CA1247743A - Operation data recording system - Google Patents
Operation data recording systemInfo
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- G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- G07C5/00—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
- G07C5/08—Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
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- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
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Abstract
Abstract This invention is composed of detecting means for detecting operating condition of a vehicle, operation data recording device loaded on a vehicle for arithmetic processing detected data to write into external memory unit, and external data processing device (external computer) for processing data stored in external memory unit. And of data detected by the detecting means, numeral value data such as speed, engine r.p.m. or the like are displayed to external display device, and operation or non-operation data are processed arithmetic to data for memorizing at arithmetic processing portion to be written into external memory unit.
While, data obtained from other than detecting means are input by external input portion of the operation data recording device to be written into external memory unit.
Thus input data and parameter stored in inner memory is enabled to accesse and to debug at any time through connector for maintenance.
After work in terminated, data for managing can be input to make external data processing device read data stored in the external memory unit.
While, data obtained from other than detecting means are input by external input portion of the operation data recording device to be written into external memory unit.
Thus input data and parameter stored in inner memory is enabled to accesse and to debug at any time through connector for maintenance.
After work in terminated, data for managing can be input to make external data processing device read data stored in the external memory unit.
Description
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Specification Title of the Invention Operation Data Recording System Background of the Invention ~a). Field of the Invention This invention relates to a system for recording operation or non-operation data for each of the component elements of a vehicle and/or data of numeral value such as vehicle speed and r.p.m. of an engine.
(b). Description of the Prior Art It is well known in the art to provide a mechanical tachometer or in place of it a digital typed operation data recording device for sensing and recording r.p.m. and travelling speed of a vehicle with working machine and to manage the vehicle.
The mechanical tachometer has some disadvatages that arithmetic processing for the accumulated travelling distance etc. may not be performed and a correct numeral value may not be read due to a display on a small circular recording sheet.
In order to record digitally t~le actual performance of a work machine Eor the control of the working machine in the fields of autornotive as well as construction machine industries, some systems are proposed such as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid Open (Kokai) under Provisional Publication Sho 58-4493, a data-controlling system which ,, , _, . ~ ~
~2~ 3 records sequentially velocity of an automobile, travelling distance and engine r.p.m., Provisional Publication Sho 58~60212, a data-controlling system which judges that engine r.p.m. is classified in any of a plurality of the pre-determined patterns and records accumulated time for each pattern, and Sho 56-118166 and Sho 58-148912, data-controlling systems which record and process the work data of each of other components.
Although the said systems have already been proposed in ln order to solve -the above-mentioned disadvantages, they require a large storage capacity so as to get the correct operation data.
That is, it is necessary to make a sampling of operation data at intervals of less than one second in order to sense the operation data similarly to the machanical tachometer. However, it requires an external memory unit or a storage unit of large capacity so as to record the entire operation data.
Further, since the data have a large amount of volume, it is sometimes found that other required operation data may not be recorded.
Summary of the Invention This invention has been invented as a result of sincere study in view of the above-mentioned circumstances and its main object is to provide a vehicle operation data recording system capable of storing each of the operation of non-operation data of the engine, travelling part and working 7~43 machine, and data of numeral value such as travelling speed and r.p.m. of the engine etc. without requiring large storage capacity and without reducing sampling intervals.
Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 (a) is a block diagram for showing funtions of the present invention, (b) is an output image of operation or non-operation data and ~c) is an output image of discriminating data;
Fig. 2 (a) is a block diagram for showing an operation data recording system, and Ib) and (c) are block diagrams of arithmetic portion;
Fig. 3 (a) is a perspective view of operation recording device and (b) is a block diagram showing the main portion of a circuit;
Fig. 4 is a flow chart of data recording in operating condition;
Fig. 5 is a flow chart of discriminating data recording; and Fig. 6 is a discriminating and judging circuit diagram.
Description of the Preferred Embodiments This invention relates to a system for operation data recording which will be explained with reference to a block diagram shown in Fig. 1. The system is composed of detecting means for detecting operating condition of a vehicle, operation data recording device Dl loaded on a vehicle for arithmetic processing detected data to write 74i into external memory unit 10, and external data processing device (external computer) D2 for processing data stored in external memory unit 10. And of data detected by the detecting means S, numeral value data such as speed, engine r.p.m. or the like are displayed to external display device 6, and operation or non-operation data are processed arithmetic to data for memorizing at arithmetic processing portion 50 to be written into external memory unit 10.
While, data obtained from other than detecting means S
are input by external input portion 1 of the operation data recording device D1 to be written into external memory unit 10 .
Thus input data and parameter stored in inner memory M
is enabled to accesse and to debug at any time through connector for maintenance.
After work in terminated, data for managing can be input to make external data processing device D2 read data stored in the external memory unit 10.
One preferred embodiment of the present invention in which the operation data recording system for a vehicle will be described in reference to the figures subsequent to Fig.
Specification Title of the Invention Operation Data Recording System Background of the Invention ~a). Field of the Invention This invention relates to a system for recording operation or non-operation data for each of the component elements of a vehicle and/or data of numeral value such as vehicle speed and r.p.m. of an engine.
(b). Description of the Prior Art It is well known in the art to provide a mechanical tachometer or in place of it a digital typed operation data recording device for sensing and recording r.p.m. and travelling speed of a vehicle with working machine and to manage the vehicle.
The mechanical tachometer has some disadvatages that arithmetic processing for the accumulated travelling distance etc. may not be performed and a correct numeral value may not be read due to a display on a small circular recording sheet.
In order to record digitally t~le actual performance of a work machine Eor the control of the working machine in the fields of autornotive as well as construction machine industries, some systems are proposed such as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid Open (Kokai) under Provisional Publication Sho 58-4493, a data-controlling system which ,, , _, . ~ ~
~2~ 3 records sequentially velocity of an automobile, travelling distance and engine r.p.m., Provisional Publication Sho 58~60212, a data-controlling system which judges that engine r.p.m. is classified in any of a plurality of the pre-determined patterns and records accumulated time for each pattern, and Sho 56-118166 and Sho 58-148912, data-controlling systems which record and process the work data of each of other components.
Although the said systems have already been proposed in ln order to solve -the above-mentioned disadvantages, they require a large storage capacity so as to get the correct operation data.
That is, it is necessary to make a sampling of operation data at intervals of less than one second in order to sense the operation data similarly to the machanical tachometer. However, it requires an external memory unit or a storage unit of large capacity so as to record the entire operation data.
Further, since the data have a large amount of volume, it is sometimes found that other required operation data may not be recorded.
Summary of the Invention This invention has been invented as a result of sincere study in view of the above-mentioned circumstances and its main object is to provide a vehicle operation data recording system capable of storing each of the operation of non-operation data of the engine, travelling part and working 7~43 machine, and data of numeral value such as travelling speed and r.p.m. of the engine etc. without requiring large storage capacity and without reducing sampling intervals.
Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 (a) is a block diagram for showing funtions of the present invention, (b) is an output image of operation or non-operation data and ~c) is an output image of discriminating data;
Fig. 2 (a) is a block diagram for showing an operation data recording system, and Ib) and (c) are block diagrams of arithmetic portion;
Fig. 3 (a) is a perspective view of operation recording device and (b) is a block diagram showing the main portion of a circuit;
Fig. 4 is a flow chart of data recording in operating condition;
Fig. 5 is a flow chart of discriminating data recording; and Fig. 6 is a discriminating and judging circuit diagram.
Description of the Preferred Embodiments This invention relates to a system for operation data recording which will be explained with reference to a block diagram shown in Fig. 1. The system is composed of detecting means for detecting operating condition of a vehicle, operation data recording device Dl loaded on a vehicle for arithmetic processing detected data to write 74i into external memory unit 10, and external data processing device (external computer) D2 for processing data stored in external memory unit 10. And of data detected by the detecting means S, numeral value data such as speed, engine r.p.m. or the like are displayed to external display device 6, and operation or non-operation data are processed arithmetic to data for memorizing at arithmetic processing portion 50 to be written into external memory unit 10.
While, data obtained from other than detecting means S
are input by external input portion 1 of the operation data recording device D1 to be written into external memory unit 10 .
Thus input data and parameter stored in inner memory M
is enabled to accesse and to debug at any time through connector for maintenance.
After work in terminated, data for managing can be input to make external data processing device D2 read data stored in the external memory unit 10.
One preferred embodiment of the present invention in which the operation data recording system for a vehicle will be described in reference to the figures subsequent to Fig.
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The operation data recording system for a vehicle is composed of an operation data recording device D1 which is composed of a microcomputer installed in a cabin of a vehicle, a group of sensors S connected to said operation data recording device D1, an external computer D2 placed in a management office or the like out of the vehicle and IC
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card 10 for showing one exarnple of an external memory (medium) for recording and storing the operation data got from said operation data recording device D1 and inputting it into the external computer D2.
The group of sensors S includes an engine operation sensor Sl for detecting operation or non-operation of the engine, a vehicle operation sensor S2 for detecting operation or non-operation i.e., travelling or non-travelling of the vehicle, the actual operation sensor S3 for detecting actual operation or non-operation of the working machine or the vehicle, and so forth.
The engine operation sensor S1 is a sensor for producing operation (for example, OFF) signal when the engine is rotated and for producing non-operation (for example, ON) signal when the engine is stopped, and in the preferred embodiment an engine hydraulic pressure sensor is provided which is ON when the engine hydraulic pressure is 0 and in turn which is ON when the hydraulic pressure is increased. However, it may also be possible to provide a sensor for r.p.m. of engine which produces ON signal when the r.p.m. is 0 and OFF signal when it has another r.p.m.
other than 0.
The vehicle operation sensor S2 is provided with a speed sensor for vehicle for detecting travelling speed of a vehicle. However, it may also be possible to provide a sensor which produces operation (for example, ON) signal when the vehicle travels and produces non-operation (for example, OFF) signal when the vehicle is stopped. However, it may also be possible to provide such a sensor for position of speed control lever which produces OFF signal when the lever is at its neutral position and ON signal when the lever is placed other than the neutral position.
Next, the actual operation sensor S3 is a sensor for producing operation (for example, ON) signal when the vehicle or the working machine performs an actual operation and non-operation (for example, OFF) signal when the vehicle or the working machine does not perform any actual operation, and in the preferred embodiment it is a working machine hydraulic pressure sensor which produces OFF signal when the working machine hydraulic pressure is 0 and ON
signal when the hydraulic pressure is increased. However, it may also be possible to provide such a sensor as one for discriminating the operation or non-operation of the working maehine in response to the position of the control lever of the working maehine.
When a vehicle does not provide a working machine such in the cases as of a taxi cab, a highway-off truck or the like, it may also be possibl.e to provide a switch which is switched manually by an operator or a switch or a sensor whieh diserimi.nates an aetual operation linked together by a deviee whieh is driven only during the actual operation.
The operation data recording device Dl to which the sensors Sl to S3 are eonneeted is eomposed of the said sensors S1 to S3, an external input portion 1 for the fixed data, and external display deviee 6 for displaying operation data, and data reading and writing portion 7 to whieh IC
card 10 can be removably inserted and each of them are connected to a control portlon 5 through interface portions IF 1 to 5 as shown in Fig. 3.
That is, the external input portion 1 for the fixed data is composed of a manual switch 2, a value setting switch 3, a writing switch 4A and a cancelling switch 4B.
Here, 4C denotes a finishing switch turned on when the work is finished.
The manual switch 2 is composed of a rotary switch, each of the modes is classified into each of the fixed data for manual inputting, for example, a date, identification number such as kind of operation or operation place etc., volume of supply of fuel, engine oil, gear oil or hydraulic oil.
Secondly, the writing switch 4A is turned on after a choice of the said manual switch 2 and a setting of the value setting switch 3, and has a composition which the time when the said writing switch 4A is turned on is written in a inner memory M and in IC card lO together with data (fixed data) input by the on-switching of the writing switch 4A.
Therefore the date and the time of setting the manual switch 2 at the corresponding items are automatically recorded in the inner memory M and the IC card 10.
And in the case of identification number, the data of the identification number of setting the said rotary switch and on-switching of the writing switch 4A are automatically recorded in the inner memory M and the IC card 10 together with the time of turning on the said writing switch 4A.
~2~7743 In case of other fixed data such as volume of fuel supply, they are input together with the time of turning on the writing switch 4A and wrote in the inner memory M and the IC card lO by rotating the manual switch 2 to the corresponding item, setting of the supplying volume with the value setting switch 3 and turning on of the writing switch.
In case of the preferred embodiment, this value setting switch 3 is composed of a digital setting switch.
Further, when the writing of these fixed data is erroneous, it is possible to delete the erroneous data and to write the correct data over by a setting of the cancelling switch 4B.
In this way, each of the detecting signals output from each of said sensors S1 to S3 and the operation data input from the external input portion are fed to the arithmetic processing portion 50 of the control portion 5.
In the clock portion C which is backed up, when the IC
card lO is inserted into the data reading and writing portion 7, the time data are output at the control portion 5 in real time basis and at the same time the accumulated total value is read from the inner memory M and the operation time is started to be accumulated.
These clock data are output at an external display device 6 of LED or LCD which is connected to the interface portion IF2 which is also acting for inputting the fixed data in the preferred embodiment.
