Method, arrangement and user interface for presenting data describing forest work unit operation
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1. A method for optimizing an operation of a forest work unit, the method comprising at least the following steps:
- determining in a processor at least one key indicator describing the operation of the forest work unit through a measurement of the operation of the forest work unit, the at least one key indicator being representative of efficiency or productivity of the forest work unit in relation to a specific forest work task;
determining a change affecting the operation of the forest work unit and having an influence on a value or a trend of the at least one key indicator;
storing information about the change into a memory, the information comprising at least a point of the change in relation to a cumulative variable;
presenting in a user interface the key indicator describing the operation of the forest work unit relating to a monitoring period, and the change along with the information about the change according to occurrence of the change relating to the monitoring period, the change along with the information about the change being presented in a way correlating to the at least one key indicator presented in the user interface, wherein the key indicator describing the operation of the forest work unit is presented as a function of time or other cumulative variable including driving distance, position, map coordinate, amount of fuel consumed, cumulative number of work units handled, and cumulative surface area of work units handled; and
controlling the forest work unit to adjust a physical operation of the forest work unit based on a correlation between the at least one key indicator and the change along with the information about the change presented in the user interface, such that the at least one key indicator is guided towards a desired value due to the adjusted physical operation of the forest work unit, thereby optimizing the operation of the forest work unit,wherein the change comprises at least one of the following;
a change relating to the work site, a change relating to working conditions, a change in settings, servicing, repair or maintenance operation carried out on the forest work unit or a part thereof, a change in working method and a change in a key indicator to be monitored when achieving a predetermined target value or trend.
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Abstract
A solution for presenting information describing an operation of a forest work unit includes identifying a change affecting the operation of the forest work unit and storing information relating to the change, determining at least one key indicator describing the operation of the forest work unit, and presenting the key indicator describing the operation of the forest work unit and the changes taking place during a monitoring period.
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1. A method for optimizing an operation of a forest work unit, the method comprising at least the following steps:
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determining in a processor at least one key indicator describing the operation of the forest work unit through a measurement of the operation of the forest work unit, the at least one key indicator being representative of efficiency or productivity of the forest work unit in relation to a specific forest work task; determining a change affecting the operation of the forest work unit and having an influence on a value or a trend of the at least one key indicator; storing information about the change into a memory, the information comprising at least a point of the change in relation to a cumulative variable; presenting in a user interface the key indicator describing the operation of the forest work unit relating to a monitoring period, and the change along with the information about the change according to occurrence of the change relating to the monitoring period, the change along with the information about the change being presented in a way correlating to the at least one key indicator presented in the user interface, wherein the key indicator describing the operation of the forest work unit is presented as a function of time or other cumulative variable including driving distance, position, map coordinate, amount of fuel consumed, cumulative number of work units handled, and cumulative surface area of work units handled; and controlling the forest work unit to adjust a physical operation of the forest work unit based on a correlation between the at least one key indicator and the change along with the information about the change presented in the user interface, such that the at least one key indicator is guided towards a desired value due to the adjusted physical operation of the forest work unit, thereby optimizing the operation of the forest work unit, wherein the change comprises at least one of the following;
a change relating to the work site, a change relating to working conditions, a change in settings, servicing, repair or maintenance operation carried out on the forest work unit or a part thereof, a change in working method and a change in a key indicator to be monitored when achieving a predetermined target value or trend. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An arrangement for optimizing an operation of a forest work unit, the arrangement comprising:
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at least a memory; a processor configured to at least; determine at least one key indicator describing the operation of the forest work unit through a measurement of the operation of the forest work unit, the at least one key indicator being representative of efficiency or productivity of the forest work unit in relation to a specific forest work task; determine a change affecting the operation of the forest work unit and having an influence on a value or a trend of the at least one key indicator; and store information about the change into the memory, the information comprising at least a point of the change in relation to a cumulative variable; and a user interface configured to present the key indicator describing the physical operation of the forest work unit relating to a monitoring period, and the change along with the information about the change according to occurrence of the change relating to the monitoring period, the change along with the information about the change being presented in a way correlating to the at least one key indicator presented in the user interface, wherein the user interface is configured to present the key indicator describing the operation of the forest work unit as a function of time or other cumulative variable including driving distance, position, map coordinate, amount of fuel consumed, cumulative number of work units handled, and cumulative surface area of work units handled, wherein the arrangement is configured in such a manner that an actual control of the forest work unit which adjusts a physical operation of the forest work unit, based on a correlation between the at least one key indicator and the change along with the information about the change presented in the user interface, guides the at least one key indicator towards a desired value, thereby optimizing the operation of the forest work unit, and wherein the change comprises at least one of the following;
