System for acquiring data from a component

• US 8,738,304 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2011
• Issued: 05/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Novatek IP, LLC (Schlumberger NV)
• Original Assignee: Davido Hyer, David R. Hall, David Wahlquist
• Inventors: Hall, David R., Wahlquist, David, Hyer, Davido
• Primary Examiner(s): Bui, Bryan
• Application Number:
  US13/195,972
• Publication Number:
  US 20130035874A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,029 Days
• Field of Search: 702/34
• US Class Current: 702/34
• CPC Class Codes: B02C 18/00 Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments tree stump comminutors A01G23/067
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 23/088 Rotary tools, e.g. milling drums for forming recesses to receive marking materials E01C23/0946
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/268 with failure correction follow-up actions
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2866 for rotating digging elements for milling machines B28D1/186; for mining machines E21C35/18
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/4065 Monitoring tool breakage, life or condition
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/37252 Life of tool, service life, decay, wear estimation
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/50347 Tool sends via electromagnetic waves actual working condition

Abstract

In one aspect of the present invention, a system has a data acquisition device for acquiring data from a component. The component has an identification transmitter. The data acquisition device has an image acquisition mechanism to capture an image of the component and a receiver to receive a signal from the identification transmitter. The data acquisition device also has a processor to process data from the image acquisition mechanism and the receiver.

Claims

1. A wear measurement system, comprising:

a wear component which is an excavation pick;

the wear component comprising an identification transmitter insulated from mechanical stress within the excavation pick;

an image acquisition mechanism to capture an image of the wear component;

a receiver to receive a signal from the identification transmitter; and

a processor to process data from the image acquisition mechanism and the receiver.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor determines a useful life of the wear component.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the excavation pick comprises a shank diametrically opposed a tip and the identification transmitter is disposed within an opening in the shank.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification transmitter is insulated from mechanical stress by a protective case disposed within an opening of the excavation pick.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor transmits processed data to a third party via an interfacing module.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a display to communicate processed data.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor transmits unprocessed data to a third party via an interfacing module.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the third party transmits processed data back to the processor via the interfacing module.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor determines a failure mechanism of the wear component.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor determines condition wear of the wear component.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor determines wear by generating a profile of the wear component from the image acquisition mechanism.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor tracks the operational status of the wear component.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is part of a mobile phone.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification transmitter includes radio frequency identification.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification transmitter is wireless.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising an ordering mechanism that identifies ordering destinations proximate a worksite that uses the wear component.