# US 12,223,781 B2 · Systems and methods for automatic system checks > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,223,781 B2 - Document ID: US12223781B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/405,321 - Filed: 2024-01-05 - Published: 2024-05-16 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-04-17 - Assignees: Oshkosh Corporation - Applicants: Oshkosh Corporation - Inventors: Jeffrey Koga; Emily Davis; Jerrod Kappers; Vince Schad; Robert S. Messina; Christopher K. Yakes; Joshua D. Rocholl; Vincent Hoover; Clinton T. Weckwerth; Zachary L. Klein; John Beck; Brendan Chan; Skylar A. Wachter; Dale Matsumoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12223781B2 ## CPC - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - B65F 3/02: with means for discharging refuse receptacles thereinto (conveyor construction B65G; loaders separate from vehicles B66F; fluid power control systems in general F15B) - G07C 5/006: {Indicating maintenance} - G07C 5/0816: {Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction} - G07C 5/0841: {Registering performance data (recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B)} - B65F 3/00: Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse (vehicles in general B60; driving vehicle equipment or auxiliaries B60K; discharging contents by tilting entire vehicles B65G; wheeled apparatus for emptying sewers or cesspools E03F7/10) - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - B65F: GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE (disinfecting refuse A61L; refuse disintegrators B02C; sorting refuse B03B; B07B; handcarts for transporting refuse receptacles B62B; sack holders B65B67/00; converting refuse into fertilisers C05F; converting refuse into solid fuels C10L; sewers, cesspools E03F; arrangements in buildings for the disposal of refuse E04F17/10; refuse-consuming furnaces F23G; {for surgical articles A61B50/36}) ## Abstract A refuse vehicle includes multiple systems, each system including a sensor. The refuse vehicle also includes an automated check system. The automated check system includes processing circuitry configured to obtain sensor data from the sensor of each of the multiple systems, determine which of the multiple systems require manual inspection based on the sensor data, and operate a display screen to prompt a technician to manually inspect one or more of the multiple systems. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A refuse vehicle comprising: a plurality of systems configured to perform a refuse vehicle function, the plurality of systems comprising sensors; an automated check system comprising processing circuitry configured to: obtain sensor data from the sensors of the plurality of systems; determine which of the plurality of systems require manual inspection based on the sensor data; operate a display screen to prompt a user to manually inspect one or more of the plurality of systems; and limit deployment of the refuse vehicle by restricting activation of the plurality of systems that require manual inspection until the user has manually inspected the plurality of systems that require manual inspection and provided an input indicating that the plurality of systems that require manual inspection have been manually inspected and are operating properly. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The refuse vehicle of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry of the automated check system is configured to: determine which of the plurality of systems are operating properly and do not require manual inspection based on the sensor data; and operate the display screen to notify the user which of the plurality of systems are operating properly and prompt the user to manually inspect one or more of the plurality of systems that require manual inspection. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The refuse vehicle of claim 2, wherein the sensor data includes a sensor value, wherein the processing circuitry of the automated check system is configured to: compare the sensor value to a corresponding range, and based on the comparison between the sensor value and the corresponding range, determine which of the plurality of systems require manual inspection. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The refuse vehicle of claim 3, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine that one or more of the plurality of systems are operating properly in response to the sensor value being within the corresponding range. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The refuse vehicle of claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry of the automated check system is configured to operate the display screen to provide a checklist, the checklist comprising the plurality of systems and an indication regarding which of the plurality of systems are operating properly and do not require manual inspection, and which of the plurality of systems require manual inspection. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The refuse vehicle of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: receive a user input from the user to re-check the plurality of systems; obtain new sensor data from the sensors of the plurality of systems; and determine which of the plurality of systems still require manual inspection based on the new sensor data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The refuse vehicle of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to generate log data indicating the sensor data and which of the plurality of systems are determined to require manual inspection. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The refuse vehicle of claim 1, wherein the plurality of systems comprise at least one of an engine system, a transmission system, a grabber apparatus, a loading system, a compaction system, an air system, a tire pressure system, a pneumatic system, a fluid system, or an electrical system of the refuse vehicle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The refuse vehicle of claim 1, further comprising a telematics system, wherein the automated check system is configured to transmit log data to a virtual refuse truck or a cloud computing system using the telematics system. ### Claim 10 A check system for a refuse vehicle comprising: processing circuitry configured to: obtain sensor data from sensors of a plurality of systems of the refuse vehicle; determine which of the plurality of systems require manual inspection based on the sensor data; operate a display screen to prompt a user to manually inspect one or more of the plurality of systems; and limit deployment of the refuse vehicle by restricting activation of the plurality of systems that require manual inspection until the user has manually inspected the one or more of the plurality of systems that require manual inspection and provided an input indicating that the one or more of the plurality of systems that require manual inspection have been manually inspected and are operating properly. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The check system of claim 10, wherein the sensor data includes a sensor value, wherein the processing circuitry of the check system is configured to: compare the sensor value to a corresponding range, and based on the comparison between the sensor value and the corresponding range, determine which of the plurality of systems require manual inspection. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The check system of claim 11, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine that one or more of the plurality of systems are operating properly in response to the sensor value being within the corresponding range. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The check system of claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to: determine which of the plurality of systems are operating properly and do not require manual inspection based on the sensor data; and operate the display screen to notify the user which of the plurality of systems are operating properly and prompt the user to manually inspect one or more of the plurality of systems that require manual inspection. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The check system of claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to operate the display screen to provide a checklist, the checklist comprising the plurality of systems and an indication regarding which of the plurality of systems are operating properly and do not require manual inspection, and which of the plurality of systems require manual inspection. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The check system of claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: receive a user input from the user to re-check the plurality of systems; obtain new sensor data from the sensors of the plurality of systems; and determine which of the plurality of systems still require manual inspection based on the new sensor data. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The check system of claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry is implemented on a personal computer device communicably coupled with a system of the refuse vehicle. ### Claim 17 A method comprising: obtaining sensor data from a sensor of a refuse system of a refuse vehicle, the refuse system configured to perform a refuse vehicle function; responsive to determining that the refuse system requires manual inspection based on the sensor data: operating a display screen to prompt a user to manually inspect the refuse system; and limiting deployment of the refuse vehicle by restricting operation of a transmission or a primary mover of the refuse vehicle until the user has provided an input indicating that the refuse system has been manually inspected and is operating properly. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising: obtaining new sensor data from the sensor the refuse system of the refuse vehicle responsive to receiving the input from the user; and determining if the refuse system is operating properly based on the new sensor data. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising: responsive to determining that the refuse system does not require manual inspection: operating the display screen to notify the user that the refuse system is operating properly and the refuse vehicle may be deployed. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising: providing, on the display screen, visual instructions to the user for performing the manual inspection of the refuse system responsive to determining that the refuse system requires manual inspection.