a change relating to the work site, a change relating to working conditions, a change in settings, servicing, repair or maintenance operation carried out on the forest work unit or a part thereof, a change in working method and a change in a key indicator to be monitored when achieving a predetermined target value or trend. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for optimizing an operation of a forest work unit, the method comprising at least the following steps:
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identifying a change affecting the operation of the forest work unit; storing information about the change into a memory; determining in a processor at least one key indicator describing the operation of the forest work unit; presenting in a user interface the key indicator describing the operation of the forest work unit and information on identified changes relating to a monitoring period, wherein the change affecting the operation of the forest work unit comprises at least one of the following;
a change relating to the work site, change relating to working conditions, change in settings, servicing, repair or maintenance operation carried out on the forest work unit or a part thereof, change in working method and a key indicator to be monitored achieving a predetermined target value or trend, and wherein the key indicator describing the operation of the forest work unit is presented as a function of time or other cumulative variable including driving distance, position, map coordinate, amount of fuel consumed, cumulative number of work units handled, and cumulative surface area of work units handled;determining in the processor at least one characteristic of at least one first work unit on the basis of which the work unit is determined as belonging to a specific reference group; determining in the processor at least one key indicator describing a forest work unit operation for said first work unit and, in addition, at least one second work unit, the second work unit belonging at least on the basis of the characteristic of said work unit to the same reference group as said first work unit; determining in the processor, on the basis of the key indicators describing a work phase and determined for the work units belonging to the same reference group, a corresponding key indicator common to the reference group and describing the work phase; comparing in the processor the value of the key indicator describing the work phase of said first work unit with the value of the key indicator describing the work phase and common to the reference group to which said first work unit belongs; presenting in the user interface said key indicator describing the work phase of said first work unit and the corresponding key indicator common to the reference group and describing the work phase; and controlling the forest work unit to adjust a physical operation of the first work unit or the second work unit of the forest work unit, based on the comparison between the key indicator describing the work phase of said first work unit and the corresponding key indicator common to the reference group and describing the work phase, such that the key indicator describing the work phase of said first work unit and the corresponding key indicator common to the reference group and describing the work phase are guided towards desired values due to the adjusted physical operation of the first work unit or the second work unit of the forest work unit, thereby optimizing the operation of the forest work unit.
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30. An arrangement for optimizing an operation of a forest work unit, the arrangement comprising:
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at least a memory; a processor configured to at least; identify a change affecting the operation of the forest work unit; store information about the change into a memory; and determine at least one key indicator describing the operation of the forest work unit; and a user interface configured to present the key indicator describing the operation of the forest work unit and the identified information on changes falling within the monitoring period, wherein the user interface is configured to present the key indicator describing the operation of the forest work unit as a function of time or other cumulative variable including driving distance, position, map coordinate, amount of fuel consumed, cumulative number of work units handled, and cumulative surface area of work units handled, wherein the change affecting the operation of the forest work unit comprises at least one of the following;
a change relating to the work site, change relating to working conditions, change in settings, servicing, repair or maintenance operation carried out on the forest work unit or a part thereof, change in working method and a key indicator to be monitored achieving a predetermined target value or trend,wherein the processor is further configured to at least determine; at least one characteristic of at least one first work unit, on the basis of which the first work unit is defined as belonging to a specific reference group; at least one key indicator describing a predetermined work phase of the forest work unit both for said first work unit and for at least one second work unit, the second work unit belonging at least on the basis of said characteristic of the work unit to the same reference group as the first work unit; and on the basis of the key indicators describing a work phase and determined for the work units belonging to the same reference group a corresponding key indicator common to the reference group and describing the work phase; and to compare the value of the key indicator describing the work phase of said first work unit with the value of the key indicator describing work efficiency and common to the reference group to which said first work unit belongs; wherein the user interface is further configured to present both said key indicator describing the work phase of said first work unit and the corresponding key indicator common to the reference group and describing the work phase, and wherein the arrangement is configured in such a manner that an actual control of the forest work unit which adjusts a physical operation of the first work unit or the second work unit of the forest work unit, based on the comparison between the key indicator describing the work phase of said first work unit and the corresponding key indicator common to the reference group and describing the work phase, guides the key indicator describing the work phase of said first work unit and the corresponding key indicator common to the reference group and describing the work phase towards desired values due to the adjusted physical operation of the first work unit or the second work unit of the forest work unit, thereby optimizing the operation of the forest work unit.
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