WO2006040560A1 - Appareil et procede pour surveiller l'etat d'utilisation d'un bien - Google Patents

Appareil et procede pour surveiller l'etat d'utilisation d'un bien Download PDF

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WO2006040560A1
WO2006040560A1 PCT/GB2005/003936 GB2005003936W WO2006040560A1 WO 2006040560 A1 WO2006040560 A1 WO 2006040560A1 GB 2005003936 W GB2005003936 W GB 2005003936W WO 2006040560 A1 WO2006040560 A1 WO 2006040560A1
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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
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  • This invention relates to apparatus and a method for monitoring the usage status of an asset.
  • asset means any of a wide range of apparatuses, vehicles and items of equipment that are useable in various activities, including for purposes of transportation and in industrial processes.
  • assets therefore include but are not limited to motor vehicles such as cars, trucks, excavators, tractors and combine harvesters; railway locomotives and wagons; boats and ships; process plant; factory vehicles such as stacker trucks; aircraft - such as helicopters and fixed wing aircraft; and indeed virtually any item of equipment the usage of which causes deterioration, over time, of its condition.
  • the invention is described herein with particular reference to an asset in the form of a motor vehicle such as a car, van or truck. However, the invention is equally applicable in relation to any of the types of asset identified hereinabove.
  • the owner or another part ⁇ ' having responsibility for the asset is often prevented, by reason of such movement, from knowing the precise location of the asset at a given time.
  • Such apparatuses typically include small transponders that are secured to moveable assets, so that the assets may effectively transmit data, to a host station, concerning their locations.
  • tracking apparatuses are of some utility, in general they do not seek to establish the usage status of an asset.
  • asset tracking apparatuses generally operate over comparatively short distances, for example for the tracking of self-powered vehicles within a factory or warehouse environment. Over such distances it is possible to use comparatively sophisticated communication languages that rely on high bandwidth transmission protocols.
  • Such apparatuses are not suitable for use in conjunction with assets whose movements may be measured in tens or hundreds of kilometres.
  • assets include leased or rented vehicle fleets such as motor cars and vans; construction site vehicles such as excavators, dump trucks and tipper trucks; and agricultural vehicles such as tractors and harvesting machines.
  • the use of high bandwidth transmission apparatuses may be prohibitively expensive and/or give rise to excessive power consumption requirements.
  • Failure correctly to observe a recommended maintenance or servicing schedule may also invalidate a manufacturer's warranty with the results that the owner's asset value is further reduced; and that any repairs that become necessary are the financial responsibility of the fleet owner and not of the manufacturer.
  • apparatus for monitoring the usage status of an asset including a data transfer assembly
  • the apparatus comprising: an interface, for connection to a said data transfer assembly, that is capable of accepting data from the said assembly; a programmable first processor device for processing data accepted via the interface; a first transmitter for transmitting data processed by the processor device, the interface, the first processor device and the transmitter being operatively connected together; and located remotely from the first transmitter, a first receiver of data transmitted by the first transmitter; and operatively connected thereto a programmable, further processor device for processing data received by the first receiver and operatively connected to a display for displaying data processed by the further processor de ⁇ dce, wherein the first processor device is programmed to convert the data accepted via the interface into a "short message system" (SMS) format; and wherein the further processor device is programmed to convert SMS data received by the first receiver to a format suitable for display via the display device; and/or to generate one or more messages, that are displayable
  • SMS short message system
  • SMS format for signals containing data indicative of the usage status of an asset advantageously permits the transmission of such data using a mobile telephone network.
  • the interface accepts data from a said data transfer assembly in the form of a CAN-BUS.
  • a CAN-BUS is a data transfer apparatus that is of very considerable utility in the electronic control of vehicles, process plant and similar apparatuses.
  • a typical CAN-BUS includes a ring circuit via which a stream of data is transmitted in serial fashion.
  • the CAN-BUS includes a plurality of nodes at which devices may be operatively connected, for receiving data in the form of commands; and transmitting data pertaining to their operational statuses. It would be a convenient exercise to modify the CAN-BUS of a motor vehicle such as a car or a truck to incorporate at a node a connection to an interface forming part of the apparatus of the invention.
  • connection is meant any operable way of connecting to the CAN-BUS node, including hard wired connections; wireless connections and releasably securable connector plugs.
