SMART MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION

• US 20150116132A1
• Filed: 10/30/2014
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Delta Systems Inc.
• Original Assignee: Delta Systems Inc.
• Inventors: NOHRA, TANIOS ELIAS, Allemang, Spencer C.
• Granted Patent: US 9,794,652 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.07
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/43 using wireless personal area networks [WPAN], e.g. 802.15, 802.15.1, 802.15.4, Bluetooth or ZigBee
• 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

Abstract

Systems and methods are described that can provide a fleet management solution for a fleet of power equipment and other power equipment machines. The fleet management solution can include receiving a wireless signal corresponding to a power equipment machine according to a wireless protocol. The fleet management solution can also include determining a status information corresponding to the power equipment machine based on the wireless signal. The fleet management solution can also include performing an action related to the power equipment machine based on the corresponding status information.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing machine executable instructions; and

a processor to access the non-transitory computer readable storage medium and execute the machine executable instructions, the machine executable instructions comprising;

a transceiver to receive a wireless signal from a power equipment machine according to a wireless protocol;

a control module to determine status information for the power equipment machine based on the wireless signal; and

a display module to render a visualization based on the status information to display on a display device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless protocol comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy protocol.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the transceiver receives a plurality of wireless signals from a plurality of power equipment machines within a fleet of power equipment machines according to the wireless protocol.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the control module determines a fleet management property based on the plurality of status information for the plurality of power equipment machines.

5. The system of claim 3, further comprising another transceiver to transmit a message related to the fleet management property to a device located at a remote location.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the another receiver facilitates transmission of at least one of a text alert and a short message service (SMS) message.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the status information comprises at least one of a number of hours the engine associated with the power equipment machine has run, an operator code related to the power equipment machine, and a status of a sensor associated with the power equipment machine.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the power equipment machine comprises a power equipment device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the power equipment device comprises a lawnmower device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the rendered visualization comprises at least one of location information, proximity information, a time stamp, maintenance information, and information about the status of the device related to statuses of a plurality of similar devices in a fleet of devices.

11. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system comprising a non-transitory memory and a processor, a wireless signal corresponding to a power equipment machine in according to a wireless protocol;

determining, by the system, status information for the power equipment machine; and

performing, by the system, an action related to the power equipment machine based on the corresponding status information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the performing the action further comprises alerting a primary device at a remote location of the status of the power equipment machine according to another wireless protocol.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the another wireless protocol comprises a at least one of a text protocol and a short message service (SMS) protocol.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the performing the action further comprising tracking a location of the power equipment machine based on the corresponding status information.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the performing the action further comprises wirelessly alerting a user of the power equipment machine of maintenance due for the power equipment machine based on the corresponding status information.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the performing the action further comprises:

logging the status information for the power equipment machine for a time period; and

transmitting the logged status information to a primary device at a remote location according to another wireless protocol.

17. A mobile device, comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing machine executable instructions; and

a processor to access the non-transitory computer readable storage medium and execute the machine executable instructions, the machine executable instructions comprising;

a transceiver to receive a plurality of wireless signal from a plurality of power equipment machines in a fleet according to a wireless protocol;

a control module to determine status information for the plurality of power equipment machines based on the plurality of wireless signals;

a global location unit to associate location data with the status information for each of the plurality of power equipment machines; and

a messaging unit to transmit messages related to the status information and the location for each of the plurality of power equipment machines to a primary device at a remote location.

18. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein the control module determines a maintenance schedule associated with the plurality of power equipment machines based on the status information for the plurality of power equipment machines.

19. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein the control module determines an operator associated with one power equipment machine of the plurality of power equipment machines based on the status information from the plurality of power equipment machines.

20. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein the global location unit determines the location information based on a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) from each of the plurality of power equipment machines