DYNAMIC VIRTUAL FENCING FOR A HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A method of automatically generating dynamic virtual fences for a hazardous environment, the method comprising:
- detecting a potential hazard associated with at least one field object in the hazardous environment;
determining a risk factor of the potential hazard associated with the at least one field object based on values of real-time operational parameters associated with the at least one field object;
determining an area and a shape of a dynamic virtual fence for the at least one field object based on the values of the real-time operational parameters associated with the at least one field object; and
automatically representing the dynamic virtual fence around a location of the at least one field object on a map of the hazardous environment based on the determined area and shape and a value of the risk factor of the potential hazard,wherein the dynamic virtual fence represents a hazardous zone in the hazardous environment, and the risk factor indicates amount of impact of the potential hazard.
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Abstract
A method and system for automatically generating dynamic virtual fences in a hazardous environment are provided. The method includes detecting a potential hazard associated with a field object in the hazardous environment. The method further includes determining a value of a risk factor of the potential hazard and area and shape of a dynamic virtual fence based on values of real-time operational parameters associated with the field object. The method includes automatically representing the dynamic virtual fence around a location of the field object on a map of the hazardous environment based on the determined area and shape and the value of the risk factor such that the dynamic virtual fence represents a hazardous zone in the hazardous environment.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of automatically generating dynamic virtual fences for a hazardous environment, the method comprising:
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detecting a potential hazard associated with at least one field object in the hazardous environment; determining a risk factor of the potential hazard associated with the at least one field object based on values of real-time operational parameters associated with the at least one field object; determining an area and a shape of a dynamic virtual fence for the at least one field object based on the values of the real-time operational parameters associated with the at least one field object; and automatically representing the dynamic virtual fence around a location of the at least one field object on a map of the hazardous environment based on the determined area and shape and a value of the risk factor of the potential hazard, wherein the dynamic virtual fence represents a hazardous zone in the hazardous environment, and the risk factor indicates amount of impact of the potential hazard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises a fence generation module stored in the form of instructions executable by the processor, the instructions comprising; detecting a potential hazard associated with at least one field object in a hazardous environment; determining a value of a risk factor of the potential hazard associated with the at least one field object based on values of real-time operational parameters associated with the at least one field object; determining area and shape of a dynamic virtual fence for the at least one field object based on the values of the real-time operational parameters associated with the at least one field object; and automatically representing the dynamic virtual fence around a location of the at least one field object on a map of the hazardous environment based on the determined area and shape and the value of the risk factor, wherein the dynamic virtual fence represents a hazardous zone in the hazardous environment, and the risk factor indicates an amount of impact of the potential hazard. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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