GUI INTERFACE FOR A ROAD MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 20110173039A1
• Filed: 03/24/2011
• Published: 07/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Inventors: VILLALOBOS, Oscar Ernesto, Wheeler, Stuart Gillon
• Granted Patent: US 8,095,306 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.12
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations

Abstract

A display device for displaying a graphical user interface is disclosed. The graphical user interface includes a first window configured to display a road maintenance map of a mine road network, and one or more links configured to access a second window. The second window is configured to facilitate selection of one or more data files containing data associated with the mine road network. The graphical user interface also includes one or more links configured to access a third window. The third window is configured to access to one or more analysis tools configured to analyze the data.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A mine road maintenance management system, comprising:

a control system configured to receive data related to the mine road, the data including one of performance data associated with a vehicle traveling on the mine road, and road condition data associated with quality of the mine road, the control system including;

a storage device configured to store the data; and

a display device configured to display a graphical user interface with a first window, the first window configured to include;

a graph of the data;

a map of the mine road including a selected road, the graph displaying a variation of the data along the selected road; and

a cursor configured to move over the graph and a pointer configured to identify an area of the selected road corresponding to a current location of the cursor on the graph.

22. The mine road maintenance management system of claim 21, wherein the first window includes one or more links configured to facilitate access of a second window and a third window, the second window being configured to input the data, and the third window being configured to input the map.

23. The mine road maintenance management system of claim 22, wherein the map is input by selecting a map from a plurality of maps stored in memory.

24. The mine road maintenance management system of claim 22, wherein data is input by selecting a data file from a display of a list of multiple data files.

25. The mine road maintenance management system of claim 21, wherein the first window is configured to graph the data as a function of time and as a function of distance.

26. The mine road maintenance management system of claim 21, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to display an image of a road defect at a selected location on the map.

27. The mine road maintenance management system of claim 21, wherein the selected road is selected by a user choosing multiple waypoints on the map.

28. The mine road maintenance management system of claim 21, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to enable analysis of payload weight of vehicles traveling on the selected road.

29. A maintenance management system for a mine road network, comprising:

a communication device configured to receive data related to a surface condition of one or more roads of the mine road network;

a storage device configured to store one or more data files including at least the received data; and

a display device adapted to display a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface being configured to display a map of the mine road network, facilitate selection a data file of the one or more data files, and enable planning of a repair of one or more roads of the mine road network.

30. The maintenance management system of claim 29, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to enable the selection of a selected road of the one or more roads of the mine road network.

31. The maintenance management system of claim 30, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to enable the selection of the selected road by clicking on an image of the selected road on the map of the mine road network.

32. The maintenance management system of claim 30, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to display an image of a road surface condition associated with a selected point on the selected road.

33. The maintenance management system of claim 29, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to display a recommended list of road repairs based on at least a current surface condition of the one or more roads of the mine road network and information related to a usage of the one or more roads.

34. The maintenance management system of claim 29, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to schedule the repair of at least one road of the one or more roads.

35. The maintenance management system of claim 29, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to calculate performance metrics associated with the maintenance management system, the performance metrics being indicative of an effectiveness of the maintenance management system.

36. A maintenance management system for a mine road network, comprising:

a storage device configured to store data related to a surface condition of one or more roads of the mine road network; and

a display device adapted to display a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface being configured to;

enable the selection of a map of the mine road network from a plurality of available maps;

display the selected map;

select a selected road from the displayed map;

analyze the data associated with the selected road; and

enable planning of a repair of one or more roads of the selected mine road network.

37. The maintenance management system of claim 36, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to display a recommended list of road repairs based on at least a current surface condition of the one or more roads of the mine road network and information related to a usage of the one or more roads.

38. The maintenance management system of claim 36, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to enable analysis of payload weights of vehicles traveling on the one or more roads of the mine road network.

39. The maintenance management system of claim 38, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to configured to display a graph indicating the number of times the payload weight exceeded a target payload weight.

40. The maintenance management system of claim 36, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to display an image of a road defect at a selected location of the selected road.