Here in the clock portion C, the output of the time data is finished by turning on the finishing switch 4C and ~L7~43 at the same time the accumulation of the accumulated time is finished and said accumulated total value is memorized in the inner memory M until -the following accumulation is started.
Then, the control portion 5 stores the clock data from the clock portion C, fixed data input from the external input portion 1 for fixed data and the operation or non-operation data input from various sensors S in the inner memory M.
In turn, the control portion 5 is connected to the data reading and writing portion 7 through interface portion IF3.
Ll to L3 denote lamps, i~e., a card-in lamp Ll is lit when the IC card 10 is inserted into the data reading and writing portion 7, an error lamp L2 is lit when ID cord is not coincided and a busy lamp L3 is lit during a writing-in operation, respectively.
Meanwhile, at the control portion 5, an interface portion IF5 is connected similarly, and in this embodiment, providing a terminal 81 of serial correspondence for RS232C
makes it possible to connect a terminal, a printer and so forth. Further a connector 82 for maintenance is also provided to make it possible to debug such as to correct a parameter (parameter to be used for arithmetlc oE a vehicle speed) which is characteristic of a vehicle and is predetermined in the control portion 5, to read out back-up data, to alter setting date and time and so forth.
Therefore, the control portion 5 makes the operation data stored and calculated in an arithmetic processing ~;24i7~
portion 50 be written into the portable external storage unit, i.e., the IC card 10 in the preferred embodiment by the data reading and writing portion 7.
Similarly, the desired operation data stored and calculated by the arithmetic processing portion 50 are externally displayed by the external display device 6.
Vcc denotes a power supply in which a voltage in a vehicle battery is changed to a voltage required for the operation data recording device and it is supplied to each of the component elements.
Then, Fig. 2 (b) and (c) show block diagrams of a processing portion 50 in Fig. 2 (a).
In this arithmetic processing portion 50, there are provided accumulated data arithmetic portion 50A for accumulating vehicle speed, travelling distance and time data, arithmetic portion 50B for external display for displaying these accumulated data, sampled data and accumulated data in real time externally, and data compressing and processing portion 50C for compressing a sampled operating data to store in an IC card.
That is, at the accumulated data arithmetic portion 50A, for example to calculate accumulated time accumulated from work-opening time which is recorded when engine hydraulic pressure is increased, using time data of the clock portion C which is composed of a clock generator, and to calculate accumulated working time in the aggregate. In addition, accumulated distance is calculated on the basis of vehicle data from vehicle speed sensor S2 and the above-mentioned time data.
At the arithmetic portion 50B for external displayvehicle speed data with a short cycle got from a vehicle speed sensor S2, time data in real time got from the clock portion C and each of the accumulated data calculated at above-mentioned accumulated data arithmetic portion 50A are output to the external display device 6 in real time.
And at the data compressing arithmetic portion 50C, there are conversion circuits 51a to c, counter circuits 52a to c and judging circuits 53a to c.
That is, for each of the sensors S1 to S3, a sensor for sampling in a short cycle, a cycle at intervals of one second in this embodiment, in digital is employed. While in the case the said sensor is an analogue sensor, the above-mentioned conversion circuits 51a to c is connected to asampling interval-making circuit C1 which makes sampling intervals of one second provided in the clock portion C for inputting analogue data to the counter circuits 52a to c making A/D converting to digital data at intervals of one second.
A sampling cycle-making circuit C2 which makes a long interval for recording (interval of 30 seconds in this embodiment) is connected to the counter circuits 52a to c to add number of operation signal (ON) or non-operation signal (OFF) which are input within 30 seconds.
The added number of the signals is fed into the judging circuit 53.
This judging circuits 53a to c are operated such that 12~7'743 it uniformly judges the operation (ON~ or non-operation (OFF) when, for example, the added number of signals exceeds the predetermined reference value.
The above-mentioned predetermined reference value is for judging for example the whole 30 seconds to be operating condition if signals of operation are input more than the certain times per unit of 30 seconds, and is determined statistically and experientially beforehand.
The data of operating and non-operating thus judged and determined are compressed to operating or non-operating data which intervals are prolonged in comparison with the short sampling intervals from the said sensor to be memorized in the inner memory M, at the same time, is written in the IC
card 10 through the data reading and writing portion 7.
Thus, even if data sampling intervals are relatively long, it may not be an intermittent one but it is possible to obtain the data of operation or non-operation corresponding to the actual operation.
In this invention, the component of the data compressing can provide a judging curcuit which judges alternations of other data (for example vehicle speed data) to be applied to which one of the predetermined alternating patterns, and be memorizing a kind of patterns and the time into the inner memory M and IC card 7.
Further in the control portion 5, arithmetic portion 50D for statistical recording can be provided as shown in Fig. 2 (c) to process data statistically which are detected as numerical values (r.p.m. and so forth) from the sensor S.
12~ ,-7~3 In this case, detected signal at short intervals which is detected from the vehicle speed sensor S2 is input to statistical judging circuit 56 to be converted into vehicle speed data in converting circuit 55.
The statistical judging circuit 56 operates such that the vehicle speed value is classified in a predetermined speed distribution (for example, intervals of 5km/h) in reference to the input vehicle speed data and performs a well-known statistical processing to calculate the number of signals as a frequency (~) for every area with a statistical calculation circuit 57.
In addition, when a sensor for sensing the operation data for detecting the numerical value (r.p.m.) is applied, for example, even when the operation or non-operation of the engine is detected by a sensor S4 for detecting r.p.m. of the engine, it is possible to obtain the operation or non-operation data as well as the statistical operation data with the similar arrangement.
The statistical data obtained in this way are stored temporarily in the inner memory M, the statistical arithmetic processing is performed in said arithmetic portion 50D for statistical recording under setting oE the termination switch when the normal (dai:Ly) entire operation is completed, and then the result is written into the IC
card lO.
With this arrangement, the IC card 10 can contain the following items:
i). operation or non-operation data of the engine `7~3 ii). operation or non-operation data of the vehicle iii). actual operation or non-operation of the working machine iv). discrimination data (data relating to the kind of work etc.) v). supplying volume of fuel, etc.
a). engine oil b). gear oil c). hydraulic oil, etc.
vi). statistical data of rotational speed of the engine vii). statistical data of vehicle speed viii). time of work starting time of work finishing ix). data of travelling distance Fig. 3 (b) shows a block diagram of the main circuit of this recording system for operation data.
Hereupon IF 1 to 5 denote interface portions for connecting a peripheral equipment to the control portion 5.
The external input portion 1 and the external display device 6 are connected to IF 1 and the engine operation or non-operation sensor S1, the vehicle speed sensor S2 and actual work sensor S3 are connected to IF2.
And an engine r.p.m. sensor S4 is connected to IF 3.
A data reading and writing device 7, a battery (power supply) Vcc and so forth.
