Method and system for making deliveries of a fluid to a set of tanks
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06K-007/10
G08G-001/00
G06F-017/30
G06K-019/06
G06K-019/07
G08B-021/18
출원번호
US-0083208
(2016-03-28)
등록번호
US-9858462
(2018-01-02)
발명자
/ 주소
McQuade, Charles Michael
Brinton, Brett
출원인 / 주소
ZONAR SYSTEMS, INC.
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초록▼
System and method for collecting object identification data from a plurality of objects that interact with a vehicle during operation of the vehicle, where the vehicle interacts with specific objects at specific geographical positions. An identification sensor is coupled to a geographical position s
System and method for collecting object identification data from a plurality of objects that interact with a vehicle during operation of the vehicle, where the vehicle interacts with specific objects at specific geographical positions. An identification sensor is coupled to a geographical position sensor, and whenever an object is identified a record is generated, the record including the identification of the object, the position of the vehicle when the interaction between the object and the vehicle occurs, and the time of the interaction. Exemplary objects include passengers, containers, and documents. Exemplary interactions include loading/unloading an object from the vehicle, boarding a passenger, unloading a passenger, transferring a bulk material from the vehicle into a specific container, and/or transferring a bulk material from a specific container to the vehicle. The record may also include additional data about a parameter of the object (such as the object's weight, volume, or temperature).
대표청구항▼
1. A method for generating object identification (ID) encoded position data from a tanker truck servicing a set of fluid-holding tanks, the tanker truck being equipped with a geographical position system, the method comprising the steps of: (a) collecting geographical position data from the tanker t
1. A method for generating object identification (ID) encoded position data from a tanker truck servicing a set of fluid-holding tanks, the tanker truck being equipped with a geographical position system, the method comprising the steps of: (a) collecting geographical position data from the tanker truck during tanker truck operation, the geographical position data being time indexed;(b) collecting object ID data from the set of fluid-holding tanks, the object ID data uniquely identifying each one of the set of fluid-holding tanks and being readable in association to said each one of the set of fluid-holding tanks, wherein the step of collecting object ID data from the set of fluid-holding tanks comprises at least one of the following steps: (i) using an identification sensor attached to a hose that is used to deliver fuel to or from the tanker truck, to read the object ID data; and(ii) scanning the object ID data using a handheld device including an identification sensor and a wireless data link, the handheld device being configured to wirelessly transmit the object ID data to a processor disposed in the tanker truck, the processor being configured to combine the object ID data with the geographical position data; and(c) automatically combining the object ID data and the geographical position data together at the tanker truck to produce object ID encoded position data, and thereby creating a record of fluid transfer with said each one of the set of fluid-holding tanks that includes an object ID uniquely identifying said each one of the set of fluid-holding tanks, the geographical position of the tanker truck at the time the fluid transfer was made, and time indexing indicating a time of fluid-holding tank identification for said each one of the set of fluid-holding tanks, contemporaneous with the fluid transfer. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of conveying the object ID encoded position data to a remote computing device. 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: (a) collecting additional data from the set of fluid-holding tanks; and(b) including the additional data in the object ID encoded position data such that the additional data is also time indexed. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the additional data collected from the set of fluid-holding tanks comprises a volume of fluid transferred between the set of fluid-holding tanks and the tanker truck during interaction between the set of fluid-holding tanks and the tanker truck, so that the record of fluid transfer with said each one of the set of fluid-holding tanks includes the volume of fluid transferred and the direction of fluid transfer. 5. The method of claim 1, further wherein the set of fluid-holding tanks are spaced along a predetermined route, and further comprising the steps of: (a) as the tanker truck is operating, comparing a current position of the tanker truck with a location associated with said each one of the set of fluid-holding tanks; and(b) whenever the current position of the tanker truck corresponds to the location associated with said each one of the set of fluid-holding tanks, alerting a driver of the tanker truck that the location associated with said each one of the set of fluid-holding tanks has been reached. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein said set of fluid-holding tanks are home heating oil storage tanks. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein said set of fluid-holding tanks are propane gas fuel storage tanks. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein said set of fluid-holding tanks are compressed gas storage tanks. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of collecting object ID data from the set of fluid-holding tanks comprises using an RFID tag sensor attached to the hose that is used to deliver fuel to or from the tanker truck. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein servicing of said each one of the set of fluid-holding tanks includes connecting the hose that is used to deliver fuel to or from the tanker truck to one of the set of fluid-holding tanks, and wherein in the step of connecting the hose that is used to deliver fuel to or from the tanker truck, the RFID tag sensor is brought into proximity with an RFID tag located on the one of the set of fluid-holding tanks. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of collecting object ID data from the set of fluid-holding tanks comprises using a handheld sensor to read an identifier located in proximity to one of said set of fluid-holding tanks.
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