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`(54) APPARATUS FOR TRACKING AND
`RECORDING VITAL SIGNS AND
`TASK-RELATED INFORMATION OF A
`VEHICLE TO IDENTIFY OPERATING
`PATTERNS
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`Primary Examiner 7 Richard M. Cainby
`(74) Attornev, Agent, or Firm 7 Leydig. Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
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`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`An apparatus is provided for diagnosing the state ofhealth of
`a vehicle and for providing the operator ol‘the vehicle Willi a
`substantially real-time indication of the efficiency of the
`vehicle in performing an assigned task with respect
`to a
`predetermined goal. A processor on—board the vehicle moni-
`tors sensors that provide information regarding the state of
`health of the vehicle and the amount of work the vehicle has
`done. In response to anomalies in the data from the sensors,
`the processor records information that describes events lead-
`ing up to the occtirrence of the anomaly for later analysis that
`can be used to diagnose the cause ofthe anomaly. The sensors
`are also used to prompt the operator ofthe vehicle to operate
`the vehicle at optimum efficiency.
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`38 Claims, 28 Drawing Sheets
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 12
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`FAILURE MODE
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 13
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 13
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`FAILURE MODE
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 14
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 14
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 15
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`Sheet 13 0f 28
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`‘2‘
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 16
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 16
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`423
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 17
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 17
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`
`
`DISPLAY
`LEVEL I
`
`
`
`LEVEL 1 MENU AND
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`141
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`OPERATING SCREEN
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 18
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 18
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`TEN HIGHEST PAYLOADS
`SUBROUNNE
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`I61
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`163
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`TO PRINTER
`
`
`FIG. 10A
`
`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 19
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 19
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`TEN HIGHEST SPIKES
`SUBROUTINE
`
`173
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`
`LEVELS
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`MENU
`
`
` 175
`
`
`
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`179
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`DATE OF
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`
` WRITE
`
`SPIKES WITH
`
`
`DATE, TIME, PSI
`
`
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`
`DATA TO PRINTER
`
`FIG. IOB
`
`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 20
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 20
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`STUCK TRANSDUCER
`SUBROUTTNE
`
`MENU USE ARROW KEYS TO
`
`DISPLAY
`
`LEVELS
`
`DIAGNOSDCS
`
`189
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`STUCK TRANSDUCER
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`191
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`FIG. 10C
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 21
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 21
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`BODY EMPTY PSI
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`DISPLAY
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`LEVELS
`
`DIAGNOSTICS
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`201
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`TO PRINTER
`
`FIG. 10D
`
`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 22
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 22
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`LEAKING SENSOR
`SUBROUTINE
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` DISPLAY
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`LEVEL 3
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`
`
`213
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`
`
`
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`OPERATOR,
`
`DATE. TIME, AND
`
`
`PSI OF FIRST
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`F3 KEY
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`
`
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`TO PRINTER
`
`
`FIG. 10E
`
`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 23
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 23
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`LAST FIVE NEUTRALS
`SUBROUTINE
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`MENU
`
`
`DISPLAY
`
`LEVELS
`
`DIAGNOSTICS
`
`227
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`
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`MOVE CURSOR TO
`
`LAST FIVE NEUTRALS
`
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`
`
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`
`
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`DATE,TIME,
`
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`PAYLOAD
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`
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`
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`
`FIG. 10F
`
`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 24
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 24
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`LAST FIVE REVERSES
`SUBROUTINE
`
` DiSPLAY
`
`LEVEL 3
`
`
`DIAGNOSNCS
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`
`
` USE ARROW KEYS TO
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`LAST FJVE REVERSES
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`
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`
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`
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`
`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 25
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 25
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`LAST FIVE DUMP
`SUBROUTINE
`
`247
`
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`
`DISPLAY
`LEVEL3
`
`DiAGNOSfiCS
`
`251
`
`
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`MOVE CURSOR TO
`
`LAST FNE DUMP
`PRESS ENTER
`
`
`
`
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`
`
`
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`
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`
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`
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`
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`
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 26
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 26
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`CLEAR DIAGNOSTICS
`SUBROUTI N E
`259
`
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`
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`& SERIAL NUMBERS
`
`
`
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 27
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`TOYOTA Ex. 1101, page 27
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`PRODUCTION
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`APPARATUS FOR TRACKING AND
`RECORDING VITAL SIGNS AND
`TASK-RELATED INFORMATION OF A
`VEHICLE TO IDENTIFY OPERATING
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`This patent application is a divisional of US. application 10
`Ser. No. 11/410,648 filed onApr. 25, 2006 (Now U.S. Pat. No.