  • the first processor device of the invention includes or is operatively connected to a memory de ⁇ 'ice that is capable of storing data accepted via the interface.
  • a memory device allows the temporary or permanent storing of data, thereby permitting intermittent transmission of data from the asset to a remote location and consequently avoiding the need for continuous data transmission from the location of the asset.
  • the apparatus also includes a connector for connecting the interface to a said data transfer assembly.
  • Such a connector may typically be of a type well known in the CAN-BUS art.
  • the first processor device is programmed to cause transmission via the first transmitter of one or more signals when data accepted via the interface from a said data transfer assembly signifies a pre-defined usage status of a said asset.
  • This feature of the invention allows the setting, in the first processor device, of threshold usage status values corresponding to recommended maintenance or service intervals.
  • the data signifying a predetermined usage status includes:
  • the apparatus of the invention conveniently permits the generation of warnings of impending sendee requirements; of the passing of a sendee point without the user arranging a sendee operation; and/or the usage of the asset exceeding a value corresponding for example to a manufacturer's warranty limit.
  • the interface preferably is connectable to a said data transfer assembly of a wheeled vehicle including an odometer an instantaneously prevailing reading of which is transferred at least intermittently via the data transfer assembly, wherein the said data signifying the usage statuses (i) - (iv) includes data pertaining to a said instantaneously prevailing odometer reading transferred via the said transfer assembly.
  • the first processing device is programmed to compare the data pertaining to the instantaneously prevailing odometer reading to one or more predetermined odometer readings pertaining to a need for a service operation; and, in dependence on the outcome of the comparison, generate one or more said predetermined signals.
  • the predetermined odometer readings may advantageously be pre-programmed into the first processor device. Alternatively they may be updated remotely, according to apparatuses and methods defined hereinbelow.
  • the first processor device generates the or each signal as a coded SMS message indicative of a usage status as described herein. More preferably each said coded SMS message contains data in the form of one or more fields of hexadecimal code.
  • the maximum length of an SMS message is 160 characters.
  • the or each signal contains data identifying the asset and data indicative of the status of one or more registers of the first processor device.
  • each said signal may optionally include data indicating one or more of:
  • the transmitter and the receiver each are or include a GSM modem.
  • This per se known device permits two-way data communication via a mobile telephone network. Therefore it is ideally suited to use in the invention.
  • the receiver and/or the further processor and/or the display device are constituted as parts of a personal computer, a server network or a mainframe computer. These features render the components of the invention that are located remotely from the asset suitable for incorporation in a call or data centre.
  • the further processor device includes programmed therein software including:
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • the further processor device preferably is operatively associated with a transmitter (such as but not limited to the GSM modem defined hereinabove) and the graphical user interface application includes user input functions permitting one or more of:
  • the GUI application generates one or more messages, for display via the display device, in dependence on signals received from the first processor device.
  • the GUI application may conveniently generate to eg. an operator at a data centre a warning signal that a particular asset is approaching or has exceeded a recommended sendee point.
  • the database includes data pertaining to one or more of:
  • the respective data numbers stored in the database preferably each are or include a mobile telephone number.
  • the advantage of including such a number in the data number of the asset and the components located remotely therefrom is that it is then readily possible to allocate unique identifying numbers to an asset and to eg. a partition of a server in a remote data centre, in a form that is easily processed in a mobile telephone network.
  • the SMS server therefore includes software for carrying out one or more of: monitoring the receiver and conditioning signals received thereby; transferring data contained therein to the database; and/or conditioning commands generated by the GUI application for transmission.
  • the apparatus of the invention includes a receiver operatively associated with the first processor device; and that when the GUI application generates one or more conditioning commands causing configuration of one or more registers in the first processor device such commands may include data for altering, in the first processor device, one or more of:
  • the apparatus of the invention remotely to update the first processor device, for example following successful completion of a service operation (so that warning messages are not generated erroneous ⁇ ) and/or to alter for example the service interval of an asset, based on updating information received from a manufacturer.
  • SMS server as defined herein to alter for example the host data number that the GSM modem (when present) must dial in order to access the correct host partition for the asset to which it is secured.
  • the apparatus includes a common support structure to which are secured the interface, the first processor device and the first transmitter.
  • the invention also resides in a motor vehicle including a CAN-BUS having operatively connected thereto the interface of an apparatus as defined herein.
