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Operator interface for wireless sensing and system and method thereof

  • US 10,430,057 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2016
  • Issued: 10/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
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1. A self-contained apparatus comprising:

  • a housing;

    receiver circuitry including an antenna, the receiver circuitry provided at least partially in the housing;

    wireless sensor interface circuitry provided in the housing and electrically coupled to the receiver circuitry;

    processing circuitry electrically coupled to the wireless sensor interface circuitry and configured to;

    detect, in a wireless transmitting and receiving range of the self-contained apparatus, one or more machines at a worksite, including a first machine having a plurality of sensors; and

    identify the one or more machines detected at the worksite, including the first machine; and

    a touchscreen display physically coupled to the housing and electrically coupled to the processing circuitry, the touchscreen display being configured to display a graphical user interface generated using the processing circuitry;

    wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to;

    control the graphical user interface to display a first user input to select the first machine from a list of the one or more identified machines;

    receive a first operator input on the displayed first user input selecting the first machine from the list of the one or more identified machines;

    control the graphical user interface to display a graphic of the first machine responsive to receiving the first operator input on the displayed first user input;

    control the graphical user interface to display a second user input to identify one or more operating characteristics of the first machine to monitor;

    receive a second operator input on the displayed second user input identifying the one or more operating characteristics of the first machine to monitor;

    control the graphical user interface to display graphics corresponding to predetermined candidate sensor selection locations on the displayed graphic of the first machine associated with the identified one or more operating characteristics of the first machine to monitor responsive to receiving the second operator input on the displayed second user input, wherein none of said displayed graphics corresponding to the predetermined candidate sensor selection locations were immediately previously displayed prior to being displayed in response to receiving the second operator input on the displayed second user input;

    control the graphical user interface to display a third user input including a plurality of identifiers shown on the graphical user interface that correspond in number to a number of the displayed graphics corresponding to the predetermined candidate sensor selection locations to individually select one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors of the first machine to wirelessly monitor, wherein each of the plurality of identifiers individually correspond to a respective one of the displayed graphics corresponding to the predetermined candidate sensor locations;

    receive a third operator input dragging and dropping at least one of the plurality of identifiers to the respective one of the displayed graphics corresponding to the predetermined candidate sensor selection locations;

    identify an operator-selected set of sensors of the plurality of sensors of the first machine responsive to the third operator input, the operator-selected set of sensors including at least a first sensor of the plurality of sensors of the first machine corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of identifiers dragged and dropped to the respective one of the displayed graphics corresponding to the predetermined candidate sensor selection locations and being less than a total number of sensors of the plurality of sensors of the first machine;

    initiate the receiver circuitry to wirelessly receive sensor signals from only the operator-selected set of sensors of the plurality of sensors of the first machine responsive to the third operator input;

    control the wireless sensor interface circuitry to receive and aggregate sensor data from the receiver circuitry corresponding to the sensor signals from the operator-selected sensors;

    analyze the aggregated sensor data from the wireless sensor interface circuitry; and

    control the graphical user interface to display real-time information, based on the analyzed sensor data, corresponding to the identified one or more operating characteristics of the first machine and the operator-selected set of sensors.

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