Detecting construction equipment process failure
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1. A method for detecting construction equipment process failure, said method comprising:
- receiving information from a reporting source about a construction equipment asset, said construction equipment asset comprising a material moving type asset, and said information comprising;
position fixing coordinate location information regarding said construction equipment asset, operation information regarding said construction equipment asset, and time information regarding said construction equipment asset;
populating a database with said information; and
based on an analysis of said received information populated in said database, providing a process failure report if said construction equipment asset is operated in a manner which violates a process norm assigned to said construction equipment asset, wherein violation of said process norm indicates improper use of said construction equipment asset in performance of a material moving process.
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Abstract
A method and system for detecting construction equipment process failure are disclosed. According to one embodiment, information about a construction equipment asset from a reporting source is received. A database is then populated with the information. A process failure report is provided if the construction equipment asset is operated in a manner which violates a process norm assigned to the construction equipment asset.
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1. A method for detecting construction equipment process failure, said method comprising:
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receiving information from a reporting source about a construction equipment asset, said construction equipment asset comprising a material moving type asset, and said information comprising;
position fixing coordinate location information regarding said construction equipment asset, operation information regarding said construction equipment asset, and time information regarding said construction equipment asset;populating a database with said information; and based on an analysis of said received information populated in said database, providing a process failure report if said construction equipment asset is operated in a manner which violates a process norm assigned to said construction equipment asset, wherein violation of said process norm indicates improper use of said construction equipment asset in performance of a material moving process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An asset management system, said system comprising:
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a database configured to be populated with a first portion of information about a construction equipment asset received from a first reporting source and a second portion of information about said construction equipment asset received from a second reporting source, said construction equipment asset comprising a material moving type asset, and said first and second portions of information together comprising;
position fixing coordinate location information regarding said construction equipment asset, operation information regarding said construction equipment asset, and time information regarding said construction equipment asset; anda process failure detector configured to communicatively couple with said database for monitoring said information and, based on an analysis of said received first and second portions of information populated in said database, generating a process failure report if said information indicates said construction equipment asset has violated a process norm assigned to said construction equipment asset, wherein violation of said process norm indicates improper use of said construction equipment asset in performance of a material moving process. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer to perform a method for detecting construction equipment process failure, said method comprising:
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receiving information from a reporting source about a construction equipment asset, said construction equipment asset comprising a material moving type asset, and said information comprising;
position fixing coordinate location information regarding said construction equipment asset, operation information regarding said construction equipment asset, and time information regarding said construction equipment asset;populating a database with said information; and based on an analysis of said received information populated in said database, providing a process failure report if said construction equipment asset is operated in a manner which violates a process norm assigned to said construction equipment asset, wherein violation of said process norm indicates improper use of said construction equipment asset in performance of a material moving process. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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