SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY MONITORING MACHINES

• US 20140223235A1
• Filed: 04/04/2014
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Inventors: Gundlapalli, Sai Praveen, Ayyamperumal, Preethi, Challa, Ramakrishna V., Balasubramanian, Krithika
• Application Number:
  US14/245,430
• Publication Number:
  US 20140223235A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/27
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/205 Remotely operated machines, e.g. unmanned vehicles E02F3/8866 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2054 Fleet management
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/267 Diagnosing or detecting failure of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

A method for remotely monitoring one or more machines is disclosed. One or more machines available for communicating with a portable device over a wireless network are detected using the portable device. Fault data associated with each of the one or more machines is received. The fault data includes severity data indicative of a severity level associated with the fault data. Further, a list of the one or more machines is displayed on a display of the portable device based on the severity data.

Claims

1. A method for remotely monitoring one or more machines, the method comprising:

detecting, using a portable device, one or more machines available for communicating with the portable device over a wireless network;

receiving fault data associated with each of the one or more machines, the fault data including severity data indicative of a severity level associated with the fault data; and

displaying a list of the one or more machines on a display of the portable device based at least in part on the severity data.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprises scanning for wireless networks associated with the one or more machines.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the one or more machines further comprising detecting a unique identifier associated with each of the one or more machines.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

accessing a wireless network associated with each of the one or more machines by using a unique identifier of each of the one or more machines and a password; and

requesting the fault data associated with each of the one or machines over the wireless network.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving fault data for each of the one or more machines further comprises receiving a count and a severity level of failures in the each of the one or more machines.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein displaying the list further comprises ordering the one or more machines based at least in part on the count and the severity level of the failures associated with each of the one or more machines.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the list further comprises displaying a visual indicator for each of the one or more machines, the visual indicator being indicative of the severity level of faults in the machine.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

selecting a machine from the displayed list of the one or more machines based on the severity level associated with the fault data of the selected machine;

accessing on-board information of the selected machine over a wireless network associated with the selected machine.

9. A system for remotely monitoring one or more machines, the system comprising:

one or more machines capable of communicating over a wireless network; and

a portable device having a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more machines over the wireless network, the controller configured to;

detect the one or more machines for communicating with the portable device over the wireless network;

receive fault data associated with each of the one or more machines, the fault data including severity data indicative of a severity level associated with the fault data; and

display a list of the one or more machines on a display of the portable device based at least in part on the severity data.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to scan for wireless networks associated with the one or more machines.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to detect a unique identifier associated with each of the one or more machines.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to:

access a wireless network associated with each of the one or more machines by using a unique identifier of each of the one or more machines and a password; and

request the fault data associated with each of the one or machines over the wireless network.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the fault data includes a count and a severity level of failures in the each of the one or more machines.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to order the one or more machines based at least in part on the count and the severity level of the failures associated with each of the one or more machines.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to display a visual indicator for each of the one or more machines, the visual indicator being indicative of the severity level of faults in the machine.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a user input indicative of a selected a machine from the displayed list of the one or more machines based on the severity level associated with the fault data of the selected machine;

access on-board information of the selected machine over a wireless network associated with the selected machine.

17. A computer program product including a computer usable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied thereon for remotely monitoring one or more machines, the computer program product comprising:

a computer usable program code configured to detect, using a portable device, one or more machines available for communicating over a wireless network;

a computer usable program code configured to receive fault data associated with each of the one or more machines, the fault data including severity data indicative of a severity level associated with the fault data; and

a computer usable program code configured to display a list of the one or more machines on a display of the portable device based at least in part on the severity data.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 further comprising a computer usable program code configured to:

access a wireless network associated with each of the one or more machines by using a unique identifier of each of the one or more machines and a password; and

request the fault data associated with each of the one or machines over the wireless network.

19. The computer program product of claim 17 further comprising a computer usable program code configured to display a visual indicator for each of the one or more machines, the visual indicator being indicative of the severity level of faults in the machine.

20. The computer program product of claim 17 further comprising a computer usable program code configured to:

select a machine from the displayed list of the one or more machines based on the severity level associated with the fault data of the selected machine;

access on-board information of the selected machine over a wireless network associated with the selected machine.