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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1994
Ronald J Mearek, Peoria, IL (US);
David L Dickrell, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Gregory S Gauger, Pekin, IL (US);
Robert W Keene, Peoria, IL (US);
Richard D Rathe, Peoria, IL (US);
Brian T Rolli, Peoria, IL (US);
Greg A Schumacher, Washington, IL (US);
Scott G Sinn, Morton, IL (US);
Michael R Verheyen, Dunlap, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for controllably sensing, recording, and selectively displaying data associated with operational characteristics of a vehicle is described. A plurality of transducers are connected to a programmable logic device along with data entry, data storage, and data display devices. Information received from the transducers is processed by the logic device to determine whether a certain operational characteristic has occurred during the time that certain other characteristics are present. In addition, the amount of time that the particular characteristic occurs is determined.