Machine asset management system having user interface

• US 9,694,834 B2
• Filed: 10/19/2015
• Issued: 07/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc. (Caterpillar Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Elecro-Motive Diesel Incorporated
• Inventors: Roenspies, David, Seaton, James D., Shubs, Jr., Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): Tarcza, Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dunn, Alex C
• Application Number:
  US14/887,250
• Publication Number:
  US 20170106883A1
• Time in Patent Office: 624 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 15/0018 Communication with or on the vehicle or train
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 15/0081 On-board diagnosis or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 15/009 On-board display devices
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 27/57 for vehicles or trains, e.g. trackside supervision of train conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

An asset management system for a machine is disclosed. The asset management system may include a sensor associated with an asset of the machine and configured to generate a signal indicative of an operational status of a system associated with the asset. The asset management system may further include a user interface associated with the machine and a controller in communication with the sensor and the user interface. The controller may be configured to display on the user interface a graphical representation of the asset, receive via the user interface a user selection of the system from a plurality of systems associated with the asset, and display on the graphical representation of the asset a visual indicator of the system in response to the user selection. The visual indicator of the system may indicative of the operational status of the system.

Claims

1. An asset management system for a machine, comprising:

a sensor associated with an asset of the machine and configured to generate a signal indicative of an operational status of a system associated with the asset;

a user interface associated with the machine; and

a controller in communication with the sensor and the user interface, wherein the controller is configured to;

display on the user interface a graphical representation of the asset;

receive via the user interface a user selection of the system from a plurality of systems associated with the asset;

display on the graphical representation of the asset a visual indicator of the system in response to the user selection, wherein the visual indicator of the system is indicative of the operational status of the system; and

display a graphical representation of the machine, wherein the graphical representation of the machine includes a visual indicator of each of a plurality of the assets in an order corresponding to an absolute order of the plurality of assets in the machine.

2. The asset management system of claim 1, wherein the visual indicator of the system includes one or more symbols of one or more components associated with the system.

3. The asset management system of claim 2, wherein each of the one or more symbols of the one or more components is indicative of an operational status of a respective one of the one or more components.

4. The asset management system of claim 3, wherein the operational status of each of the one or more components includes a satisfactory status, an attention status, or a failed status.

5. The asset management system of claim 4, wherein the satisfactory status, the attention status, and the failed status are each associated with a different respective color.

6. The asset management system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display on the user interface a list of the plurality of systems associated with the asset, wherein each of the plurality of systems is selectable by a user from the list via the user interface.

7. The asset management system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display on the user interface a plurality of graphical representations of the asset, each including a visual indicator of a respective one of the plurality of systems associated with the asset, wherein the visual indicator of the respective one of the plurality of systems is indicative of an operational status of the respective system.

8. The asset management system of claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of systems associated with the asset is selectable by a user from the plurality of graphical representations of the asset via the user interface.

9. The asset management system of claim 7, wherein the operational status of the respective one of the plurality of systems includes a satisfactory status, an attention status, or a failed status.

10. The asset management system of claim 9, wherein:

the controller is further configured to determine when each of the plurality of systems is associated with an attention status or a failed status; and

display a visual indicator of each of the plurality of systems associated with an attention status or a failed status on a respective one of the plurality of graphical representations of the asset.

11. An asset management system for a train having a plurality of train assets, comprising:

a plurality of sensors, each being configured to generate a signal indicative of an operational status of a respective one of the plurality of train assets;

a user interface associated with the train; and

a controller in communication with the plurality of sensors and the user interface, wherein the controller is configured to;

display on the user interface one or more maintenance messages, wherein each of the one or more maintenance messages is based on the signal generated by one of the plurality of sensors, the one or more maintenance messages includes a plurality of maintenance messages, each of the plurality of maintenance messages being associated with one of the plurality of train assets;

receive via the user interface a user selection of one of the one or more maintenance messages, wherein the selected maintenance message is associated with one of the plurality of train assets;

display on the user interface a graphical representation of the train asset associated with the selected maintenance message; and

display a graphical representation of each of the plurality of train assets associated with one of the plurality of maintenance messages.

12. The asset management system of claim 11, wherein the selected maintenance message is associated with a system of the associated train asset.

13. The asset management system of claim 12, wherein the graphical representation of the train asset includes a visual indicator of the system associated with the selected maintenance message.

14. The asset management system of claim 13, wherein the visual indicator of the system associated with the selected maintenance message is indicative of an operational status of one or more components within the system.

15. The asset management system of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to display the graphical representation of each of the plurality of train assets associated with one of the plurality of maintenance messages in an order corresponding to a relative order of the plurality of train assets in the train.

16. The asset management system of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to display a graphical representation of the train, wherein the graphical representation of the train includes a visual indicator of each of the plurality of train assets in an order corresponding to an absolute order of the plurality of train assets in the train.

17. The asset management system of claim 16, wherein the visual indicator of each of the plurality of train assets is indicative of the operational status of a respective one of the plurality of train assets.

18. The asset management system of claim 17, wherein the graphical representation of the train is scrollable via the user interface.