MONITORING FOR EQUIPMENT EFFICIENCY AND MAINTENANCE
First Claim
1. An efficiency and maintenance monitoring system comprising:
- a unit of mechanical equipment;
an operational model corresponding to the unit of mechanical equipment;
operational data corresponding to the unit of mechanical equipment and generated during actual operation of the unit of mechanical equipment,wherein, an energy efficient operation of the unit of mechanical equipment is configurable by determining a current state of the unit of mechanical equipment based on operational data generated by the unit of mechanical equipment and comparing the current state with the operational model corresponding to the unit of mechanical equipment.
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring fuel efficiency of a vehicle is provided. Fuel efficiency of a vehicle may be monitored in real-time using telemetry transmitted from the vehicle. The telemetry may be analyzed in combination with a fuel efficiency model in order to determine whether the real-time fuel efficiency determination deviates from a baseline fuel efficiency. The real-time fuel efficiency monitoring system and method may be used for feedback for the driver, such as sending real-time messages to the driver to modify operation of the vehicle to increase fuel efficiency. The fuel efficiency model may further be used to assign vehicles in a fleet to particular routes, vehicles to particular drivers, or vehicles to particular routes with particular drivers.
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35 Claims
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1. An efficiency and maintenance monitoring system comprising:
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a unit of mechanical equipment; an operational model corresponding to the unit of mechanical equipment; operational data corresponding to the unit of mechanical equipment and generated during actual operation of the unit of mechanical equipment, wherein, an energy efficient operation of the unit of mechanical equipment is configurable by determining a current state of the unit of mechanical equipment based on operational data generated by the unit of mechanical equipment and comparing the current state with the operational model corresponding to the unit of mechanical equipment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for monitoring energy efficiency in a unit of mechanical equipment, the method comprising:
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generating, in a mechanized unit of equipment, operational data corresponding to the operation of the mechanized unit of equipment, the operational data being indicative of at least one operational characteristic of the mechanized unit of equipment; storing the operational data in a memory; referencing, in the memory, an efficiency model corresponding to the mechanized unit of equipment; and analyzing the operational data and the efficiency model of the mechanized unit of equipment to determine an energy efficient operation of the mechanized unit of equipment based on real-time energy efficiency. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A re-writable, non-transitory, computer readable medium for executing a plurality of program instructions, which, when executed in a computing device, is operable to perform a method of monitoring energy efficiency in a unit of mechanical equipment, the program instructions comprising:
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instructions to receive operational data corresponding to the operation of a unit of mechanical equipment, the operational data being indicative of at least one operational characteristic of the unit of mechanical equipment, and being generated in real-time during an operation of the unit of mechanical equipment; instructions to store the operational data in a memory; instructions to reference, from the memory, an efficiency model corresponding to the unit of mechanical equipment; and instructions to analyze the operational data and the efficiency model of the unit of mechanical equipment to determine an energy efficient operation of the unit of mechanical equipment based on real-time energy efficiency. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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