Method and system for confirming delivery of bulk material from a bed of a dump truck
A method for confirming delivery of bulk material from a bed of a dump truck based on hydraulic pressure. The dump truck has a driving device moving the bed between a rest position and a delivery position. The method generally having: using a hydraulic pressure sensor, measuring a plurality of hydraulic pressure values indicative of pressure of a hydraulic fluid of the driving device as the bed is moved; and using a controller communicatively coupled to the hydraulic pressure sensor: monitoring a slope at which at least some of the plurality of hydraulic pressure values vary over a given period of time; and generating a delivery confirmation indicative that a delivery of the bulk material has occurred based on a comparison between the monitored slope and a delivery slope threshold.
1. A method for confirming delivery of bulk material from a bed of a dump truck based on hydraulic pressure, the dump truck having a driving device moving the bed between a rest position and a delivery position, the method comprising:
using a hydraulic pressure sensor, measuring a plurality of hydraulic pressure values indicative of pressure of a hydraulic fluid of the driving device as the bed is moved; and
using a controller communicatively coupled to the hydraulic pressure sensor:
monitoring a slope at which at least some of the plurality of hydraulic pressure values vary over a given period of time; and
generating a delivery confirmation indicative that a delivery of the bulk material has occurred based on a comparison between said monitored slope and a delivery slope threshold;
wherein said at least some of the plurality of hydraulic pressure values have a given number of the most recently measured hydraulic pressure values, said monitoring including updating the at least some of the plurality of hydraulic pressure values on which are based on the slope as new hydraulic pressure values are measured.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said generating comprising generating a delivery confirmation when said slope exceeds said delivery slope threshold.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein said comparison includes, when a polarity of said slope corresponds to a polarity of said delivery slope threshold, comparing a value of said slope to a value of said delivery slope threshold, said generating comprising generating a delivery confirmation when said value of said slope is below said value of said delivery slope threshold.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein said period of time over which the slope is monitored increases as function of a maximal one of the at least some of the hydraulic pressure values.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving a GPS signal indicative of a GPS position of the dump truck.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the hydraulic pressure values are associated to a corresponding GPS position.
7. The method of claim 6 further comprising determining that said GPS position associated to the at least some of the hydraulic pressure values associated to said slope are within a predetermined region, said delivery confirmation further comprising a location confirmation indicative that the delivery has occurred within the predetermined region.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying said confirmation on a user interface.
9. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining an amount of delivered bulk material based on the at least some of the hydraulic pressure values, said delivery confirmation comprising said amount.
10. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining an amount of bulk material remaining on the bed of the dump truck based on the at least some of the hydraulic pressure values.
11. A system comprising:
a frame;
a bed movably mounted to the frame for receiving bulk material;
a driving device mounted to the frame for driving, using a hydraulic fluid, movement of the bed between a rest position and a delivery position;
a hydraulic pressure sensor mounted to the driving device for measuring pressure of the hydraulic fluid;
a controller communicatively coupled with the hydraulic pressure sensor, the controller being configured for performing the steps of:
receiving a plurality of hydraulic pressure values indicative of pressure of the hydraulic fluid as the bed is moved; and
monitoring a slope at which at least some of the plurality of hydraulic pressure values vary over a given period of time; and
generating a delivery confirmation indicative that a delivery of bulk material has occurred based on a comparison between said monitored slope and a delivery slope threshold
wherein said at least some of the plurality of hydraulic pressure values have a given number of the most recently measured hydraulic pressure values, said monitoring including updating the at least some of the plurality of hydraulic pressure values on which are based on the slope as new hydraulic pressure values are measured.
12. The system of claim 11 wherein the frame is a frame of a dump truck, the bed moving between a rest position, in which the bed is parallel to the ground, and a delivery position, in which the bed is tilted relative to the ground.
13. The system of claim 11 further comprising a GPS sensor mounted fixedly relative to the frame, the GPS sensor generating a GPS signal indicative of a GPS position of the frame as said hydraulic pressure values are measured.
14. The system of claim 13 wherein the hydraulic pressure values are associated to a corresponding GPS position.
15. The system of claim 14 further comprising determining that said GPS position associated to the hydraulic pressure values associated to said slope are within a predetermined region, said delivery confirmation further comprising a location confirmation indicative that the delivery has occurred within the predetermined region.
16. The system of claim 11 further comprising a communication unit communicatively coupled to the controller, the communication unit communicating the generated confirmation towards a remote network.
17. The system of claim 11 further comprising a user interface communicatively coupled to the controller, the user interface displaying said confirmation.
18. The system of claim 11 further comprising determining an amount of delivered bulk material based on the at least some of the hydraulic pressure values, said delivery confirmation comprising said amount.
19. The system of claim 11 further comprising determining an amount of bulk material remaining on the bed of the dump truck based on the at least some of the hydraulic pressure values.
20. A method for confirming delivery of bulk material from a bed of a dump truck based on hydraulic pressure, the dump truck having a driving device moving the bed between a rest position and a delivery position, the method comprising:
using a hydraulic pressure sensor, measuring a plurality of hydraulic pressure values indicative of pressure of a hydraulic fluid of the driving device as the bed is moved; and
using a controller communicatively coupled to the hydraulic pressure sensor:
monitoring a slope at which at least some of the plurality of hydraulic pressure values vary over a given period of time; and
generating a delivery confirmation indicative that a delivery of the bulk material has occurred based on a comparison between said monitored slope and a delivery slope threshold;
wherein said period of time over which the slope is monitored increases as function of a maximal one of the at least some of the hydraulic pressure values.