  • the invention additionally extends to the use of such an apparatus in monitoring of the usage status of an asset.
  • a method of monitoring the usage status of an asset including a data transfer assembly, the method comprising: via an interface operatively connected thereto, accepting data indicative of a usage status from a said data transfer assembly; processing the said data, using a programmable first processor device, whereby to convert it to SMS format; transmitting the thus converted data via a first transmitter to a first receiver located remotely therefrom; processing SMS data received by the receiver using a further programmable processor device to convert the said SMS data to a format suitable for display via a display device; and/or generating one or more messages, that are displayable via the display device, in dependence on the content of the said SMS data received by the receiver.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic overview of apparatus according to the invention plus certain components of a mobile telephone network not forming part of the invention per se;
  • Figure 2 is a flow chart showing in exemplary fashion the processing of messages generated by a first processor according to the invention
  • Figure 3 shows in similar fashion the manner in which a said first processor responds to configuration commands received from a further processor device also forming part of the invention.
  • FIG. 4 shows exemplary outputs, via a display forming part of the apparatus of the invention, generated by a graphical user interface application also forming part of the invention.
  • apparatus 10 for monitoring the usage status of an asset 11 (which in the example shown is a motor car) that includes a data transfer assembly comprises, firstly, an interface 12 for connection to the data transfer assembly of the asset.
  • the interface 12 is a CAN-BUS interface device including (as needed) connectors and other components for permitting the interface to accept data that is transferred via the CAN-BUS.
  • the apparatus 10 also includes a programmable first processor device 13 for processing data accepted via the interface; and a first transmitter 14 that in the embodiment shown is a GSM modem.
  • the interface 12, first processor device 13 and first transmitter 14 are operatively connected together, preferably by way of being hard-wired within a common housing that acts as a support structure for the aforesaid components.
  • the interface 12, first processor device 13 and first transmitter 14 may if desired by distributed about the asset 10.
  • the first transmitter 14 may be located so as to maximise the efficiency of data transmission.
  • the first processor device processes data accepted from the data transfer assembly via the interface.
  • the first transmitter transmits such data, following processing by the first processor device.
  • the apparatus of the invention further includes a first receiver 16 of data transmitted by the first transmitter 14.
  • first receiver 16 Operatively connected to first receiver 16 are a programmable, further processor device 17; and a display device 18.
  • the display device displays data, related to that received by the first receiver, that has undergone processing in the further processor device.
  • the first processor device 13 is programmed to com'ert the data accepted via the interface 12 to an SMS format.
  • the further processor device 17 is programmed to convert SMS data received by the first receiver 16 to a format suitable for display via the display device 18; and to generate one or more messages that are displayable via the display device 18, in dependence on the content of the SMS data.
  • the first processor device 13 may include a memory device (not shown in the drawings) that is capable of storing data accepted via the interface.
  • the memory device When present, the memory device obviates the need for continuous transmission of data from the location of the asset to the first receiver. Instead it permits intermittent transmission of data bursts that may be contained within discrete data calls made via a mobile telephone network.
  • the first processor device 13 is additionally programmed to cause transmission via the first transmitter 14 of one or more signals when data accepted via the interface 12 from the data transfer assembly of the asset 11 signifies a predefined usage status of the asset 11.
  • Such data may include:
  • such data would be based on an instantaneously prevailing odometer reading transferred at least intermittently via the data transfer assembly (CAN-BUS) of the vehicle 11.
  • CAN-BUS data transfer assembly
  • the first processor device 13 operates by comparing such instantaneously prevailing data (whether derived from an odometer reading or another cumulative indicator of usage) with one or more predetermined values pertaining to a need for a sendee operation. In dependence on the outcome of the comparison the first processor device generates one or more predetermined signals for transmission by the first transmitter 14.
  • the data are transmitted in the form of hexadecimal code. Since the maximum length of an SMS message is 160 characters, the use of hexadecimal code for conveying the data in the messages advantageously ensures that the data can be contained within the message format.
  • the four primary fields are those indicating: (i) that a pre-defined action is needed; and/or
  • MSGW OxOl Service Due Message
  • This message will be sent from the remote unit to the host when the sendee odometer reaches 0 (zero) for the first time, to indicate that a service is due.
  • a flag will be raised within the remote processor to prevent repeated sending of this message in the case of a variable service reading.
