Working Vehicle Attachment Tracking via NFC Telematics

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing telematics service systems do not provide real-time monitoring and management of attachments mountable to working vehicles, leading to a gap in industry demand and development.

Innovation Solution

A telematics service system that includes a transmitter in the attachment, communicators in the vehicle and server to manage attachment identification and state changes, enabling real-time monitoring and management of attachments through wireless communication and data processing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If wireless communication components are added to attachments, then attachment identification capability is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveattachment identification accuracyVSAvoidtelematics system structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of adding complex sensors and processors to each attachment, the system uses a simplified copy approach: attachments transmit their identification information (a digital copy of their identity) via NFC to the vehicle's communicator. This lightweight copying mechanism achieves accurate identification without increasing attachment complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The vehicle's communicator acts as an intermediary that receives NFC signals from attachments and forwards information to the server. This mediator architecture shields attachments from system complexity, allowing them to remain simple devices while still enabling precise identification through the intermediary's processing capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If real-time monitoring of attachment states is implemented, then operational efficiency is improved, but data management requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoperational efficiencyVSAvoidtelematics data volume

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the essential state information (mounted/demounted status and identification) from the attachment's full data set. By taking out only the critical parameters needed for operational efficiency, the system avoids managing excessive data volume while still enabling real-time monitoring of attachment states.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The server provides feedback by storing and managing attachment information, enabling the system to track state changes over time. This feedback mechanism allows operational efficiency improvements through historical analysis without requiring continuous transmission of all raw data, thus balancing monitoring needs with data management requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

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 states, including mounting, demounting, and operational status, enhancing operational efficiency and data management for working vehicles.

Implementation Method 1

a transmitter provided in or on the at least one attachment to transmit a wireless signal compliant with a near field communication standard

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectNear field communication:

Data Source

PatentUS20250337447A1Telematics service system

Publication Date: 2025.10.30 KUBOTA CORP

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 attachment 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, and cause the second communicator to transmit the attachment information to the server. The controller causes the second communicator to transmit, to the server, different attachment information in response to whether the attachment is in a mounted or demounted state, and determines whether the attachment is in the mounted or demounted state based on the different attachment identification information included in the attachment information received from the second communicator.