Worksite monitoring and management systems and platforms

• US 9,466,038 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2015
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Safety Key Solutions FZ-LLC
• Original Assignee: Safety Key Solutions FZ-LLC
• Inventors: Kezeu, Severin
• Primary Examiner(s): Padot, Timothy
• Application Number:
  US14/628,036
• Publication Number:
  US 20150242769A1
• Time in Patent Office: 599 Days
• Field of Search: 705/7.11, 705/32, 701/301, 702/188
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06314 Calendaring for a resource
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/16 Anti-collision systems road vehicle drive control systems for predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision otherwise than by control of a particular sub-unit B60W30/08
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/164 Centralised systems, e.g. external to vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles

Abstract

A platform comprising sensing devices, servers and mobile devices for monitoring conditions of objects on worksites. Potential violations of operation rules are alarmed to avoid damage, collision, and disaster. Emergency is detected and responded to operating staff members in charge.

Claims

1. A computing platform for automatic real-time worksite monitoring and real-time risk prevention, the platform comprising:

(a) one or more sensing devices installed on one or more objects on a worksite, wherein each of the one or more sensing devices comprises;

(i) one or more sensors;

(ii) a signal acquisition module configured to read sensing signals from the one or more sensors;

(iii) a memory module, an embedded processor, and an embedded operating system comprising an embedded multi-application platform;

(iv) a data storage storing the sensing signals;

(v) a communication module configured to transmit the sensing signals to a server and receive instruction signals from the server; and

(vi) an embedded actionable data server and a command and control module configured to real-time control the one or more objects based on the sensing signals or the instruction signals; and

(b) the server comprising a memory module, a server processor and a server operating system, wherein the server is configured to provide a server user with a server application and the server application comprises;

(i) an in-memory contextual data engine configured to infer operational context of the one or more objects and of the worksite,

(ii) an anti-collision module comprising an anti-balancing system and configured to prevent a collision by (1) integrating and analyzing at least motion signals, weather conditions, and equipment loads and torques, (2) predicting the collision, and (3) overriding a user command with a machine control in the embedded actionable data server and the command and control module;

(iii) a risk management module configured to avoid a risk, and

(iv) an operation resources planning module configured to;

record skills of workers on the worksite;

control access to the worksite, the one or more objects and the one or more sensing devices;

recommend resource allocation; and

monitor energy consumption; and

(c) a mobile device comprising a memory module, a mobile processor, and a mobile operating system, wherein the mobile device is configured to provide a mobile user with a mobile application and the mobile application comprises;

(i) a software module configured to display a real-time condition of the worksite, wherein the real-time condition comprises a scene of the worksite, a predicted movement of the one or more objects, and a predicted location of the one or more objects, and

(ii) a software module configured to receive an alert from the server application and generate an alarm to the mobile user.

2. The platform of claim 1, wherein each of the sensing signals comprises information of an object on the worksite, the information comprising a location, a direction, a speed and one or more of:

a rotation angle, a rotation speed, an acceleration, an angular acceleration, a lifting angle, a pressure, a temperature, a concentration, a force, a torque, a stability, and a balance.

3. The platform of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors comprise one or more of the following:

one or more position sensors, one or more RF tags, one or more GPS tracking units, one or more wind speed sensors, wind direction sensors, one or more temperature sensors, one or more rain sensors, one or more snow sensors, one or more liquid sensors, one or more gas sensors, one or more carbon dioxide sensors, one or more carbon monoxide sensors, one or more oxygen sensors, one or more motion sensors, one or more speed sensors, one or more acceleration sensors, one or more pressure sensors, one or more torque sensors, one or more force sensors, one or more load sensors, one or more electric current sensors, one or more electric voltage sensors, one or more stability sensor, and one or more balance sensors.

4. The platform of claim 1, wherein the in-memory contextual data engine is configured to perform:

(a) analyzing the sensing signals to track locations of the one or more objects;

(b) recording operation logs of the one or more objects; and

(c) recording maintenance performed on the one or more objects.

5. The platform of claim 1, wherein the anti-collision module is configured to perform:

(a) predicting a collision between two or more objects;

(b) identifying and tracking the locations of workers on the worksite; and

(c) monitoring a pedestrian collision.

6. The platform of claim 1, wherein the operation resources planning module is further configured to perform one or more of the following:

(a) tracking materials or products in a logistic chain;

(b) monitoring a status of a task;

(c) evaluating a status or performance of a project; and

(d) monitoring a usage of an asset.

7. The platform of claim 1, wherein the risk management module is configured to perform:

(a) allowing the server user to set up one or more operation rules of the worksite;

(b) producing an alert when one of the one or more operation rules is violated;

(c) monitoring a health condition of workers on the worksite; and

(d) contacting a health care provider when a risk occurs.

