Remote monitoring and control of irrigation pumps

• US 10,473,505 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2015
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arthroscopic Surgery Associates Corporation
• Original Assignee: Arthroscopic Surgery Associates Corporation
• Inventors: Glenn, Gregory M., Silva, Damon, Henry, Timothy
• Primary Examiner(s): Alkafawi, Eman A
• Application Number:
  US14/844,559
• Publication Number:
  US 20150379856A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,531 Days
• Field of Search: 702 55, 702188
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 23/80 Arrangements for signal processing
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/182 Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A server system for remote monitoring includes a wireless communication interface, a processor, and a storage device. The wireless communication interface receives at least one data packet over wireless communications from a remote monitoring system. The processor processes the data packet including sensor information from a sensor coupled to the remote monitoring system. The storage device stores the sensor information.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring remote assets in real-time, the method comprising:

sending a command over a wireless communication network to a control board, wherein the command instructs the control board to begin collecting real-time measurement data from a plurality of sensors, each sensor measuring a pressure or a liquid level of a remote asset in real-time within a measurement capacity comprising at least one of an upper limit or a lower limit, wherein the control board compiles the measurement data collected from the plurality of sensors into at least one compiled packet that includes a plurality of sets of measurement data, each set associated with a respective sensor of the plurality of sensors as identified by a respective sensor identifier and a unit identifier, each set further including a time when a respective real-time measurement was taken;

receiving the at least one compiled packet sent from the control board over the wireless communications network;

executing instructions stored in a memory of a server system, wherein the execution of the instructions by a processor examines the at least one compiled packet to;

identify each of the sensors that took the respective real-time measurement in the at least one compiled packet,

extract each set of the measurement data from the at least one compiled packet,

identify a monitoring device by extracting the unit identifier from the at least one compiled packet, and

generate a display of a sensor list, wherein each of the sensors is listed with the respective associated real-time measurement of the pressure or the liquid level;

identifying that the real-time measurement data includes a pressure or liquid level that meets at least one of a plurality of defined alarm conditions, wherein instructional codes are transmitted to the control board of the remote site to remedy at least one alarm condition of the defined alarm conditions, the identification that the least one alarm condition has been met is based on a respective sensor identifier associated with a sensor that sensed the real-time measurement data that meets the alarm condition, and the control board initiates an action that remedies the at least one alarm condition; and

storing the sensor list and the associated real-time measurements taken by each of the sensors in memory.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the generated display further indicates a location for each of the sensors and the action initiated shuts down the remote asset.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the generated display further comprises historical data regarding previous measurements of the pressure or the liquid level associated with the location over a period of time.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the generated display further comprises graphical data regarding the real-time measurement data of the pressure or the liquid level associated with a location.

5. A system for monitoring remote assets in real-time, the system comprising:

a communication interface that;

sends a command over a wireless communication network to a control board, wherein the command instructs the control board to begin collecting real-time measurement data from a plurality of sensors, each sensor measuring a pressure or a liquid level of a remote asset in real-time within a measurement capacity comprising at least one of an upper limit or a lower limit, wherein the control board compiles the measurement data collected from the plurality of sensors into at least one compiled packet that includes a plurality of sets of measurement data, each set associated with a respective sensor of the plurality of sensors as identified by a respective sensor identifier and a unit identifier, each set further including a time when a respective real-time measurement was taken, and

receives the at least one compiled packet sent from the control board over the wireless communications network;

a processor that executes instructions stored in a memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor examines the at least one packet to;

identify each of the sensors that took the respective real-time measurement in the at least one compiled packet,

extract each set of the measurement data from the at least one compiled packet,

identify a monitoring device by extracting the unit identifier from the at least one compiled packet,

generate a display of a sensor list, wherein each of the sensors is listed with the respective associated real-time measurement of the pressure or the liquid level; and

identify that the real-time measurement data includes a pressure or liquid level that meets at least one of a plurality of defined alarm conditions, wherein instructional codes are transmitted to the control board of the remote site to remedy at least one alarm condition of the defined alarm conditions, the identification that the at least one alarm condition has been met is based on a respective sensor identifier associated with a sensor that sensed the real-time measurement data that meets the alarm condition, and the control board initiates an action that remedies the at least one alarm condition, and