  • MSGID 0x02 Pre-Service Warning This message will be sent from the remote unit to the host when the sendee odometer reaches n miles/kilometres prior to the sendee odometer reading, to indicate that a service is imminently due. A flag will be raised within the remote processor to prevent repeated sending of this message in the case of a variable service reading. * This message will be suppressed if the PRESSER setting (see below) is set to zero during the configuration process.
  • MSGID OxOS Post-Service Warning
  • This message will be sent from the remote unit to the host when the service odometer reaches n miles/kilometres greater than the service odometer reading, to indicate that a service is overdue.
  • a flag will be raised within the remote processor to prevent repeated sending of this message in the case of a variable sendee reading.
  • This message will be sent from the remote unit to the host when the current odometer is equal to the warning odometer setting, to indicate that a pre-defined mileage has been reached.
  • a further message type is as follows:
  • This message will be sent from the remote unit to the host to confirm receipt of a configuration message and to update the host with information which is not sent during configuration, such as current odometer reading (CODO) and sendee odometer reading (SODO), since these are predefined by the vehicle and the person responsible for conducting the sendee.
  • CODO current odometer reading
  • SODO sendee odometer reading
  • This message will also be sent as a reply to a Poll Request (POR), which can be sent by the host in order to update the PC based software with current vehicle settings.
  • POR Poll Request
  • SMS messages When configured in hexadecimal, as SMS messages, the data fields transmitted under varying conditions are as follows:
  • VID O-FFFFFF Vehicle ID
  • WODO O.. FFFFFFFF Pre-configured warning ODO (Zero if not used)
  • VID O..FFFFFF Vehicle ID
  • VID O..FFFFFF Vehicle ID
  • SODO O-FFFF Next service ODO
  • vehicle identification field can take any numerical value between 0 and 16777215.
  • the current odometer field (CODO), being represented by 8 hexadecimal bits may take any value between O and 4294967295.
  • CODO current odometer field
  • the apparatus of the invention may monitor the usage of an asset for over 4 billion usage units (regardless of whether usage is measured in miles, kilometres, hours or other units).
  • the coding of the data intercepted from the data transfer assembly occurs in the first processor.
  • the first processor also causes the transmission of the thus-coded data via the first transmitter.
  • data fields of the invention are as outlined hereinabove, further data fields are possible. These include but are not limited to:
  • the transmission tower 19 in Figure 1 conveniently the transmission of the SMS messages take place via a mobile telephone network.
  • the first transmitter and the first receiver are GSM modem devices such as but not limited to the Siemens TC35 GSM modem board.
  • transmitters and receivers are viable within the scope of the invention.
  • transmitters and receivers that communicate via a mobile telephone network are relatively easy to establish when an asset such as a motor vehicle is removed from the country in which it is intended to operate. This can in turn allow eg. the re-calculation of insurance rates or eg. provide evidence that costs arising from use of the vehicle outside its intended territory are the responsibility of the user.
  • the preferred device constituting the first processor 13 is a PIC processor such as but not limited to the 16F876A processor.
  • PIC processors are manufactured by Microchip Corporation. They are well known for being versatile, cheap and easy to programme.
  • the PIC device typically requires a power supply to operate. Such a power supply may be provided as part of the apparatus of the invention, or may be a pre-existing component of the asset with which the apparatus of the invention is used.
  • the first receiver 16, the further processor 17 and the display device 18 preferably are constituted as parts of personal computer, a server network and/or a mainframe computer, at a location remote from that in which the asset 11 operates.
  • the further processor device 17 includes programmed therein software including:
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • the GUI application includes user input functions permitting one or more of:
  • Figure 4 shows examples of the data fields that may be altered using the GUI interface, when the apparatus is configured to monitor the usage status of a motor vehicle. The relevant data are shown in the window 21 visible in Figure 4.
  • the GUI application also is capable of generating one or more message for display via the display device, in dependence on signals received from the first processor device.
  • the output window 22 shows that the vehicle whose details are visible in window 21 has attained the odometer reading corresponding to a sendee point. This is the result of the first processor 13 that is secured to the vehicle in question generating the MSGID message "Service due" identified above, and arranging for its transmission to the first receiver via the mobile telephone network from the first transmitter 14.
  • the software embodied in the further processor device 17 also includes a database containing data pertaining to one or more of:
  • the data numbers of the asset and the host preferably are mobile telephone numbers, which are readily programmed (through the generation of appropriate commands in the first and further processors (13, 17)).