IF5 denotes an interface provided with a terminal 81 of serial correspondence for RS232C making it possible to connect a terminal, a printer and so forth in this embodiment. Further a connector 82 for maintenance is also ~2~7743 provided to make it possible to correct a parameter (aparameter to be used for arithmetic of vehicle speed) which is characteristic of a vehicle and is predetermined in CPU
in the control portion 5, to read out back~up data, to alter setting date and time and so forth.
Then the action of this operation data recording system will be explained as follows. When a main switch (not shown) of a vehicle is turned on, this operation data recording device starts and operation data recording program is executed according to a flow chart shown in Fig. 4.
At first, in step (1), judging whether the IC card is inserted to the data reading and writing portion 7 or not is performed.
Card-in mode is chosen when the IC card 10 is inserted in a card inserting hole in the said data reading and writing portion, and card-out mode is chosen when the IC
card 10 is not inserted.
In card-out mode, only external displaylng processing of operation data is performed as its procedure is shown with dotted line in the figure.
In card-in mode, judging whether an ID cord recorded in IC card 10 in the following step (2) is coincided with the operation data recording device or not is performed.
When the ID code is coincided with the data, IC card 10 becomes a condition in which it can be written, and the time of engine hydraulic pressure increasing or operation starting time is recorded through the clock function C.
While the data from each sensors from S1 to S4 are input in the step (2), travelling distance and accumulated time are calculated on the basis of data of vehicle speed fed from the vehicle speed sensor S2 and the time data of clock function C, by the accumulated data-arithmetic portion 50A of the arithmetic processing portion 50 in the step (4).
Then in the step (5), these accumulated data, the data of vehicle speed at short intervals which has been the base of the accumulation, engine r.p.m. data by the sensor S4, and the time data in real time are input to the external display device 6 of LED, LCD or the like in a cabin through the external display arithmetic processing portion 50 respectively.
With reference to the operation or non-operation data, each operation or non-operation datum is accumulated in longer intervals (intervals of 30 seconds) than shorter intervals (intervals of l second) on the basis of the detected signals in the said short intervals from the sensors from S1 to S3.
In the step (7), the judging is performed on the basis of the added number of signals showing the operation or non-operation, thereby judging of the operation or non-operation for entire period of 30 seconds is performed.
As a result of the judgement, the operation or non-operation data at intervals of 30 seconds are obtained in the step (8) to be recorded in IC card 7 and be memorized in the inner memory ~ at the same time in the step (9). (In the said card-out mode, only the external display processing in the steps (3) to (5) are performed.) ~247743 Further -the r.p.m. data detected with them by the sensor S2 and the sensor S4 are input to the arithmetic portion for statistical recording 50D and are statistically processed in the step (10).
Meanwhile an operator sets a kind of work, a place of work and so forth as discriminated signals, operating a manual switch 2 and value setting switch 3 as occasion demands, and the data is memorized in the inner memory M and the IC card 10 by turning on the recording switch 4A
together with the time thereof.
During the operation, when the engine oil, gear oil and hydraulic oil etc. are supplied at any time, the operator sets said manual switch 2 to each of the items and the value of supplying volume under an operation of the value setting switch 3.
Upon completion of the setting operation, a turning-on of the writing switch 4A causes the above set data to be stored in the inner memory M and in the IC card 10 together with the time. In case that the above-mentioned setting is wrong, the data stored in the inner memory M are deleted under a turning-on of the cancelling switch 4B and then the correct data are set again in accordance with the above-mentioned order.
They are written in the IC card 7 as well as the above-mentioned operation data.
Pushing of the completion switch button in the step(11) causes it to be judged as a finish of operation, and in the step (12), a total value of the finishing time and the ~L2~7'743 accumulation time is stored in -the inner memory M and at the same time each of the statistical data processed statistically, the operation data of time series not recorded, fixed data and so forth is written into the IC
card ]0 from the inner memory M through the data reading and writing portion 7.
And when the writing to the IC card 10 is finished and the operator turns off the main switch as the entire work is finished, the engine stops and this program is completed.
Then the IC card of which writing operation is completed is pulled out from the data reading and writing portion 7 to be inserted into the data reading device D2' and the operation or non-operation data and so forth stored in the IC card 10 are input to the operation data processing device D2 of external managing office or the like through it.
The operation data processing device D2 is composed of a microcomputer system.
When the operation discriminating program is started in the arithmetic processing portion 20 as shown in Fig. 5, at first it is judged in the step (1) whether there is a combination of operation of the engine, non-operation of the vehicle and non-operation of the actual working machine or the like in the operation data at every specified interval, and in turn in the step (2), an engine idling is judged to be operating when the above-mentioned combination is found, and it is judged to be non-operating when the above-mentioned combination is not found within the corresponding lZ4 ~79L3 specified interval, thus discriminating the operation or non-operation of the engine idling in the total working time.
Similarly, side by side in the step (3), it is judged whether there is a combination of the operation of the vehicle and non-operation of the actual working machine or the like in the operation data at every specified interval, and in turn in the step (4), the vehicle is judged to be transporting when the above-mentioned combination is found, and it is discriminated transportation or non-transportation of the vehicle in the entire working time within the corresponding specified interval.
Further similarly, side by side in the step (5), it is judged whether there is a combination of the operation of the vehicle and non-operation of the actual working machine or the like in the operation data at every specified interval of time, and in turn in the step (6), when the above-mentioned combination is found, the operation or non-operation of the actual work in the entire working time is discriminated, judging it operating condition if it is within the corresponding specified interval.
Thereby, it is possible to discriminate the entire working time under a separation of engine idling, operation of the vehicle, an actual operation of the vehicle and rest time (all the operations in the working are not performed).
In case of thus discriminating data, the data of engine idling or non-idling for example, the idling data are accumulated at longer intervals and can be compressed to the ~2~7'7~
discriminating data at longer intervals utilizing the judging means for judging a condition to be engine idling when their total value exceeds the predetermined fundamental value.
The discriminating data are applied as management data by the external display means 92 and the recording means 91.
In the above-mentioned preferred embodiment, al-though data processing has been performed for each of the operation data recording device Dl placed on the vehicle and the external operation data processing device D2, data processing may be performed simultaneously with the above-mentioned operation data recording device placed on the vehicle.
That is, in this case, there are provided in advance an idling operation judging means 57, vehicle transportation judging means 58 and the actual operation judging means 59.
As one example is shown in Fig. 6, in the idling operation judging means 57, the vehicle operation judging circuit 53b and the working machine actual working condition judging circuit 53C are connected by NAND circuits, and their output terminals and the engine operation judging circuit 53a are connected by AND circuits to be reversed together.
Therefore, when the engine operation signal, vehicle non-operation signal and the working machine non-actual operation signal are input at the same intervals, and idling condition signal is output.