store the sensor list and the associated real-time measurements taken by each of the sensors in the memory.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the generated display further indicates a location for each of the sensors.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the generated display further comprises historical data regarding previous measurements of the pressure or the liquid level associated with the location over a period of time.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the generated display further comprises graphical data regarding the real-time measurements of the pressure or the liquid level associated with a location.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for monitoring remote assets in real-time, the method comprising:

sending a command over a wireless communication network to a control board, wherein the command instructs the control board to begin collecting real-time measurement data from a plurality of sensors, each sensor measuring a pressure or a liquid level of the remote asset in real-time within a measurement capacity comprising at least one of an upper limit or a lower limit, wherein the control board compiles the measurement data collected from the plurality of sensors into at least one compiled packet that includes a plurality of sets of measurement data, each set associated with a respective sensor of the plurality of sensors as identified by a respective sensor identifier and a unit identifier, each set further including a time when a respective real-time measurement was taken;

receiving the at least one compiled packet sent from the control board over the wireless communications network;

identifying each of the sensors that took the respective real-time measurement in the at least one compiled packet;

extracting each set of the measurement data from the at least one compiled packet;

identifying a monitoring device by extracting the unit identifier from the at least one compiled packet,

generating a display of a sensor list, wherein each of the sensors is listed with the respective associated real-time measurement of the pressure or the liquid level;

identifying that the real-time measurement data includes a pressure or a liquid level that meets at least one of a plurality of defined alarm conditions, wherein instructional codes are transmitted to the control board of the remote site to remedy at least one alarm condition of the defined alarm conditions, the identification that the at least one alarm condition has been met is based on a respective sensor identifier associated with a sensor that sensed the real-time measurement data that meets the alarm condition, and the control board initiates an action that remedies the at least one alarm condition; and

storing the sensor list and the associated real-time measurements taken by each of the sensors in memory.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the generated display further indicates a location for each of the sensors.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the generated display further comprises historical data regarding previous measurements of the pressure or the liquid level associated with the location over a period of time.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the generated display further comprises graphical data regarding the real-time measurements of the pressure or the liquid level associated with a location.

13. A method for monitoring remote assets in real-time, the method comprising:

receiving a command sent from a server over a wireless communication network to a control board;

executing the command via a processor of the control board, wherein the command instructs the control board to begin collecting real-time measurement data from a plurality of sensors, each sensor measuring a pressure or a liquid level of the remote asset in real-time within a measurement capacity comprising at least one of an upper limit or a lower limit;

compiling the measurement data collected from the plurality of sensors into at least one compiled packet that includes a plurality of sets of measurement data, each set associated with a respective sensor of the plurality of sensors as identified by a respective sensor identifier and a unit identifier, each set further including a time when a respective real-time measurement was taken;

sending the at least one compiled packet over the wireless communication network to the server, wherein the server;

identifies each of the sensors that took the respective real-time measurement in the at least one compiled packet,

extracts each set of the measurement data from the at least one compiled packet,

identifies a monitoring device by extracting the unit identifier from the at least one compiled packet,

generates a display of a sensor list, wherein each of the plurality of sensors is listed with the respective associated real-time measurement of the pressure or the liquid level, and

identifies that the real-time measurement data includes a pressure or a liquid level that meets at least one of a plurality of defined alarm conditions, wherein instructional codes are transmitted to the control board of the remote site to remedy at least one alarm condition of the defined alarm conditions, the identification that the at least one alarm condition has been met is based on a respective sensor identifier associated with a sensor that sensed the real-time measurement data that meets the alarm condition; and

initiating an action that remedies the at least one alarm condition.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the generated display further indicates a location for each of the plurality of sensors.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the generated display further comprises historical data regarding previous measurements of the pressure or the liquid level associated with the location over a period of time.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the generated display further comprises graphical data regarding the real-time measurements of the pressure or the liquid level associated with a location.

