Operating ability monitoring system
First Claim
1. An operating ability monitoring system comprising:
- a person-dependent acceleration sensor configured to couple with a machine operator;
a telemetry unit coupled with said person-dependent acceleration sensor;
a second sensor coupled with a vehicle or moving machine operated by said machine operator;
an evaluation unit configured toreceive acceleration values from the person-dependent acceleration sensor and,receive movement values from the second sensor coupled with said vehicle or said moving machine which represent acceleration of said vehicle or said moving machine and,compare the acceleration values from the person-dependent acceleration sensor to the acceleration values from the second sensor coupled with the vehicle or the moving machine and,derive a classification of a current operating ability state based on said compare;
a machine monitoring system;
wherein the evaluation unit is further configured to make a result of the classification of the current operating ability state available to the machine monitoring system;
wherein the evaluation unit is further configured to trigger a response test in the event that the current operating ability state is classified as impaired, wherein the evaluation unit is further configured, depending on the response test, to confirm or repeal the classification of the current operating ability state; and
wherein said response test is a plausibility check enabling said driver to respond to said response test within a defined period to detect a reduction in the driving ability such that if a response from the driver does not take place, the machine monitoring system assumes driving inability and initiates a corresponding response of intervening in a course of travel associated with the driver.
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Abstract
An operating ability monitoring system that includes a person-dependent acceleration sensor, a telemetry unit, and an evaluation unit, wherein the person-dependent acceleration sensor and the telemetry unit may be worn by and/or implanted in a machine operator and connected to the evaluation unit, and wherein the evaluation unit is configured to receive acceleration values originating from the person-dependent acceleration sensor and sensor values originating from a further sensor that reflects the movements and/or acceleration of a vehicle or moving machine and to evaluate them by comparing the acceleration values from the person-dependent acceleration sensor to the sensor values associated with the vehicle or moving machine.
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18 Claims
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1. An operating ability monitoring system comprising:
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a person-dependent acceleration sensor configured to couple with a machine operator; a telemetry unit coupled with said person-dependent acceleration sensor; a second sensor coupled with a vehicle or moving machine operated by said machine operator; an evaluation unit configured to receive acceleration values from the person-dependent acceleration sensor and, receive movement values from the second sensor coupled with said vehicle or said moving machine which represent acceleration of said vehicle or said moving machine and, compare the acceleration values from the person-dependent acceleration sensor to the acceleration values from the second sensor coupled with the vehicle or the moving machine and, derive a classification of a current operating ability state based on said compare; a machine monitoring system; wherein the evaluation unit is further configured to make a result of the classification of the current operating ability state available to the machine monitoring system; wherein the evaluation unit is further configured to trigger a response test in the event that the current operating ability state is classified as impaired, wherein the evaluation unit is further configured, depending on the response test, to confirm or repeal the classification of the current operating ability state; and wherein said response test is a plausibility check enabling said driver to respond to said response test within a defined period to detect a reduction in the driving ability such that if a response from the driver does not take place, the machine monitoring system assumes driving inability and initiates a corresponding response of intervening in a course of travel associated with the driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An operating ability monitoring system comprising:
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an evaluation unit configured to receive acceleration values from a person-dependent acceleration sensor and receive movement values from a second sensor coupled with a vehicle or a moving machine which represent acceleration of said vehicle or said moving machine and compare the acceleration values from the person-dependent acceleration sensor to the acceleration values from the second sensor coupled with the vehicle or the moving machine and derive a classification of a current operating ability state based on said compare; and a machine monitoring system; wherein the evaluation unit is further configured to make a result of the classification of the current operating ability state available to the machine monitoring system; wherein the evaluation unit is further configured to trigger a response test in the event that the current operating ability state is classified as impaired, wherein the evaluation unit is further configured, depending on the response test, to confirm or repeal the classification of the current operating ability state; and wherein said response test is a plausibility check enabling said driver to respond to said response test within a defined period to detect a reduction in the driving ability such that if a response from the driver does not take place the machine monitoring system assumes driving inability and initiates a corresponding response of intervening in a course of travel associated with the driver. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for classifying the operating ability of a machine operator of a moving machine, comprising:
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receiving acceleration values from a person-dependent acceleration sensor; receiving movement values from a second sensor coupled with a vehicle or a moving machine which represent acceleration of said vehicle or said moving machine; comparing the acceleration values from the person-dependent acceleration sensor to the acceleration values from the second sensor coupled with the vehicle or the moving machine; deriving a classification of a current operating ability state based on said comparing; supplying the result of the classification of the current operating ability state; triggering a response test in the event that the current operating ability state is classified as impaired, wherein depending on the response test, confirming or repealing classification of the current operating ability state; and wherein said response test is a plausibility check enabling a driver to respond to said response test within a defined period to detect a reduction in the driving ability, and wherein when a response from the driver does not take place, assuming driving inability and initiating a corresponding response of intervening in a course of travel associated with the driver. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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