SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING TRIBOLOGICAL LEVELS

• US 20150057950A1
• Filed: 08/14/2014
• Published: 02/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Safe Space Ingenuity, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Safe Space Ingenuity, Inc.
• Inventors: Vassallo, Timothy J., Vassallo, Robert W. Jr., Vassallo, Patricia E.
• Application Number:
  US14/459,821
• Publication Number:
  US 20150057950A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/33
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 19/02 Measuring coefficient of friction between materials testing of tyres G01M17/02; determinations of friction coefficient used in vehicle braking or traction control systems B60T8/172

Abstract

A method for monitoring tribological levels of a surface of a location is provided including the steps of receiving tribological data generated by a tribometer, where the tribological data corresponds to at least one tribological level of a surface of at least one location, associating the tribological data with a floor plan representing the at least one location, and displaying the tribological data on the floor plan for viewing on a computing or remote device.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring tribological levels, comprising:

receiving tribological data generated by a tribometer, the tribological data corresponding to at least one tribological level of a surface of at least one location;

associating the tribological data with a floor plan representing the at least one location; and

displaying the tribological data on the floor plan.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the digital tribometer is a component of a robot that traverses the surface.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the robot traverses the surface based on location identifiers included in the floor plan.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data is received wirelessly and in real-time.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data is received via a hardwire connection.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the floor plan includes a graphical representation illustrating at least one change in property of the at least one tribological level from a previously received tribological level.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the graphical representation is color-coded.

8. A system for monitoring tribological levels, comprising:

a database storing a plurality of floor plans corresponding to a plurality of locations;

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor cause the system to;

receive tribological data generated by a tribometer, the tribological data corresponding to at least one tribological level of a surface of at least one location;

associate the tribological data with a floor plan representing the at least one location; and

display the tribological data on the floor plan.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the digital tribometer is a component of a robot that traverses the surface.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the robot traverses the surface based on location identifiers included in the floor plan.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the data is received wirelessly and in real-time.

12. The system according to claim 8, wherein the data is received via a hardwire connection.

13. The system according to claim 8, wherein the floor plan includes a graphical representation illustrating at least one change in property of the at least one tribological level from a previously received tribological level.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the graphical representation is color-coded.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method for monitoring tribological levels, comprising the steps of:

receiving tribological data generated by a tribometer, the tribological data corresponding to at least one tribological level of a surface of at least one location;

associating the tribological data with a floor plan representing the at least one location; and

displaying the tribological data on the floor plan.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the digital tribometer is a component of a robot that traverses the surface.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 16, wherein the robot traverses the surface based on location identifiers included in the floor plan.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the data is received wirelessly and in real-time.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the data is received via a hardwire connection.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the floor plan includes a graphical representation illustrating at least one change in property of the at least one tribological level from a previously received tribological level.