Attachment Telematics Tracking for Working Vehicle Mount/Demount
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Solution Overview
Problem
There are no telematics service systems specifically designed for attachments mountable to working vehicles, limiting the development of industry-specific applications.
Innovation Solution
A telematics service system is developed that includes a working vehicle, an attachment, a transmitter, communicators, and a controller to manage attachment information, determine mount/demount states, and transmit notifications to a server, enabling tracking and management of attachment operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a telematics service system is constructed for attachments mountable to working vehicles, then industry-specific applications and operational efficiency are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment information management system integrates multiple functions into a unified structure: it manages attachment identification information, mount/demount state notifications, action state tracking, and historical data storage through a single server-based system. This multi-functional approach enables industry-specific applications while avoiding redundant separate systems, thus improving productivity without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as an intermediary between the working vehicle controller and the attachment transmitter. It receives attachment information from the controller, validates mount/demount states through notifications, manages historical data, and provides services to multiple attachments and vehicles. This intermediary architecture centralizes complexity in a dedicated component while keeping individual attachment and vehicle systems simpler.
2Loss of information
If real-time tracking and management of attachment operations is enabled, then monitoring capability is improved, but use of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment transmitter periodically transmits identification information and the controller periodically transmits attachment information to the server at predetermined intervals. Mount/demount notifications are transmitted only when state changes occur, rather than continuously. This periodic communication approach maintains real-time monitoring capability while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically determines mount/demount states through notifications from the controller without requiring continuous manual monitoring or additional sensors. The attachment information is automatically managed and stored by the server based on periodic transmissions, reducing the need for active energy-consuming monitoring components at the attachment level.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables real-time tracking and management of attachment operations, including mount/demount notifications, action states, and historical data, enhancing operational efficiency and industry-specific applications.
Implementation Method 1
a transmitter provided in or on the attachment to transmit a wireless signal compliant with a near field communication standard
Data Source
AI summary
A telematics service system includes a transmitter provided in or on an attachment mountable to and demountable from a working vehicle to transmit a wireless signal, a first communicator to receive the wireless signal transmitted from the transmitter, a second communicator to transmit attachment information including identification information about the attachment, a server to receive the attachment information to manage telematics information, and a controller to acquire the identification information from the wireless signal received by the first communicator, include the identification information into the attachment information, and cause the second communicator to transmit the attachment information to the server. The controller causes the second communicator to transmit, to the server, information relating to the state of the attachment that has changed in response to an operation to mount the attachment to the working vehicle and/or an operation to demount the attachment from the working vehicle.