Method, device and system for automatic oiling of long-distance transport vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11708261-B2
Application number	US-202017065910-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 8, 2020
Priority date	Jul 21, 2017
Publication date	Jul 25, 2023
Grant date	Jul 25, 2023

Abstract

The present application discloses a method, device and system for automatic oiling of a long-distance transport vehicle. The method provided by the present application includes: obtaining, by a transport planning system at a network side, vehicle status information, transport mission information and highway port information of the vehicle before the long-distance transport vehicle starts from a highway port of departure; generating a transport plan according to the vehicle status information, the transport mission information and the highway port information, wherein the transport plan comprises at least one highway port to be stopped at, cargo quantity to be loaded at each highway port to be stopped at and oil mass to be filled at each highway port to be stopped at; and sending the transport plan to the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for automatic oiling of a long-distance transport vehicle, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a transport planning system at a network side, vehicle status information, transport mission information and highway port information of the vehicle before the long-distance transport vehicle starts from a highway port of departure;
obtaining transport route condition information of the vehicle;
generating a transport plan according to the vehicle status information, the transport mission information and the highway port information, wherein the transport plan comprises at least one highway port to be stopped at, and cargo quantity to be loaded at each highway port to be stopped at, and oil mass to be filled at each highway port to be stopped at; and
sending the transport plan to the vehicle, so that the vehicle stops at the highway port to be stopped at according to the transport plan, performs loading and/or unloading of cargo according to the cargo quantity to be loaded at the stopped-at highway port, and is filled with oil according to the oil mass to be filled at the stopped-at highway port, wherein generating the transport plan comprises:
determining the oil mass to be filled at each highway port to be stopped at according to a function relationship among the vehicle status information,
determining the cargo quantity at each highway port to be stopped at, and
determining the position of each highway port to be stopped at and a transport route condition information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the vehicle status information of the vehicle comprises:
sending a request of obtaining the vehicle status information of the vehicle to an on-board network of the vehicle, and receiving the vehicle status information of the vehicle fed back from the on-board network; or
obtaining the vehicle status information of the vehicle pre-stored locally and sent by the on-board network in a predetermined period.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the vehicle status information comprises:
average fuel consumption per 100 kilometers;
dead-weight;
maximum load;
tank capacity; and
filled oil mass of the vehicle;

the transport mission information comprises:
information of a transport route comprising a plurality of transport points; and
information of cargo quantity to be loaded at the at least one of the transport points, wherein the transport points comprise a transport point of departure, a transport point of destination and passing points; and

the highway port information comprises, identity and location information of at least one available highway port.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein generating the transport plan, comprises:
determining available highway ports corresponding to the transport points as highway ports to be stopped at according to the information of the transport route in the transport mission information and the highway port information;
determining the cargo quantity at each highway port to be stopped at according to the information of the cargo quantity to be loaded at the at least one of the transport points and the highway ports to be stopped at; and
determining the oil mass to be filled at each highway port to be stopped at according to a function relationship among the vehicle status information, the cargo quantity at each highway port to be stopped at and a position of each highway port to be stopped at.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transport route condition information comprises at least one of:
weather information of the transport route;
roadway condition information of the transport route;
roadway congestion information of the transport route; and
operational status information of highway ports of the transport route.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein after sending the transport plan to the vehicle, the method further comprises:
updating transport route condition information of the transport route to be driven in the transport route condition information;
updating the oil mass to be filled in the generated transport plan according to the updated transport route condition information; and
sending the updated transport plan to the vehicle, so that the vehicle is filled with oil according to the updated transport plan.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein updating transport route condition information of the transport route to be driven in the transport route condition information comprises:
obtaining condition information of the transport route to be driven in a predetermined period, and updating the transport route condition information when any item in the obtain condition information is updated;
updating the transport route condition information when obtaining update information of any item in condition information of the transport route to be driven in real time; or
both obtaining condition information of the transport route to be driven in a predetermined period, and updating the transport route condition information when any item in the obtain condition information is updated and updating the transport route condition information when obtaining update information of any item in condition information of the transport route to be driven in real time.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein:
the roadway condition information comprises at least one of:
dry/wet condition information of road surface;
roadway speed limit information;
roadway traffic control information; and
roadway closure information; and

the operational status information of highway ports comprises at least one of:
congestion condition information of in-port vehicles;
in-port scheduling time information; and
port closure information of the highway ports.

9. A method for automatic oiling of a long-distance transport vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving, by an automatic oiling system of the vehicle, a transport plan from a transport planning system before the long-distance transport vehicle starts from a highway port of departure, wherein the transport plan comprises at least one highway port to be stopped at, and cargo quantity to be loaded at each highway port to be stopped at and oil mass to be filled at each highway port to be stopped at;
prompting, by the automatic oiling system according to the transport plan, the vehicle to stop at the highway port to be stopped at and performing loading and/or unloading of cargo according to the cargo quantity to be loaded at the stopped-at highway port;
determining, by the automatic oiling system, a current load state of the vehicle after the vehicle stops at the highway port to be stopped at, the current load state comprising current actually-loaded cargo quantity and current filled oil mass; and
sending information of the oil mass to be filled at the stopped-at highway port to an oiling device within the highway port, so that the vehicle obtains oil fuel delivered by the oiling device according to the oil mass to be filled.

10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving an updated transport plan from the transport planning system, wherein the updated transport plan comprises updated oil mass to be filled.

11. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:
determining actual oil mass to be filled according to the current load state and the cargo quantity to be loaded and the oil mass to be filled at this highway port in the transport plan.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein determining the actual oil mass to be filled comprises:
comparing the current actually-loaded cargo quantity with the cargo quantity to be loaded, and th

Assignees

• Beijing Tusen Weilai Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Nan

Classifications

• B67D7/30 Primary

  with means for predetermining quantity of liquid to be transferred (B67D7/10, B67D7/14 take precedence) · CPC title

• B67D7/0401

  arrangements for automatically fuelling vehicles, i.e. without human intervention · CPC title

• G01C21/3415

  Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents · CPC title

• G01C21/3453 Primary

  Special cost functions, i.e. other than distance or default speed limit of road segments · CPC title

• G05D1/0088

  characterized by the autonomous decision making process, e.g. artificial intelligence, predefined behaviours (using knowledge based models G06N5/00) · CPC title