Apparatus and method for product movement planning to support safety monitoring in inventory management systems
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- using at least one processing device;
obtaining information identifying a predicted trajectory of material-based measurements associated with a transfer of material;
obtaining actual material-based measurements during the transfer of the material;
determining whether the actual material-based measurements fall outside of the predicted trajectory; and
identifying a problem with the transfer of the material if at least one of the actual material-based measurements falls outside of the predicted trajectory;
wherein the predicted trajectory is defined by first and second margins identifying a range of acceptable material-based measurements over time; and
wherein determining whether the actual material-based measurements fall outside of the predicted trajectory comprises determining whether each actual material-based measurement falls outside of the range of acceptable material-based measurements.
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Abstract
A method includes obtaining information identifying a predicted trajectory of material-based measurements associated with a transfer of material. The method also includes obtaining actual material-based measurements during the transfer of the material and determining whether the actual material-based measurements fall outside of the predicted trajectory. The method further includes identifying a problem with the transfer of the material if at least one of the actual material-based measurements falls outside of the predicted trajectory. The method may also include generating the predicted trajectory of the material-based measurements using historical data associated with one or more prior transfers, such as historical data associated with at least one pump to be used during the transfer of the material. The actual material-based measurements could include measurements of a level and/or a volume of the material in a tank.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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using at least one processing device; obtaining information identifying a predicted trajectory of material-based measurements associated with a transfer of material; obtaining actual material-based measurements during the transfer of the material; determining whether the actual material-based measurements fall outside of the predicted trajectory; and identifying a problem with the transfer of the material if at least one of the actual material-based measurements falls outside of the predicted trajectory; wherein the predicted trajectory is defined by first and second margins identifying a range of acceptable material-based measurements over time; and wherein determining whether the actual material-based measurements fall outside of the predicted trajectory comprises determining whether each actual material-based measurement falls outside of the range of acceptable material-based measurements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a processing unit configured to obtain information identifying a predicted trajectory of material-based measurements associated with a transfer of material; and an interface configured to obtain actual material-based measurements during the transfer of the material; wherein the processing unit is further configured to determine whether the actual material-based measurements fall outside of the predicted trajectory and to identify a problem with the transfer of the material if at least one of the actual material-based measurements falls outside of the predicted trajectory; wherein the predicted trajectory is defined by first and second margins identifying a range of acceptable material-based measurements over time; and wherein the processing unit is configured to determine whether the actual material-based measurements fall outside of the predicted trajectory by determining whether each actual material-based measurement falls outside of the range of acceptable material-based measurements. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a computer program, the computer program comprising computer readable program code for:
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obtaining information identifying a predicted trajectory of material-based measurements associated with a transfer of material; obtaining actual material-based measurements during the transfer of the material; determining whether the actual material-based measurements fall outside of the predicted trajectory; and identifying a problem with the transfer of the material if at least one of the actual material-based measurements falls outside of the predicted trajectory; wherein the predicted trajectory is defined by first and second margins identifying a range of acceptable material-based measurements over time; and wherein the computer readable program code for determining whether the actual material-based measurements fall outside of the predicted trajectory comprises computer readable program code for determining whether each actual material-based measurement falls outside of the range of acceptable material-based measurements. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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