shigekusa
  • 👤 Naoki Tokitsu

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 22:43
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08G; G08G1/00; G08G1/123; G07; G07C; G07C5/00; G07C5/08; G07C5/0841; G07C5/085; G07C5/0858; B; B61; B61L; B61L23/00; B61L23/002; B61L23/005; G07C5/008

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 242 words
A task completion confirmation system for vehicles which go from place to place to a plurality of places to confirm the tasks which have been completed, thereby allowing crew members to carry out predetermined tasks at said plurality of places, said device comprising: operating means which may be operated by said crew members to confirm said predetermined tasks, when said vehicle is at any one of said plurality of places; vehicle position recognizing means which recognizes whether said vehicle is at said one of said plurality of places to generate a signal for identifying said one of said plurality of places as a particular place; display means, equipped in said vehicle, for displaying said plurality of places; and control means which causes said display means to display, differently, the plurality of places said vehicles have gone to and have not yet gone to, in accordance with said signal from said vehicle position recognizing means, when said operating means has been operated, wherein said vehicle position recognizing means comprises: location point devices installed respectively in said plurality of places; communication means which communicates by radio with each of said location point devices installed in said plurality of places; and storage means which stores data indicating said plurality of places; characterized in that based on the communication of said communication means and the stored data of said storage means, said vehicle is recognized to be at said particular place among said plurality of places.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 242 words
A task completion confirmation system for vehicles which go from place to place to a plurality of places to confirm the tasks which have been completed, thereby allowing crew members to carry out predetermined tasks at said plurality of places, said device comprising: operating means which may be operated by said crew members to confirm said predetermined tasks, when said vehicle is at any one of said plurality of places; vehicle position recognizing means which recognizes whether said vehicle is at said one of said plurality of places to generate a signal for identifying said one of said plurality of places as a particular place; display means, equipped in said vehicle, for displaying said plurality of places; and control means which causes said display means to display, differently, the plurality of places said vehicles have gone to and have not yet gone to, in accordance with said signal from said vehicle position recognizing means, when said operating means has been operated, wherein said vehicle position recognizing means comprises: location point devices installed respectively in said plurality of places; communication means which communicates by radio with each of said location point devices installed in said plurality of places; and storage means which stores data indicating said plurality of places; characterized in that based on the communication of said communication means and the stored data of said storage means, said vehicle is recognized to be at said particular place among said plurality of places.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 245 words
A task completion confirmation system for vehicles which go from place to place to a plurality of places to confirm the tasks which have been completed, thereby allowing crew members to carry out predetermined tasks at said plurality of places, said device comprising: operating means which may be operated by said crew members to confirm said predetermined tasks, when said vehicle is at any one of said plurality of places; vehicle position recognizing means which recognizes whether said vehicle is at said one of said plurality of places to generate a signal for identifying said one of said plurality of places as a particular place; display means, equipped in said vehicle, for displaying said plurality of places; and control means which causes said display means to display, differently, the plurality of places said vehicles have gone to and have not yet gone to, in accordance with said signal from said vehicle position recognizing means, when said operating means has been operated, wherein said vehicle position recognition means comprises: communication means which communicates with said vehicle by radio, installed respectively in each of said plurality of places; response device which responds to communication from said communication means, installed in said vehicle; and storage means which stores data indicating said plurality of places; characterized in that based on the response of said response device and the data stored in said storage means, said vehicle is recognized as being at said particular place among said plurality of places.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 245 words
A task completion confirmation system for vehicles which go from place to place to a plurality of places to confirm the tasks which have been completed, thereby allowing crew members to carry out predetermined tasks at said plurality of places, said device comprising: operating means which may be operated by said crew members to confirm said predetermined tasks, when said vehicle is at any one of said plurality of places; vehicle position recognizing means which recognizes whether said vehicle is at said one of said plurality of places to generate a signal for identifying said one of said plurality of places as a particular place; display means, equipped in said vehicle, for displaying said plurality of places; and control means which causes said display means to display, differently, the plurality of places said vehicles have gone to and have not yet gone to, in accordance with said signal from said vehicle position recognizing means, when said operating means has been operated, wherein said vehicle position recognition means comprises: communication means which communicates with said vehicle by radio, installed respectively in each of said plurality of places; response device which responds to communication from said communication means, installed in said vehicle; and storage means which stores data indicating said plurality of places; characterized in that based on the response of said response device and the data stored in said storage means, said vehicle is recognized as being at said particular place among said plurality of places.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 45 words
A task completion confirmation system for vehicles according to claim 1, wherein said storage means comprises: an IC card which stores data indicating said plurality of places; and an IC card reader writer capable of reading out and writing data .stored in said IC card.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 50 words
A task completion confirmation system for vehicles according to claim 1, further comprising arrival recognition means which allows said crew members to recognize that their vehicle has reached the particular place, when said vehicle position recognition means have recognized that said vehicle has reached one of said plurality of places.

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