Real-time remote visualization of frame damage from field data

• US 10,573,092 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2016
• Issued: 02/25/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Inventors: Pateel, Vamsikrishna
• Primary Examiner(s): Ochoa, Juan C
• Application Number:
  US15/274,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20180089345A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,250 Days
• Field of Search: 703 8, 703 7
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 5/0041 by determining deflection or stress
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 5/0083 by measuring variation of impedance, e.g. resistance, capacitance, induction
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/00 Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/08 Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time

Abstract

A visualization system for visualizing structural integrity of a frame is provided. The visualization system may include a monitoring device having one or more sensors coupled to the frame, and a workstation in communication with the one or more sensors. The sensors may be configured to measure field damage data. The workstation may include a display device, an analytical model database storing model damage data, and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive the field damage data from the sensors, receive the model damage data from the analytical model database, generate an events log based on the field damage data and the model damage data, map the model damage data to a visual model of the frame based on the events log, and display the visual model of the frame on the display device.

Claims

1. A visualization system for visualizing structural integrity of a frame, comprising:

a monitoring device having one or more sensors coupled to the frame, the one or more sensors configured to measure field damage data; and

a workstation in communication with the one or more sensors having;

a display device,

an analytical model database storing model damage data, the model damage data including theoretical damage values predetermined for one or more structural components associated with the frame for each of a plurality of possible events, and

a controller configured to;

receive the field damage data from the one or more sensors,

receive the model damage data from the analytical model database,

optimize the model damage data based on the field damage data,

generate an events log based on the field damage data and the optimized model damage data,

map the optimized model damage data to a visual model of the frame based on the events log, and

display the visual model of the frame on the display device.

2. The visualization system of claim 1, wherein each of the monitoring device and the workstation includes a communication device configured to communicate the field damage data collected by the one or more sensors to the controller of the workstation.

3. The visualization system of claim 1, wherein the field damage data includes measured damage values for one or more locations of the frame in a given work cycle.

4. The visualization system of claim 3, wherein the events log includes one or more event coefficients indicative of the events that occurred during the work cycle and the number of times each of the events occurred during the work cycle.

5. The visualization system of claim 3, wherein the controller generates the events log based on a genetic algorithm configured to customize the model damage data based on the field damage data.

6. The visualization system of claim 3, wherein the model damage data further includes a plurality of visual files depicting each of the theoretical damage values for each of the locations, the controller compiling the visual files based on the events log to generate the visual model of the frame.

7. The visualization system of claim 1, wherein the controller generates the visual model in a plurality of different formats compatible with a plurality of different workstations.

8. A controller for visualizing structural integrity of a frame, comprising:

a field data module configured to receive field damage data from one or more sensors coupled to the frame;

a model data module configured to receive model damage data from an analytical model database, the model damage data including theoretical damage values predetermined for one or more structural components associated with the frame for each of a plurality of possible events;

an optimization module configured to optimize the model damage data based on the field damage data and to generate an events log based on the field damage data and the optimized model damage data; and

a compiler module configured to map the optimized model damage data to a visual model of the frame based on the events log.

9. The controller of claim 8, wherein the field damage data includes measured damage values for one or more locations of the frame in a given work cycle.

10. The controller of claim 9, wherein the optimization module generates the events log to include one or more event coefficients indicative of the events that occurred during the work cycle and the number of times each of the events occurred during the work cycle.

11. The controller of claim 9, wherein the optimization module generates the events log based on a genetic algorithm configured to customize the model damage data based on the field damage data.

12. The controller of claim 9, wherein the model damage data further includes a plurality of visual files depicting each of the theoretical damage values for each of the locations, and the compiler module compiles the visual files based on the events log to generate the visual model of the frame.

13. The controller of claim 8, further comprising a display module configured to display the visual model.

14. A method of visualizing structural integrity of a frame, comprising:

receiving field damage data from one or more sensors coupled to the frame;

receiving model damage data from an analytical model database, the model damage data including theoretical damage values predetermined for one or more structural components associated with the frame for each of a plurality of possible events;

optimizing the model damage data based on the field damage data;

generating an events log based on the field damage data and the optimized model damage data;

compiling a plurality of visual files of the optimized model damage data based on the events log; and

mapping the optimized model damage data to a visual model of the frame.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the field damage data includes measured damage values for one or more locations of the frame in a given work cycle.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the events log is generated to include one or more event coefficients indicative of the events that occurred during the work cycle and the number of times each of the events occurred during the work cycle.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the events log is generated based on a genetic algorithm configured to customize the model damage data based on the field damage data.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the visual files depict each of the theoretical damage values for each of the locations, and the visual model of the frame is generated by compiling the visual files based on the events log.

19. The method of claim 14, further displaying the visual model of the frame on a display device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the visual model is generated in a plurality of different formats compatible for display on a plurality of different display devices.