US5742914A
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Apparatus and method responsive to the on-board measuring of haulage parameters of a vehicle
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1995-03-13
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Granted: 1998-04-21
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Expires: 2015-03-13
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus is described for determining and recording a location of a vehicle and a hauling status of a load carried by the vehicle. Information describing the location of the vehicle is derived from an electromagnetic network that grids a work area of the vehicle. A device on-board the vehicle provides information regarding the hauling status of a load. Electronics on-board the vehicle determines the status of the vehicle's load at a particular location in the work area with respect to time. This information is stored as a historical event by correlating the status of the load with the location and time the status was determined. The electromagnetic network is created by a remotely located satellite-based or land-based system. In a particular embodiment of the invention, a weight of the load carried by the vehicle is reported to a remote site along with the location of the vehicle and the vehicle's identification code. An infrared communications device on-board the vehicle provides an electromagnetic link to a complementary device off the vehicle.
Inventors
- 👤 Leroy G. Hagenbuch
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 08:32
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08G; G08G1/00; G08G1/20; G01; G01G; G01G19/00; G01G19/08; G01G23/00; G01G23/18; G01G23/36; G01G23/37; G01G23/3728; G01S; G01S1/00; G01S1/70; G01S5/00; G01S5/16; G07; G07C; G07C5/00; G07C5/008; G07C5/08; G07C5/0841; G07C5/085; G08G1/123; B; B60; B60G; B60G2204/00; B60G2204/10; B60G2204/11; B60G2300/00; B60G2300/02; B60G2300/026; B60G2400/00; B60G2400/60; B60G2400/61; B60G2600/00; B60G2600/04; B60G2600/042; B60G2600/0422
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
An apparatus for determining and recording a location of a vehicle and a hauling status of a load carried by the vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a device mounted to the vehicle for providing a signal whose value is indicative of the hauling status of the load carried by the vehicle; a source of a signal whose value is indicative of the location of the vehicle, where the source is responsive to an electromagnetic network that grids a work area of the vehicle; a processor responsive to the signals from the device and the network for processing the signals to determine the status of the vehicle's load at a particular location in the work area with respect to time information provided by the processor; and, a memory for receiving from the processor as historical information the status of the load, the particular location and the time information and storing the historical information in a format correlating the status of the load, the particular location and the time information.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
167 words
An apparatus for determining and recording a location of a vehicle and a hauling status of a load carried by the vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a device mounted to the vehicle for providing a signal whose value is indicative of the hauling status of the load carried by the vehicle; a source of a signal whose value is indicative of the location of the vehicle, where the source is responsive to an electromagnetic network that grids a work area of the vehicle; a processor responsive to the signals from the device and the network for processing the signals to determine the status of the vehicle's load at a particular location in the work area with respect to time information provided by the processor; and, a memory for receiving from the processor as historical information the status of the load, the particular location and the time information and storing the historical information in a format correlating the status of the load, the particular location and the time information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the electromagnetic network is created by a remotely located LORAN-based system.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the electromagnetic network is created by remotely located GEOSTAR-based system.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the signal source includes an infrared sensor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the infrared sensor is responsive to an infrared transmitter mounted to a loader for loading material to the vehicle.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus of claim 1 including a transmitter on-board the vehicle for downloading to a remote site the status of the load, the particular location and the time information.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the memory is located at the remote site.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the processor includes means for calculating an expression of the amount of work performed by the vehicle that is easily understood by a user of the apparatus.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus of claim 8 including a memory for storing as a historical record the expression of work performed by the vehicle.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the signal source includes a radio frequency receiver.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
13 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the memory is mounted on-board the vehicle.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the value of the signal from the device is a weight of the load carried in a body of the vehicle.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
114 words
A system for reporting to a remote site a weight, location and identification code for a haulage vehicle, the system comprising: a sensor on-board the vehicle for providing a weight signal whose value is indicative of a weight of a load carried by the vehicle; a memory on-board the vehicle containing an identification code of the vehicle; a source of a location signal whose value is indicative of a location of the vehicle; an infrared communications device on-board the vehicle for providing an electromagnetic link to a complementary device off the vehicle; and, a transmitter for transmitting to the remote site the weight and location in association with the identification code of the vehicle.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
114 words
A system for reporting to a remote site a weight, location and identification code for a haulage vehicle, the system comprising: a sensor on-board the vehicle for providing a weight signal whose value is indicative of a weight of a load carried by the vehicle; a memory on-board the vehicle containing an identification code of the vehicle; a source of a location signal whose value is indicative of a location of the vehicle; an infrared communications device on-board the vehicle for providing an electromagnetic link to a complementary device off the vehicle; and, a transmitter for transmitting to the remote site the weight and location in association with the identification code of the vehicle.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 13 wherein the infrared communications device is an infrared receiver on-board the vehicle.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 13 wherein the infrared communications device is an infrared transmitter on-board the vehicle.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
12 words
The system of claim 13 wherein the transmitter is on-board the vehicle.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system of claim 13 wherein the infrared communications device is an infrared sensor and the complementary device is one of a plurality of infrared sources distributed throughout a work area of the vehicle.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the complementary device is an infrared communications device mounted to a loader for loading material onto the vehicle for haulage.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
150 words
An apparatus for determining and recording a location of a vehicle and a status of a load carried by the vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a device mounted to the vehicle for providing a signal whose value is indicative of the status of the load carried by the vehicle; a source of a signal whose value is indicative of a particular location in the work area of the vehicle, where the source is responsive to a satellite-based electromagnetic network that grids a work area of the vehicle; a processor responsive to the signals from the device and the source for processing the signals to determine the vehicle's load status at the particular location; and, a memory for receiving from the processor as historical information the status of the load and the particular location and storing the historical information in a format correlating the status of the load and the particular location.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
150 words
An apparatus for determining and recording a location of a vehicle and a status of a load carried by the vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a device mounted to the vehicle for providing a signal whose value is indicative of the status of the load carried by the vehicle; a source of a signal whose value is indicative of a particular location in the work area of the vehicle, where the source is responsive to a satellite-based electromagnetic network that grids a work area of the vehicle; a processor responsive to the signals from the device and the source for processing the signals to determine the vehicle's load status at the particular location; and, a memory for receiving from the processor as historical information the status of the load and the particular location and storing the historical information in a format correlating the status of the load and the particular location.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2005-04-20 | 2005-10-20 | 2006-04-21 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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