US 11,922,736 B2
Systems and methods for automatic system checks
Jeffrey Koga, Oshkosh, WI (US); Emily Davis, Rochester, MN (US); Jerrod Kappers, Oshkosh, WI (US); Vince Schad, Oshkosh, WI (US); Robert S. Messina, Oshkosh, WI (US); Christopher K. Yakes, Oshkosh, WI (US); Joshua D. Rocholl, Rochester, MN (US); Vincent Hoover, Byron, MN (US); Clinton T. Weckwerth, Pine Island, MN (US); Zachary L. Klein, Rochester, MN (US); John Beck, Oshkosh, WI (US); Brendan Chan, Oshkosh, WI (US); Skylar A. Wachter, Dodge Center, MN (US); and Dale Matsumoto, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by OSHKOSH CORPORATION, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/232,682.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/011,625, filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0327164 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B65F 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 5/008 (2013.01) [G07C 5/006 (2013.01); G07C 5/0816 (2013.01); B65F 3/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refuse vehicle comprising:
a plurality of systems including a compaction apparatus and a lift apparatus, the lift apparatus configured to raise a refuse receptacle and empty refuse of the refuse receptacle into a hopper, and the compaction apparatus configured to compact the refuse, each system comprising a sensor;
an automated check system comprising processing circuitry configured to:
obtain sensor data from the sensor of each of the plurality of systems;
determine which of the plurality of systems are operating properly based on the sensor data and which of the plurality of systems require manual inspection based on the sensor data;
operate a display screen to provide a checklist indicating which of the plurality of systems are operating properly and which of the plurality of systems require manual inspection to prompt a technician to manually inspect one or more of the plurality of systems that require manual inspection; and
limit deployment of the refuse vehicle by restricting activation of the plurality of systems that require manual inspection until the technician has manually inspected the one or more of the plurality of systems that require manual inspection and provided an input that the one or more of the plurality of systems that require manual inspection have been manually inspected and are operating properly.