Vehicle Body Fuel Monitoring for Taxable Use Separation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods fail to accurately determine and differentiate fuel consumption due to vehicle body operations from fuel consumption for translational movement, leading to inaccuracies in tax calculations and inefficiencies in fuel management.
Innovation Solution
Implementing sensors to monitor vehicle body component operations and location, analyzing sensor data to calculate fuel consumption specifically for body operations, and distinguishing it from fuel used for translational movement, using onboard and remote computing devices for precise fuel consumption analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If total fuel consumption is measured without differentiation, then measurement simplicity is maintained, but measurement precision of body operation fuel consumption deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments total fuel consumption into distinct components: body operation fuel consumption and translational movement fuel consumption. This is achieved by collecting sensor data from multiple sources (engine sensors for body component operations, GPS for location, accelerometer for movement detection) and processing them separately to calculate each component's fuel consumption independently, thereby improving measurement precision through systematic segmentation of the measurement process.
2Measurement precision
If fuel consumption for body operations is accurately determined, then tax calculation accuracy is improved, but calculation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing system that acts as a mediator between raw sensor data and tax calculation requirements. The onboard computer collects and processes sensor data from multiple sources, applies algorithms to differentiate body operation fuel consumption from movement fuel consumption, and outputs standardized fuel consumption metrics that can be directly used for tax calculations, thereby simplifying the overall process despite the intermediate complexity.
3Measurement precision
If sensor data collection is expanded to include multiple parameters, then fuel consumption analysis accuracy is improved, but data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal data processing system that handles multiple sensor data types (engine parameters, location data, acceleration data) through a single integrated onboard computer. This multi-functional system collects, synchronizes, and processes diverse sensor inputs using unified algorithms to determine fuel consumption, thereby improving analysis accuracy through comprehensive data collection while managing complexity through universal processing methods.
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AI summary
Techniques are described for determining an amount of fuel that is consumed by the body components of a vehicle, based at least partly on sensor data describing the operations of the body components and/or the location of the vehicle. A vehicle is equipped with a body that has any suitable number of body components that perform operations not directly associated with the translational movement of the vehicle from one location to another. Fuel is consumed to provide power (e.g., through power take off) to operate the body components. The vehicle includes sensor device(s) configured to sense the operations of the body components and generate sensor data that describes the operations of the body components. The sensor data is analyzed to determine an amount of fuel that is consumed to power the operations of the body components.