Then, the transportation judging means 58 is connected ~47743 to the vehicle operating condition judging circuit 53b by AND circuit with the output signal of the working machine actual working condition judging circuit 53c being reversed.
Therefore, when the vehicle operation signal and the working machine non-actual working signal are input at the same intervals, the transportation signal is output.
Further, the actual operation judging means 59 is constructed such that the working machine actual operating condition judging circuit 53c and the vehicle operating condition judging circuit 53b are connected by AND circuits.
Therefore, when the vehicle operation signal and the working machine actual operating signal are input at the same intervals, the actual operation signal is output.
If the actual operation is limited to the case in accordance with the kind of working machine in which for example a load is applied on the working machine, in addition to the above-mentioned condition, another - arrangement can be applied in which an actual operation signal is output by AND circuits when the load signal is obtained by the converting circuit (not shown) from the sensor S5 for detecting a load applied to the working machine, then the number of loading data in 30 seconds is accumulated by the counter circuit, thus accumulated value is judged by the judging circuit to be loading or non-loading as whole 30 seconds, and the resulted loading signalis input at 30 seconds intervals.
Since each of the judged and detected idling or non-idling signal, transportation or non-transportation signal ~Z~77~3 and actual operation or non-operation signal has intervals of 30 seconds, it is preferable to convert it into said operation or non-operation data having intervals of longer specified time.
Also in this case, there is provided a judging circuit for judging it as operation when they exceed the desired reference number and otherwise as non-operation to accumulate operation judging data under a longer specified time exceeding 30 seconds in the same manner as that of the above-mentioned conversion processing for operation or non-operation data.
Thus, it is possible to make a correct and easy understanding of daily working condition.
Further, in the present invention, since an external memory unit with a small capacity can be applied r it is not necessary to restrict the kind of external memory unit in particular, and it is apparent that for example, IC card, EPROM, floppy disk, optical disk, memory pack, MT and the like can be applied and it may not be restricted to these items.
The operation data recording system for a vehicle is composed of an operation data recording device D1 which is composed of a microcomputer installed in a cabin of a vehicle, a group of sensors S connected to said operation data recording device D1, an external computer D2 placed in a management office or the like out of the vehicle and IC
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card 10 for showing one exarnple of an external memory (medium) for recording and storing the operation data got from said operation data recording device D1 and inputting it into the external computer D2.
The group of sensors S includes an engine operation sensor Sl for detecting operation or non-operation of the engine, a vehicle operation sensor S2 for detecting operation or non-operation i.e., travelling or non-travelling of the vehicle, the actual operation sensor S3 for detecting actual operation or non-operation of the working machine or the vehicle, and so forth.
The engine operation sensor S1 is a sensor for producing operation (for example, OFF) signal when the engine is rotated and for producing non-operation (for example, ON) signal when the engine is stopped, and in the preferred embodiment an engine hydraulic pressure sensor is provided which is ON when the engine hydraulic pressure is 0 and in turn which is ON when the hydraulic pressure is increased. However, it may also be possible to provide a sensor for r.p.m. of engine which produces ON signal when the r.p.m. is 0 and OFF signal when it has another r.p.m.
other than 0.
The vehicle operation sensor S2 is provided with a speed sensor for vehicle for detecting travelling speed of a vehicle. However, it may also be possible to provide a sensor which produces operation (for example, ON) signal when the vehicle travels and produces non-operation (for example, OFF) signal when the vehicle is stopped. However, it may also be possible to provide such a sensor for position of speed control lever which produces OFF signal when the lever is at its neutral position and ON signal when the lever is placed other than the neutral position.
Next, the actual operation sensor S3 is a sensor for producing operation (for example, ON) signal when the vehicle or the working machine performs an actual operation and non-operation (for example, OFF) signal when the vehicle or the working machine does not perform any actual operation, and in the preferred embodiment it is a working machine hydraulic pressure sensor which produces OFF signal when the working machine hydraulic pressure is 0 and ON
signal when the hydraulic pressure is increased. However, it may also be possible to provide such a sensor as one for discriminating the operation or non-operation of the working maehine in response to the position of the control lever of the working maehine.
When a vehicle does not provide a working machine such in the cases as of a taxi cab, a highway-off truck or the like, it may also be possibl.e to provide a switch which is switched manually by an operator or a switch or a sensor whieh diserimi.nates an aetual operation linked together by a deviee whieh is driven only during the actual operation.
The operation data recording device Dl to which the sensors Sl to S3 are eonneeted is eomposed of the said sensors S1 to S3, an external input portion 1 for the fixed data, and external display deviee 6 for displaying operation data, and data reading and writing portion 7 to whieh IC
card 10 can be removably inserted and each of them are connected to a control portlon 5 through interface portions IF 1 to 5 as shown in Fig. 3.
That is, the external input portion 1 for the fixed data is composed of a manual switch 2, a value setting switch 3, a writing switch 4A and a cancelling switch 4B.
Here, 4C denotes a finishing switch turned on when the work is finished.
The manual switch 2 is composed of a rotary switch, each of the modes is classified into each of the fixed data for manual inputting, for example, a date, identification number such as kind of operation or operation place etc., volume of supply of fuel, engine oil, gear oil or hydraulic oil.
Secondly, the writing switch 4A is turned on after a choice of the said manual switch 2 and a setting of the value setting switch 3, and has a composition which the time when the said writing switch 4A is turned on is written in a inner memory M and in IC card lO together with data (fixed data) input by the on-switching of the writing switch 4A.
Therefore the date and the time of setting the manual switch 2 at the corresponding items are automatically recorded in the inner memory M and the IC card 10.
And in the case of identification number, the data of the identification number of setting the said rotary switch and on-switching of the writing switch 4A are automatically recorded in the inner memory M and the IC card 10 together with the time of turning on the said writing switch 4A.
~2~7743 In case of other fixed data such as volume of fuel supply, they are input together with the time of turning on the writing switch 4A and wrote in the inner memory M and the IC card lO by rotating the manual switch 2 to the corresponding item, setting of the supplying volume with the value setting switch 3 and turning on of the writing switch.
In case of the preferred embodiment, this value setting switch 3 is composed of a digital setting switch.
Further, when the writing of these fixed data is erroneous, it is possible to delete the erroneous data and to write the correct data over by a setting of the cancelling switch 4B.
In this way, each of the detecting signals output from each of said sensors S1 to S3 and the operation data input from the external input portion are fed to the arithmetic processing portion 50 of the control portion 5.
In the clock portion C which is backed up, when the IC
card lO is inserted into the data reading and writing portion 7, the time data are output at the control portion 5 in real time basis and at the same time the accumulated total value is read from the inner memory M and the operation time is started to be accumulated.
