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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2001
Hiroyuki Adachi, Tsuchiura, JP;
Toichi Hirata, Ushiku, JP;
Genroku Sugiyama, Inashiki-gun, JP;
Hiroshi Watanabe, Ushiku, JP;
Koichi Shibata, Tsuchiura, JP;
Hideki Komatsu, Kitasoma-gun, JP;
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and system for managing a construction machine and processing apparatus therefor includes a controller mounted on a hydraulic excavator working in fields. An operating time for each of an engine , a front , a swing body and a travel body is measured and stored in a memory of the controller . The measured data is transferred to a base station computer and stored in a database inside the base station computer . The base station computer reads, per hydraulic excavator, the data stored in the database and then prepares and outputs a distribution graph of the number of operated machines with respect to the working time (engine running time) of the hydraulic excavator. While looking at the distribution graph, a machine maker estimates the number of hydraulic excavators to be renewed and estimates the sales quantity of hydraulic excavators, thereby setting up a production plan of hydraulic excavators.