NORMALIZING PERFORMANCE DATA ACROSS INDUSTRIAL VEHICLES

摘要

Approaches are provided for normalizing performance data for the operation of industrial vehicles. The approaches comprise categorizing operations of an industrial vehicle into distinct, measureable activities. The approaches further comprise measuring the actual usage of the industrial vehicle as a function of each category of operation and wirelessly transmitting that measured usage to a remote server. The approaches also comprise associating for each category, a weighted impact on the work performed by each category as a function of energy consumed in performing that work.

主权项

1. A method of normalizing industrial vehicle performance data, comprising:
establishing at least one category where:
each category is associated with a distinct, measureable activity capable of being performed by an industrial vehicle, andeach category is characterized by at least one parameter; electronically collecting data from an industrial vehicle corresponding to actual vehicle use, where the collected data satisfies the parameter defining each category; accumulating the collected data according to each category; associating for each category, a weighted impact on work performed by that category as a function of energy consumed in performing that work; and providing an indication of the work performed by the industrial vehicle based upon the accumulated data.