17. A system for monitoring remote assets in real-time, the system comprising:

a communication interface that receives a command sent from a server over a wireless communication network to a control board;

a sensor interface communicatively coupled to a plurality of sensors associated with a remote asset, each sensor measuring a pressure or a liquid level of a remote asset in real-time within a measurement capacity comprising at least one of an upper limit or a lower limit, the sensor interface configured to receive the real-time measurement data from each of the sensors; and

a processor that executes the received command, wherein execution of the received command;

begins collection the real-time measurements from the sensors at the remote asset, and

compiles the measurement data collected from the plurality of sensors into at least one compiled packet that includes a plurality of sets of measurement data, each set associated with a respective sensor of the plurality of sensors as identified by a respective sensor identifier and a unit identifier, each set further including a time when respective real-time measurement was taken, wherein the communication interface sends the at least one compiled packet over the wireless communication network to the server, and the server;

identifies each of the sensors that took the respective real-time measurement in the at least one compiled packet,

extracts each set of the measurement data from the at least one compiled packet;

identifies a monitoring device by extracting the unit identifier from the at least one compiled packet,

generates a display of a sensor list, wherein each of the sensors is listed with the respective associated real-time measurement of the pressure or the liquid level;

identifies that the real-time measurement data includes a pressure or liquid level that meets at least one alarm condition of a plurality of defined alarm conditions, wherein instructional codes are transmitted to the control board of the remote site to remedy at least one alarm condition of the defined alarm conditions, and the identification that the at least one alarm condition has been met is based on a respective sensor identifier associated with the real-time measurement data that meets the alarm condition; and

initiates an action that remedies the at least one alarm condition.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the generated display further indicates a location for each of the sensors.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for monitoring remote assets in in real-time, the method comprising:

receiving a command sent from a server over a wireless communication network to a control board;

executing the command via a processor of the control board, wherein the command instructs the control board to begin collecting real-time data from a plurality of sensors, each sensor measuring a pressure or a liquid level of the remote asset in real-time within a measurement capacity comprising at least one of an upper limit or a lower limit;

compiling the measurement data collected from the plurality of sensors into at least one compiled packet that includes a plurality of sets of measurement data, each set associated with a respective sensor of the plurality of sensors as identified by a respective sensor identifier and a unit identifier, each set further including a time when a respective real-time measurement was taken,

sending the at least one compiled packet over the wireless communication network to the server, wherein the server;

identifies each of the sensors that took the respective real-time measurement in the at least one compiled packet,

extracts each set of the measurement data from the at least one compiled packet,

generates a display of a sensor list, wherein each of the plurality of sensors is listed with the respective associated real-time measurement of the pressure or the liquid level, and

identifies that the real-time measurement data includes a pressure or a liquid level that meets at least one alarm condition of a plurality of defined alarm conditions, wherein instructional codes are transmitted to the control board of the remote site to remedy at least one alarm condition of the defined alarm conditions, the identification that the at least one alarm condition has been met is based on a respective identifier associated with a sensor that sensed the real-time measurement data that meets the alarm condition; and

initiates an action that remedies the at least one alarm condition.

20. A system for monitoring remote assets in real-time, the system comprising:

a server that;

receives an access request from a user regarding real-time measurement data of pressure or liquid level at one or more remote locations, and

sends a command over a wireless communication network, wherein execution of the command begins collection of pressure data or liquid level data in real-time from a plurality of sensors at the remote locations, each sensor measuring the pressure or the liquid level in real-time within a measurement capacity comprising at least one of an upper limit or a lower limit; and

a control board associated with the plurality of sensors, wherein the control board;

receives the command from the server,

executes the command via a processor to begin collecting the pressure data or the liquid level data in real-time from the plurality of sensors,

compiles the collected data from the plurality of sensors into at least one compiled packet that includes a plurality of sets of measurement data, each set associated with a respective sensor of the plurality of sensors as identified by a respective sensor identifier and a unit identifier, each set further including a time when a respective real-time measurement was taken; and

sends the at least one compiled packet over the wireless communication network to the server, wherein the server;

identifies each of the sensors that took the respective real-time measurement in the at least one compiled packet,

extracts each set of the measurement data from the at least one compiled packet,

generates a display of a sensor list, wherein each of the plurality of sensors is listed with the respective associated real-time measurement of the pressure or the liquid level,

identifies that the real-time measurement data includes a pressure or a liquid level that meets at least one alarm condition of a plurality of defined alarm conditions, wherein instructional codes are transmitted to the control board of the remote site to remedy at least one alarm condition of the defined alarm conditions, the identification that the at least on alarm condition has been met based on a respective identifier associated with a sensor that sensed the real-time measurement data that meets the alarm condition; and

initiates an action that remedies the at least one alarm condition.