Utility or upfit vehicle using communication portal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12254773-B2
Application number	US-202318390191-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2023
Priority date	Oct 23, 2015
Publication date	Mar 18, 2025
Grant date	Mar 18, 2025

Abstract

A method of transmitting data across a J1939 network comprises communicating at least one sensor, if not a plurality of sensors or operator interface devices, related to a utility service body data mounted on a chassis across the J1939 network on unassigned PGN/SPN combinations for various uses. Furthermore, at least one controller can evaluate other J1939 data, such as transmission gear and/or engine RPM before permitting operation of at least one function of the utility service body or upfit body with at least some embodiments.

First claim

What is claimed herein is:

1. A refuse collection vehicle, comprising:
a chassis supporting a plurality of vehicle components and comprising:
a Controller Area Network (CAN) vehicle bus configured to transmit data according to a first J1939 transmission protocol in which each of the vehicle components is assigned a Parameter Group Number (PGN)/Suspect Parameter Number (SPN) combination in the CAN vehicle bus; and
a data port communicatively coupled with the vehicle bus and configured to receive data according to the first J1939 transmission protocol;

a refuse service body physically coupled to the chassis, the refuse service body comprising a sensor outputting body data, a service body bus having a second transmission protocol, and a grabber arm;
a controller communicatively coupled to the vehicle bus and the service body bus, the controller configured to:
receive, from the service body bus via the second transmission protocol, body data collected by the sensor;

process the received body data;
transmit processed body data to the data port through the CAN vehicle bus via the first J1939 transmission protocol, with the processed body data assigned a PGN/SPN combination unassigned to the vehicle components;
receive, from the vehicle bus via the first J1939 transmission protocol, vehicle data corresponding to operation of one or more vehicle components;
process the vehicle data; and
regulate operation of the grabber arm of the refuse collection vehicle based on the processed vehicle data; and

a transmitter configured to receive vehicle data and the processed body data over the CAN vehicle bus and transmit the vehicle data and the processed body data over a wireless network to a remote computing device.

2. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the body data comprises data corresponding to a position of the grabber arm, wherein the refuse service body further comprises an arm control joystick, and wherein the body data further comprises data corresponding to a position of the arm control joystick.

3. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a display configured to display route optimization information based on the processed body data.

4. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter comprises an integrated GPS device, and wherein the second transmission protocol comprises an IOX protocol.

5. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to regulate an operation of at least one of a grabber arm or an arm control joystick, and wherein the vehicle data comprises one or more of an engine RPM, a transmission gear, and GPS data.

6. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to regulate the operation of the at least one of the grabber arm or the arm control joystick based on one or more of the vehicle data and the body data.

7. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the body data comprises one or more of an electrical signal, a pneumatic operation, a hydraulic operation, a physical location of the refuse collection vehicle, a movement of the refuse collection vehicle, a body control information of the refuse collection vehicle, a temperature, a weight, refuse collection data, refuse collection vehicle communication data, refuse collection vehicle productivity data, utility service body health data, utility service system health data, presence, absence, and movement of an item in a refuse payload of the refuse collection vehicle, refuse payload data, a pressure of the refuse collection vehicle.

8. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to change a position of the at least one of the grabber arm or allow a movement of the arm control joystick based on one or both of a transmission of the refuse collection vehicle being at a predetermined transmission gear and an engine of the refuse collection vehicle being at a predetermined engine RPM.

9. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the sensor is configured to monitor one or more body functions of the refuse collection vehicle.

10. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to receive, process, and transmit multiplexed data, including at least one of the multiplexed vehicle data and the multiplexed body data.

11. A refuse collection vehicle, comprising:
a chassis comprising:
a vehicle bus configured to transmit data according to a first transmission protocol; and
a data port communicatively coupled with the vehicle bus and configured to receive data according to the first transmission protocol;

a transmitter communicatively coupled with the data port and configured to obtain data according to the first transmission protocol from the data port and transmit the data over a wireless network to a remote computing device;
a refuse service body physically coupled to the chassis, the refuse service body comprising a service body bus having a second transmission protocol;
a controller communicatively coupled to the vehicle bus and the service body bus, the controller configured to:
receive body data communicated through the service body bus via the first transmission protocol;
process received body data;
transmit processed body data to the data port through the vehicle bus via the first transmission protocol;
receive, from the vehicle bus via the first transmission protocol, vehicle data corresponding to operation of one or more vehicle components;
process the vehicle data; and
regulate operation of the refuse service body based on the processed vehicle data.

12. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the vehicle bus comprises one of a CAN bus or a CAN open network, wherein the refuse service body comprises a grabber arm and an arm control joystick, and wherein the body data comprises data corresponding to at least one of a position of the grabber arm or a position of the arm control joystick.

13. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 11 , further comprising a display configured to display route optimization information based on the processed body data.

14. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the transmitter comprises an integrated GPS device, and wherein the vehicle data comprises GPS data.

15. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the controller is configured to regulate operation of at least one of a grabber arm or an arm control joystick, and wherein the vehicle data comprises at least one of an engine RPM or a transmission gear.

16. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 15 , wherein the controller is configured to regulate the operation of the at least one of the grabber arm or the arm control joystick based on one or more of the vehicle data and the body data.

17. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 16 , wherein the body data comprises one or more of an electrical signal, a pneumatic operation, a hydraulic operation, a physical location of the refuse collection vehicle, a movement of the refuse collection vehicle, a body control information of the refuse collection vehicle, a temperature, a weight, refuse collection data, refuse collection vehicle communication data, refuse collection vehicle productivity data, utility service body health data, utility service system health data, presence, absence, and movement of an item in a refuse payload of the refuse collection vehicle, refuse payload data, a pressure of the refuse collection vehicle.

18. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 15 , wherein the controller is configured to chan

Assignees

• Heil Co

Inventors

• Salinas Ricardo Castano
• Smith John Forrest
• Ham Brian Huston
• Whitfield Jr Ralph Waldo

Classifications

• G06Q10/00

  Administration; Management · CPC title

• G05B19/418

  Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM] · CPC title

• G08G1/20 Primary

  Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles · CPC title