`7.765.039), which is a divisional ofU.S. application Scr. No.
`10/383,822 filed 011 Mar. 7, 2003 (Now U.S. Pat. No. 7,039,
`507), which is a continuation of US. application Ser. No.
`08/448,764 filed on May 24, 1995 (Now U.S. Pat. No. 6,546,
`363), which is a divisional of US. application Ser. No.
`08/196,480 filed on Feb. 15, 1994 (Abandoned).
`TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`The invention generally relates to the identification of
`anomalies in the operation ofa vehicle and, more particularly,
`to the collection and analysis ofdata derived during operation
`of a vehicle that provides a basis for diagnosing the cause of
`anomalies in the vehicle’s operation.
`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`ingly, in an effort to improve the up time or operating time of
`the vehicle, it is very important to monitor the critical vital
`signs ofa vehicle. However, in 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 subasscmbly. When taken as disparate items. tracking
`either vital signs or production parameters gives only a partial
`picture of a vehicle’s operation.
`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`is the general object of the invention to diagnose the
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`cause ofanomalies in the values ofthe state-of-health param-
`eters of a vehicle.
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`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 ofthe values of
`the state-of-health parameters ofthe vehicle, thereby extend-
`ing no useful life ofthe vehicle while maintaining production
`goa s.
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`is also an important object of the invention to provide a
`listorical 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.
`I is yet another importmrt object ofthe invention to provide
`0 tie user of a vehicle real—time information regarding the
`degree with which the vehicle is being utilizediie. the
`maximization of all performance and condition parameters
`within their normal ranges. It is a related object of the inven-
`ion to signal the user of a 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
`oeriod (e.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
`ierein.
`Briefly, the invention identifies a poor state of health of a
`vehicle and provides data regarding the recent Lise of the
`vehicle that can be used to effectively diagnose the cause of
`the poor health. Operating the vehicle beyond its normal
`operating conditions stresses components and subassemblies.
`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 inefficient use of the vehicle. Therefore, the
`invention also provides a visual prompt to the operator of the
`vehicle 011 a substantially real-time basis an evaluation of the
`efficiency 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
`mindful that overstressing 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 vehicle acquires vital
`sign data and work-related data at predetermined time inter-
`vals from sensors mounted to the vehicle for providing a set of
`vital sign data and a set ofwork data. The sensors that provide
`vital sign data sense parameters of the vehicle’s subassem-
`blies and components that are indicative of their state of
`health. The sensors that provide the work data sense param-
`eters that are indicia of the task performed by the vehicle and
`ofthe amount ofwork the vehicle has done in performing the
`task. A memory is associated with the electronic processor
`and stores the vital sign and work data acquired by the pro-
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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 charging/dis-
`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 subasscmbly of a vehicle, a
`sensor can be adapted for indicating Whether that component
`or subasscmbly is operating in a routine or “critical” statei
`i.e., a state that if maintained will cause the component or
`subasscmbly to fail.
`_ike the monitoring of vital signs, it is also known to
`employ sensors on-board a vehicle to track performance of
`the vehicle. An example of such an on—board system is illus-
`tra ed in US Pat. No. 4,839,835 to Hagenbueh. By sensing
`and monitoring vehicle parameters related to the task being
`performed by a vehicle, a record can be established that
`describes 110w effectively the vehicle is perfomiing and pro-
`vic es the operator ofthe vehicle with information from which
`future operations of the vehicle can be plamied to maximize
`performance. Task-related parameters are parameters such as :
`load carried by a vehicle, grade of the road on which the
`ve aicle is operating, loads hauled per hour, tons hauled per
`hour, and the like. In general, the task-related parameters are
`those parameters that provide indieia of the work done by the
`ve iicle, where work is proportional to the weight ofa 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%.g., miles per hour,
`tons per hour and the like.
`Today, there are many companies producing equipment for
`monitoring the state ofhealth of a vehicle’s components and
`subassembliesiieq its “vital signs.” T