8. The platform of claim 7, wherein the one or more operation rules comprise a risk management rule, a rescue rule, and one or more of the following:

a compliance with a law, a safety rule, a security rule, a health rule, a traffic rule, a transportation rule, a collision rule, and an object movement rule.

9. The platform of claim 1, wherein the server application further comprises an interface to allow the server user to navigate the worksite on a display of the server.

10. The platform of claim 1, wherein the real-time condition further comprises a map of the worksite, an operation zone of the one or more objects, a weather condition, a workforce condition, and a supply chain condition.

11. The platform of claim 1 further comprising a cloud storage comprising (a) a software module configured to synchronize the sensing signals across the one or more sensing devices, the server, and the mobile device;

and (b) a software module configured to replicate the sensing signals in the cloud storage.

12. The platform of claim 1, wherein the one or more objects comprise one or more of:

one or more vehicles, one or more cranes, one or more aircrafts, one or more cargo, one or more machines, one or more freights, one or more assets, one or more raw materials, one or more gates, one or more heavy equipments, one or more power plants, one or more buildings, and one or more tractors.

13. A computing system for automatic real-time worksite monitoring and real-time risk prevention comprising:

(a) one or more sensing devices installed on one or more objects on a worksite, wherein each of the one or more sensing devices comprises;

(i) one or more sensors;

(ii) a signal acquisition module configured to read sensing signals from the one or more sensors;

(iii) a memory module, an embedded processor, and an embedded operating system comprising an embedded multi-application platform;

(iv) a data storage storing the sensing signals;

(v) a communication module configured to transmit the sensing signals to a server and receive instruction signals from the server; and

(vi) an embedded actionable data server and a command and control module configured to real-time control the one or more objects based on the sensing signals or the instruction signals; and

(b) the server comprising a server memory module, a server processor and a server operating system, wherein the server is configured to provide a server user with a server application, and the server application comprises;

(i) an in-memory contextual data engine configured to infer operational context of the one or more objects and of the worksite,

(ii) an anti-collision module comprising an anti-balancing system and configured to prevent a collision by (1) integrating and analyzing at least motion signals, weather conditions, and equipment loads and torques, (2) predicting the collision, and (3) overriding a user command with a machine control in the embedded actionable data server and the command and control module,

(iii) a risk management module configured to avoid a risk, and

(iv) an operation resources planning module configured to record skills of workers on the worksite;

control access to the worksite, the one or more objects and the one or more sensing devices;

recommend resource allocation; and

monitor energy consumption.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more sensing devices comprise one or more of the following:

one or more position sensors, one or more RF tags, one or more GPS tracking units, one or more wind speed sensors, wind direction sensors, one or more temperature sensors, one or more rain sensors, one or more snow sensors, one or more liquid sensors, one or more gas sensors, one or more carbon dioxide sensors, one or more carbon monoxide sensors, one or more oxygen sensors, one or more motion sensors, one or more speed sensors, one or more acceleration sensors, one or more pressure sensors, one or more torque sensors, one or more force sensors, one or more load sensors, one or more electric current sensors, one or more electric voltage sensors, one or more stability sensor, and one or more balance sensors.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the in-memory contextual data engine is configured to perform:

(a) receiving sensing signals from the one or more sensing devices and analyzing the sensing signals to track locations of the one or more objects;

(b) recording operation logs of the one or more objects;

(c) recording maintenance performed on the one or more objects;

(d) predicting a collision between two or more objects; and

(e) identifying and tracking the locations of workers on the worksite.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the anti-collision module is configured to perform:

(a) predicting a collision between two or more objects;

(b) identifying and tracking the locations of workers on the worksite; and

(c) monitoring a pedestrian collision.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the operation resources planning module is further configured to perform one or more of the following:

(a) tracking materials or products in a logistic chain;

(b) monitoring a status of a task;

(c) evaluating a status or performance of a project; and

(d) monitoring a usage of an asset.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the risk management module is configured to perform:

(a) allowing the server user to set up one or more operation rules of the worksite;

(b) producing an alert when one of the one or more operation rules is violated;

(c) monitoring a health condition of workers on the worksite; and

(d) contacting a health care provider when a risk occurs.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the one or more operation rules comprise a risk management rule, a rescue rule, and one or more of the following:

a compliance with a law, a safety rule, a security rule, a health rule, a traffic rule, a transportation rule, a collision rule, an object movement rule.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the server application further comprises an interface to allow a server user to navigate the worksite on a display of the server and monitor a real-time condition of the worksite, wherein the real-time condition comprises a map of the worksite, an operation zone of the one or more objects, and one or more of:

a scene of the worksite, a predicted movement of the one or more objects, a predicted location of the one or more objects, a weather condition, a workforce condition, and a supply chain condition.