These clock data are output at an external display device 6 of LED or LCD which is connected to the interface portion IF2 which is also acting for inputting the fixed data in the preferred embodiment.
Here in the clock portion C, the output of the time data is finished by turning on the finishing switch 4C and ~L7~43 at the same time the accumulation of the accumulated time is finished and said accumulated total value is memorized in the inner memory M until -the following accumulation is started.
Then, the control portion 5 stores the clock data from the clock portion C, fixed data input from the external input portion 1 for fixed data and the operation or non-operation data input from various sensors S in the inner memory M.
In turn, the control portion 5 is connected to the data reading and writing portion 7 through interface portion IF3.
Ll to L3 denote lamps, i~e., a card-in lamp Ll is lit when the IC card 10 is inserted into the data reading and writing portion 7, an error lamp L2 is lit when ID cord is not coincided and a busy lamp L3 is lit during a writing-in operation, respectively.
Meanwhile, at the control portion 5, an interface portion IF5 is connected similarly, and in this embodiment, providing a terminal 81 of serial correspondence for RS232C
makes it possible to connect a terminal, a printer and so forth. Further a connector 82 for maintenance is also provided to make it possible to debug such as to correct a parameter (parameter to be used for arithmetlc oE a vehicle speed) which is characteristic of a vehicle and is predetermined in the control portion 5, to read out back-up data, to alter setting date and time and so forth.
Therefore, the control portion 5 makes the operation data stored and calculated in an arithmetic processing ~;24i7~
portion 50 be written into the portable external storage unit, i.e., the IC card 10 in the preferred embodiment by the data reading and writing portion 7.
Similarly, the desired operation data stored and calculated by the arithmetic processing portion 50 are externally displayed by the external display device 6.
Vcc denotes a power supply in which a voltage in a vehicle battery is changed to a voltage required for the operation data recording device and it is supplied to each of the component elements.
Then, Fig. 2 (b) and (c) show block diagrams of a processing portion 50 in Fig. 2 (a).
In this arithmetic processing portion 50, there are provided accumulated data arithmetic portion 50A for accumulating vehicle speed, travelling distance and time data, arithmetic portion 50B for external display for displaying these accumulated data, sampled data and accumulated data in real time externally, and data compressing and processing portion 50C for compressing a sampled operating data to store in an IC card.
That is, at the accumulated data arithmetic portion 50A, for example to calculate accumulated time accumulated from work-opening time which is recorded when engine hydraulic pressure is increased, using time data of the clock portion C which is composed of a clock generator, and to calculate accumulated working time in the aggregate. In addition, accumulated distance is calculated on the basis of vehicle data from vehicle speed sensor S2 and the above-mentioned time data.
At the arithmetic portion 50B for external displayvehicle speed data with a short cycle got from a vehicle speed sensor S2, time data in real time got from the clock portion C and each of the accumulated data calculated at above-mentioned accumulated data arithmetic portion 50A are output to the external display device 6 in real time.
And at the data compressing arithmetic portion 50C, there are conversion circuits 51a to c, counter circuits 52a to c and judging circuits 53a to c.
That is, for each of the sensors S1 to S3, a sensor for sampling in a short cycle, a cycle at intervals of one second in this embodiment, in digital is employed. While in the case the said sensor is an analogue sensor, the above-mentioned conversion circuits 51a to c is connected to asampling interval-making circuit C1 which makes sampling intervals of one second provided in the clock portion C for inputting analogue data to the counter circuits 52a to c making A/D converting to digital data at intervals of one second.
A sampling cycle-making circuit C2 which makes a long interval for recording (interval of 30 seconds in this embodiment) is connected to the counter circuits 52a to c to add number of operation signal (ON) or non-operation signal (OFF) which are input within 30 seconds.
The added number of the signals is fed into the judging circuit 53.
This judging circuits 53a to c are operated such that 12~7'743 it uniformly judges the operation (ON~ or non-operation (OFF) when, for example, the added number of signals exceeds the predetermined reference value.
The above-mentioned predetermined reference value is for judging for example the whole 30 seconds to be operating condition if signals of operation are input more than the certain times per unit of 30 seconds, and is determined statistically and experientially beforehand.
The data of operating and non-operating thus judged and determined are compressed to operating or non-operating data which intervals are prolonged in comparison with the short sampling intervals from the said sensor to be memorized in the inner memory M, at the same time, is written in the IC
card 10 through the data reading and writing portion 7.
Thus, even if data sampling intervals are relatively long, it may not be an intermittent one but it is possible to obtain the data of operation or non-operation corresponding to the actual operation.
In this invention, the component of the data compressing can provide a judging curcuit which judges alternations of other data (for example vehicle speed data) to be applied to which one of the predetermined alternating patterns, and be memorizing a kind of patterns and the time into the inner memory M and IC card 7.
Further in the control portion 5, arithmetic portion 50D for statistical recording can be provided as shown in Fig. 2 (c) to process data statistically which are detected as numerical values (r.p.m. and so forth) from the sensor S.
12~ ,-7~3 In this case, detected signal at short intervals which is detected from the vehicle speed sensor S2 is input to statistical judging circuit 56 to be converted into vehicle speed data in converting circuit 55.
The statistical judging circuit 56 operates such that the vehicle speed value is classified in a predetermined speed distribution (for example, intervals of 5km/h) in reference to the input vehicle speed data and performs a well-known statistical processing to calculate the number of signals as a frequency (~) for every area with a statistical calculation circuit 57.
In addition, when a sensor for sensing the operation data for detecting the numerical value (r.p.m.) is applied, for example, even when the operation or non-operation of the engine is detected by a sensor S4 for detecting r.p.m. of the engine, it is possible to obtain the operation or non-operation data as well as the statistical operation data with the similar arrangement.
The statistical data obtained in this way are stored temporarily in the inner memory M, the statistical arithmetic processing is performed in said arithmetic portion 50D for statistical recording under setting oE the termination switch when the normal (dai:Ly) entire operation is completed, and then the result is written into the IC
card lO.
With this arrangement, the IC card 10 can contain the following items:
i). operation or non-operation data of the engine `7~3 ii). operation or non-operation data of the vehicle iii). actual operation or non-operation of the working machine iv). discrimination data (data relating to the kind of work etc.) v). supplying volume of fuel, etc.
a). engine oil b). gear oil c). hydraulic oil, etc.
vi). statistical data of rotational speed of the engine vii). statistical data of vehicle speed viii). time of work starting time of work finishing ix). data of travelling distance Fig. 3 (b) shows a block diagram of the main circuit of this recording system for operation data.
Hereupon IF 1 to 5 denote interface portions for connecting a peripheral equipment to the control portion 5.
