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`US 7,765,039 Bl
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`(54} APPARATUS FOR TRACKING AND
`RECORDING VITAL SIGNS AND
`TASK-RELATED INFORMATION 0]“ A
`VEHICLE TO IDENTIFY OPERATING
`PATTERNS
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`[76)
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`Inventor: LeRoy G. Hagenbuch. 502 W.
`Northgate Rd. Peoria. 1L (118)61614
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`( * ) Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b1by 0 days.
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`This patent is subject to a terminal dis-
`claimer.
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`(21)
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`.*\pp1.No.: 117410.648
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`(22)
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`Filed:
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`Apr. 25, 2006
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`Jul. 27, 2010
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`Sheet 13 of 23
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`Jul. 27, 2010
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`Sheet 14 of 23
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`Sheet 15 of 28
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`LEVEL 1 MENU AND
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`Jul. 27, 2010
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`Sheet 16 of 23
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`TEN [-136 BEST PAYLOADS
`SUBROUTINE'
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`161
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`Jul. 27, 2010
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`Sheet 17 of 23
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`TEN me HEST SPIKES
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`173
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`Jul. 27, 2010
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`Sheet 13 of 23
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`STUCK TRANSDUCER
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`185
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`Jul. 27, 2010
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`Sheet 19 of 23
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`BODY EMPTY PSI
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`197
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`Jul. 27, 2010
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`Sheet 20 of 23
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`LEAKING SENSOR
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`209
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`Sheet 21 of 23
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`LAST FIVE NE UTRALS
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`223
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`LEVEL 3
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`Jul. 27, 2010
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`Sheet 22 of 23
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`LAST FIVE REVERSES
`SUBROUTHNE
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`235
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`MENU
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`DISPLAY
`LEVEL 3
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`MOVE CURSOR T0
`
`LAST FIVE REVERSES
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`PRESS ENTER
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`
` DISPLAY
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`
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`APPARATUS FOR TRACKING AND
`RECORDING VITAL SIGNS AND
`TASK-RELATED INFORMATION OF A
`VEHICLE TO IDENTIFY OPERATING
`PATTERNS
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`CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED
`APPLICATIONS
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`This patent application is a divisional of U .3. application
`Ser. No. 101883.822 filed on Mar. 7, 2003 which is a continu-
`ation ofUS. application Ser. No. 08i448.764 filed on May 24.
`1995 (New U.S. Pat. No. 6,546,363) which is a divisional of
`U.S. application Ser. No. 08fl96.480 filed on Feb. 15. 1994
`(Abandoned).
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`TECHNICAL FIELD OF T HE INVENTION
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`The invention generally relates to the identification of
`anomalies in the operation of a vehicle and. more particularly.
`to the collection and analysis ofdata derived during operation
`oi‘a vehicle that provides a basis for diagnosing the cause of
`anomalies in the vehicle's operation.
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`All vehicles today have various sensors for identifying and
`tracking critical “vital signs“ of a vehicle. In their simplest
`form. these sensors include an oil pressure gauge. a water
`temperature gauge and an electrical system chargingfdis-
`charging gauge. In more sophisticated vehicle systems. these
`vital signs may be expanded to include the condition of the
`brake system. transmission shift indicator. and so forth. In
`fact. for every component or subassembly of a vehicle. a
`sensor can be adapted for indicating whether that component
`or subassembly is operating in a routine or “critical" state—
`i.e.. a state that if maintained will cause the component or
`subassembly to fail.
`it is also known to
`Like the monitoring of vital signs.
`employ sensors oil-board a vehicle to track performance of
`the vehicle. An example of such an oil-board system is illus-
`trated in U.S. Pat. No. 4.839.835 to Hagenbuch. By sensing
`and monitoring vehicle parameters related to the task being
`performed by a vehicle. a record can he established that
`describes how effectively the vehicle is performing and pro-
`vides the operator of the vehicle with information from which
`future operations of the vehicle can be planned to maximize
`perlormance. Task-related parameters are parameters such as
`load carried by a vehicle. grade of the road on which the
`vehicle is operating, loads hauled per hour. tons hauled per
`hour. and the like. In general. the task-related parameters are
`those parameters that provide indicia of the work done by the
`vehicle. where work is proportional to the weight of a vehicle
`multiplied by distance it is carried. Production performance
`of the vehicle is generally evaluated in the amount of work
`done by the vehicle in a unit of time—cg. miles per hour.
`tons per hour and the like.
`Today. there are many companies producing equipment for
`monitoring the state of health of a vehicle‘s components and
`subassemblies-—i.e._. its “vital signs.“ There are also many
`companies producing vehicle production monitoring equip-
`ment. However. to the best ofappl icant’ 5 knowledge. none of
`these products has integrated vehicle production with vehicle
`condition. It is expensive to operate all vehicles and. in par—
`ticular. large load—carrying vehicles such as trucks. Accord—
`ingly. in an elfor1 to improve the up time or operating time of
`the vehicle. it is very important to monitor the critical vital
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`signs ofa vehicle. However. itt addition to simply monitoring
`these vehicle critical vital signs. it is even more important to
`know what caused a vehicle vital sign to reach a critical
`condition that, ifcontinued, will cause failure ofa component
`or subassemhly. When taken as disparate items.
`tracking
`either vital signs or production parameters gives only a partial
`picture ofa vehicle‘s operation.
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`SUMMARY OF THE lNVENTION
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`It is the general object of the invention to diagnose the
`cause of anomalies in the values of the state-of-health param-
`eters ofa vehicle.
`It is a related object of the invention to employ the forego—
`ing diagnosis to control the operation and use ofthe vehicle to
`reduce the severity and number of anomalies of the values of
`the state-of—health parameters of the vehicle, thereby extend-
`ing the useful life of the vehicle while maintaining production
`goals.
`It is also an important object of the invention to provide a
`historical record of the values of the condition and perfor—
`mance parameters ofa vehicle. which can be used to schedule
`future maintenance and utilization of a vehicle.
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`It is yet another important object of the invention to provide
`to the user of a vehicle real-time information regarding the
`degree with which the vehicle is being utilized-- -i.e.. the
`maximization of all performance and condition parameters
`within their normal ranges. It is a related object of the inven—
`tion to signal the user ofa vehicle whether the utilization of
`the vehicle at the moment is optimum and to also indicate
`whether the user has utilized the vehicle over a known time
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`period (c. g._. a work shift) in a manner that meets expectations.
`These and other objects and advantages of the present
`invention. as well as additional inventive features. will be
`apparent from the description of the invention provided
`herein.
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`Briefly, the invention identifies a poor state of health of a
`vehicle and provides data regarding the recent use of the
`vehicle that can be used to effectively diagnose the cause of
`the poor health. Operating the vehicle beyond its nomtal
`operating conditions stresses components and subassernblies.
`If stressed to an extreme or for a long period of time. the
`component or subassembly may fail. On the other hand.
`under-utilization of the vehicle results in undue operating
`expenses and inetlicient use of the vehicle. Therefore. the
`invention also provides a visual prompt to the operator of the
`vehicle on a substantially real-time basis an evaluation of the
`elliciency of the vehicle’s operation with respect to a prede-
`termined norm for an assigned task. With these two aspects of
`the invention. the operator of the vehicle is encouraged to
`operate the vehicle efficiently while at the same time being
`mind fat that over-stressing the vehicle to make up for a period
`of inefficiency will be recorded and noted by the operator’s
`supervisors.
`An electronic processor on-board the