  • the software programmed into the further processor 17 also includes an SMS server which provides two-way communication between the asset-located components of the invention and those sited at a remote location.
  • the SMS server software continuously monitors the first transmitter 14 and the first receiver 16 for incoming messages. It processes the messages as received and passes the data obtained therefrom to the aforementioned database.
  • the SMS server additionally conditions messages generated by the further processor, for transmission via a further transmitter associated with the further processor device 17.
  • the first receiver 16 is configured as a GSM modem, this device inherently provides the functions of the further transmitter.
  • the first transmitter 14 also preferably is configured as a GSM modem, it inherently includes a further receiver that is capable of receiving messages generated by the further processor 17 and transmitted by the further transmitter. This aspect is important, since it is from time to time desirable to transmit configuration messages (an example of which appears as "Configuration broadcast message" hereinabove) to a first processor 13 secured to an asset 11.
  • Such configuration messages may, for example, cause re-setting of the indicator flags warning that service points are due, imminently due or exceeded. Such an action may be desirable following servicing of a vehicle.
  • the configuration commands transmitted in this fashion may alter the pre-defined points in the usage of the asset at which certain messages become generated. This may be desirable for example in the event of a manufacturer changing the recommended sendee interval of an asset 11 part-way through its sendee life.
  • Configuration commands of this kind may also simply acknowledge receipt from the first processor 13 of the various warning messages described hereinabove. This may be desirable to avoid overloading the further processor 17 with repetitious warnings and alerts. It should in practice be adequate for any given warning to be transmitted once, and for a configuration command subsequently to clear the warning flag in the first processor following carrying out of a sendee action.
  • the first processor device may also send messages of any of the aforementioned types, by way of confirmation of receipt of messages from the host server or similar device constituting the further processor device.
  • the SMS server may in addition contain communications error handling and correction routines. Such routines are represented in window 23 of Figure 4.
  • the interface 12 may periodically or continuously intercept relevant data from the data stream passing around the data transmission assembly of the asset 11.
  • the processing philosophy of the first processor, following receipt of such data, is shown in Figure 2 in flow chart form.
  • the flow chart of Figure 2 concerns, specifically, the apparatus of the invention when configured to monitor the sendee usage of a motor vehicle.
  • the data and method steps in Figure 2 are self-explanatory.
  • Figure 3 shows in a similar manner the way in which the first processor 13 of the apparatus of the invention processes incoming messages from the further processor 17 transmitted via the GSM modem represented by first receiver 16 of Figure 1. As is evident from Figure 3 these steps result in re-setting of the parameters to which the first processor works, thereby altering the pre-defined usage thresholds at which subsequent warning messages are generated.

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L'invention concerne un appareil (10) pour surveiller l'état d'utilisation d'un bien (11) (tel que défini ci-après) y compris un ensemble de transfert de données, cet appareil comportant les éléments suivants: une interface (12) pour la connexion à l'ensemble de transfert de données, cette interface étant apte à accepter des données de cet ensemble; un premier dispositif processeur (13) programmable pour traiter des données acceptées via l'interface; un premier émetteur (14) pour transmettre des données traitées par le premier dispositif processeur (13), l'interface, le premier dispositif processeur et l'émetteur étant fonctionnellement interconnectés. L'appareil (10) comporte également, situé à distance du premier émetteur, un premier récepteur (16) de données transmises par le premier émetteur et, fonctionnellement connecté à celui-ci, un autre dispositif processeur programmable (17) pour traiter des données reçues par le premier récepteur, lequel dispositif est fonctionnellement relié à un affichage (18) pour visualiser des données traitées par cet autre dispositif processeur (13). Le premier dispositif processeur (13) est programmé pour convertir les données acceptées via l'interface (12) en un format de 'système de messages courts' (SMS). L'autre dispositif processeur (17) est programmé pour convertir les données SMS reçues par le premier récepteur (16) en un format apte à l'affichage au moyen du dispositif d'affichage (18) et/ou pour générer un ou plusieurs messages qui peuvent être visualisés sur le dispositif d'affichage (18), en fonction du contenu des données SMS. L'appareil de l'invention permet une surveillance économique des états d'utilisation en appliquant un procédé de transmission à bande passante étroite.
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