The external input portion 1 and the external display device 6 are connected to IF 1 and the engine operation or non-operation sensor S1, the vehicle speed sensor S2 and actual work sensor S3 are connected to IF2.
And an engine r.p.m. sensor S4 is connected to IF 3.
A data reading and writing device 7, a battery (power supply) Vcc and so forth.
IF5 denotes an interface provided with a terminal 81 of serial correspondence for RS232C making it possible to connect a terminal, a printer and so forth in this embodiment. Further a connector 82 for maintenance is also ~2~7743 provided to make it possible to correct a parameter (aparameter to be used for arithmetic of vehicle speed) which is characteristic of a vehicle and is predetermined in CPU
in the control portion 5, to read out back~up data, to alter setting date and time and so forth.
Then the action of this operation data recording system will be explained as follows. When a main switch (not shown) of a vehicle is turned on, this operation data recording device starts and operation data recording program is executed according to a flow chart shown in Fig. 4.
At first, in step (1), judging whether the IC card is inserted to the data reading and writing portion 7 or not is performed.
Card-in mode is chosen when the IC card 10 is inserted in a card inserting hole in the said data reading and writing portion, and card-out mode is chosen when the IC
card 10 is not inserted.
In card-out mode, only external displaylng processing of operation data is performed as its procedure is shown with dotted line in the figure.
In card-in mode, judging whether an ID cord recorded in IC card 10 in the following step (2) is coincided with the operation data recording device or not is performed.
When the ID code is coincided with the data, IC card 10 becomes a condition in which it can be written, and the time of engine hydraulic pressure increasing or operation starting time is recorded through the clock function C.
While the data from each sensors from S1 to S4 are input in the step (2), travelling distance and accumulated time are calculated on the basis of data of vehicle speed fed from the vehicle speed sensor S2 and the time data of clock function C, by the accumulated data-arithmetic portion 50A of the arithmetic processing portion 50 in the step (4).
Then in the step (5), these accumulated data, the data of vehicle speed at short intervals which has been the base of the accumulation, engine r.p.m. data by the sensor S4, and the time data in real time are input to the external display device 6 of LED, LCD or the like in a cabin through the external display arithmetic processing portion 50 respectively.
With reference to the operation or non-operation data, each operation or non-operation datum is accumulated in longer intervals (intervals of 30 seconds) than shorter intervals (intervals of l second) on the basis of the detected signals in the said short intervals from the sensors from S1 to S3.
In the step (7), the judging is performed on the basis of the added number of signals showing the operation or non-operation, thereby judging of the operation or non-operation for entire period of 30 seconds is performed.
As a result of the judgement, the operation or non-operation data at intervals of 30 seconds are obtained in the step (8) to be recorded in IC card 7 and be memorized in the inner memory ~ at the same time in the step (9). (In the said card-out mode, only the external display processing in the steps (3) to (5) are performed.) ~247743 Further -the r.p.m. data detected with them by the sensor S2 and the sensor S4 are input to the arithmetic portion for statistical recording 50D and are statistically processed in the step (10).
Meanwhile an operator sets a kind of work, a place of work and so forth as discriminated signals, operating a manual switch 2 and value setting switch 3 as occasion demands, and the data is memorized in the inner memory M and the IC card 10 by turning on the recording switch 4A
together with the time thereof.
During the operation, when the engine oil, gear oil and hydraulic oil etc. are supplied at any time, the operator sets said manual switch 2 to each of the items and the value of supplying volume under an operation of the value setting switch 3.
Upon completion of the setting operation, a turning-on of the writing switch 4A causes the above set data to be stored in the inner memory M and in the IC card 10 together with the time. In case that the above-mentioned setting is wrong, the data stored in the inner memory M are deleted under a turning-on of the cancelling switch 4B and then the correct data are set again in accordance with the above-mentioned order.
They are written in the IC card 7 as well as the above-mentioned operation data.
Pushing of the completion switch button in the step(11) causes it to be judged as a finish of operation, and in the step (12), a total value of the finishing time and the ~L2~7'743 accumulation time is stored in -the inner memory M and at the same time each of the statistical data processed statistically, the operation data of time series not recorded, fixed data and so forth is written into the IC
card ]0 from the inner memory M through the data reading and writing portion 7.
And when the writing to the IC card 10 is finished and the operator turns off the main switch as the entire work is finished, the engine stops and this program is completed.
Then the IC card of which writing operation is completed is pulled out from the data reading and writing portion 7 to be inserted into the data reading device D2' and the operation or non-operation data and so forth stored in the IC card 10 are input to the operation data processing device D2 of external managing office or the like through it.
The operation data processing device D2 is composed of a microcomputer system.
When the operation discriminating program is started in the arithmetic processing portion 20 as shown in Fig. 5, at first it is judged in the step (1) whether there is a combination of operation of the engine, non-operation of the vehicle and non-operation of the actual working machine or the like in the operation data at every specified interval, and in turn in the step (2), an engine idling is judged to be operating when the above-mentioned combination is found, and it is judged to be non-operating when the above-mentioned combination is not found within the corresponding lZ4 ~79L3 specified interval, thus discriminating the operation or non-operation of the engine idling in the total working time.
Similarly, side by side in the step (3), it is judged whether there is a combination of the operation of the vehicle and non-operation of the actual working machine or the like in the operation data at every specified interval, and in turn in the step (4), the vehicle is judged to be transporting when the above-mentioned combination is found, and it is discriminated transportation or non-transportation of the vehicle in the entire working time within the corresponding specified interval.
Further similarly, side by side in the step (5), it is judged whether there is a combination of the operation of the vehicle and non-operation of the actual working machine or the like in the operation data at every specified interval of time, and in turn in the step (6), when the above-mentioned combination is found, the operation or non-operation of the actual work in the entire working time is discriminated, judging it operating condition if it is within the corresponding specified interval.
Thereby, it is possible to discriminate the entire working time under a separation of engine idling, operation of the vehicle, an actual operation of the vehicle and rest time (all the operations in the working are not performed).
In case of thus discriminating data, the data of engine idling or non-idling for example, the idling data are accumulated at longer intervals and can be compressed to the ~2~7'7~
discriminating data at longer intervals utilizing the judging means for judging a condition to be engine idling when their total value exceeds the predetermined fundamental value.
The discriminating data are applied as management data by the external display means 92 and the recording means 91.
In the above-mentioned preferred embodiment, al-though data processing has been performed for each of the operation data recording device Dl placed on the vehicle and the external operation data processing device D2, data processing may be performed simultaneously with the above-mentioned operation data recording device placed on the vehicle.
That is, in this case, there are provided in advance an idling operation judging means 57, vehicle transportation judging means 58 and the actual operation judging means 59.
