Systems and methods for assessing equipment operator fatigue and using fatigue-risk-informed safety-performance-based systems and methods to replace or supplement prescriptive work-rest regulations
First Claim
1. A fatigue risk assessment and modification system, comprising:
- an input device that receives at least one of current work-rest pattern and sleep data from an individual;
a data aggregation and processing platform that combines the at least one of the current work-rest pattern and the sleep data with previous data related to the individual to generate at least one of a fatigue assessment result, a diagnostic assessment report that includes a causation of excessive fatigue risk, and a corrective intervention plan for reducing future fatigue risk; and
at least one output display that outputs the at least one of the fatigue assessment result, the diagnostic assessment report, and the corrective intervention plan in a user-readable format to a user.
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Abstract
In a system and method for assessing and modifying fatigue, an input device receives current work-rest pattern and/or sleep data from an individual. A data aggregation and processing platform combines the current work-rest pattern and/or sleep data with previous data related to the individual to generate a fatigue assessment result, a diagnostic assessment result, and a corrective intervention result. At least one output display outputs the fatigue assessment result, diagnostic assessment result and corrective intervention result in a user-readable format to a user. The user uses this information to revise the work-rest pattern to reduce or control future fatigue risk.
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62 Claims
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1. A fatigue risk assessment and modification system, comprising:
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an input device that receives at least one of current work-rest pattern and sleep data from an individual;
a data aggregation and processing platform that combines the at least one of the current work-rest pattern and the sleep data with previous data related to the individual to generate at least one of a fatigue assessment result, a diagnostic assessment report that includes a causation of excessive fatigue risk, and a corrective intervention plan for reducing future fatigue risk; and
at least one output display that outputs the at least one of the fatigue assessment result, the diagnostic assessment report, and the corrective intervention plan in a user-readable format to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for assessing fatigue and distributing a fatigue assessment and modification result comprising:
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receiving at least one of current work-rest pattern and sleep data from an individual;
combining the at least one of the current work-rest pattern and the sleep data with previous data related to the individual;
generating at least one of a fatigue assessment result from the combination of the current work-rest pattern and the sleep data and previous data related to the individual, a diagnostic assessment report on the causation of any excessive fatigue risk, and a corrective intervention plan for reducing fatigue risk; and
outputting the at least one of the fatigue assessment result, the diagnostic assessment report, and the corrective intervention plan in a user-readable format to a user. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for assessing operator fatigue comprising:
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collecting at least one of work-rest pattern and sleep status data from at least one operator;
validating the least one of the work-rest pattern and the sleep status data;
combining the validated at least one of the work-rest pattern and the sleep status data with at least one of previously collected work-rest pattern and sleep data in a data aggregation and processing platform;
generating at least one of a fatigue assessment result, a diagnostic assessment report, and a corrective intervention plan from the validated at least one of the work-rest pattern and the sleep status data and the at least one of the previously collected work-rest pattern and sleep data; and
displaying the at least one of the fatigue assessment result, the diagnostic assessment report, and the corrective intervention plan in a user-readable format. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A fatigue risk assessment system for assessing fatigue in a truck driver, comprising:
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an input device that receives at least one of current work-rest pattern and sleep data from the truck driver;
a data aggregation and processing platform that combines the at least one of the current work-rest pattern and the sleep data with previous data related to the truck driver to generate at least one of a fatigue assessment result, a diagnostic assessment report, and a corrective intervention plan from the at least one of the current work-rest pattern and the sleep data; and
at least one output display that outputs at least one of the fatigue assessment result, the diagnostic assessment report, and the corrective intervention plan in a user-readable format to a user. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A method for assessing truck driver fatigue comprising:
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collecting at least one of work-rest pattern and sleep status data from at least one truck driver;
locating a commercial motor vehicle operated by the truck driver;
relocating a location of the commercial motor vehicle after a time interval and determining if the vehicle has moved;
updating the at least one of the work-rest pattern and sleep data to include at least one of validated work-rest pattern and sleep data of the driver of the commercial motor vehicle;
combining the at least one of the validated work-rest pattern and the sleep data with previously collected data in a data aggregation and processing platform;
generating at least one of a fatigue assessment result, a diagnostic assessment result, and a corrective intervention result from the validated work-rest pattern and the sleep data and the previously collected data; and
displaying the fatigue assessment result, the diagnostic assessment result, and the corrective intervention result in a user-readable format. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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