Locating substitute construction tools within a construction worksite

• US 10,540,728 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2017
• Issued: 01/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Husqvarna AB (HUSQVARNA)
• Original Assignee: Husqvarna AB (HUSQVARNA)
• Inventors: Erestam, Anders
• Primary Examiner(s): Jarrett, Scott L
• Application Number:
  US15/451,948
• Publication Number:
  US 20170262947A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,050 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/42 Determining position
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0009 Transmission of position information to remote stations involving assistance data G01S5/0236
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06313 Resource planning in a project environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/08 Construction

Abstract

A construction site status monitoring device comprising processing circuitry configured to generate a construction device availability request including an indicator of a device type, in response to an initiating event including an indicator of a device type, and receive a construction device availability response including location data and status information of at least one available construction device of the device type based on the construction device availability request.

Claims

1. A construction site status monitoring device comprising processing circuitry configured to:

receive device identifier data from a construction device operating in a worksite;

receive location data from a movement sensor of the construction device;

generate, in response to an initiating event, a substitute construction device availability request for the construction device, the substitute construction device availability request comprising an indicator of the device identifier data and the location data of the construction device;

receive a construction device availability response from each of a plurality of available construction devices, each construction device availability response comprising device type, location data, and status information of each of the plurality of available construction devices wherein the plurality of available construction devices excludes construction devices removed from service or already in use in the worksite;

determine a substitute construction device for the construction device from the plurality of available construction devices based on a comparison of the device type, the location data, and the status information of each of the plurality of available construction devices to the device identifier data and the location data of the construction device; and

cause the location data of the substitute construction device to be displayed on a user interface of the construction device or a device associated with personnel operating the construction device.

2. The construction site status monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the initiating event is an operational condition of limited operation or a removal from service of a the construction device.

3. The construction site status monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the initiating event is sensor data indicative of a failure of the construction device.

4. The construction site status monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the initiating event is sensor data indicative of scheduled maintenance.

5. The construction site status monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the status information is indicative of an operational condition of each of the plurality of available construction devices.

6. The construction site status monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the construction device availability response is determined based on stored information.

7. The construction site status monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of available construction devices is determined based on dynamic or real time status information.

8. A construction site status monitoring system comprising:

a plurality of construction devices; and

a construction site status monitoring device comprising processing circuitry configured to;

receive device identifier data from a first construction device operating in a worksite out of the plurality of construction devices;

receive location data from a movement sensor of the first construction device;

generate, in response to an initiating event, a substitute construction device availability request for the first construction device, the substitute construction device availability request comprising an indicator of the device identifier data and the location data associated with the first construction device;

receive a construction device availability response from each remaining construction device of the plurality of construction devices, each construction device availability response comprising device type, location data, and status information of each of the remaining construction devices, wherein the remaining construction devices exclude construction devices removed from service or already in use in the worksite;

determine a substitute construction device for the first construction device from the remaining construction devices of the plurality of construction devices based on a comparison of the device type, the location data, and the status information of each of the remaining construction devices to the device identifier data and the location data of the first construction device; and

cause the location data of the substitute construction device to be displayed on a user interface of the first construction device or a device associated with personnel operating the first construction device.

9. The construction site status monitoring device of claim 8, wherein the initiating event is sensor data indicative of a failure of -a the first construction device.

10. The construction site status monitoring device of claim 8, wherein the initiating event is sensor data indicative of scheduled maintenance of the first construction device.

11. The construction site status monitoring device of claim 8, wherein the status information is indicative of an operational condition of each of the remaining construction devices.

12. The construction site status monitoring device of claim 8, wherein the construction device availability response is determined based on stored information.

13. The construction site status monitoring device of claim 8, wherein the initiating event is an operational condition of limited operation or a removal from service of the first construction device.

14. The construction site status monitoring system of claim 8, wherein the initiating event is determined by the first construction device.

15. The construction site status monitoring system of claim 8, wherein the initiating event is determined by the construction site status monitoring device.