As one example is shown in Fig. 6, in the idling operation judging means 57, the vehicle operation judging circuit 53b and the working machine actual working condition judging circuit 53C are connected by NAND circuits, and their output terminals and the engine operation judging circuit 53a are connected by AND circuits to be reversed together.
Therefore, when the engine operation signal, vehicle non-operation signal and the working machine non-actual operation signal are input at the same intervals, and idling condition signal is output.
Then, the transportation judging means 58 is connected ~47743 to the vehicle operating condition judging circuit 53b by AND circuit with the output signal of the working machine actual working condition judging circuit 53c being reversed.
Therefore, when the vehicle operation signal and the working machine non-actual working signal are input at the same intervals, the transportation signal is output.
Further, the actual operation judging means 59 is constructed such that the working machine actual operating condition judging circuit 53c and the vehicle operating condition judging circuit 53b are connected by AND circuits.
Therefore, when the vehicle operation signal and the working machine actual operating signal are input at the same intervals, the actual operation signal is output.
If the actual operation is limited to the case in accordance with the kind of working machine in which for example a load is applied on the working machine, in addition to the above-mentioned condition, another - arrangement can be applied in which an actual operation signal is output by AND circuits when the load signal is obtained by the converting circuit (not shown) from the sensor S5 for detecting a load applied to the working machine, then the number of loading data in 30 seconds is accumulated by the counter circuit, thus accumulated value is judged by the judging circuit to be loading or non-loading as whole 30 seconds, and the resulted loading signalis input at 30 seconds intervals.
Since each of the judged and detected idling or non-idling signal, transportation or non-transportation signal ~Z~77~3 and actual operation or non-operation signal has intervals of 30 seconds, it is preferable to convert it into said operation or non-operation data having intervals of longer specified time.
Also in this case, there is provided a judging circuit for judging it as operation when they exceed the desired reference number and otherwise as non-operation to accumulate operation judging data under a longer specified time exceeding 30 seconds in the same manner as that of the above-mentioned conversion processing for operation or non-operation data.
Thus, it is possible to make a correct and easy understanding of daily working condition.
Further, in the present invention, since an external memory unit with a small capacity can be applied r it is not necessary to restrict the kind of external memory unit in particular, and it is apparent that for example, IC card, EPROM, floppy disk, optical disk, memory pack, MT and the like can be applied and it may not be restricted to these items.
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1. An operation data recording system comprising:
detecting means for detecting operating condition of an automobile, a vehicle with working machine or the like, an external display device for displaying the prescribed operation data in real time which are obtained from the said detecting means, a vehicle data recording device to be connected with data externally writing means, loaded on the above-mentioned automobile, vehicle with working machine or the like, and an external managing data processing device for reading data stored in an external memory unit and to process them, wherein the said operation data recording device comprising;
an arithmetic processing portion for arithmetic processing data for external displaying on the basis of data input from the above-mentioned detecting means, as well as operation data for recording when the external memory unit is attached to the vehicle data recording device, a connector for maintenance accessible to inner memory for memorizing data input from predetermined parameter and each detecting portion, and inputting means for inputting data for manual input.
detecting means for detecting operating condition of an automobile, a vehicle with working machine or the like, an external display device for displaying the prescribed operation data in real time which are obtained from the said detecting means, a vehicle data recording device to be connected with data externally writing means, loaded on the above-mentioned automobile, vehicle with working machine or the like, and an external managing data processing device for reading data stored in an external memory unit and to process them, wherein the said operation data recording device comprising;
an arithmetic processing portion for arithmetic processing data for external displaying on the basis of data input from the above-mentioned detecting means, as well as operation data for recording when the external memory unit is attached to the vehicle data recording device, a connector for maintenance accessible to inner memory for memorizing data input from predetermined parameter and each detecting portion, and inputting means for inputting data for manual input.
2. An operation data recording system as set forth in claim 1 further comprising the detecting means which is composed of engine operation detecting means for detecting operation or non-operation of an engine, a vehicle operation detecting means for detecting travelling or non-trovelling of a vehicle, and an actual work detecting means for detecting actual work or non-actual work, and an arithmetic processing portion of the vehicle data recording device or an arithmetic processing portion of controlling data processing device which comprises;
idling judging means which judges engine idling in case engine operation data and vehicle non-operation data are input at the same sampling intervals, transportation judging means which judges vehicle transportation when vehicle operation data and non-actual work data are input at the same sampling intervals, and actual work judging means which judges actual operation when actual work data are input, on the basis of data obtained from the above-mentioned detecting means.
idling judging means which judges engine idling in case engine operation data and vehicle non-operation data are input at the same sampling intervals, transportation judging means which judges vehicle transportation when vehicle operation data and non-actual work data are input at the same sampling intervals, and actual work judging means which judges actual operation when actual work data are input, on the basis of data obtained from the above-mentioned detecting means.
3. An operation data recording system as set forth in claim 1 further comprising operation data obtained from an engine operation detecting means, a vehicle operation detecting means and the actual work detecting means are added for every operation or non-operation data respectively at intervals of longer prescribed time than intervals to be sampled, and the said added value is comparatively judged with predetermined standard value and input to idling judging means, transportation judging means and actual work judging means through data compressing means for conversion processing into operation or non-operation data with the above-mentioned long prescribed time.
4. An operation data recording system as set forth in claim 2 further comprising data compressing means which adds data obtained from the idling judging means, the transportation judging means and the actual work judging means for every idling or non-idling data, transportation or non-transportation data and actual or non-actual work data respectively at intervals of longer time, comparatively judges the said added value with predetermined standard value, and processes conversion into operation or non-operation data with the above-mentioned long prescribed time.
5. An operation data recording system as set forth in claim 2 further comprising vehicle operation detecting means which is composed of a speed sensor which outputs signal of vehicle non-operation when the speed is 0 and in turn which outputs signal of vehicle operation when the speed has another value other than 0.
6. An operation data recording system as set forth in claim 1 further comprising a speed sensor and an engine r.p.m. sensor which are provided in the detecting means, and data detected from the said sensors are converted at the arithmetic processing portion of the vehicle data recording device to output to the external display device in real time.
7. An operation data recording system as set forth in claim 1 further comprising statistic processing means at the arithmetic processing portion of operation data recording device, which statistically processes on the basis of numeral value data detected from a speed sensor or an engine r.p.m. sensor.
8. An operation data recording system as set forth in claim 1 further comprising the manual inputting means which is composed of a classification setting switch for choosing classification of manual inputting data, a value setting switch for setting value therof, a writing switch for writing data which are set classification and value into the external memory unit or inner memory, a cancelling switch for cancelling the written data, and a finishing switch turned on when work finishes to write operation data which is written into the inner memory to the external memory unit.
9. An operation data recording system as set forth in claim 1 further comprising the external memory unit which is composed of a card-shaped external memory unit such as an IC card, a laser card or the like.
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