Patent ID: 6611755
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: B28C,B60P,G01M,G07C,G08G,H04W

Abstract:
A system for automated reporting of status of a ready mix concrete or other slurry material mixer truck, including status of events related to the usage, function, operation, location, systems or cargo of the truck, to a remote location for system users including dispatchers and managers using a wireless network, the remote location including a dispatch software application for issuing dispatch instructions that identify destination site coordinates over the wireless network to said truck, the automated reporting system comprising, on board the truck:a plurality of sensors for measuring parameters related to the usage, function, operation, location, systems, or cargo of the truck, said parameters indicative of various selected ones of said events, computer apparatus for automatically receiving inputs from selected ones of said sensor parameter measurements, and for transmitting data denoting the status of events of interest derived from the selected inputs to the remote location over the wireless network, and navigation apparatus for automatically detecting the current geographic location of the truck and providing additional inputs representative thereof to said computer apparatus, wherein computer apparatus logic in conjunction with said navigation apparatus additional inputs and at least some of said sensor parameter measurement inputs automatically detect each of the events in the sequence of events of truck (i) arrival at its designated concrete or other slurry material plant site, (ii) loading at the plant site, (ill) departure from the plant site, (iv) arrival at its designated job site, (v) begin pour at the job site, (vi) end pour at the job site, (vii) undergoing a wash at the job site, and (viii) departure from the job site.