INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DELIVERING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH MACHINE

• US 20170180440A1
• Filed: 12/22/2015
• Published: 06/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Inventors: Bettenhausen, Jeffrey A., Schulz, Robert F., Buster, Steven J., Parker, John D., Bogart, Wayne M., Pegatraju, Vamsi K., Sprague, Joshua
• Application Number:
  US14/977,847
• Publication Number:
  US 20170180440A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0253 using browsers or web-pages for accessing management information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1026 at the edge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• 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

Abstract

A method of delivering data associated with a machine to an off board system is provided. The method includes capturing data by an on board system of the machine from at least one of a sensing unit, a control unit and an indication unit of the machine. The method further includes defining a data packet includes a payload and a data identifier. The payload includes the captured data. The method further includes determining one or more transfer parameters associated with the machine by the on board system and streaming the data packet based on the one or more transfer parameters by the on board system. The method further includes transferring the data packet from the on board system to a gateway and delivering the data to the off board system by the gateway.

Claims

1. A method of delivering data associated with a machine, operating at a worksite, to an off board system, the method comprising:

capturing, by an on board system of the machine, data from at least one of a sensing unit, a control unit and an indication unit of the machine;

defining a data packet comprising a payload and a data identifier, wherein the payload comprises the captured data;

determining one or more transfer parameters associated with the machine by the on board system;

streaming the data packet based on the one or more transfer parameters by the on board system;

transferring the data packet from the on board system to a gateway; and

delivering the data to the off board system via the gateway.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring the one or more transfer parameters based on at least one of a user input and an update from the on board system.

3. The method of claim 2, comprising:

generating a transfer parameter file based on the one or more transfer parameters;

communicating the transfer parameter file to the on board system;

updating the one or more transfer parameters of the on board system based on the transfer parameter file;

receiving a file response indicative of the update of the on board system; and

communicating the update of the on board system with the off board system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more transfer parameters comprises a set of data to be transferred, a communication medium for transferring the set of data, a data transfer rate, a response interval between two consecutive sets of data transferred, and a reporting rule.

5. The method of claim 4, comprising:

identifying the set of data to be transferred from the on board system to the gateway;

determining the communication medium for transferring the set of data based on information regarding the worksite;

measuring the data transfer rate based on the communication medium;

determining the response interval based on at least one of a state of an electronic control system of the machine, a remote command, and an update command; and

determining the reporting rule based on an input from at least one of a user and the gateway.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising configuring an information management system associated with the machine, using a system configuration editor, based on the one or more transfer parameters.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising communicating the system configuration editor to at least one of the gateway and the off board system.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the on board system comprises a control system, a streaming data engine, an on board file synchronizing module, and a file transfer manager.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the off board system comprises a web application module.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the gateway comprises a gateway server, a gateway file synchronizing module, a transformation layer, and a command manager.

11. An information management system associated with a machine, operating at a worksite, the information management system comprising:

an on board system configured to;

capture data from at least one of a sensing unit, a control unit and an indicating unit of the machine;

define a data packet comprising a payload and a data identifier, wherein the payload comprises the captured data;

determine one or more transfer parameters associated with the machine; and

stream the data packet based on the one or more transfer parameters;

a gateway in communication with the on board system, wherein the gateway is configured to receive the data packet from the on board system; and

an off board system in communication with the gateway, wherein the off board system is configured to receive the data delivered by the gateway.

12. The information management system of claim 11, wherein the gateway is configured to:

generate a transfer parameter file based on the one or more transfer parameters;

communicate the transfer parameter file to the on board system;

update the one or more transfer parameters of the on board system based on the transfer parameter file;

receive a file response from the on board system; and

communicate the update of the on board system with the off board system.

13. The information management system of claim 11, wherein the one or more transfer parameters comprises a set of data to be transferred, a communication medium for transferring the set of data, a data transfer rate, a response interval between two consecutive data transfers, and a reporting rule.

14. The information management system of claim 13, wherein the on board system is configured to:

identify the set of data to be transferred to the gateway;

determine the communication medium for transferring the set of data based on information regarding the worksite;

measure the data transfer rate based on the communication medium;

determine the response interval based on at least one of a state of an electronic control system of the machine, a remote command, and an update command; and

determine the reporting rule based on an input from at least one of an user and the gateway.

15. The information management system of claim 11, wherein the on board system comprises a control system, a streaming data engine, an on board file synchronizing module, and a file transfer manager.

16. The information management system of claim 11, wherein the off board system comprises a web application module.

17. The information management system of claim 11, wherein the gateway comprises a gateway server, a gateway file synchronizing module, a transformation layer, and a command manager.

18. The information management system of claim 11, further comprising a system configuration editor communicated to at least one of the gateway and the off board system, wherein the system configuration editor is configured to update the information management system.

19. A computer program product embodied in a computer for delivering data associated with a machine, operating at a worksite, to an off board system, the computer program product causing the computer to perform operations comprising:

capturing, by an on board system of the machine, data from at least one of a sensing unit, a control unit and an indication unit of the machine;

defining a data packet comprising a payload and a data identifier, wherein the payload comprises the captured data;

determining one or more transfer parameters associated with the machine by the on board system;

streaming the data packet based on the one or more transfer parameters by the on board system;

transferring the data packet from the on board system to a gateway; and

delivering the data to the off board system by the gateway.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, comprising:

generating a transfer parameter file based on the one or more transfer parameters;

communicating the transfer parameter file to the on board system;

updating the one or more transfer parameters of the on board system based on the transfer parameter file;

receiving a file response indicative of the update of the on board system; and

communicating the update of the on board system with the off board system.