GUI interface for a road maintenance management control system

• US 7,945,385 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2007
• Issued: 05/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Inventors: Villalobos, Oscar Ernesto, Wheeler, Stuart Gillon
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Kim T
• Application Number:
  US11/730,368
• Publication Number:
  US 20080243381A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,509 Days
• Field of Search: 701207-208, 345156-157, 345/661, 345/676, 340/990, 340/995.1, 340/995.11, 340/995.14, 340/995.16, 340/995.19, 340/995.26
• US Class Current: 701/208
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations

Abstract

A display device for displaying a graphical user interface is disclosed. The graphical user interface includes a first window configured to display a road maintenance map of a mine road network, and one or more links configured to access a second window. The second window is configured to facilitate selection of one or more data files containing data associated with the mine road network. The graphical user interface also includes one or more links configured to access a third window. The third window is configured to access to one or more analysis tools configured to analyze the data.

Claims

1. A display device for displaying a graphical user interface of a maintenance management system of a mine road network, the graphical user interface comprising:

a first window configured to display a road maintenance map of the mine road network;

one or more links configured to access a second window, the second window being configured to facilitate selection of one or more data files containing data associated with the mine road network, the data files including information indicative of a surface defect associated with the mine road network; and

one or more links configured to access a third window, the third window being configured to access one or more tools that enable planning a repair of the surface defect.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface further includes one or more links configured to access a fourth window, the fourth window being configured to accept input of the road maintenance map.

3. The display device of claim 2, wherein the map is input by selecting a map from a plurality of maps stored in memory.

4. The display device of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface further includes one or more links configured to access a fifth window, the fifth window being configured to select a road from a plurality of available roads included in the map.

5. The display device of claim 4, wherein the road is selected by a user choosing multiple waypoints on the map.

6. The display device of claim 1, wherein the second window is configured to enable a selection of the data file from a display of a list of multiple available data files.

7. The display device of claim 6, wherein the second window includes a display area configured to display a graph representative of the data.

8. The display device of claim 6, wherein the second window is further configured to display the list of multiple available data files based on user defined criteria.

9. The display device of claim 1, wherein the third window is configured to simultaneously display the road maintenance map and a graph representative of the data.

10. The display device of claim 9, wherein the third window includes a cursor configured to move over the graph and a pointer configured to identify an area of the road maintenance map corresponding to a current location of the cursor on the graph.

11. The display device of claim 1, wherein the third window is configured to enable analysis of payload weight of vehicles traveling on the road network.

12. The display device of claim 11, wherein the third window includes an input area configured to enable input of a target payload weight, and a display area configured to display a graph indicating number of times the payload weight exceeded the target payload weight.

13. The display device of claim 1, wherein the third window is configured to simultaneously display an image of a road defect at a selected location of the road maintenance map.