METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING MACHINE OPERATION DATA USING A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20170084089A1
• Filed: 05/24/2016
• Published: 03/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Inventors: Katter, Jr., James G.
• Granted Patent: US 10,134,204 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/04 with a tipping movement of load-transporting element dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 15/02 Means for marking measuring points
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 19/02 Rotary gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/02 by making use of inertia forces using solid seismic massesG01P15/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/02 Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/08 Construction
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2205/02 using a vehicle scan tool
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/02 Registering or indicating driving, working, idle, or waiting time only apparatus forming part of taximeters G07B13/00

Abstract

A method for collecting machine operation data of a machine is disclosed. Initially, first and second sensor data is determined by a mobile sensor of a mobile device processor located on or within a machine. A first dynamic characteristic is determined based on at least one of the first and second sensor data. Next, the mobile device connects wirelessly to an external computing platform and the first dynamic characteristic is transmitted from the mobile device to the external computing platform. Third and fourth sensor data are determined by the mobile sensor. A second dynamic characteristic is determined based on at least one of the third and fourth sensor data. The second dynamic characteristic is transmitted to the external computing platform. A first dynamic change is determined based on the first and second dynamic characteristics. A first operation performed by the machine is determined based on the first dynamic change.

Claims

1. A method for collecting machine operation data of a machine, the method comprising:

determining, by a mobile sensor of a mobile device processor located on or within a machine, a first sensor data and a second sensor data;

determining, based on at least one of the first sensor data and the second sensor data, a first dynamic characteristic of the machine;

connecting wirelessly the mobile device to an external computing platform;

transmitting the first dynamic characteristic from the mobile device to the external computing platform;

determining, by the mobile sensor of the mobile device processor located on or within the machine, a third sensor data and a fourth sensor data;

determining, based on at least one of the third sensor data and the fourth sensor data, a second dynamic characteristic of the machine;

transmitting the second dynamic characteristic to the external computing platform from the mobile device to the external computing platform;

determining, based on the first dynamic characteristic and the second dynamic characteristic, a first dynamic change of the machine; and

determining, based on the first dynamic change, a first operation performed by the machine.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile sensor is at least one of an accelerometer, a gyroscopic sensor, a magnetometer, a Global Positioning System (GPS), an Assisted GPS (A-GPS), a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), and a WiFi based positioning system of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first sensor data and the second sensor data are each at least one of an acceleration, an angular velocity, an azimuth, a roll, a pitch, a latitude, a longitude, an altitude, and a horizontal accuracy of the mobile device, and a magnetic field strength around the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first dynamic characteristic and the second dynamic characteristic are each at least one of a speed, an acceleration, and a direction of the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting machine data including the first operation from the mobile device to the external computing platform.

6. The method of claim 1, determining, based on the first dynamic change, the first operation performed by the machine comprises:

determining, at the mobile device based on the first dynamic change, the first operation performed by the machine.

7. The method of claim 1, determining, based on the first dynamic change, the first operation performed by the machine comprises:

determining, at the external computing platform and based on the first dynamic change, the first operation performed by the machine.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the first dynamic characteristic and the second dynamic characteristic on a memory of the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the mobile device, a machine type of the machine.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein determining, based on the first dynamic change, the first operation performed by the machine comprises:

determining, based on the machine type of the machine and the first dynamic change, the first operation performed by the machine.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving, at the mobile device, the machine type of the machine comprises:

receiving an operator input at the mobile device, the operator input indicating the machine type of the machine.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining instructions to change the first operation of the machine to a second operation of the machine based on the first dynamic change.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein determining instructions to change the first operation of the machine to a second operation of the machine based on the first dynamic change comprises:

determining, by the mobile device, instructions to change the first operation of the machine to a second operation of the machine, based on the first dynamic change.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein determining instructions to change the first operation of the machine to a second operation of the machine based on the first dynamic change comprises:

determining, by the external computing platform, instructions to change the first operation of the machine to a second operation of the machine, based on the first dynamic change.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving, at the mobile device, the instructions to change the first operation to the second operation of the machine based on the first dynamic change.

16. A method for collecting machine operation data of a machine, the method comprising:

connecting wirelessly a mobile device to an external computing platform, the mobile device being located on or within the machine;

receiving a first dynamic characteristic of the machine from the mobile device, the first dynamic characteristic determined based on at least one of a first sensor data and a second sensor data from a mobile sensor of the mobile device;

receiving a second dynamic characteristic of the machine from the mobile device, the second dynamic characteristic determined based on at least one of a third sensor data and a fourth sensor data from the mobile sensor of the mobile device;

determining, based on the first dynamic characteristic and the second dynamic characteristic, a first dynamic change of the machine; and

determining, based on the first dynamic change, a first operation performed by the machine.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

transmitting, from the external computing platform to the mobile device, instructions to change the operation of the machine based on the first dynamic change.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein determining, based on the first dynamic change, the first operation performed by the machine comprises:

determining, at the external computing platform and based on the first dynamic change, the first operation performed by the machine.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein determining, based on the first dynamic change, the first operation performed by the machine comprises:

determining, based on a machine type of the machine and the first dynamic change, the first operation performed by the machine.

20. An article of manufacture comprising non-transitory machine-readable media having instructions encoded thereon for causing a processor to:

determine, by a mobile sensor of a mobile device processor located on or within a machine, a first sensor data and a second sensor data;

determine, based on at least one of the first sensor data and the second sensor data, a first dynamic characteristic of the machine;

connect wirelessly, by the mobile device, the mobile device to an external computing platform;

transmit the first dynamic characteristic from the mobile device to the external computing platform;

determine, by the mobile sensor of the mobile device processor located on or within the machine, a third sensor data and a fourth sensor data;

determine, based on at least one of the third sensor data and the fourth sensor data, a second dynamic characteristic of the machine;

transmit the second dynamic characteristic to the external computing platform from the mobile device to the external computing platform;

determine, based on the first dynamic characteristic and the second dynamic characteristic, a first dynamic change of the machine; and

determine, based on the first dynamic change, a first operation performed by the machine.